Drone Provided with a Battery Pack Having a Stiffening Function
AssigneeParrot Drones
InventorsThierry SANLAVILLE, Maxime DUCLOUX, Flavien MORRA
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Abstract
Embodiments disclosed include a rotary-wing drone that includes a drone body and linking arms, such that a propulsion unit is located at the distal ends of the linking arms. The rotary-wing drone may also include a stiff battery pack with at least one fixation means and a guiding profile. The drone body may also include a platform with at least one guiding rail configured to cooperate and receive the complementary guiding profile of the battery pack and at least one fixation means complementary to the fixation means of the battery pack so that the battery pack attaches onto and stiffens the drone body.
Claims8
A drone comprising:
- a drone body with a frame structure comprising a front structure and a platform extending rearward from the front structure;
- front linking arms fixed to the front structure and rear linking arms fixed to the platform where a propulsion unit is attached to a distal end of the front linking arms and the rear linking arms;
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- a battery pack with a fixation mechanism for fastening the battery pack onto the platform;
- wherein the platform comprises at least one guiding rail with a trapezoid shape on a surface of the platform to receive the battery pack by guiding the battery pack along at least one guiding rail and a first fixation mechanism adapted to couple with a corresponding second fixation mechanism located on the platform to lock the battery pack onto the platform.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.