UAV Gimbal Quick-Release Locking for Fast Secure Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
The universality of gimbals is poor, and assembly/disassembly operations are complex and inefficient, leading to excessive wear and reduced task execution speed in unmanned aerial vehicles.
Innovation Solution
A gimbal quick assembly/disassembly apparatus featuring a fuselage seat component, a gimbal seat component, and a locking component, allowing for detachable mounting of the gimbal on a bearing member using a torsional spring and key mechanism, enabling quick and reliable assembly/disassembly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the gimbal is directly fixedly connected to the unmanned aerial vehicle using screws, then the connection is stable and reliable, but the assembly/disassembly operations are complex and the efficiency is low
Solution Approach 1:
The connection structure is divided into a quick release mechanism with separable components: a locking pin, a spring-loaded actuator, and corresponding receptacles on the gimbal and aircraft. This segmentation allows rapid disassembly by simply removing the locking pin, while maintaining secure connection when locked, resolving the contradiction between connection reliability and assembly efficiency.
2Reliability
If the gimbal is directly fixedly connected to the unmanned aerial vehicle using screws, then the connection is stable and reliable, but the thread wears excessively and the durability is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The threading function is extracted from the primary connection mechanism and replaced with a quick release locking system. The locking pin engages with corresponding slots or receptacles without requiring threaded holes, eliminating thread wear entirely while maintaining secure connection stability during operation.
3Reliability
If only photographing devices with a particular thread hole specification can be fit with the gimbal, then the threading connection is secure, but the universality of the gimbal is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The quick release mechanism uses standardized receptacles and locking pins that can accommodate multiple photographing device types and specifications. The universal interface design allows different cameras and sensors to be quickly swapped without requiring device-specific threading, maintaining connection security while significantly improving gimbal versatility.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The apparatus simplifies the assembly/disassembly process, enhances operational convenience, and improves the durability of the gimbal system by reducing wear and increasing task efficiency in unmanned aerial vehicles.
Implementation Method 1
The locking component includes a key and a torsional spring, the key being movably inserted into the key hole, the torsional spring being sleeved over the fixing post and a rotary arm at an end of the torsional spring abutting against the key, so that the key is capable of restoring to an initial position on the act of the rotary arm after being pushed inward.
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AI summary
The present application provides a gimbal quick assembly/disassembly apparatus and an unmanned aerial vehicle having the same. The gimbal quick assembly/disassembly apparatus includes a fuselage seat component, a gimbal seat component and a locking component. The fuselage seat component is fixedly mounted on a bearing member, the gimbal seat component is fixedly mounted on a gimbal and the gimbal seat component includes a gimbal seat. The locking component is mounted on the fuselage seat component or on the gimbal seat component and the gimbal seat component and the fuselage seat component are detachably mounted together by using the locking component. The gimbal is detachably mounted on the unmanned aerial vehicle, resolving problems of complex assembled/disassembled operations and low efficiency that are caused when the gimbal is fixedly mounted on the unmanned aerial vehicle and realizing quick assembly/disassembly of the gimbal to/from the unmanned aerial vehicle.