Long-endurance power unmanned aerial vehicle device

By installing rolled-up solar thin-film batteries and telescopic control devices on drones, the problem of insufficient drone battery life has been solved, achieving higher charging efficiency and longer battery life, while maintaining the stability and aesthetics of the drone.

CN223703012UActive Publication Date: 2025-12-23YANGTZE NORMAL UNIVERSITY
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Application Number
CN202520389720.5
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-03-07
Publication Date
2025-12-23
Estimated Expiration
2035-03-07

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Technical Problem

Existing civilian drones have limited battery life and solar cell area, making it impossible to effectively improve charging range.

Method used

The device employs a roll-up solar thin-film battery and a battery telescopic control device. The solar thin-film battery can be unfolded and retracted through the telescopic mechanism. It unfolds to receive sunlight when charging and retracts when the battery is depleted, without affecting the drone's flight.

Benefits of technology

It improves the charging efficiency and battery life of drones, reduces interference with drone flight, and ensures the stability and aesthetic appearance of drones.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a long-endurance power unmanned aerial vehicle device which comprises a vehicle body located in the middle, supporting arms horizontally extending outwards are arranged on the periphery of the vehicle body, rotor wing mechanisms are arranged at the tail ends of the supporting arms, a storage battery is installed on the vehicle body, the storage battery is connected with the rotor wing mechanisms and supplies power to the rotor wing mechanisms, and a charging device is further installed on the vehicle body. The charging device comprises a solar thin-film battery arranged in a rolling mode and a battery stretching control device connected with the solar thin-film battery, and the power output end of the solar thin-film battery is connected with the storage battery to form a charging loop. And on the premise that the overall flight stability and safety of the unmanned aerial vehicle are not affected, the endurance working capacity of the unmanned aerial vehicle is improved.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to a kind of civilian unmanned aerial vehicle technical field, specifically to a kind of long endurance power unmanned aerial vehicle device. BACKGROUND

[0002] Unmanned aircraft, short for "drone", is a kind of unmanned aircraft controlled by wireless remote control equipment and self-provided program control device. Drone is actually a general term for unmanned aircraft. According to the classification by use, drone can be divided into military drone and civilian drone. Since its birth, drone has been mainly used in military field, but now it has gradually expanded from the original military field to consumer field, and the drone in the public concept is mainly civilian drone.

[0003] Civilian drone has wide application in aerial photography, agriculture, plant protection, micro-selfie, express delivery, disaster rescue, observation of wild animals, monitoring of infectious diseases, surveying and mapping, news reporting, power inspection, disaster relief, film shooting and manufacturing romance, but the most common application is for taking pictures. In September 2018, the HSC (Harmonized System Committee) meeting decided to classify drone as "flying camera" and regulate it as "camera".

[0004] The classic structure of modern civilian drone includes a body located in the middle, a support arm horizontally extending outward from the body, a rotor arranged at the end of the support arm, and a camera arranged on the body. The flight and shooting of civilian drone need to rely on the power provided by the battery on the drone. However, the capacity of the battery is limited, so how to improve the endurance is a common problem in the design field of civilian drone.

[0005] Some existing methods for improving the charging endurance of drone, such as CN201721789980.3, CN201721608923.0 and CN207482201U, can charge the battery by setting solar cells on the drone to improve the endurance. However, in these existing patent technologies, the solar cells are fixedly arranged on the body of the drone, and the body of the drone is usually small in size to reduce weight, so the area of the solar cells that can be installed is limited, and the charging endurance is limited. UTILITY MODEL CONTENT

[0006] In view of the above-mentioned deficiencies of the prior art, the technical problem to be solved by the utility model is how to provide a long endurance power unmanned aerial vehicle device that can better charge the battery to improve the endurance.

[0007] In order to solve the above technical problems, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme:

[0008] A long endurance power unmanned aerial vehicle device, including the body in the middle, the body around outwardly horizontally stretch out and be provided with support arm, support arm end is provided with rotor mechanism, install the battery on the body, the battery and the rotor mechanism are connected and power supply for it, still install the charging device on the body, its characterized in that, the charging device includes the solar thin film battery of roll up setting and the battery telescopic control device connected with solar thin film battery, the power output end of solar thin film battery is connected with the battery and forms the charging loop.

[0009] In this way, when the unmanned aerial vehicle device is used, the battery power can be exhausted, and the rolled solar thin film battery can be controlled to stretch out and expand outward by the battery telescopic control device, receive sunlight to charge the battery, so that the battery area is not limited by the volume of the unmanned aerial vehicle, and the endurance of the unmanned aerial vehicle can be improved. When there is no need to charge, the solar thin film battery can be rolled back, so that it does not interfere with the normal flight of the unmanned aerial vehicle. Therefore, the device utilizes the characteristics of flexible, light weight and telescopic of the thin film solar cell, realizes the control of the battery, improves the charging efficiency and endurance of the unmanned aerial vehicle, reduces the flight interference of the unmanned aerial vehicle, and ensures the stability of the unmanned aerial vehicle.

[0010] Further, the support arm includes a hollow connecting arm and a support arm decoration covering the outer surface of the connecting arm.

[0011] In this way, the connecting arm is made of hollow material, and the decoration on the outer surface is matched, which improves the appearance while ensuring sufficient strength and low weight.

[0012] Further, the body includes a machine base and a decorative upper cover installed on the upper surface of the machine base, the inner end of the connecting arm is fixed on the machine base, and the support arm decoration is inlaid with the edge of the decorative upper cover.

[0013] In this way, better protection effect and improved appearance are achieved.

[0014] Further, the charging device is installed between the machine base and the decorative upper cover, the battery outlet is provided on the side surface of the decorative upper cover, and the battery telescopic control device can control the solar thin film battery to stretch out and expand along the battery outlet.

[0015] In this way, the charging device is better protected.

[0016] Further, the solar thin film battery is symmetrically arranged in pairs along the center of the body.

[0017] In this way, the solar thin film battery is expanded in pairs along the center of the body to the two sides, and the balance and stability of the unmanned aerial vehicle are better maintained.

[0018] Further, the battery telescopic control device comprises a pair of battery rotating shafts arranged symmetrically and horizontally on the base, the solar thin film batteries are wrapped around the corresponding battery rotating shafts, each solar thin film battery is provided below with a corresponding telescopic mechanism, the battery telescopic control device further comprises a control motor and a linkage transmission mechanism connected with the control motor, the linkage transmission mechanism is connected between the battery rotating shafts and the corresponding telescopic mechanisms, the fixed end of the telescopic mechanism is installed on the base, and the telescopic end of the telescopic mechanism is horizontally arranged outside and connected with the outer end of the solar thin film battery.

[0019] Thus, when charging is needed, the control motor is controlled to rotate forward to drive the telescopic mechanisms to extend outward and drive the battery rotating shafts to rotate synchronously, so that the solar thin film batteries can extend outward and horizontally to absorb sunlight for charging. After charging is completed, the control motor is controlled to rotate reversely to drive the telescopic mechanisms to retract and drive the battery rotating shafts to rotate reversely to realize synchronous wrapping of the solar thin film batteries. Therefore, synchronous linkage is realized, synchronous control of the solar thin film batteries is realized, the structure is simple, compact, ingenious and stable.

[0020] Further, the linkage transmission mechanism comprises a pair of linkage gears installed at the same end of each pair of battery rotating shafts, the linkage gears are arranged in mesh with each other, further comprises a middle shaft arranged in parallel between the two battery rotating shafts, the end of the middle shaft facing the linkage gears is connected with any battery rotating shaft through a transversely arranged belt mechanism, the end of the middle shaft away from the linkage gears is provided with a driving bevel gear, the driving bevel gear is meshed with a driven bevel gear on each side, each driven bevel gear is provided with a screw rod at the shaft center, the screw rod is rotatably installed on the base through a screw rod seat, the screw rod is provided with a boss on both sides of the screw rod seat to limit the axial movement of the screw rod, the outer end of the screw rod is rotatably connected with a nut below the corresponding battery rotating shaft, the nut is provided with a rotation limiting structure between the nut and the base, and the nut is connected with the telescopic mechanism.

[0021] Thus, the screw rod and the nut constitute a screw nut transmission mechanism, the control motor drives the linkage transmission mechanism, and the two battery rotating shafts are reversely rotated through the two linkage gears; meanwhile, the battery rotating shafts drive the middle shaft to rotate in the same direction through the belt mechanism, and then the two screw rods are rotated through the cooperation of the bevel gears, and then the nut is axially translated through the screw nut transmission mechanism, and then the telescopic mechanism is extended outward to realize synchronous linkage control of the telescopic mechanism and the battery rotating shafts, and then the solar thin film batteries are stably and reliably extended outward and retracted.

[0022] Further, one end of each battery rotation shaft is a power input end and is connected with the control motor.

[0023] Further, the telescopic mechanism comprises a plurality of pairs of intermediate-position hinged X-shaped hinge rods, the ends of each pair of hinge rods are hingedly connected with the ends of the adjacent pair of hinge rods, so that each pair of hinge rods is arranged in a linear shape and extends outward, the outer ends of the outermost pair of hinge rods are hingedly fixed to the lower surfaces of the corresponding solar thin-film batteries, the hinge shafts at the hinge connection points of the innermost pair of hinge rods are installed and positioned on the base, and two feet at the inner ends of the innermost pair of hinge rods are provided with sliding grooves along the length direction of the hinge rods.

[0024] In this way, the screw nut transmission mechanism can control the two push rods to be pushed outward or retracted inward during the axial translation of the screw nut, so as to drive the two hinge rods at the starting end to rotate and open or retract, and the linkage of each hinge rod can realize the rapid extension and retraction of the solar thin-film batteries. Therefore, the telescopic mechanism only needs to control the rotation of the single pair of hinge rods at the starting end by a short distance, so as to drive the entire telescopic mechanism and the batteries to realize the rapid extension and retraction by a long distance. The telescopic mechanism has the advantages of simple structure, stable transmission, long control distance, rapid response and the like.

[0025] In summary, the thin-film battery charging is used to prolong the use time and solve the problem of insufficient endurance of the rotor unmanned aerial vehicle. Under the premise of not affecting the overall flight stability and safety of the unmanned aerial vehicle, the endurance working capacity of the unmanned aerial vehicle is increased. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0026] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the long-endurance power unmanned aerial vehicle device used in the utility model.

[0027] Figure 2 It is Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the structure from the bottom to the top direction after removing the base in the utility model.

[0028] Figure 3 It is Figure 1 It is a partial structure enlarged schematic diagram of the single base part after removing the arm decoration piece and the decoration upper cover in the utility model.

[0029] Figure 4 It is Figure 3 It is a partial structure schematic diagram of the single telescopic mechanism part in the utility model. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0030] The utility model will be further described in detail in combination with the drawings.

[0031] The most optimal embodiment: a long-endurance power unmanned aerial vehicle device, see Figures 1-4 , including the body in the middle, the body around the horizontal extension of the arm, the arm end of the rotor mechanism 1, the body is installed on the battery (not shown in the figure), the battery and the rotor mechanism 1 are connected and powered, the body is also installed on the charging device, the charging device includes a wrapped solar film battery 2 and a battery telescopic control device connected with the solar film battery 2, the power output end of the solar film battery 2 is connected with the battery to form a charging loop.

[0032] In this way, the unmanned aerial vehicle device uses the battery power to rely on the battery telescopic control device to control the wrapped solar film battery to extend outward and unfold, receive sunlight to charge the battery, so that the battery area is not limited by the volume of the unmanned aerial vehicle, which can better improve the endurance of the unmanned aerial vehicle. When there is no need to charge, the solar film battery can be wrapped back, so that it does not interfere with the normal flight of the unmanned aerial vehicle. Therefore, the device utilizes the characteristics of flexible, light weight and telescopic of the thin film solar cell to realize the control of the battery, which improves the charging efficiency and endurance of the unmanned aerial vehicle, reduces the flight interference of the unmanned aerial vehicle, and ensures the stability of the unmanned aerial vehicle.

[0033] Among them, the arm includes a hollow connection arm 3 and an arm decoration 4 covering the outer surface of the connection arm.

[0034] In this way, the connection arm is made of hollow material, which cooperates with the decoration on the outer surface to improve the appearance while ensuring sufficient strength and low weight.

[0035] Among them, the body includes a base 5 and a decorative cover 6 installed on the upper surface of the base 5, the inner end of the connection arm 3 is fixed on the base 5, and the arm decoration 4 is inlaid with the edge of the decorative cover 6.

[0036] In this way, better protection effect and improved appearance are achieved.

[0037] Among them, the charging device is installed between the base 5 and the decorative cover 6, the side of the decorative cover 6 is provided with a battery outlet, and the battery telescopic control device can control the solar film battery 2 to extend and unfold along the battery outlet.

[0038] In this way, the charging device is better protected.

[0039] Among them, the solar film battery 2 is symmetrically arranged in pairs along the center of the body.

[0040] In this way, the solar film battery is unfolded in pairs along the center of the body to the two sides, which better maintains the balance and stability of the unmanned aerial vehicle.

[0041] The battery telescopic control device comprises a pair of battery rotating shafts 7, which are symmetrically arranged on the base 5, and the solar thin film batteries 2 are wrapped around the corresponding battery rotating shafts 7. A telescopic mechanism is arranged below each solar thin film battery. The battery telescopic control device further comprises a control motor and a linkage transmission mechanism connected with the control motor. The linkage transmission mechanism is connected between the battery rotating shafts and the corresponding telescopic mechanisms. The fixed end of the telescopic mechanism is arranged on the base, and the telescoping end of the telescopic mechanism is horizontally arranged outside and connected with the outer end of the solar thin film battery 2.

[0042] Thus, when charging is needed, the control motor is positively rotated to drive the telescopic mechanism to extend outward and synchronously rotate the battery rotating shafts, so that the solar thin film batteries can synchronously extend outward and horizontally expand to absorb sunlight for charging. After charging is completed, the control motor is reversely rotated to drive the telescopic mechanism to retract and reversely rotate the battery rotating shafts to synchronously wrap the solar thin film batteries. Therefore, the synchronous linkage is convenient, the expansion and retraction of the solar thin film batteries are synchronously controlled, the structure is simple, compact, ingenious and stable.

[0043] The linkage transmission mechanism comprises a pair of linkage gears 8 arranged at the same end of each pair of battery rotating shafts. The linkage gears 8 are arranged in meshing relationship with each other. The linkage transmission mechanism further comprises a middle shaft 9 arranged in parallel between the two battery rotating shafts 7. The end of the middle shaft 9 facing the linkage gears is connected with any battery rotating shaft through a transversely arranged belt mechanism 10. The end of the middle shaft 9 away from the linkage gears is provided with a driving bevel gear 11. The driving bevel gear 11 is in meshing relationship with a driven bevel gear 12 arranged on each side of the driving bevel gear 11. A screw rod 13 is arranged at the shaft center of each driven bevel gear 12. The screw rod 13 is rotatably arranged on the base through a screw rod seat. The screw rod 13 is provided with a boss on both sides of the screw rod seat to limit the axial movement of the screw rod 13. An outer end of the screw rod 13 is rotatably connected with a nut 14 arranged below the corresponding battery rotating shaft. A rotation limiting structure is arranged between the nut 14 and the base 5. The nut is connected with the telescopic mechanism.

[0044] Thus, the screw rod and the nut constitute a screw-nut transmission mechanism. After the control motor is transmitted to the linkage transmission mechanism, the two linkage gears can drive the two battery shafts to rotate reversely. At the same time, the battery shafts drive the intermediate shaft to rotate in the same direction through the belt mechanism, and then drive the two screw rods on the two sides to rotate through the bevel gears, and then drive the nut to translate axially through the screw-nut transmission mechanism, and then drive the telescopic mechanism to extend outward, so as to realize the synchronous linkage control of the telescopic mechanism and the battery shafts, and then stably and reliably drive the solar thin-film batteries to extend outward and retract. The structure is simple, and the transmission is stable and reliable. In implementation, the rotation-stopping limiting structure can be a limiting surface which is attached to at least one surface of the nut to stop rotation.

[0045] The one end of any battery shaft is a power input end 15 and is connected with the control motor (not shown in the figure) in transmission. In this way, the power input is facilitated.

[0046] The telescopic mechanism comprises a plurality of pairs of hinged rods 16 which are hinged in X shape. The ends of each pair of hinged rods 16 are hingedly connected with the ends of the adjacent pair of hinged rods, so that the pairs of hinged rods are arranged in a straight line shape. The outer ends 19 of the outermost pair of hinged rods are hingedly fixed to the lower surfaces of the corresponding solar thin-film batteries. The hinge shafts 20 at the hinged points of the innermost pair of hinged rods are installed and positioned on the base. The two feet at the inner ends of the innermost pair of hinged rods are provided with sliding grooves 17 along the length direction of the hinged rods. The telescopic mechanism further comprises two push rods 18 which are parallel to each other and arranged along the arrangement direction of the hinged rods. One end of the push rod 18 is fixed to the nut 14, and the other end is provided with a circular hinged joint along the side surface and is slidably clamped in the sliding groove 17.

[0047] In the process of driving the nut to translate axially through the screw-nut transmission mechanism, the two push rods can be controlled to extend outward or retract inward, so as to drive the two hinged rods at the starting end to rotate relative to each other to open or fold. The linkage of the hinged rods realizes the rapid extension and retraction of the solar thin-film batteries. Therefore, the telescopic mechanism only needs to control the rotation of the single pair of hinged rods at the starting end by a short distance, so as to drive the entire telescopic mechanism and the batteries to realize the rapid extension and retraction by a long distance. The structure is simple, the transmission is stable, the control distance is long, and the reaction is fast.

Claims

1. A long-endurance power unmanned aerial vehicle device, comprising a body located in the middle, a support arm is arranged horizontally outward around the body, a rotor mechanism is arranged at the end of the support arm, a storage battery is installed on the body, the storage battery is connected with the rotor mechanism and supplies power for the rotor mechanism, and a charging device is also installed on the body, characterized in that, The charging device comprises solar film batteries arranged in a roll and a battery telescopic control device connected with the solar film batteries, and the power output end of the solar film batteries is connected with a storage battery to form a charging loop.

2. The long-endurance power unmanned aerial vehicle apparatus of claim 1, wherein, The branch arm comprises a hollow connecting arm and a branch arm decoration covering the outer surface of the connecting arm.

3. The long-endurance power unmanned aerial vehicle apparatus of claim 1, wherein, The machine body comprises a machine base and a decorative cover installed on the upper surface of the machine base.

4. The long-endurance power unmanned aerial vehicle apparatus of claim 3, wherein, The charging device is installed between the machine base and the decorative cover, and the decorative cover is provided with a battery outlet on the side surface, and the battery telescopic control device can control the solar film batteries to extend and unfold along the battery outlet.

5. The long-endurance, powered unmanned aerial vehicle apparatus of claim 1, wherein, The solar film batteries are symmetrically arranged in pairs along the center of the machine body.

6. The long-endurance, powered unmanned aerial vehicle apparatus of claim 5, wherein, The battery telescopic control device comprises a pair of battery rotating shafts arranged symmetrically and horizontally on the machine base, the solar film batteries are arranged on the corresponding battery rotating shafts, each solar film battery is correspondingly provided with a telescopic mechanism below, the battery telescopic control device further comprises a control motor and a linkage transmission mechanism in transmission connection with the control motor, the linkage transmission mechanism is connected between the battery rotating shafts and the corresponding telescopic mechanisms, the telescopic mechanism is fixedly installed on the machine base, and the telescopic end of the telescopic mechanism is horizontally arranged outward and connected with the outer end of the solar film battery.

7. The long-endurance, powered unmanned aerial vehicle apparatus of claim 6, wherein, The linkage transmission mechanism comprises a pair of linkage gears installed on the same end of each pair of battery rotating shafts, the linkage gears are arranged in meshing with each other, and the linkage transmission mechanism further comprises a middle shaft arranged in parallel between the two battery rotating shafts, the end of the middle shaft facing the linkage gears is in transmission connection with any battery rotating shaft through a transversely arranged belt mechanism, the end of the middle shaft away from the linkage gears is provided with a driving bevel gear, the driving bevel gear is in meshing with a driven bevel gear on each side, each of the driven bevel gears is provided with a screw rod at the shaft center, the screw rod is rotatably installed on the machine base through a screw rod seat, the screw rod is provided with a boss on the two sides of the screw rod seat to limit the axial position of the screw rod, and the outer end of the screw rod is rotatably connected with a nut below the corresponding battery rotating shaft.

8. The long-endurance, powered unmanned aerial vehicle apparatus of claim 7, wherein, One end of any battery rotating shaft is a power input end and is in transmission connection with the control motor.

9. The long-endurance, powered unmanned aerial vehicle apparatus of claim 7, wherein, The telescopic mechanism comprises a plurality of pairs of intermediate position hinges arranged in X shape, the ends of each pair of hinges are hingedly connected with the ends of the adjacent pair of hinges, so that the pairs of hinges are arranged in a straight line shape outward, the outer ends of the outermost pair of hinges are hingedly fixed to the lower surface of the outer end of the corresponding solar film battery, the hinge shaft at the hinge joint of the innermost pair of hinges is installed and positioned on the machine base, and the two feet at the inner end of the innermost pair of hinges are provided with a sliding groove along the length direction of the hinge. The telescopic mechanism further comprises two push rods arranged in parallel and along the arrangement direction of the hinges, one end of the push rod is fixed to the nut, and the other end is provided with a circular hinge joint along the side surface and is slidably connected in the sliding groove.

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