Automatic loading and unloading manipulator for unmanned aerial vehicle battery

Abstract

The utility model discloses an unmanned aerial vehicle battery automatic loading and unloading manipulator which comprises a manipulator body and a battery. The mechanical arm comprises a rotating arm, a telescopic groove is formed in the rotating arm, a cover plate is mounted at the top of the rotating arm, a mounting seat is arranged at the top of the cover plate, a control motor is mounted on the mounting seat, a control gear is mounted on an output shaft of the control motor, and a pair of limiting blocks is fixedly connected to the groove bottom of the telescopic groove. A control area is formed between the limiting blocks, a telescopic channel is formed between the limiting blocks and the inner wall of the telescopic groove, a clamping jaw is arranged in the telescopic channel, the tail end of the clamping jaw is fixedly connected with a pair of clamping blocks, and strip teeth are arranged on the side wall of the clamping jaw; clamping grooves are formed in the side walls of the top ends of the two sides of the battery. The utility model has the advantages of simple structure, convenience in regular maintenance and replacement of related parts, small number of electrical equipment, low use and maintenance cost, energy consumption saving and benefit for energy conservation and environmental protection.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model belongs to mechanical hand technical field, especially a kind of unmanned aerial vehicle battery automatic loading and unloading mechanical hand. BACKGROUND

[0002] After long time flight, unmanned aerial vehicle needs to be charged, and there are many charging methods for unmanned aerial vehicle, and replacing battery is a common one, and the specific method is as follows: first, the old battery without electricity is taken out from unmanned aerial vehicle, and then the new battery charged is loaded into unmanned aerial vehicle.

[0003] Traditional unmanned aerial vehicle battery loading and unloading work is generally completed manually, but manual loading and unloading battery efficiency is often low, and labor intensity is large.Currently, there are some automatic mechanical hand structures on the market, such as a mechanical hand that can be automatically loaded and unloaded, which is disclosed on China patent network, and the publication number is CN212947808U, the mechanical hand structure can replace manual work to complete the automatic loading and unloading work of unmanned aerial vehicle battery, but some existing mechanical hand structures are often relatively complex, and it is not convenient to regularly maintain and replace related parts, and most of the existing mechanical hand structures need to be assisted by multiple electrical equipment to realize the grabbing and loading and unloading of battery, which not only improves the use and maintenance cost of the whole device, but also increases energy consumption, which is not conducive to energy saving and environmental protection.Therefore, in view of the above problems, the utility model provides a kind of unmanned aerial vehicle battery automatic loading and unloading mechanical hand, which has important significance. UTILITY MODEL CONTENT

[0004] The utility model provides a kind of unmanned aerial vehicle battery automatic loading and unloading mechanical hand, and the automatic loading and unloading work of unmanned aerial vehicle battery can be realized by two clamping claws in mechanical hand, compared with traditional manual operation, efficiency is high, labor intensity is small, and the structure is simple, and it is convenient to regularly maintain and replace related parts;Automatic grabbing and loading and unloading work of battery can be realized by a small amount of electrical equipment, which not only reduces the use and maintenance cost of the whole device, but also saves energy consumption, which is conducive to energy saving and environmental protection, and the above problems in background technology are solved.

[0005] To solve the above technical problems, the utility model is realized by the following technical schemes:

[0006] The utility model provides a kind of unmanned aerial vehicle battery automatic loading and unloading mechanical hand, and the automatic loading and unloading work of unmanned aerial vehicle battery can be realized by two clamping claws in mechanical hand, compared with traditional manual operation, efficiency is high, labor intensity is small, and the structure is simple, and it is convenient to regularly maintain and replace related parts;Automatic grabbing and loading and unloading work of battery can be realized by a small amount of electrical equipment, which not only reduces the use and maintenance cost of the whole device, but also saves energy consumption, which is conducive to energy saving and environmental protection, and the above problems in background technology are solved.

[0007] The manipulator includes a rotating arm, which is mounted on an external driving device, a telescopic slot is provided inside the rotating arm, and a cover is installed on the top of the rotating arm, a mounting seat is provided on the top of the cover, a control motor is installed on the mounting seat, and a control gear is installed on the output shaft of the control motor, a pair of limit blocks are fixedly connected to the bottom of the telescopic slot, a control area is formed between the limit blocks, a telescopic channel is formed between the limit blocks and the inner wall of the telescopic slot, a claw is provided in the telescopic channel, a pair of blocks are fixedly connected to the ends of the claws, and teeth are provided on the side walls of the claws;

[0008] The top side walls of both sides of the battery are provided with card slots.

[0009] Furthermore, the control area is circular, the control gear is located at the center of the control area, and the control gear is meshed with the teeth on the side walls of the two claws.

[0010] Furthermore, the width of the clamping claw is equal to the width of the telescopic channel.

[0011] Furthermore, the thickness of the card block is equal to the width of the card slot, and the distance between a pair of the card blocks is equal to the distance between a pair of card slots.

[0012] Furthermore, a plurality of mounting holes are provided on the surface of the cover plate, and a plurality of thread grooves are provided on the top surface of the rotating arm. The number of the thread grooves is the same as that of the mounting holes, the diameters are equal, and the center of each thread groove corresponds one-to-one to the center of each mounting hole.

[0013] Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following beneficial effects:

[0014] (1) When the automatic loading and unloading robot for drone batteries in the utility model is in use, the two claws in the robot can realize the automatic loading and unloading of drone batteries. Compared with traditional manual operation, it has high efficiency, low labor intensity, simple structure, and is convenient for regular maintenance and replacement of related components.

[0015] (2) When in use, the automatic loading and unloading robot for drone batteries in the utility model can realize automatic grasping and loading and unloading of batteries through a small amount of electrical equipment, which not only reduces the use and maintenance costs of the entire device, but also saves energy consumption, which is beneficial to energy conservation and environmental protection.

[0016] Of course, any product implementing the present invention does not necessarily need to achieve all of the advantages described above at the same time. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0017] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical scheme of the embodiments of the present application, the following will briefly introduce the drawings needed to be used in the embodiment description, obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and for the ordinary skilled in the art, other drawings can also be obtained according to these drawings without creative labor.

[0018] Figure 1 The structural diagram of the unmanned aerial vehicle battery automatic loading and unloading mechanical hand of the present application;

[0019] Figure 2 The internal structure diagram of the mechanical hand in the present application;

[0020] Figure 3 The internal structure plan view of the mechanical hand in the present application;

[0021] Figure 4 The structural diagram of the cover plate in the present application;

[0022] Figure 5 The structural diagram of the control motor in the present application;

[0023] Figure 6 The structural diagram of the rotating arm in the present application;

[0024] Figure 7 The plan view of the rotating arm in the present application.

[0025] In the drawings, the component list represented by each number is as follows:

[0026] 1, battery; 2, rotating arm; 3, telescopic groove; 4, cover plate; 5, mounting seat; 6, control motor; 7, control gear; 8, limiting block; 9, control area; 10, telescopic channel; 11, clamping jaw; 12, clamping block; 13, clamping groove; 14, mounting hole; 15, threaded groove. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0027] The technical scheme in the embodiments of the present application will be described clearly and completely in combination with the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, obviously, the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present application, but not all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all the other embodiments obtained by the ordinary skilled in the art without creative labor are within the protection scope of the present application.

[0028] In the description of the utility model, it is understood that the terms "relative", "one end", "internal", "transverse", "end", "two ends", "two sides", "front", "one end surface", "the other end surface" and the like indicate the orientation or positional relationship, which is only for the convenience of describing the utility model and simplifying the description, and is not indicative or suggestive of the components or elements indicated must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation on the utility model.

[0029] Please refer to Figures 1-7 The utility model discloses an unmanned aerial vehicle battery automatic loading and unloading manipulator, including manipulator and battery 1;

[0030] Manipulator includes rotary arm 2, and rotary arm 2 is installed on external drive equipment, and its inside is provided with telescopic groove 3, and the top of rotary arm 2 is installed with cover plate 4, and rotary arm 2 can be driven by external drive equipment to rotate together with cover plate 4, so as to transfer and unload the battery 1 after being grabbed, and the top of cover plate 4 is provided with mounting seat 5, and control motor 6 is installed on mounting seat 5, control gear 7 is installed on the output shaft of control motor 6, a pair of limit blocks 8 are fixedly connected to the groove bottom of telescopic groove 3, control area 9 is formed between limit blocks 8, telescopic channel 10 is formed between the inner wall of telescopic groove 3 and limit block 8, and clamping jaw 11 is arranged in telescopic channel 10, a pair of clamping blocks 12 are fixedly connected to the tail end of clamping jaw 11, and a strip gear is formed in the side wall of clamping jaw 11;

[0031] The side wall of the top end of battery 1 is provided with clamping groove 13.

[0032] Among them, control area 9 is circular, control gear 7 is located at the center of control area 9, and control gear 7 is engaged with the strip gear on the side wall of the two clamping jaws 11, control gear 7 can be driven to rotate forward or reversely by driving control motor 6, when control gear 7 rotates forward or reversely, the two clamping jaws 11 can be driven to move left and right along the corresponding telescopic channels 10 through the engagement between the strip gears, at this time, the unloading of old battery 1 and the installation of new battery 1 can be completed simultaneously through the telescopic movement of the two clamping jaws 11, which greatly improves the loading and unloading efficiency of battery 1, and effectively reduces the number of electric equipment used.

[0033] Among them, the width of clamping jaw 11 corresponds to the width of telescopic channel 10, and clamping jaw 11 can move along the two sides of telescopic channel 10, and the telescopic movement of clamping jaw 11 can be limited through telescopic channel 10, so as to improve the stability of clamping jaw 11, thereby preventing it from shaking and deviating during telescopic movement.

[0034] The thickness of the clamping block 12 corresponds to the slot width of the clamping slot 13, and the interval between the clamping block 12 corresponds to the interval between the clamping slot 13, when the clamping jaw 11 moves towards the direction of the battery 1, the two clamping blocks 12 can be inserted and fitted in the corresponding clamping slots 13, at this time, the battery 1 can be grabbed through the cooperation between the clamping block 12 and the clamping slot 13, without the help of other electrical equipment, thereby further reducing the number of electrical equipment, not only reducing the use and maintenance cost of the whole device, but also saving energy consumption, which is conducive to energy saving and environmental protection.

[0035] The surface of the cover plate 4 is provided with a plurality of mounting holes 14, and the top surface of the rotating arm 2 is provided with a plurality of threaded grooves 15, the number of the threaded grooves 15 is same as that of the mounting holes 14, the diameters are same, and the center of each threaded groove 15 and the center of each mounting hole 14 are one-to-one corresponding, the bolt can pass through the mounting hole 14 and be screwed into the corresponding threaded groove 15, the cover plate 4 can be fixedly installed on the top of the rotating arm 2 through the cooperation of the bolt, the mounting hole 14 and the threaded groove 15, and the cover plate 4 can be removed from the rotating arm 2 by unscrewing the bolt, so that the related parts of the mechanical hand can be maintained and replaced.

[0036] The circuit, electronic components and chip modules involved in the utility model are prior art, and can be realized by those skilled in the art without further description, and the content protected by the utility model does not involve improvement of software and methods.

[0037] The standard parts used in the application file can be purchased from the market, all the components in the application file can be ordered according to the description and drawings, the specific connection mode of each part adopts the conventional means such as bolt, rivet and welding in the prior art, and the mechanical parts and equipment adopt conventional types in the prior art, the electrical components appearing in the text are connected with the main controller and 220V mains electricity, and the main controller is a conventional known device that can play a control role.

[0038] The working principle of the utility model is:

[0039] The utility model discloses a drive control motor 6 makes it drive control gear 7 positive rotation, in order to drive two pawl 11 respectively to the old battery 1 and the new battery 1 of unmanned aerial vehicle on the direction of telescopic movement through the meshing relationship between control gear 7 and the strip tooth, until a pair of clamping block 12 on two pawl 11 respectively inserts and fits in the corresponding card slot 13 on old battery 1 and new battery 1, in order to complete the old battery 1 and the new battery 1's capture, then drive control gear 7 reverse rotation, in order to control two pawl 11 reverse telescopic movement, simultaneously, through the external drive equipment drive swing arm 2 together with two pawl 11 rotate, in order to the old battery 1 and new battery 1 after capture transfer, until the position of old battery 1 and new battery 1 complete the adjustment, drive control gear 7 positive rotation again, in order to through two pawl 11 the new battery 1 of full charge is loaded into unmanned aerial vehicle, and old battery 1 is unloaded simultaneously, can realize unmanned aerial vehicle battery 1's automatic loading and unloading work.

[0040] The above disclosed preferred embodiments of the utility model are only used to help the elaboration of the utility model. The preferred embodiments do not describe all the details, and the utility model is not limited to the specific implementation mode. Obviously, according to the content of the specification, many modifications and changes can be made. The specification selects and specifically describes these embodiments, in order to better explain the principle and practical application of the utility model, so that the person skilled in the art can well understand and utilize the utility model. The utility model is limited by the claims and the whole scope and equivalent thereof.

Claims

1. A UAV battery automatic loading and unloading robot, characterized in that: including a manipulator and a battery (1); The manipulator comprises a rotating arm (2), the rotating arm (2) being mounted on an external driving device, a telescopic slot (3) being provided inside the rotating arm (2), a cover plate (4) being mounted on the top of the rotating arm (2), a mounting seat (5) being provided on the top of the cover plate (4), a control motor (6) being mounted on the mounting seat (5), a control gear (7) being mounted on the output shaft of the control motor (6), a pair of limit blocks (8) being fixedly connected to the bottom of the telescopic slot (3), a control area (9) being formed between the limit blocks (8), a telescopic channel (10) being formed between the limit blocks (8) and the inner wall of the telescopic slot (3), a clamping claw (11) being provided in the telescopic channel (10), a pair of clamping blocks (12) being fixedly connected to the ends of the clamping claws (11), and a tooth bar being provided on the side wall of the clamping claws (11); The top side walls of both sides of the battery (1) are provided with card slots (13).

2. The automatic loading and unloading robot for UAV batteries according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The control area (9) is circular, the control gear (7) is located at the center of the control area (9), and the control gear (7) is meshed with the teeth on the side walls of the two claws (11).

3. The automatic loading and unloading robot for UAV batteries according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The width of the clamping claw (11) is equal to the width of the telescopic channel (10).

4. The automatic loading and unloading robot for UAV batteries according to claim 1, characterized in that: The thickness of the card block (12) is equal to the width of the card slot (13), and the spacing between a pair of card blocks (12) is equal to the spacing between a pair of card slots (13).

5. The automatic loading and unloading robot for UAV batteries according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The surface of the cover plate (4) is provided with a plurality of mounting holes (14), and the top surface of the rotating arm (2) is provided with a plurality of thread grooves (15). The thread grooves (15) are the same in number as the mounting holes (14) and have the same diameter, and the center of each thread groove (15) corresponds one-to-one to the center of each mounting hole (14).

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