Autonomous catapult-assisted take-off, recycling, and reuse device and method of flapping-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
US11685547B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 13, 2022 |
| Grant date | Jun 27, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 13, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB64U70/70
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An autonomous catapult-assisted take-off, recycling, and reuse device and method of a flapping-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are provided. The device includes a base, an attitude adjusting mechanism, a catapult mechanism, a recycling mechanism, a control processing unit, a power supply module, and a sensor unit, where the attitude adjusting mechanism includes a connector, a counterweight, an adjusting motor, an attitude adjusting input gear, an attitude adjusting output gear, an attitude adjusting output gear shaft, and an installation platform; the catapult mechanism includes a catapult motor, a catapult motor frame, a pulley, a pull rope, a winch, a pull rope fixing part, a flapping-wing aircraft fixing part, two slide bars, two compression springs, and a catapult gear set; and the recycling mechanism includes a recycling motor, a recycling mechanical arm, a recycling platform, two sprockets, and a recycling gear set.
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