Unmanned aerial vehicle battery charging housekeeper and unmanned aerial vehicle battery charging module

Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of unmanned aerial vehicle charging equipment, in particular to an unmanned aerial vehicle battery charging housekeeper and an unmanned aerial vehicle battery charging module, and the unmanned aerial vehicle battery charging housekeeper comprises a charging seat which is provided with an upper surface and a lower surface; the charging seat is also provided with a first opening and an assembling channel; the first opening is formed in the upper surface, and the assembling channel penetrates from the first opening to the lower surface to form a second opening; the first opening, the assembling channel and the second opening are encircled to form a charging station; therefore, when the unmanned aerial vehicle battery is assembled at the charging station, the two ends of the unmanned aerial vehicle battery and part of the main body of the unmanned aerial vehicle battery can be exposed out of the outer side of an unmanned aerial vehicle battery charging housekeeper, so that the unmanned aerial vehicle battery can be cooled in time, and the charging efficiency is prevented from being influenced by too high charging temperature.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of drone charging equipment, in particular to a drone battery charging manager and a drone battery charging module. Background Art

[0002] With the continuous advancement of drone technology, drones have been widely used in many fields, including aerial photography, agriculture, logistics, and surveying and mapping. Different application scenarios have different requirements for drone endurance, but generally speaking, to ensure operational efficiency and effectiveness, drones must have sufficient flight time.

[0003] For example, in the field of aerial photography, photographers need drones to be able to fly continuously to complete complex shooting tasks; in agricultural plant protection, drones need to complete pesticide spraying or crop monitoring over a large area at one time, which all depends on the battery life and the matching high-efficiency charger.

[0004] However, when the charger is used in conjunction with the battery, the battery easily becomes hot due to rapid charging, which not only reduces the charging efficiency but is also unsafe.

[0005] In response to this, a heat dissipation charger has emerged. For example, announcement number CN 220865235 U describes a drone battery charging manager and drone battery charging module. The charging manager includes a charging base, a charging control circuit, and a cold source generating device. The charging base has at least one charging station; each charging station has several cold source output ports, and the several cold source output ports are located at a non-bottom position of each charging station; the charging base has a flow channel that connects the cold source output port with the output end of the cold source generating device to achieve output of the cold source generating device to the cold source output port.

[0006] By installing a cold source device on the charging hub, the battery can also be cooled during the charging process. Although this technology has improved, the effect is still not ideal.

[0007] Therefore, the above technical problems need to be solved. Utility Model Content

[0008] In order to overcome the shortcomings of the existing technology, the utility model proposes a drone battery charging hub and a drone battery charging module, the purpose of which is to solve the problem of drone batteries in the existing technology being too hot when charged by a charging hub.

[0009] In order to solve the above technical problems, the basic technical solutions proposed by the present invention are as follows:

[0010] A drone battery charging manager includes a charging base and a charging control circuit, wherein the charging base has an upper surface and a lower surface;

[0011] The charging base also has a first opening and an assembly channel;

[0012] The first opening is provided on the upper surface, and the assembly channel extends from the first opening to the lower surface to form a second opening;

[0013] The first opening, the assembly channel, and the second opening together form a charging station;

[0014] The charging station has at least one;

[0015] There are charging output sockets located at the edge of the first opening, the number of which is the same as the number of the charging stations;

[0016] The charging output socket is electrically connected to the charging control circuit.

[0017] Furthermore, the assembly channel includes two inner walls arranged opposite to each other, and each inner wall has a plurality of limiting strips.

[0018] Furthermore, each of the limiting bars has guiding parts at both ends in the direction of the charging seat plugging the battery.

[0019] Furthermore, a separation portion is provided between two adjacent charging stations on the upper surface of the charging base;

[0020] The isolation portion includes an isolation base and an isolation member;

[0021] A step structure is formed at the connection between the isolation member and the isolation base, which faces the assembly channel.

[0022] Furthermore, the upper surface of the charging stand has a plurality of reinforcements; and the plurality of reinforcements are respectively arranged on the edges of the first opening.

[0023] Furthermore, the lower surface of the charging base has a TYPE-C interface adapted to the number of charging stations.

[0024] Furthermore, the charging base has an inner cavity in its length direction;

[0025] The inner cavity is equipped with a cooling component and the charging control circuit;

[0026] The lower surface of the charging base is provided with an air inlet and an air outlet at two different positions in the length direction thereof;

[0027] The air inlet and the air outlet are communicated with the inner cavity respectively.

[0028] Furthermore, the side surface of the charging base in the length direction has a functional part;

[0029] The functional part includes a display screen and function buttons;

[0030] The display screen and the function keys are electrically connected to the charging control circuit respectively.

[0031] Furthermore, a non-slip pad is provided on the other side of the charging stand opposite to the side with the functional part.

[0032] In addition, a drone battery charging module is proposed, which includes a drone battery and the drone battery charging manager described above;

[0033] The drone battery is assembled at the charging station of the drone battery charging hub.

[0034] The beneficial effects of the utility model are:

[0035] The technical solution of the present invention is a drone battery charging hub and a drone battery charging module, wherein the drone battery charging hub includes a charging base and a charging control circuit, the charging base having an upper surface and a lower surface; the charging base also has a first opening and an assembly channel; the first opening is provided on the upper surface, and the assembly channel extends from the first opening to the lower surface to form a second opening; the first opening, the assembly channel, and the second opening together form a charging station; when the battery is assembled into the charging station for charging, the two ends of the battery are exposed on the upper and lower surfaces of the charging hub, and the heat generated by the battery due to charging can be dissipated from the exposed areas, effectively solving the problem of the battery overheating during the charging process. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0036] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the first embodiment of the present utility model;

[0037] Figure 2 This is a structural schematic diagram of another angle of embodiment 1 of the present utility model;

[0038] Figure 3 This is an exploded schematic diagram of the functional portion and the charging base body of the first embodiment of the present invention;

[0039] Figure 4 This is a schematic structural diagram of the anti-slip mat according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

[0040] Figure 5 This is a structural diagram of a UAV battery charging module of the utility model;

[0041] Description of reference numerals:

[0042] 1-upper surface, 2-lower surface, 3-charging station, 31-first opening, 32-second opening, 33-assembly channel, 331-inner wall, 332-limiting strip, 3321-guide part, 4-charging plug interface, 5-isolation part, 51-isolation base, 52-isolation room, 53-step structure, 6-reinforcement rib, 7-TYPE-C interface, 8-inner cavity, 81-cooling component, 82-air inlet, 83-air outlet, 84-air flow channel, A-functional part, A1-display screen, A2-function button, B-anti-slip pad. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0043] The following will be combined with the Figure 1 To the attached Figure 5 The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention are clearly and completely described. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of them. All other embodiments derived by persons of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative effort are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0044] In order to solve the problem that the drone battery charging hub in the prior art causes the battery to overheat easily when charging, and the high temperature reduces the charging efficiency, the inventors have proposed a drone battery charging hub, which aims to solve the problem that the drone battery cannot dissipate heat well when charging with the existing charging hub, which causes the drone battery to overheat easily and affects the charging efficiency.

[0045] like Figure 1 and Figure 2 As shown, a drone battery charging butler of the present technical solution is used to charge drone batteries. The whole is square-shaped and includes a charging base with a charging control circuit. The charging base has an upper surface 1 and a lower surface 2. The charging base also has a first opening 31 and an assembly channel 33; wherein, the first opening 31 is provided on the upper surface 1, and the assembly channel 33 passes through the first opening 31 to the lower surface 2 to form a second opening 32; the first opening 31, the assembly channel 33 and the second opening 32 together form a charging station 3.

[0046] The charging station 3 is used to connect with the drone battery. Specifically, during use, the drone battery is inserted through the first opening 31 and passed along the assembly channel 33 until it emerges from the second opening 32. Specifically, the charging station 3 extends through the upper surface 1 and lower surface 2 of the charging hub. After the drone battery is assembled at the charging station 3, both ends of the drone battery and at least a portion of the main body of the drone battery are exposed on the upper and lower surfaces 1 and 2 of the charging hub. This effectively dissipates heat from both ends of the drone battery. In particular, the lower end of the drone battery is positioned away from the second opening 32, allowing heat from the drone battery to be effectively dissipated to the outside world. This effectively overcomes the problem of conventional charging hubs enclosing the drone battery inside the charging chamber during charging, preventing the timely and effective removal of heat from the drone battery, which can lead to overheating of the drone battery.

[0047] In this embodiment, there is at least one charging station 3; that is, the number of charging stations 3 may be one, two, three, or even more, depending on the actual usage scenario. When there are multiple charging stations 3, such as three charging stations 3, the three charging stations 3 are arranged side by side, and each charging station 3 is equipped with a drone battery. The drone battery charging manager can charge multiple drone batteries simultaneously.

[0048] In addition, the edge of the first opening 31 is provided with charging output sockets 4 having the same number as the charging stations 3 ; the charging output sockets 4 are electrically connected to the charging control circuit.

[0049] During use, when the drone battery is placed in the charging station 3 until it cannot move forward, the charging output interface 4 is docked with the charging part on the drone battery to achieve electrical connection. Thus, the drone battery charging manager can charge the drone battery.

[0050] Furthermore, in order to ensure that the drone battery is firmly assembled with the charging station 3, the assembly channel 33 includes two inner walls 331 arranged opposite to each other, and each inner wall 331 has a plurality of limiting strips 332.

[0051] During use, when the drone battery is placed in the charging station 3, the plurality of limit bars 332 can exert an extruding effect on the main body of the drone battery, so that the drone battery cannot move freely in the assembly channel 33. In this embodiment, the limit bars 332 are integrally formed with the charging station body, and specifically are strip-shaped structures protruding outward from the surface of the inner wall 331. In another embodiment, the limit bars 332 are plastic strips made of insulating material. The number of the limit bars 332 can also be multiple according to actual use needs, and can also have multiple shapes and thicknesses according to the size of the drone battery.

[0052] In addition, since the assembly channel 33 has a certain length, in order to enable the drone battery to reach the assembly channel 33 more smoothly when placed in the charging station 3, each of the limit strips 332 has a guide portion 3321 at both ends in the direction of the charging seat plugging the battery.

[0053] Specifically, the guide portion 3321 gradually slopes from the end of the limiting strip 332 body toward the inner wall 331 until the surface of the end merges with the surface of the inner wall 331. It should be understood that this design allows the guide portion 3321 to better guide the drone battery into the assembly channel 33 when it is inserted into the assembly channel 33 through the first opening 31 until it is exposed from the second opening 32 on the lower surface 2, thereby effectively preventing the drone battery from becoming stuck during insertion into the assembly channel 33.

[0054] In addition, in an embodiment of the utility model, an isolation portion 5 is provided between the two adjacent charging stations 3 on the upper surface 1 of the charging base; the isolation portion 5 has a certain thickness, and the isolation portion 5 includes an isolation base 51 and an isolation member 52; a step structure 53 is formed at the connection between the isolation member 52 and the isolation base 51 toward the side of the assembly channel 33.

[0055] There is a certain distance between the two adjacent charging stations 3 so that when the two adjacent charging stations 3 are equipped with drone batteries, the two adjacent drone batteries are separated by a distance, so that when the fully charged drone battery needs to be pulled out from the charging hub, the human hand can easily pull out the drone battery from the gap.

[0056] A plurality of reinforcement members 6 are provided on the upper surface 1 of the charging stand; the plurality of reinforcement members 6 are respectively arranged at the edges of the first opening 31 .

[0057] It should be understood that since the charging station 3 is affected by the frequent plugging and unplugging of the drone battery, the connection between the charging station 3 and the charging base body is prone to breakage. Therefore, it is necessary to set some reinforcing ribs 6 at the connection between the charging station 3 and the charging base body, that is, at the edge of the first opening 31. The reinforcing ribs 6 and the charging base body are an integrally formed structure. One end of the reinforcing rib 6 is connected to the area near the first opening 31, and the other end of the reinforcing rib 6 is connected to the inner wall of the charging base body, so as to strengthen the toughness of the connection between the charging station 3 and the charging base body and avoid breakage.

[0058] In an embodiment of the utility model, as Figure 3 As shown, the lower surface 2 of the charging base has a TYPE-C interface 7 adapted to the number of the charging stations 3. It should be noted that the TYPE-C interface 7 has a bidirectional input and output circuit and is connected to the charging control circuit for charging external devices.

[0059] Specifically, when the drone battery charging manager is connected to an external power supply device, such as a charging power supply or a flash charger K1, when the flash charger K1 is connected, the flash charger K1 is plugged into the TYPE-C interface 7, so that the drone battery charging manager can obtain power from the flash charger K1 to charge the drone battery.

[0060] In another usage scenario, the TYPE-C interface 7 is plugged into an external device, such as a game console or a drone remote control. The remote control can obtain power from the drone battery from the TYPE-C interface 7 to meet the charging needs of the remote control itself.

[0061] In an embodiment of the utility model, Figure 3 As shown, the charging stand has an inner cavity 8 in its length direction; the inner cavity 8 occupies the entire side of the charging stand body, and the inner cavity 8 is equipped with a cooling component 81 and the charging control circuit; the cooling component 81 is electrically connected to the charging control circuit. In this embodiment, the cooling component 81 is a small fan, and the small fan rotates under the electrical connection of the charging control circuit. In addition, an air inlet 82 and an air outlet 83 are respectively provided at two different positions in the length direction of the lower surface 2 of the charging stand, and the air inlet 82 and the air outlet 83 are respectively connected to the inner cavity 8; in particular, an air flow channel 84 is formed between the air inlet 82 and the air outlet 83.

[0062] Preferably, the air inlet 82 and the air outlet 83 are respectively arranged at the two ends of the length direction of the charging stand body. In this way, the air flow channel 84 is the longest. In addition, it should be noted that the small fan is arranged near the air inlet 82. With this design, when the small fan rotates, negative pressure is generated near the air inlet 82, so that the external air flow can enter the inner cavity 8 from the air inlet 82, and the air flow flows along the air flow channel 84 to the air outlet 83 and flows to the outside.

[0063] Since the inner cavity 8 is arranged on the side of the charging stand body, and the air inlet 82 and the air outlet 83 are respectively arranged at both ends of the length direction of the charging stand body, when the air flow flows in the air flow channel 84, the heat generated by the drone battery can be carried to the outside to the greatest extent by the air flow.

[0064] In an embodiment of the utility model, Figure 1 As shown, the side surface in the length direction of the charging base has a functional part A; the functional part A includes a display screen A1 and a function button A2; the display screen A1 and the function button A2 are electrically connected to the charging control circuit respectively, the display screen A1 is used to display the power level of different batteries on the charging hub, and the function button A2 is used to control the selection of battery charging priority and whether to charge.

[0065] In an embodiment of the utility model, as Figure 4 As shown, the charging base has an anti-skid pad B on the side opposite to the side with the functional part A. The anti-skid pad B is used to increase the contact friction between the drone battery charging hub and the surface when the charging hub is placed on a flat surface, preventing the drone battery charging hub from slipping when placed on the surface.

[0066] In addition, if Figure 5 As shown, a drone battery charging module 100 is also proposed, which includes a drone battery 101 and the drone battery charging manager 102 described above; the drone battery 101 is assembled at the charging station of the drone battery charging manager 102 to enable the drone battery charging manager 102 to charge the drone battery 101.

[0067] To sum up, the drone battery charging butler of the present technical solution allows both ends of the drone battery and part of the main body of the drone battery to leak out of the drone battery charging butler when charging the drone battery, so that the drone battery can dissipate heat in time while charging, avoiding the drone battery temperature from being too high, thereby affecting the charging efficiency.

[0068] Based on the disclosure and teachings of the above description, those skilled in the art may also make changes and modifications to the above embodiments. Therefore, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed and described above, and any modifications and variations of the present invention should also fall within the scope of protection of the claims of the present invention. In addition, although certain specific terms are used in this description, these terms are for convenience of description only and do not constitute any limitation to the present invention.

Claims

1. A drone battery charging manager, including a charging base and a charging control circuit, characterized by: The charging base has an upper surface and a lower surface; The charging base also has a first opening and an assembly channel; The first opening is provided on the upper surface, and the assembly channel extends from the first opening to the lower surface to form a second opening; The first opening, the assembly channel, and the second opening together form a charging station; The charging station has at least one; There are charging output sockets located at the edge of the first opening, the number of which is the same as the number of the charging stations; The charging output socket is electrically connected to the charging control circuit.

2. The drone battery charging manager according to claim 1, characterized in that: The assembly channel includes two inner walls arranged opposite to each other, and each inner wall is provided with a plurality of limiting strips.

3. The drone battery charging manager according to claim 2, characterized in that: Each of the limiting bars has a guiding portion at both ends in the direction in which the charging seat is plugged into the battery.

4. The drone battery charging manager according to claim 1, characterized in that: A partition is provided between two adjacent charging stations provided on the upper surface of the charging base; The isolation portion includes an isolation base and an isolation member; A step structure is formed at the connection between the isolation member and the isolation base, which faces the assembly channel.

5. The drone battery charging manager according to claim 1, characterized in that: The upper surface of the charging base has a plurality of reinforcement members; A plurality of reinforcing members are respectively arranged at edges of the first opening.

6. The drone battery charging manager according to claim 1, characterized in that: The lower surface of the charging base has a TYPE-C interface adapted to the number of charging stations.

7. The drone battery charging manager according to claim 1, characterized in that: The charging base has an inner cavity in the length direction thereof; The inner cavity is equipped with a cooling component and the charging control circuit; The lower surface of the charging base is provided with an air inlet and an air outlet at two different positions in the length direction thereof; The air inlet and the air outlet are communicated with the inner cavity respectively.

8. The drone battery charging manager according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that: The side surface of the charging base in the length direction has a functional part; The functional part includes a display screen and function buttons; The display screen and the function keys are electrically connected to the charging control circuit respectively.

9. The drone battery charging manager according to claim 8, characterized in that: The other side of the charging stand opposite to the side with the functional part is provided with an anti-slip pad.

10. A UAV battery charging module, characterized by: The drone battery charging module includes a drone battery and a drone battery charging hub according to any one of claims 1 to 8; The drone battery is assembled at the charging station of the drone battery charging hub.

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