公开(公告)号：US5575438A

公开(公告)日：1996-11-19

申请号：US239645

申请日：1994-05-09

申请人： Kevin P. McGonigle ,  John Ferraro ,  James P. Cycon

发明人： Kevin P. McGonigle ,  John Ferraro ,  James P. Cycon

IPC分类号： B64C27/10 ,  B64C27/20 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64D47/00 ,  B64D47/08

CPC分类号： B64D47/08 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/108 ,  B64C2201/127 ,  B64C2201/146 ,  B64C2201/162

摘要： An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has a toroidal fuselage and a rotor assembly having a pair of counter-rotating rotors secured in fixed coaxial combination with the toroidal fuselage to provide a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) capability for the UAV. One embodiment of the VTOL UAV is especially configured for ground surveillance missions by the inclusion of an externally mounted, remotely controllable stowable sensor subsystem that provides an azimuthal scanning capability and a predetermined elevation/depression scanning capability to accomplish the ground surveillance mission and a foldable landing gear subsystem to facilitate landing of the VTOL UAV at unprepared ground surveillance sites.

摘要翻译： 无人飞行器（UAV）具有环形机身和转子组件，其具有与环形机身固定的同轴组合的一对反向旋转转子，以为无人机提供垂直起飞和着陆（VTOL）能力。 VTOL UAV的一个实施例通过包括外部安装的远程可控的可收缩传感器子系统特别地配置用于地面监视任务，其提供方位扫描能力和预定的仰角/凹陷扫描能力以完成地面监视任务和可折叠着陆 齿轮子系统，以便于在未准备的地面监视场所着陆无人机。

公开(公告)号：US5351916A

公开(公告)日：1994-10-04

申请号：US51034

申请日：1993-04-20

申请人： Kevin P. McGonigle ,  James A. Monson ,  Timothy R. Budd

发明人： Kevin P. McGonigle ,  James A. Monson ,  Timothy R. Budd

IPC分类号： B64C1/22 ,  B64D9/00

CPC分类号： B64C1/22 ,  B64D9/00

摘要： A control system for automatically loading and unloading a vehicle (10) from a cargo compartment comprises a plurality of distance measuring sensors (31,32,33,34) attached to specified locations on the exterior surfaces of the vehicle (54,56,57) and the cargo compartment (55). The sensors provide distance signals, indicative of the distance between each sensor and the nearest obstruction, to a microprocessor which compares each of the distance signals to reference signals indicative of the minimum allowable clearance between each specified location and an obstruction. During activation of an automatic loading/unloading switch (70), a winch (39) is activated to move the vehicle into or out of a cargo compartment if each of the distances is greater than the corresponding minimum allowable clearance. If any clearance is less than the minimum allowable clearance while the vehicle is being moved, movement of the vehicle is automatically stopped and the height of the vehicle is adjusted (800-815) until all of the distances are greater than the corresponding minimum allowable clearances, after which the winch is reactivated to continue moving the vehicle. The cycle is repeated until the helicopter is in its final position or the automatic loading/unloading switch is released.

摘要翻译： 用于从货舱自动装载和卸载车辆（10）的控制系统包括附接到车辆外表面上的特定位置的多个距离测量传感器（31,32,33,34）（54,56,57 ）和货舱（55）。 传感器将指示每个传感器和最近的障碍物之间的距离的距离信号提供给微处理器，该微处理器将每个距离信号与指示每个指定位置与阻塞之间的最小允许间隙的参考信号进行比较。 在启动自动装载/卸载开关（70）期间，如果每个距离大于相应的最小允许间隙，则启动绞盘（39）以将车辆移入或移出货舱。 如果任何间隙小于车辆移动时的最小允许间隙，则自动停止车辆的移动，并调整车辆的高度（800-815），直到所有距离都大于相应的最小允许间隙 之后，绞车被重新启动以继续移动车辆。 重复该循环直到直升机处于其最终位置或释放自动装载/卸载开关。