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200 results about "Rotary wing" patented technology

A rotorcraft or rotary-wing aircraft is a heavier-than-air flying machine that uses lift generated by wings, called rotary wings or rotor blades, that revolve around a mast.Several rotor blades mounted on a single mast are referred to as a rotor.The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) defines a rotorcraft as "supported in flight by the reactions of the air on one or more rotors".

Unmanned aerial vehicle flight control and monitoring integrated system for transmission tower inspection

The invention relates to the technical field of unmanned aerial vehicle flight control, in particular to an unmanned aerial vehicle flight control and monitoring integrated system for power transmission tower inspection, and the system comprises a flight monitoring module which is used for obtaining the wind speed in the environment where an unmanned aerial vehicle is located, the rotating speed of each rotor wing of the unmanned aerial vehicle, and the inclination angle of the unmanned aerial vehicle body; the flight control module is used for acquiring the disturbance value of each rotary wing in each preset time period and the inclination fluctuation degree of the unmanned aerial vehicle body; disturbance factors of the positions of all the rotary wings at the current moment are obtained, and the power of brushless motors in all the rotary wings at the current moment is adjusted; the flight obstacle avoidance module is used for planning a flight path for avoiding obstacles; the tower monitoring module is used for monitoring damage information of the transmission tower; and the wireless communication module is used for transmitting the damage information to a ground station. By correcting the flight attitude of the unmanned aerial vehicle, the stability of the fuselage during flight of the unmanned aerial vehicle is improved, and then the inspection efficiency and quality of the transmission tower are improved.
Owner:JIAMUSI POWER IND BUREAU +1

Spinning wing decoys and methods for using them

Disclosed herein are spinning wing decoys for hunting, birdwatching, photographing, and other outdoor activities. In a specific embodiment, the spinning wing decoy includes: an axle, axle hub, drive shaft, motor, motor housing, motor door, retainer ring, remote controller, receiver, transmitter, computer, switch, main control box, bottom door, bearing housing lids, bearing housing, protect plate peg, blade, wing, frame, battery, battery lid, battery housing, housing unit, attachment member, mounting member, and support member.
Owner:HUNTWISE

Modular, configurable airframe system for heavy lift rotary wing UAV

ActiveUS20250223059A1Uncrewed vehicleRotary wing
An unmanned aerial vehicle includes an airframe and a plurality of rotor assemblies operatively connected to the airframe and configured to propel the unmanned aerial vehicle. The air frame includes a plurality of tubes and a plurality of hardpoints. Each of the plurality of hardpoints may include a tubular protrusion for receiving one of the plurality of tubes. The unmanned aerial vehicle may further include structural adhesive bonding the tubular protrusion of each of the plurality of hardpoints to a corresponding one of the plurality of tubes.
Owner:SURGEON AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES & EQUIPMENT LLC

Hybrid pitch bearing for rigid rotor

A rotor assembly for a rotary wing aircraft includes a rotor hub, a rotor blade coupling coupled to the rotor hub, a hub extender coupled to the rotor hub, and a first bearing assembly. The first bearing assembly includes a clevis coupled to the hub extender and including two arms, each arm including a clevis opening, two cylindrical bearings, each cylindrical bearing extending through one of the clevis openings, a spherical bearing positioned between the two arms and coupled to the rotor blade coupling, and a first pin extending through the two cylindrical bearings and the spherical bearing.
Owner:LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP

System and method to detect anomalous wingtip extension for a folding wing tip aircraft

A folding wingtip aircraft includes a wing that includes a primary portion and a wingtip. The folding wingtip aircraft includes a folding wingtip system configured to rotate the wingtip relative to the primary portion. The folding wingtip aircraft also includes a flight control computer. The flight control computer is configured to, in response to a first determination that a wingtip position of the wingtip is not in a folded position when a second determination indicates that a last completed command by the folding wingtip system was a fold command, set error codes for the folding wingtip system. The flight control computer is also configured to change a setting to indicate that the folding wingtip aircraft is grounded based on the error codes.
Owner:THE BOEING CO

Control device, operation management system, and non-transitory computer readable medium

A control device controls a flight of an eVTOL including a rotary wing which is driven by a driving device to generate a rotational lift, a fixed wing which generates a gliding lift, and a lift adjustment mechanism which adjusts the gliding lift. The control device includes a rotary wing control unit which adjusts the rotational lift by controlling driving of the rotary wing, and a fixed wing control unit which adjusts the gliding lift by controlling driving of the lift adjustment mechanism. When an abnormality of the driving device is predicted or detected in a flight time of an electric flight vehicle, the rotary wing control unit and the fixed wing control unit perform lift adjustment control such that the rotary wing control unit reduces the rotational lift and the fixed wing control unit increases the gliding lift.
Owner:DENSO CORP

Flying object, method for controlling flying object, and program

PCT designated stageWO2025197128A1In planeClassical mechanics
[Problem] To provide a flying object, a control method, and a program capable of controlling to achieve an increase in the cruising distance of the flying object and the stability of the flying object during hovering and landing by providing rotatable auxiliary wings to the flying object and controlling the angle of attack. [Solution] Provided is a flying object comprising: a main body part; a plurality of rotary wing parts provided to the main body part; an auxiliary wing part provided to the main body part; and a control part for controlling the operation of the rotary wing parts and the auxiliary wing part. The control part executes a change control of the lift of the auxiliary wing part in accordance with a comparison result between an acquired thrust-related parameter and one or more reference parameters.
Owner:AERONEXT INC

Aircraft

An aircraft includes a rotary wing comprising a main rotor and a tail rotor, a drive unit configured to rotate the rotary wing, an information acquirer for acquiring position information of an obstacle relative to the aircraft, a display, and a controller including at least one processor and at least one memory coupled to the processor. The processor executes processing including deriving a direction, a horizontal distance, and a vertical distance of the obstacle with respect to the aircraft, based on the position information of the obstacle, determining, for one or both of the main rotor and the tail rotor, whether the direction, the horizontal distance, and the vertical distance satisfy a first distance condition, and displaying an index corresponding to the vertical distance at a display position on the display when the first distance condition is satisfied, the display position being identified by the direction and the horizontal distance.
Owner:SUBARU CORP

Mobile object and mobile object flying method

A mobile object 1 according to the present disclosure includes a body 10 provided as a first polyhedron, and rotary-wing modules 20 attached to the body 10 at all vertices of the first polyhedron. The rotary-wing modules 20 each include a rotary wing 21 and a drive unit 22. The drive unit 22 is configured to drive the rotary wing 21. The rotary wings 21 are located outside the body 10 and each have a rotation axis that is a straight line connecting a reference point PO and a corresponding one of the vertices of the first polyhedron. The reference point PO is defined inside the body 10.
Owner:DIC CORP

Water inlet flow fine adjustment structure of rotary wing type water meter

The utility model provides a water inlet flow fine adjustment structure of a rotary wing type water meter, and belongs to the technical field of water meters. The ball bowl and the limiting grooves communicated with the ball bowl are arranged on the head portion of the fixing screw, each limiting groove is arranged in the radial direction of the fixing screw, the ball head at one end of the adjusting rod is installed in the ball bowl, the adjusting rod is selectively clamped into one limiting groove, and therefore the adjusting rod can serve as a handle for screwing the fixing screw. The adjusting rod is matched with different limiting grooves, interference of structures such as the meter head and the water inlet on rotation of the adjusting rod is effectively avoided, continuous screwing of the fixing screw is maintained, the other end of the adjusting rod is a matching head, the end of the adjusting screw is provided with a matching hole matched with the ball head, the adjusting screw can be directly screwed through the adjusting rod, and the adjusting rod is convenient to use. The water inlet flow can be adjusted without additional tools, and operation is more convenient and faster.
Owner:NINGBO DONGHAI GRP CORP

Rotary wing aircraft

PendingJP2026027596AClassical mechanicsRotary wing
To provide a rotary wing aircraft having improved safety with a simple structure.SOLUTION: This rotary wing aircraft 1 has a body surrounded by a cage side 3A, and includes an aerodynamic parts side 3A composed of a plate-shaped body inclined to the outside of the cage side 3A, and arranged so as to surround an upper surface, in the edge of the upper surface for constituting the cage side 4A.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Owner:NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Aircraft control method and rotor craft

The invention provides an aircraft control method and a rotorcraft. The method comprises the steps that the current attack angle of a high lift wing is obtained through an angle-of-attack device; calculating a target included angle between the high lift wing and the rotor wing according to the relation between the current attack angle and a set angle; the set angle relation is an incidence relation between an included angle between the high lift wing and the rotor wing and the attack angle; adjusting the included angle between a high lift wing and a rotor wing of the rotor craft to be the target included angle through the angle adjuster; when the included angle between the high lift wing and the target included angle is the target included angle, the attack angle of the high lift wing is correspondingly adjusted to be the optimal attack angle. The current attack angle of the high-lift wing is measured through the angle-of-attack device, the relative angle between the high-lift wing and the rotor wing is adjusted accordingly, the optimal lift-drag ratio working condition of the high-lift wing is achieved, power consumption of the rotor wing is reduced, and the loading capacity, the endurance time and the endurance mileage of the rotorcraft are improved.
Owner:QUZHOU UNIV

High-precision rotary wing type water meter

The utility model relates to the technical field of measuring instruments, in particular to a high-precision rotary wing type water meter which comprises a shell and an impeller rotationally arranged in the shell, the shell comprises a hollow mounting cavity and a water inlet pipe and a water outlet pipe which are located at the two ends of the mounting cavity respectively, and an impeller box provided with a plurality of through holes in the circumferential direction is arranged in the mounting cavity; the impeller is installed in the impeller box, a gear set is connected to the installation cavity, the gear set is in transmission connection with a counter used for counting, a check block capable of sealing the water inlet pipe is arranged at the position, close to the water inlet pipe, in the installation cavity in a sliding mode, the check block is connected with a compression spring, and the impeller comprises a middle shaft and a plurality of rotating blades arranged on the side wall of the middle shaft at intervals in the circumferential direction. The middle shaft is slidably sleeved with a locking assembly capable of locking rotation of the impeller, the locking assembly is in transmission connection with the check block, when no water flow exists in the water inlet pipe, the check block seals the water inlet pipe, and the locking assembly limits rotation of the impeller. The water meter impeller can be locked when no water flow exists, and the situation that the impeller rotates under the inertia effect, and counting errors are generated is avoided.
Owner:ZHEJIANG LIANGHE INSTR CO LTD

Rotor craft and control method thereof

The invention belongs to an aircraft structure, and provides a rotor aircraft and a control method thereof in order to solve the technical problem that in an existing rotor aircraft, the prior art still cannot meet the high-performance requirements for main rotor adjustment and power transmission, and the rotor aircraft comprises a fuselage, a tilting assembly, a rotor assembly, a driving assembly and a transmission shaft assembly in the driving assembly. The inner surface of the outer shaft and the outer surface of the inner shaft are each provided with the two spiral grooves with the phase difference of 90 degrees, the multiple rolling pieces are installed at the intersection points of the inner spiral grooves and the outer spiral grooves, and through the structure that the rolling pieces are installed in the spiral grooves, the transmission gap is reduced, and the response speed and the control precision are improved. Due to the design of the two spiral grooves with the phase difference of 90 degrees, transmission between the outer shaft and the inner shaft is stable, and disengagement is avoided. Therefore, the transmission shaft assembly is stable and smooth in transmission, not prone to abrasion and high in transmission precision.
Owner:XI AN JIAOTONG UNIV +1

Connection between the pitch control unit arm and the pitch angle piece

The present invention describes a detachable connection between a pitch control unit arm (5) and a pitch angle piece (8) of a blade holder (7) in a tail rotor head (3) of a tail rotor (1) of a rotary wing aircraft, said detachable connection comprising a pin connecting said pitch angle piece (8) attached to the blade holder (7) with said pitch control unit arm (5) of a pitch control unit (4), thereby reducing material wear and shortening the maintenance cycle. This is achieved because said pin is designed as a sliding pin (9) protruding between the pitch angle piece (8) and the pitch control unit arm (5), which in its length direction passes through a spherical bearing in the form of a ball (6) with a central ball through hole (61), wherein the ball (6) and the part of the sliding pin (9) are surrounded by an outer ring (60) of the spherical bearing, thus allowing a sliding and pivoting movement of the sliding pin (9) inside the spherical bearing.
Owner:KOPTER GRP AG

Rotary wing type water meter convenient to observe

The utility model relates to the technical field of water meters, in particular to a rotary wing type water meter convenient to observe, which comprises a character wheel box, the character wheel box comprises a box body and a character wheel metering mechanism, the box body is provided with an inner cavity, the character wheel metering mechanism is arranged in the inner cavity, the character wheel metering mechanism comprises a rotatable character wheel set, the side wall of the character wheel set is provided with numbers, and the number of the character wheel set is larger than the number of the character wheel set. The character wheel box further comprises a cover body, a glass sealing cover and a turning cover, the cover body is provided with a reading face, a set of numbers on the side wall of the character wheel set are exposed on the reading face, the reading face is arranged in an inclined mode, the glass sealing cover seals a cavity opening of the inner cavity, the turning cover is installed on the box body in a rotating mode, and after the turning cover rotates by a preset angle, the turning cover covers or exposes the glass sealing cover. According to the utility model, the reading surface is arranged in an inclined manner, and the flip cover covers the glass sealing cover in a normal state, so that the advantages of reading in a side-looking manner and effectively preventing dust and stains from blocking the reading area are realized.
Owner:NINGBO DONGHAI GRP CORP

Welding positioning assistor

The utility model discloses a welding positioning assistor, which relates to the technical field of welding, and comprises a fixed wing, the end part of the fixed wing is rotatably connected with a rotary wing, the fixed wing and the rotary wing are consistent in structure, and detachable structures are arranged on the outer sides and the inner sides of the fixed wing and the rotary wing. The detachable structure comprises installation clamping grooves located in the inner sides of the fixed wing and the rotating wing. According to the welding positioning assist device, when the magnetic force of the inner magnetic strip and the outer magnetic strip is weakened or damaged, the inner magnetic strip needs to exchange heat, the outer magnetic strip needs to be replaced, and when the cover plate is separated from the end of the fixed wing and the end of the rotating wing, the clamping block can be separated from the inner magnetic strip; and meanwhile, the cover plate is separated from the end parts of the fixed wing and the rotating wing, so that one end of the mounting sliding groove is in an open state, the inner magnetic strip can be taken out from the interior of the mounting clamping groove, and the outer magnetic strip can be taken out from the interior of the mounting sliding groove, so that the inner magnetic strip and the outer magnetic strip can be conveniently replaced, and the service life of the assist device is prolonged.
Owner:JINHUA KUANYAO TOOLS MFG CO LTD

Propulsor external hydraulic control system

A rotor assembly for a rotary wing aircraft includes a rotor hub including a hub arm and a central opening. The rotor assembly further includes a hydraulic actuation cylinder positioned in the central opening, a pitch change shaft assembly including a pitch change shaft positioned partially within the hydraulic actuation cylinder, a pitch beam coupled to a distal end of the pitch change shaft and configured to be coupled to a rotor blade rotatably mounted to the hub arm. The rotor assembly additionally includes at least one guide rod coupled to the rotor hub and slidably coupled to an opening in the pitch change shaft.
Owner:LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP

Collision avoidance system

A rotary wing drone communicates its altitude (determined by an onboard GPS receiver) and an air pressure (from multiple onboard barometers) to a ground station which has a known height above sea leve
Owner:DRONE DEFENCE SERVICES LTD

Multi-engine aircraft provided with economy operating mode and method applied

A method for controlling an aircraft with a rotary wing provided with a power plant comprising a plurality of engines, the aircraft comprising a human-machine interface controlling a control member capable of acting on a longitudinal acceleration of the aircraft. During the economy operating mode during which one of the engines does not supply power, the method comprises measuring a forward speed of the aircraft, and adjusting an authority of the human-machine interface over the longitudinal acceleration with a flight control computer as a function of the forward speed.
Owner:EUROCOPTER FRANCE SA

Flight vehicle including loading unit with moving means, and loading unit

To provide a flight vehicle capable of improving the accuracy of an arrival position of a cargo.SOLUTION: A flight vehicle: includes a loading unit 10 holding a loaded object 11; holds the loading unit via a string-like member 20; and has moving means each containing a rotor blade provided between an upper end and a lower end of the loading unit when viewed from the lateral side. Further, Rotary shafts of the four or more rotor blades partially extend in mutually different direction. Further, an angle formed between at least one of the rotary shafts of the four or more rotor blades and a horizontal axis is smaller than an angle formed between the one of the rotary shafts and a vertical axis.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3
Owner:AERONEXT INC

Shape-preserving and resistance-reducing design method for rotary mechanism under coupling of rotary wing / fuselage

The invention discloses a shape-preserving and resistance-reducing design method for a rotating mechanism under rotor / fuselage coupling, which comprises the following steps of: setting the slenderness ratio of a streamline shaft sleeve based on a shape resistance coefficient formula, and verifying the surface pressure distribution and the separation area of the shaft sleeve through numerical simulation to ensure that the shape resistance coefficient meets a resistance-reducing target; setting the area ratio of an outlet to an inlet of the seam based on a Venturi effect formula, so that a low-pressure area is formed in the seam to suck a wing root boundary layer and delay airflow separation; establishing an aerodynamic load and motion parameter coupling model based on an instantaneous resistance formula, analyzing flow fields under different rotation angular velocities and oblique angles through numerical simulation, and optimizing a rotation track to reduce a resistance peak value and aerodynamic torque fluctuation; the invention aims to solve the problems of airflow vortex interference, large shape resistance, high resistance peak and poor aerodynamic stability by optimizing the shape of the rotating shaft sleeve, the fuselage-wing gap structure and the wing rotating track, and improves the cruise fuel efficiency and flight stability of the aircraft.
Owner:BEIHANG UNIV

Adaptive rotary wing air vehicle navigation light system

An adaptive navigation light system is provided for a rotary wing air vehicle having at least a main body and a plurality of arms, where the main body includes a front end and a tail end disposed opposite the front end, and each arm of the plurality of arms extends from the main body. The adaptive navigation light system includes a plurality of circular light arrays and a processing system. Each circular light array is operable to emit light of a plurality of different colors, and each circular light array includes a plurality of individual light sources. The processing system is configured to track error data to determine which one of the different colors each circular light array should emit, determine which of the individual light sources in each in each circular light array should be energized, and energize the individual light sources that are determined should be energized.
Owner:HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC

A method for fault characterization and dynamics analysis of a rotating airfoil variable cross-section crack blade

The application discloses a rotating wing type variable cross-section crack blade fault characterization and dynamics analysis method, belongs to the field of rotating wing type variable cross-section crack blade fault characterization and dynamics analysis, and comprises the following steps: according to the finite element theory and the plate shell theory, based on centrifugal rigidification, rotation softening and the coriolis force effect, a motion differential equation of the wing type variable cross-section blade is established; according to the motion differential equation of the wing type variable cross-section blade, based on the crack existing in the blade, the breathing effect between crack surfaces is equivalent by adopting a spring unit, a rotating wing type variable cross-section crack blade dynamics model containing the breathing effect is established, vibration energy theory is adopted to convert the displacement response into energy response, based on the rotating crack blade crack diagnosis index with the breathing effect, the crack characteristics of the blade are obtained, and the application is more effective and accurate in analyzing the rotating crack blade fault, and can provide theoretical guidance for detection and diagnosis of the rotating crack blade.
Owner:NORTHEASTERN UNIV CHINA

Rotating airfoil assembly

A rotating airfoil includes a body and a damper located within the body. The body has a root end and a tip end. The rotating airfoil has a natural frequency, and the damper has a natural frequency. The natural frequency of the damper is different than the natural frequency of the rotating airfoil.
Owner:GENERAL ELECTRIC CO

Structural arrangement for an elongated nose region of a rotary-wing aircraft

PendingUS20250229887A1Fuselage framesRotocraftRotary wingElongated nose
A structural arrangement for an elongated nose region of a rotary-wing aircraft, including a nose structure that comprises an outer shell with a first shell section and a second shell section arranged diametrically opposed thereto; a first frame; a second frame that is longitudinally spaced apart from the first frame; at least two longitudinal beams which extend on the second shell section between the first frame and the second frame; at least one nose structure floor supported by the at least two longitudinal beams inside of the nose structure; and a center wall that is arranged between the nose structure floor 360 and the first shell section and that extends from the first frame to the second frame.
Owner:AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUT GMBH +1

Rotary wing-fixed wing convertible morphing aircraft

Provided is a rotary wing-fixed wing convertible morphing aircraft including a fuselage, and at least two morphing wing structures arranged on the fuselage. A tail of the fuselage is provided with a tail-thrust propeller, and each of the at least two morphing wings has an adjustable tilting angle, and includes a morphing wing body and at least one trailing edge flap which is located at a tail of the morphing wing body and is rotatable relative to the morphing wing body. The rotary wing-fixed wing convertible morphing aircraft is in a fixed wing configuration layout, or a rotary wing configuration layout.
Owner:NANJING UNIV OF AERONAUTICS & ASTRONAUTICS

Artificial intelligence hovercar with tiltable rotors

The utility model discloses an artificial intelligence hovercar with tiltable rotors, and belongs to the field of hovercars. An artificial intelligence hovercar with tiltable rotors comprises a hovercar body, a fixed wing installed on the top of the hovercar body and the rotors arranged on the two sides of the fixed wing, turnover mechanisms are arranged on the two sides of the front face and the back face of the fixed wing, and each turnover mechanism comprises a fixed block. The four fixed blocks are fixedly connected to the top and the bottom of the fixed wing respectively, movable shafts are movably connected to the outer sides of the fixed blocks through bearing seats, and fixed cylinders are fixedly connected to the surfaces of the movable shafts; front and back overturning of the rotary wings and automatic cleaning of windows on the surface of the hovercar body are achieved through the overturning mechanism and the cleaning mechanism, so that the hovercar can be freely switched between a horizontal helicopter type and a fixed wing type, and meanwhile the hovercar body can be automatically cleaned in each switching. And the complexity and trouble of manual operation are greatly reduced.
Owner:GUANGDONG QIAOHUI INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO LTD

Rotary Wing Blade of an Aircraft, and Aircraft Provided with such a Blade

A blade for a rotary wing able to rotate about an axis of rotation, the blade extending along the pitch axis from a first end to a second end, the blade comprising a blade body having, from the first end to the second end, a succession of sections substantially perpendicular to the pitch axis. Along its pitch axis, the blade has sections having: increasing and then decreasing chords, a relative thickness that decreases from an initial section to a final section, twist angles that continuously increase from the origin section to an initial section and then decrease, and a changing offset relative to the pitch axis.
Owner:EUROCOPTER FRANCE SA

Unducted airfoil assembly

An unducted airfoil assembly includes an airfoil having spaced-apart pressure and suction sides extending radially in span from a root to a tip, and extending axially in chord between spaced apart leading and trailing edges. The airfoil defines a forward-most axial point and is arranged around a longitudinal axis and rotates about the longitudinal axis in a rotational direction. A tip leading edge of the airfoil is circumferentially offset in a direction opposite the rotational direction relative to a circumferential location of the forward-most axial point.
Owner:GENERAL ELECTRIC CO