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Granted Patent B2
US 9,067,677 · App. 13/513,722 · Granted Jun 30, 2015

Dismountable helicopter

Inventors: Per-Erik Cardell (Linköping, SE); Kjell Stenbom (Norrköping, SE); Robert Lidström (Göteborg, SE)
Assignee: SAAB AB
B64C39/024B64C27/82B64C1/26B64C1/063B64C1/30B64C27/12B64C2201/024B64C2201/108
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Patent No.
US 9,067,677
App. No.
13/513,722
Granted
Jun 30, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An unmanned aerial vehicle helicopter including a dismountable tail section including a torque compensating rotor. Power transmission from the motor to the torque compensating rotor is accomplished by pulley-and-belt drive arrangements.

Claims (18)

1. A dismountable helicopter, comprising:

a front section and a tail section, said tail section being dismountably connected to said front section;

a motor,

a torque compensating rotor, and

a light-weight power transmitter configured to transmit power from said motor to said torque compensating rotor, wherein said power transmitter comprises a first pulley and belt drive arrangement configured to transmit power in said front section and a second pulley and belt drive arrangement configured to transmit power in said tail section, wherein said first pulley and belt drive arrangement and said second pulley and belt drive arrangement each comprise a first pulley, a second pulley and a belt configured to transfer power between said first pulley and said second pulley, respectively, and a mechanical coupling configured to transmit power from said first pulley and belt drive arrangement to said second pulley and belt drive arrangement, wherein said mechanical coupling comprises a gearwheel connection between said second pulley of said first pulley and belt drive arrangement and said first pulley of said second pulley and belt drive arrangement, such that the first pulley and belt drive arrangement transmits power from the motor to the mechanical coupling and the second pulley and belt drive arrangement transmits power from the mechanical coupling to the torque compensating rotor, and wherein the mechanical coupling permits the tail section to be mounted on the front section without pulling the belt over the first pulley or second pulley of the belt drive arrangements.

2. The dismountable helicopter according to claim 1 , wherein said first or said second pulley and belt drive arrangement is coupled to a gearbox.

3. The dismountable helicopter according to claim 2 , wherein said gearbox is coupled via an elastic shaft coupling to a main drive shaft of said motor.

4. The dismountable helicopter according to claim 2 , wherein said gearbox is provided in said front section of said helicopter.

5. The dismountable helicopter according to claim 1 , wherein said helicopter is an unmanned aerial vehicle.

6. The dismountable helicopter according to claim 1 , wherein said belts are toothed belts.

7. The dismountable helicopter according to claim 1 , wherein said front section comprises a first connecting frame and said tail section comprises a second connecting frame, said first and/or said second connecting frame comprising at least one alignment bolt for aligning said first and said second connecting frame in an aligned position, said first and/or second connecting frame further comprising a securing module configured to secure said first and second connecting frame in said aligned position.

8. The dismountable helicopter according to claim 1 , wherein said power transmitter further comprises a belt tightener.

9. The dismountable helicopter according to claim 8 , wherein said tightener is adapted to adjust a belt at an adjustable tension.

10. The dismountable helicopter according to claim 1 , wherein said tail section comprises carbon fiber material.

11. The dismountable helicopter according to claim 1 , wherein said torque compensating rotor is detachable.

12. A method of driving a torque compensating rotor of a UAV helicopter comprising a front section and a tail section dismountably connected to the front section, the method comprising:

driving said torque compensating rotor with a light-weight power transmitter, said power transmitter comprising a first pulley and belt drive arrangement configured to transmit power in said front section and a second pulley and belt drive arrangement configured to transmit power in said tail section; said first pulley and belt drive arrangement and said second pulley and belt drive arrangement each comprise a first pulley, a second pulley and a belt configured to transfer power between said first pulley and said second pulley, respectively, wherein the mechanical coupling permits the tail section to be mounted on the front section without pulling the belt over the first pulley or second pulley of the belt drive arrangements; and

transmitting power from said first pulley and belt drive arrangement to said second pulley and belt drive arrangement with a mechanical coupling comprising a gearwheel connection between said second pulley of said first pulley and belt drive arrangement and said first pulley of said second pulley and belt drive arrangement, such that the first pulley and belt drive arrangement transmits power from the motor to the mechanical coupling and the second pulley and belt drive arrangement transmits power from the mechanical coupling to the torque compensating rotor.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 6, 2018
From: SAAB AB
To: UMS SKELDAR SWEDEN AB
Reel/Frame 046283/0431 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 15, 2012
From: CARDELL, PER-ERIK; STENBOM, KJELL; LIDSTROM, ROBERT
To: SAAB AB
Reel/Frame 028792/0167 →
Continuity (1)
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