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Granted Patent B2
US 10,115,944 · App. 15/812,860 · Granted Oct 30, 2018

Battery used for unmanned aerial vehicle and an unmanned aerial vehicle

Inventors: Longxue Qiu (Guangdong, CN); Xingwen Wu (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: AUTEL ROBOTICS USA LLC
H01M2/1083B64C39/024B64C2201/042B64C2201/06H01M2220/20
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Patent No.
US 10,115,944
App. No.
15/812,860
Granted
Oct 30, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention discloses an unmanned aerial vehicle and a battery thereof. The battery includes a battery body and a shell disposed on one end of the battery body. The shell has a clamp button disposed on the side opposite the unmanned aerial vehicle. One end of the clamp button is fixed on the shell and the other is used for detachably connecting with the unmanned aerial vehicle. The clamp button makes the battery detachably connect with the main body of the unmanned aerial vehicle be possible and it is very convenient for changing the battery.

Claims (26)

1. A battery assembly configured to power a multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle having a battery compartment, comprising:

a shell;

a battery body substantially disposed within the shell;

a clamp button, a first part of the clamp button being mounted directly or indirectly to the shell and a second part of the clamp button being configured to be detachably coupled to the battery compartment; and

a restorable elastic piece;

wherein a first end of the restorable elastic piece is disposed to the shell and a second end of the restorable elastic piece is fixed with the clamp button; and

wherein the battery assembly is capable of being removed from the battery compartment in a state where the clamp button is pressed down.

2. The battery assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the first end of the restorable elastic piece is stuck in the shell.

3. The battery assembly according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first end and second end of the restorable elastic piece contains a bent portion.

4. The battery assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the first end of the restorable elastic piece abuts against the shell.

5. The battery assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the first end of the restorable elastic piece is fixed with the shell.

6. The battery assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the second end of the restorable elastic piece is disposed on an inner side of the clamp button.

7. The battery assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the battery assembly comprises at least two clamp buttons.

8. The battery assembly according to claim 7 , wherein a plurality of clamping portions are disposed on the battery compartment, the number of the clamp buttons is the same as the number of clamping portions.

9. The battery assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the at least two clamp buttons are separately disposed on opposite sides of the shell.

10. The battery assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the clamp button comprises a hook configured to detachably connect to the battery compartment.

11. The battery assembly according to claim 10 , wherein the hook of the clamp button is configured to releasably connect the battery assembly to the battery compartment when the battery assembly is totally inserted into the battery compartment.

12. The battery assembly according to claim 10 , wherein the clamp button comprises a body, the hook being disposed on an end of the body of the clamp button.

13. The battery assembly according to claim 12 , wherein a groove is formed between the body of the clamp button and the hook.

14. The battery assembly according to claim 12 , wherein an anti-slip structure is configured on an outer surface of the body of the clamp button.

15. The battery assembly according to claim 14 , wherein the anti-slip structure is a wave shape convex structure.

16. The battery assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the battery assembly comprises at least two restorable elastic pieces, the at least two restorable elastic pieces being mirror symmetric.

17. The battery assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the restorable elastic pieces is S-shape.

18. The battery assembly according to claim 17 , wherein the first end of the restorable elastic piece is stuck in the shell and an arc surface of the second end contacts a lower surface of the clamp button.

19. The battery assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the number of the restorable elastic piece is the same as the number of the clamp button.

20. The battery assembly according to claim 1 , wherein in a state where the battery assembly is completely pushed or positioned into the battery compartment of the multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle, the restorable elastic piece is configured to automatically rebound so that a) the clamp button is able to return back to its original position and (b) the battery assembly is held in position.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 22, 2018
From: AUTEL ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
To: AUTEL ROBOTICS USA LLC
Reel/Frame 045870/0268 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 16, 2017
From: QIU, LONGXUE; WU, XINGWEN
To: AUTEL ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044149/0573 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2015 2 1037540 U · Dec 14, 2015 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15598914 · May 18, 2017
Continuation In Part PCTCN2016103265 · Oct 25, 2016
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