JPWO2021070363A1 - Aircraft - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an air vehicle having a more basic structure and taking safety measures. An air vehicle according to the present invention is an air vehicle including a flight unit having a rotary wing for generating thrust, a leg unit, and an arm unit connecting the flight unit and the leg unit. , The fixed wing portion provided on the arm portion and composed of a pair of two swept blades, and the first position of the arm portion and the second position located behind the first position are the arm portion. It is provided with a mounting portion movably provided along the above, and a connecting portion for independently and displaceably connecting the flight portion and the arm portion. The fixed wing portion is arranged at a position that does not interfere with the range of motion of the flight portion in a plan view. The connecting portion is a gimbal. [Selection diagram] Fig. 1

Description

The present invention relates to an air vehicle.

In recent years, various services using rotary wing aircraft (hereinafter, simply collectively referred to as "aircraft") such as drones and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) used for various purposes have been provided. (See, for example, Patent Document 1).

Further, among such flying bodies, there is a flying body disclosed in Patent Document 2 as having a mounting portion for loading luggage.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2017-15697 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2017-159751

When carrying the above-mentioned luggage, the technique described in Patent Document 2 has a complicated structure and does not take measures against crosswinds when descending, which causes a problem in safety.

Therefore, one object of the present invention is to provide an air vehicle having a more basic structure and safety measures.

According to the present invention
A flying object having a flying portion provided with a plurality of rotor blades for generating thrust, a leg portion, and an arm portion connecting the flying portion and the leg portion.
A fixed wing portion provided on the arm portion and composed of a pair of two swept wings,
A mounting portion in which the first position of the arm portion and the second position located behind the first position are movably provided along the arm portion, and
A connecting portion for independently and displaceably connecting the flying portion and the arm portion is provided.
An air vehicle is obtained.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an air vehicle having a more basic structure and safety measures.

It is a side view of the flying object according to this invention. It is another side view of the flying object according to this invention. It is a figure which shows the initial state of the flying object of FIG. It is a figure which shows the state at the time of ascending of the flying object of FIG. It is a figure which shows the state at the time of flight of the flying object of FIG. It is a figure which shows the state at the time of descending of the flying object of FIG. It is a figure which shows the functional block of the flying object of FIG.

The contents of the embodiments of the present invention will be described in a list. The flying object and the flying method of the flying object according to the embodiment of the present invention have the following configurations.
[Item 1]
A flying object including a flying portion having a rotary wing for generating thrust, a leg portion, and an arm portion connecting the flying portion and the leg portion.
A fixed wing portion provided on the arm portion and composed of a pair of two swept wings,
A mounting portion in which the first position of the arm portion and the second position located behind the first position are movably provided along the arm portion, and
A connecting portion for independently and displaceably connecting the flying portion and the arm portion is provided.
Aircraft.
[Item 2]
The flying object according to item 1.
The fixed wing portion is arranged at a position that does not interfere with the range of motion of the flight portion in a plan view.
Aircraft.
[Item 3]
The flying object according to item 1 or item 2.
The connecting portion has a gimbal structure.
Aircraft.

<Details of the embodiment>
Hereinafter, a flying object and a flying method of the flying object according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

<Details of Embodiments According to the Present Invention>
As shown in FIG. 1, the flying object 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a flying portion 10, a leg portion 20, a flying portion 10 and a leg portion having a plurality of rotary wings 16 for generating thrust. An arm portion 30 connecting the 20s and a fixed wing portion provided substantially in the center of the arm portion 30 are provided. The fixed wing portion is composed of a pair of two swept wings 40, 42 having a planar shape that recedes from the base toward the tip of the wing.

It should be noted that the illustrated flying object 1 is drawn in a simplified manner for facilitating the explanation of the structure of the present invention, and for example, the detailed configuration of the control unit and the like is not shown. The aircraft body 1 has a posture detecting means and a center of gravity movement controlling means. The attitude detecting means detects the attitude of the aircraft. The center of gravity movement control means is mounted on the airframe and moves a heavy object to change the position of the center of gravity of the airframe. Further, the center of gravity movement control means moves a heavy object so that the airframe becomes a predetermined posture based on the posture of the airframe detected by the posture detecting means.

The axes in the figure represent absolute axes. The Z axis (Z direction) is the vertical direction, and both the X axis and the Y axis are the horizontal direction.

<Details of structure>
The flight unit 10 according to the present embodiment includes a propeller 16, a motor 14 for rotating the propeller 16, and a motor arm 12 for supporting the motor 14.

The propeller 16 rotates in response to the output from the motor 14. The rotation of the propeller 16 generates propulsive force for taking off the flying object 1 from the starting point, moving it horizontally, and landing it at the destination (details of the flight will be described later). The propeller can rotate to the right, stop, and rotate to the left.

The propeller 16 may have any number of blades (rotors) (for example, 1, 2, 3, 4, or more blades). The shape of the blade can be any shape such as a flat shape, a bent shape, a twisted shape, a tapered shape, or a combination thereof.

The shape of the blade can be changed (for example, expansion / contraction, folding, bending, etc.). The blades may be symmetrical (having the same upper and lower surfaces) or asymmetric (having different shaped upper and lower surfaces).

The blades can be formed into an air foil, a wing, or a geometry suitable for generating dynamic aerodynamic forces (eg, lift, thrust) as the blades move through the air. The geometry of the blades can be appropriately selected to optimize the dynamic air characteristics of the blades, such as increasing lift and thrust and reducing drag.

The motor 14 causes the propeller 16 to rotate. For example, the drive unit can include an electric motor, an engine, or the like. The vanes are driveable by the motor and rotate clockwise and / or counterclockwise around the axis of rotation of the motor (eg, the major axis of the motor).

The blades can all rotate in the same direction or can rotate independently. Some of the blades rotate in one direction and the other blades rotate in the other direction. The blades can all rotate at the same rotation speed, or can rotate at different rotation speeds. The number of rotations can be automatically or manually determined based on the dimensions (for example, size, weight) and control state (speed, moving direction, etc.) of the moving body.

The motor arm 12 is a member that supports the corresponding motor 14 and propeller 16, respectively. The motor arm 12 may be provided with a color-developing body such as an LED to indicate the flight state, flight direction, etc. of the rotorcraft. The motor arm 12 according to the present embodiment can be formed of a material appropriately selected from carbon, stainless steel, aluminum, magnesium and the like, alloys thereof, combinations and the like.

In the present embodiment, the flight unit 10 (see FIG. 1) and the arm unit 30 are connected via a gimbal 60. As a result, the flight unit 10 and the arm unit 30 can be displaced independently. For the gimbal 60, a gimbal or the like that can swing around one axis, two axes, or three axes can be adopted.

That is, since the orientation of the flight portion 10 can be controlled independently of the orientation of the arm portion 30, the orientation of the arm portion 30 is not affected by the orientation of the flight portion 30, and the gimbal 60 has at least two. A gimbal 60 that can be displaced in the axial (X-axis and Z-axis) directions.

The arm portion 30 has two linear shapes, one end of which is connected to the flight portion 10 and the other end of which is connected to the leg portion 20.

The mounting portion 50 according to the present embodiment is provided on the arm portion 30. The mounting portion 50 is configured to be movable along the arm portion 30 from the first position shown in FIG. 1 to the second position shown in FIG. The location of the first position can be appropriately changed according to the material and the like in the weight and shape of the object to be mounted.

The mounting portion 50 according to the present embodiment guides the arm portion 30 formed in a rail shape so that the first position and the second position can be displaced. The method of movement may be another method, and any method may be used as long as it can be fixed to the first position and the second position and the movement control between these positions is possible.

The swept wings 40 and 42 are connected to the arm portion 30, respectively. The swept wings 40 and 42 according to the present embodiment are arranged at positions that do not interfere with the range of motion of the flight unit 10 in a plan view (X direction) (see FIG. 5).

Subsequently, a flight method of the flying object according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 3 to 6.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an initial state of the flying object. The object to be mounted is mounted on the mounting unit 50. The mounting portion 50 is located at the first position.

In the initial state, the flying object 1 stands upright with the legs 20 in contact with the ground. In other words, in the initial state, the flying object 1 is set so that the arm portion 30 stands vertically.

In addition, in order to prevent the flying object 1 from falling in the initial state, an auxiliary arm, an auxiliary leg, or the like may be used.

From the state shown in FIG. 3, the flying object 1 obtains an upward thrust by rotating the propeller 16 of the flight unit 10, and ascends and ascends (ascending attitude) as shown in FIG.

When the airframe 1 rises to a predetermined height, as shown in FIG. 1, the flight unit 10 is displaced toward the horizontal direction by approximately 90 degrees to change the direction of the airframe (horizontal attitude).

In this state, it is possible to propel in the horizontal direction as if it were a propeller airplane. According to such a configuration, it is possible to move at high speed to the target ground sky.

Upon arriving in the sky above the target ground, the aircraft is made vertical (downward posture) while reducing the rotational speed of the propeller 16 to shift to the hovering state. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, the direction of the aircraft is returned from the horizontal direction to the vertical direction. At this time, the mounting unit 50 that was in the first position moves to the second position, and the mounting object also moves accordingly. As the object to be mounted moves, the center of gravity G also shifts to the leg side.

5 and 6 are diagrams showing a state of descending from the sky above the destination to the destination. The loading object 52 has been moved to the second position, and the center of gravity G has also moved from the initial position.

If the mounted object 52 is moved to the second position in the horizontal posture, the entire arm portion 30 swings like a pendulum when the mounted object 52 is moved to the lowered posture depending on the weight of the mounted object 52. Therefore, it is preferable to shift the mounted object 52 after the shift to the descending posture has begun, and more safely, it is preferable to shift to the completely lowered posture.

In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, even when a crosswind or the like blows during descent, the gimbal 60 freely displaces the flight portion, so that the flight portion is not swept sideways. ..

In order to efficiently mount the center of gravity movement control means on the airframe, there is a method of providing a variable mechanism of the motor arm 12, but such a method is not preferable from the viewpoint of reliability and the weight of the airframe. On the other hand, there is also a method of making the fixed wing part a rectangular wing, which is easy from the viewpoint of work, but it is not an absolute condition for this machine. In this respect, the flying object 1 in the present embodiment is not the motor arm 12, but the plane shape of the main wing is changed as described above.

The rotorcraft described above has the functional block shown in FIG. The functional block in FIG. 7 has a minimum reference configuration. The flight controller is a so-called processing unit. The processing unit can have one or more processors such as a programmable processor (eg, a central processing unit (CPU)).

The processing unit has a memory (not shown), and the memory can be accessed. Memory stores logic, code, and / or program instructions that a processing unit can execute to perform one or more steps.

The memory may include, for example, a separable medium such as an SD card or random access memory (RAM) or an external storage device. The data acquired from the cameras and sensors may be directly transmitted and stored in the memory. For example, still image / moving image data taken by a camera or the like is recorded in an internal memory or an external memory.

The processing unit includes a control module configured to control the state of the rotorcraft. For example, the control module adjusts the spatial arrangement, velocity, and / or acceleration of a rotorcraft with 6 degrees of freedom (translational motion x, y and z, and rotational motion θ _x , θ _y and θ _z). Controls the propulsion mechanism (motor, etc.) of the rotorcraft. The control module can control one or more of the states of the mounting unit and the sensors.

The processing unit is capable of communicating with a transmitter / receiver configured to transmit and / or receive data from one or more external devices (eg, terminals, display devices, or other remote controls). The transceiver can use any suitable communication means such as wired communication or wireless communication.

For example, the transmitter / receiver uses one or more of local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), infrared, wireless, WiFi, point-to-point (P2P) network, telecommunications network, cloud communication, and the like. be able to.

The transmitter / receiver can transmit and / or receive one or more of the data acquired by the sensors, the processing result generated by the processing unit, the predetermined control data, the user command from the terminal or the remote controller, and the like. ..

Sensors according to this embodiment may include inertial sensors (acceleration sensors, gyro sensors), GPS sensors, proximity sensors (eg, riders), or vision / image sensors (eg, cameras).

The air vehicle according to the present invention can be expected to be used as an air vehicle dedicated to home delivery operations over medium and long distances, and as an industrial rotorcraft in wide area monitoring operations and reconnaissance / rescue operations in mountainous areas. Further, the rotary wing aircraft of the present invention can be used in an airplane-related industry such as a multicopter drone, and further, the rotary wing aircraft of the present invention is also preferably equipped with a camera or the like and capable of performing aerial photography missions. In addition to being able to be used, it can also be used in various industries such as security, agriculture, and infrastructure monitoring.

The above-described embodiments are merely examples for facilitating the understanding of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the interpretation of the present invention. It goes without saying that the present invention can be modified and improved without departing from the spirit thereof, and the present invention includes an equivalent thereof.

In the above embodiment, an example in which the flight unit 10 has a plurality of motors 14 is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this. The flight unit 10 may have a single motor 14 (so-called single-engine aircraft).

1 Air vehicle 10 Flight unit 12 Motor arm 14 Motor 16 Propeller (rotor)
20 Leg 30 Arm 40 Upper fixed wing 42 Lower fixed wing 50 Mounting 52 Mounting 60 Gimbal (connecting part)

Claims (3)

A flying object including a flying portion having a rotary wing for generating thrust, a leg portion, and an arm portion connecting the flying portion and the leg portion.
A fixed wing portion provided on the arm portion and composed of a pair of two swept wings,
A mounting portion in which the first position of the arm portion and the second position located behind the first position are movably provided along the arm portion, and
A connecting portion for independently and displaceably connecting the flying portion and the arm portion is provided.
Aircraft. The flying object according to claim 1.
The fixed wing portion is arranged at a position that does not interfere with the range of motion of the flight portion in a plan view.
Aircraft. The flying object according to claim 1 or 2.
The connecting portion has a gimbal structure.
Aircraft.

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