Inspection unmanned aerial vehicle for factory control system

By designing drone connection components suitable for various gimbals, the problem of inconsistent installation methods for gimbals from different manufacturers has been solved, thereby improving the stability and security of drone inspections.

CN223751127UActive Publication Date: 2026-01-02JEREH (TIANJIN) PETROLEUM ENG & TECH CO LTD
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202520384605.9
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-03-06
Publication Date
2026-01-02
Estimated Expiration
2035-03-06

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Technical Problem

Existing drone inspection systems are difficult to adapt to the gimbal installation methods of different manufacturers, resulting in inconvenience in gimbal replacement and affecting inspection efficiency and safety.

Method used

A connection component was designed, including a top frame, telescopic rod, clamping plate, mounting plate, and fixing sleeve. Through adhesive bonding, threaded connection, and elastic structure, a stable connection between various gimbals and the drone body can be achieved, adapting to different gimbal installation methods.

Benefits of technology

Stable installation of various gimbals has been achieved, improving the stability and adaptability of inspection drones and reducing manpower requirements and safety hazards.

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Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of inspection unmanned aerial vehicles, in particular to an inspection unmanned aerial vehicle for a factory control system. Comprising an upper frame, the upper frame comprises a straight part and inclined parts fixed to the two ends of the straight part, the upper end of the straight part makes contact with the lower end of the unmanned aerial vehicle body, and the lower ends of the two inclined parts are away from each other; the two inclined parts are in one-to-one correspondence with the two machine legs, telescopic rods are arranged in the inclined parts in a sliding mode, clamping plates are fixed to the lower ends of the telescopic rods, the clamping plates are clamped to the machine legs on one sides of the clamping plates, an installation plate is fixed to the lower end of the straight lower portion of the upper frame, two clamping grooves are formed in the lower end of the straight lower portion of the upper frame, two clamping blocks are clamped in the clamping grooves in a sliding mode, and lug plates are fixed to the clamping blocks. By arranging the lug plate and the mounting plate, the cradle head mounting bracket can be suitable for mounting different cradle heads.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to a kind of inspection unmanned aerial vehicle technical field, specifically to a kind of inspection unmanned aerial vehicle for factory control system. BACKGROUND

[0002] In chemical production plant area, there are various large equipment and various small equipment, in order to maintain the normal work of plant area, it is usually necessary to inspect various large equipment and various small equipment in plant area. Automatic inspection is an important guarantee for safe operation of automated factory, and the traditional inspection method is mostly manual inspection, and the inspection personnel reach each device near the automated factory in turn, check the device condition, to realize the inspection of each device in the automated factory. However, the workload of manual inspection is large, and there is certain safety hazard. Unmanned aerial vehicle inspection can save manpower and reduce safety hazard. Generally, unmanned aerial vehicle is installed with a gimbal, and the gimbal transmits instrument data and other production conditions to the control terminal, so as to realize automatic inspection.

[0003] In the process of unmanned aerial vehicle inspection, when the data on the instrument need to be observed, a common gimbal can be hung on the unmanned aerial vehicle. However, when the infrared thermal imaging gimbal is needed to detect the working temperature change of the equipment, the camera gimbal on the unmanned aerial vehicle needs to be disassembled and replaced. However, the installation methods of gimbals from different manufacturers are different. For example, the installation frame of DJI Zenmuse Z15-GH4 gimbal has a connecting ear fixed at the upper end, which is connected to the unmanned aerial vehicle through the connecting ear. However, the connection structure of some gimbals and unmanned aerial vehicles is a mounting plate, so it is necessary to provide an inspection unmanned aerial vehicle that can install different types of gimbals.

[0004] The patent document with publication number CN217754135U discloses an unmanned aerial vehicle shooting device. When installing the mounting gimbal, the mounting gimbal is fixedly connected with the mounting plate, then the patch and the two elastic sheets are located below the unmanned aerial vehicle body, the two elastic sheets are located between the two tripods, the position of the patch is determined, the patch is adhered to the lower end of the unmanned aerial vehicle body through nano double-sided adhesive, then the stud is pressed to drive the suction cup to move towards the unmanned aerial vehicle body, the suction cup adsorbs the lower end of the unmanned aerial vehicle body, then the nut is rotated to tightly abut against the lower end of the patch. At this time, under the adsorption of the suction cup on the unmanned aerial vehicle body and the abutting of the nut on the patch, the stability of the connection between the patch and the unmanned aerial vehicle body is further improved. Then the elastic sheet is bent, and the arc-shaped plate is clamped on the flat part of one side of the tripod. Under the elastic force of the bent elastic sheet, the patch tightly abuts against the lower end of the unmanned aerial vehicle body, and the rubber protrusions can improve the friction between the patch and the unmanned aerial vehicle body, further improving the stability of the connection between the patch and the unmanned aerial vehicle body. The technical solution discloses a connection assembly for connecting the unmanned aerial vehicle body and the gimbal. The connection assembly is only suitable for gimbals with mounting plates. Utility model content

[0005] The utility model wants to solve the technical problem of a kind of unmanned aerial vehicle for factory control system's inspection, which can be connected with multiple gimbals and unmanned aerial vehicle body.

[0006] In order to achieve the above object, the technical scheme provided by the utility model is:

[0007] A kind of unmanned aerial vehicle for factory control system's inspection, including unmanned aerial vehicle body, the lower end of unmanned aerial vehicle body is fixed with two U-shaped legs, the lower end of two legs is away from each other, the lower end of unmanned aerial vehicle body is provided with connecting assembly, connecting assembly includes upper frame, upper frame includes straight portion and the inclined portion fixed at the both ends of straight portion, the upper end of straight portion is in contact with the lower end of unmanned aerial vehicle body, the lower end of two inclined portions is away from each other, two inclined portions correspond to two legs, the elastic telescopic rod is slidably arranged in inclined portion, the lower end of telescopic rod is fixed with clamping plate, clamping plate is clamped on the leg on its one side, lower locking screw is screw-connected on the upper inclined portion, lower locking screw is tightly resisted telescopic rod, the lower end of the straight portion of upper frame is fixed with mounting plate, the lower end of the straight portion of upper frame is provided with two clamping grooves, two clamping blocks are slidably clamped in clamping groove, ear plate is fixed on clamping block, positioning screw is screw-connected on clamping block, and positioning screw is tightly resisted the straight portion of upper frame.

[0008] Specifically, the mounting plate is provided with mounting holes at four corners.

[0009] Specifically, the end faces of the two inclined portions are fixed with fixed sleeves, and the inner rod is slidably arranged in the fixed sleeve.

[0010] Specifically, the length direction of the fixed sleeve is parallel to the length direction of the straight portion of the upper frame.

[0011] Specifically, the upper end of the straight portion of the upper frame is fixed with an adhesive layer, and the straight portion of the upper frame is adhesively fixed to the lower end of the unmanned aerial vehicle body.

[0012] Specifically, the upper frame, telescopic rod and clamping plate are made of engineering plastic material.

[0013] Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the beneficial effects that:

[0014] 1、The utility model can be suitable for different gimbal installation by setting up ear plate and mounting plate.

[0015] 2、The connecting assembly can be stably installed at the lower end of the unmanned aerial vehicle body, can ensure stable movement after the holder is installed, and the length of the telescopic rod extending out of the inclined part of the upper frame can be adjusted to adapt to unmanned aerial vehicle bodies of different sizes.

[0016] 3、The telescopic rod has elasticity, which can ensure that the clamping plate is effectively clamped on the lower end of the leg.

[0017] 4、The position of the ear plate can be adjusted to adapt to holders of different sizes connected to the unmanned aerial vehicle body.

[0018] 5、By setting the fixing sleeve and the inner rod, the stability of the connection between the connecting assembly and the unmanned aerial vehicle body is further improved. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0019] Figure 1 is a schematic view of the utility model.

[0020] Figure 2 is a schematic view of the clamping groove on the straight part of the upper frame.

[0021] Figure 3 is Figure 2 is an enlarged view of area A.

[0022] The component names in the drawings are: 1, unmanned aerial vehicle body, 2, upper frame, 3, telescopic rod, 4, clamping plate, 5, mounting plate, 6, holder, 7, lower locking screw, 8, fixing sleeve, 9, inner rod, 10, upper locking screw, 11, clamping groove, 12, clamping block, 13, positioning screw, 14, ear plate, 15, leg. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0023] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the utility model will be described clearly and completely below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the utility model. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the utility model, not all.

[0024] Embodiment one: referring to Figures 1-3 The utility model discloses a kind of unmanned aerial vehicle for factory control system, including unmanned aerial vehicle body 1, two U-shaped legs 15 are fixed in the lower end of unmanned aerial vehicle body 1, the lower end of two legs 15 is away from each other, and connecting assembly is provided in the lower end of unmanned aerial vehicle body 1.

[0025] The connecting assembly includes upper frame 2, and the upper frame 2 includes straight part and inclined part fixed at both ends of the straight part. The upper end of the straight part is in contact with the lower end of the unmanned aerial vehicle body 1. Specifically, the upper end of the straight part of the upper frame 2 is fixed with an adhesive layer, and the straight part of the upper frame 2 is adhesively fixed with the lower end of the unmanned aerial vehicle body 1.

[0026] The lower ends of the two inclined portions of the upper frame 2 are away from each other, and the two inclined portions correspond to the two feet 15 one by one. The elastic telescopic rod 3 is slidably arranged in the inclined portion. The lower end of the telescopic rod 3 is fixedly provided with the clamping plate 4. The clamping plate 4 is clamped on the foot 15 on one side thereof. The inclined portion is threadedly connected with the lower locking screw 7. The lower locking screw 7 abuts against the telescopic rod 3.

[0027] The upper frame 2, the telescopic rod 3 and the clamping plate 4 are all made of engineering plastic.

[0028] The lower end of the flat portion of the upper frame 2 is fixedly provided with the mounting plate 5. The mounting plate 5 is provided with mounting holes at four corners thereof.

[0029] The lower end of the flat portion of the upper frame 2 is provided with two clamping grooves 11. The two clamping blocks 12 are slidably clamped in the clamping grooves 11. The clamping blocks 12 are both fixedly provided with the ear plate 14. The clamping blocks 12 are both threadedly connected with the positioning screw 13. The positioning screw 13 abuts against the flat portion of the upper frame 2.

[0030] When the mounting and connecting assembly is mounted, the upper end of the flat portion of the upper frame 2 is in contact with the lower end of the unmanned aerial vehicle body 1. The upper end of the flat portion of the upper frame 2 is adhesively fixed to the lower end of the unmanned aerial vehicle body 1. The length of the telescopic rod 3 is adjusted. The clamping plate 4 is clamped on the lower end of the foot 15 on one side thereof. Then the telescopic rod 3 is locked by the lower locking screw 7. Since the telescopic rod 3 is elastic, the part of the telescopic rod 3 located on the outer side of the inclined portion of the upper frame 2 can be bent, thereby facilitating the clamping of the clamping plate 4 on the lower end of the foot 15.

[0031] The gimbal 6 with the mounting plate can be mounted through the mounting plate 5.

[0032] When the gimbal 6 with the connecting lug needs to be connected, the positioning screw 13 is loosened. The position of the clamping block 12 in the clamping groove 11 is adjusted, thereby changing the position of the ear plate 14. Then the clamping block 12 and the ear plate 14 are positioned by tightening the positioning screw 13. The ear plate 14 is connected with the connecting lug, thereby realizing the connection between the gimbal 6 with the connecting lug and the unmanned aerial vehicle body 1.

[0033] In the embodiment one, the end faces of the two inclined portions are both fixedly provided with the fixed sleeve 8. The length direction of the fixed sleeve 8 is parallel to the length direction of the flat portion of the upper frame 2. The inner rod 9 is slidably arranged in the fixed sleeve 8. The inner rod 9 comprises a vertical portion and a flat portion. The flat portion of the inner rod 9 is slidably arranged in the fixed sleeve 8. The vertical portion of the inner rod 9 is in contact with the side surface of the unmanned aerial vehicle body on one side thereof. The upper locking screw 10 is threadedly connected with the fixed sleeve 8. The upper locking screw 10 abuts against the flat portion of the inner rod 9.

[0034] By setting the fixed sleeve 8, the inner rod 9 and the upper locking screw 10, the vertical part of the inner rod 9 can be in contact with the side of the unmanned aerial vehicle body 1 on one side, and further improve the stable running of the upper rack 2, and ensure the stability of the gimbal 6 during the flight of the unmanned aerial vehicle body 1.

[0035] The above merely describes the preferred embodiments of the present application and is not intended to limit the present application, and any modification, equivalent replacement and improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present application shall be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A patrol unmanned aerial vehicle for a factory control system, comprising an unmanned aerial vehicle body (1), two U-shaped legs (15) are fixed at the lower end of the unmanned aerial vehicle body (1), the lower ends of the two legs (15) are away from each other, characterized in that, The lower end of the unmanned aerial vehicle body (1) is provided with a connecting assembly, the connecting assembly comprises an upper frame (2), the upper frame (2) comprises a flat part and inclined parts fixed at both ends of the flat part, the upper end of the flat part is in contact with the lower end of the unmanned aerial vehicle body (1), the lower ends of the two inclined parts are away from each other, the two inclined parts correspond to the two legs (15) one by one, the elastic telescopic rod (3) is slidably arranged in the inclined part, the lower end of the telescopic rod (3) is fixedly provided with a clamping plate (4), the clamping plate (4) is clamped on the leg (15) on one side, the inclined part is threadedly connected with a lower locking screw (7), the lower locking screw (7) abuts against the telescopic rod (3), the lower end of the flat part of the upper frame (2) is fixedly provided with a mounting plate (5), the lower end of the flat part of the upper frame (2) is provided with two clamping grooves (11), the two clamping blocks (12) are slidably clamped in the clamping grooves (11), the ear plates (14) are fixedly arranged on the clamping blocks (12), and the positioning screws (13) are threadedly connected with the clamping blocks (12) and abut against the flat part of the upper frame (2).

2. The inspection drone for a factory control system of claim 1, wherein, The mounting plate (5) is provided with mounting holes in the four corners.

3. The inspection drone for a factory control system of claim 1, wherein, The opposite end faces of the two inclined parts are fixedly provided with fixed sleeves (8), the inner rods (9) are slidably arranged in the fixed sleeves (8), the inner rods (9) comprise vertical parts and flat parts, the flat parts of the inner rods (9) are slidably arranged in the fixed sleeves (8), the vertical parts of the inner rods (9) are in contact with the sides of the unmanned aerial vehicle body on one side, the upper locking screws (10) are threadedly connected with the fixed sleeves (8) and abut against the flat parts of the inner rods (9).

4. The inspection drone for a factory control system of claim 3, wherein, The length direction of the fixed sleeve (8) is parallel to the length direction of the flat part of the upper frame (2).

5. The inspection drone for a factory control system of claim 1, wherein, The upper end of the flat part of the upper frame (2) is fixedly provided with an adhesive layer, and the flat part of the upper frame (2) is adhesively fixed with the lower end of the unmanned aerial vehicle body (1).

6. The inspection drone for a factory control system of claim 1, wherein, The upper frame (2), the telescopic rod (3) and the clamping plate (4) are all made of engineering plastic.

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  • Unmanned aerial vehicle shooting device

    CN217754135U