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An Aerodynamic Unmanned Aerial Vehicle And Method Thereof

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards an aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle and method thereof. The aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle comprising: a pair of floaters having an aerodynamic design wherein the floaters are configured with a V-shaped structure to lift the UAV without any drag from the water surface. Floaters are made with a high-grade, lightweight and high strength thermoplastic via vacuum forming and can stay afloat on any water surface. The floater is made by joining two pieces and heat-sealed inversely, filled with a low density gas to create enough buoyancy force on the floaters. The floaters are attached to the landing gears of the UAV using a snug fit joint in a single slide and locks at the centre. The aerodynamic design disclosed herein enables the UAV to float on the water surface irrespective of the UAV position/rotations while falling into the water bodies. FIG. 1

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Patent Information

Application #
Filing Date
07 March 2022
Publication Number
11/2022
Publication Type
INA
Invention Field
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Status
Email
Parent Application

Applicants

MARUT DRONETECH PRIVATE LIMITED
Door no 2-53/23/2/1, T- Hub Foundation, Himalaya Block- D, IIIT, GACHIBOWLI, Ranga Reddy, Telangana-500032, India.

Inventors

1. PREM KUMAR VISLAWATH
H.No. 6-89, Plot No. 5, SLNS Colony, Meerpet, Saroornagar, Rangareddi, Telangana. 500079, India.
2. PEDDI SURAJ
H.No. 1-5-203/3/6, Ganesh Nagar, Jagtial, Telangana. 505327.

Specification

Claims:We Claim:
1. An aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle, comprising:
a pair of floaters 109a having an aerodynamic design configured to form a V-shaped floater assembly 109, whereby the V-shaped floater assembly 109a are configured to lift the UAV from water bodies without any drag from a water surface;

the V-shaped floater assembly 109 prepared by joining the two floater 109a via heat sealing or inverse welding at a periphery 110 via vacuum forming and filled with low density gas to create enough buoyancy force on the floaters;

a landing gear 103 configured to slide through edge of the V-shaped floater assembly 109 and stopped at the center portion for locking, whereby the V-shapes floater assembly 109 are attached to the landing gears 103 of the aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle via a plurality of snug fit circular joints 104 which hold and lock the pair of floaters and a plurality of boom bars on both sides, and whereby the plurality of snug fit joints are configured to slide towards a provision in the V-shaped floater assembly 109 with the help of plurality of locking screws 105;

the plurality of boom bars (107, 106), whereby the boom bar 107 is then fixed to boom bar 106 in a locking portion on the plurality of snug fit joints via a push fit mechanism; and

the aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle with the pair of floaters 109a is facilitated to land on any surface with an ability to sustain the load of the aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle and a payload.
2. The aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle facilitates spraying of agricultural substances/non-agricultural substances comprising chemicals, pesticides, insecticide of forestry and water bodies, herbicide spraying, dispensing seeds, fertilizers, pellets, fungicides, herbicides, plant growth regulators, defoliation agents, anti-larval eradication in water bodies, payload transportation in water bodies, emergency foods and/or medicine supply in floods afflicted regions and so forth.

3. The aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle as claimed in claim 1, comprising one or more first clamps positioned on a landing gear and the one or more first clamps are configured to hold one or more connecting pipes in a required direction.

4. The aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle as claimed in claim 3, wherein the one or more telescopic arms comprising one or more second clamps configured to hold the one or more connecting pipes, the one or more telescopic arms, the one or more rollers, and one or more stepper motors.

5. The aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one or more stepper motors with the rollers are connected directly to the automatic height-adjustable telescopic boom bar 107 through the rope.

6. The aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the automatic height adjustable telescopic boom bar 107 is configured to hold one or more nozzles 108 with an angled edges and are positioned at an equidistant thereby facilitating widespread spraying.

7. The aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the tube is configured to pass at least one of: the agricultural substances; the non-agricultural substances to the automatic height adjustable telescopic boom bar 107.

8. The aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pair of floaters 109a has an aerodynamic design and is made with a high-grade, lightweight and high strength thermoplastics which has lower density than water.

9. The aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pair of floaters 109a is made with material such as Polypropylene, Low density polyethylene, High density polyethylene and combinations thereof.

10. The aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pair of floaters 109a are designed in a way to help the aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle to float on the water surface irrespective of the aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle position/rotations while falling into a water body, whereby the pair of floaters 109a will regain their position and get back to the standard orientation on the water surface.
, Description:TECHNICAL FIELD
[001] The disclosed subject matter relates generally to unmanned aerial vehicles. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to an aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle and method thereof.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[002] An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) also abbreviated as a drone, an unmanned aircraft, unmanned plane, and so forth has become very common in a variety of industrial applications ranging from police, city management, agriculture, geology, meteorology, electric power, emergency rescue and disaster relief, video shooting etc. The unmanned aerial vehicle is operated by a radio remote control device. Efforts have been made to make the UAV designs more lightweight and capable of carrying more weight in order to meet a variety of requirements. As a result, the cost of UAVs has increased dramatically. It has also been observed that the industries need different UAV for their various operations, and in order to fulfill their job requirements, industries must purchase a specific UAV for each operation. At the time of the crash or breakdown, with present resources the cost of repairing of the UAV is nearly or approximately equal to the cost of the UAVs, as it includes the cost of spare parts, skilled labor charges as well as waiting time in repairing which also leads to losses to the industries. Sometime, when a specific part of a UAV fails, the whole UAV becomes useless, and it must be replaced by a new one.

[003] It has also been observed that the drones flying on the water bodies are prone to fall in the water due to its technical or manual working issues. This leads to complete damage of the drone and most importantly the payload which has its potential worth been lost and be not retrievable when it gets drowned in water. This again needs extra expensive resources to search the drone under water which is almost impossible to find. Current solutions exist only for smaller drones but no such lightweight, easy and instant fit floaters are available for larger drones with heavy payload. Furthermore, these alternative methodologies are difficult to manufacture, have higher manufacture cost and are also unable to be replicated on an industrial scale.

[004] In the light of the aforementioned discussion, there exists a need for an aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle on which the light weight floaters are attached to the landing gears of the drone in such a way it enables us to achieve light weight, aerodynamics, and drowning parameters and float on water surface as well as on hard surface. And most importantly to safeguard and retrieve the drone, parts and its payload that would overcome the above-mentioned disadvantages in the state of art.

SUMMARY
[005] The following presents a simplified summary of the disclosure in order to provide a basic understanding of the reader. This summary is not an extensive overview of the disclosure and it does not identify key/critical elements of the invention or delineate the scope of the invention. Its sole purpose is to present some concepts disclosed herein in a simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description that is presented later.

[006] An objective of the present disclosure is directed towards an aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle and method thereof.

[007] Another objective of the present disclosure is directed towards cost-effective, easy to manufacture vacuum forming mediated methodology to provide an aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle.

[008] Another objective of the present disclosure is directed towards an aerodynamic unmanned vehicle to prevent drag on water surface and can have stability in any source of water be it saline or normal water.

[009] Another objective of the present disclosure is directed towards facilitating a widespread spraying of the agricultural/non-agricultural substances with angled edge nozzles on the automatic telescopic height adjustable boom bar.

[0010] Another objective of the present disclosure is directed towards providing an aerodynamic unmanned vehicle having the following technical advantages namely:
• Drone can be reused / save the price of the drone
• Payload safety / not damaged / retrieved / retention
• Safeguarding the drone parts/ electronics from dipping into water bodies
• Floaters on the drone help to re-take-off from the water bed
• Light weight floaters to achieve more payload onto the drone
• Drone with floaters can also be landed on the ground / ability to sustain the load of the drone and payload

[0011] An object of the present disclosure is to provide real time support to help people affected by the floods and other dangerous situation.

[0012] Yet another object of the present invention is to deliver an expeditious and cost-effective hybrid autonomous vehicle system able to navigate water surfaces and other tough terrains for flood relief operations.

[0013] An object of the present disclosure is to provide an ergonomic and aerodynamic UAV that may be modified as per user’s requirement. The UAV may be initially disassembled and can be assembled according to the need of the application. The unique design of the UAV allows it compatibility with various attachments. For example, in need of an application which requires surveillance and requires more flight time a surveillance camera and a retractable battery compartment setup may be retrofitted to accommodate extra batteries for longer flight time.

[0014] Another objective of the present disclosure is directed towards an aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle, comprising: a pair of floaters 109a having an aerodynamic design configured to form a V-shaped floater assembly 109, whereby the V-shaped floater assembly 109a are configured to lift the UAV from water bodies without any drag from a water surface; the V-shaped floater assembly 109 prepared by joining the two floater 109a via heat sealing or inverse welding at a periphery 110 via vacuum forming and filled with low density gas to create enough buoyancy force on the floaters; a landing gear 103 configured to slide through edge of the V-shaped floater assembly 109 and stopped at the centre portion for locking, whereby the V-shapes floater assembly 109 are attached to the landing gears 103 of the aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle via a plurality of snug fit circular joints 104 which hold and lock the pair of floaters and a plurality of boom bars on both sides, and whereby the plurality of snug fit joints are configured to slide towards a provision in the V-shaped floater assembly 109 with the help of plurality of locking screws 105; the plurality of boom bars (107, 106), whereby the boom bar 107 is then fixed to boom bar 106 in a locking portion on the plurality of snug fit joints via a push fit mechanism; and the aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle with the pair of floaters 109a is facilitated to land on any surface with an ability to sustain the load of the aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle and a payload.

[0015] To further clarify advantages and features of the present disclosure, a more particular description of the invention will be rendered by reference to specific embodiments thereof, which is illustrated in the appended drawings. It is appreciated that these drawings depict only typical embodiments of the invention and are therefore not to be considered limiting of its scope. The invention will be described and explained with additional specificity and detail with the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0016] In the following, numerous specific details are set forth to provide a thorough description of various embodiments. Certain embodiments may be practiced without these specific details or with some variations in detail. In some instances, certain features are described in less detail so as not to obscure other aspects. The level of detail associated with each of the elements or features should not be construed to qualify the novelty or importance of one feature over the others.

[0017] FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B are example diagrams depicting exemplary views of an aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle, in accordance with one or more exemplary embodiments.

[0018] FIG. 2A and FIG.2B are example diagrams depicting the Floaters and Floater assembly along with the weld area of an aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle, in accordance with one or more exemplary embodiments.

[0019] FIG. 3A, FIG. 3B, FIG. 3C, FIG. 3C’and FIG. 3D are example diagrams depicting the Floaters and Floater assembly along with the weld area of an aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle, in accordance with one or more exemplary embodiments.
[0020] FIG. 4A, FIG.4B are example diagrams showing how a Landing gear 303, 403 slides through the floater assembly 309, 409 edge as shown in the image and stopped at the centre portion for the locking in an aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle, in accordance with one or more exemplary embodiments.

[0021] FIG. 5 is another example diagram depicting how the multipurpose circular joints 504 slide towards the provision in the floater assemblies and are then locked in its position with the help of locking screws in an aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle, in accordance with one or more exemplary embodiments.
[0022] FIG. 6A and FIG.6B are example diagrams depicting locking screws 605 and boom bar locking portion 606 in an aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle, in accordance with one or more exemplary embodiments.

[0023] FIG.7 is an example diagram depicting how boom bar is fixed to boom bar locking portion on the with the push fit mechanism an aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle, in accordance with one or more exemplary embodiments.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EXAMPLE EMBODIMENTS
[0024] It is to be understood that the present disclosure is not limited in its application to the details of construction and the arrangement of components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The present disclosure is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced or of being carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology used herein is for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.

[0025] The use of “including”, “comprising” or “having” and variations thereof herein is meant to encompass the items listed thereafter and equivalents thereof as well as additional items. The terms “a” and “an” herein do not denote a limitation of quantity, but rather denote the presence of at least one of the referenced item. Further, the use of terms “first”, “second”, and “third”, and the like, herein do not denote any order, quantity, or importance, but rather are used to distinguish one element from another.

[0026] Referring to FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B are example diagrams depicting exemplary views of an aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle, in accordance with one or more exemplary embodiments.

[0027] Referring to FIG. 2A and FIG.2B are example diagrams depicting the Floaters and Floater assembly along with the weld area of an aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle, in accordance with one or more exemplary embodiments.

[0028] Referring to FIG. 3A, FIG. 3B, FIG. 3C, FIG. 3C’and FIG. 3D are example diagrams depicting the Floaters and Floater assembly along with the weld area of an aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle, in accordance with one or more exemplary embodiments.

[0029] Referring to FIG. 4A, FIG.4B are example diagrams showing how a Landing gear 303, 403 slides through the floater assembly 309, 409 edge as shown in the image and stopped at the centre portion for the locking in an aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle, in accordance with one or more exemplary embodiments.

[0030] Referring to FIG. 5 is another example diagram depicting how the multipurpose circular joints 504 slide towards the provision in the floater assemblies and are then locked in its position with the help of locking screws in an aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle, in accordance with one or more exemplary embodiments.

[0031] Referring to FIG. 6A and FIG.6B are example diagrams depicting locking screws 605 and boom bar locking portion 606 in an aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle, in accordance with one or more exemplary embodiments.

[0032] Referring to FIG.7 is an example diagram depicting how boom bar is fixed to boom bar locking portion on the with the push fit mechanism an aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle, in accordance with one or more exemplary embodiments.

[0033] In an exemplary embodiment, an aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle comprising a pair of floaters wherein the floaters are configured with a V-shape structure to lift the UAV from water bodies without any drag from the water surface. Floaters have an aerodynamic design and are made with a high-grade, lightweight and high strength thermoplastic, prepared with a special process called vacuum forming, which can float in normal water and saline water. Every single floater is made by joining two pieces and heat-sealed inversely, provided they are filled with a low density gas through a special process to create enough buoyancy force on the floaters. These floaters are uniquely designed to minimize the design and manufacturing cost without having invested in the multiple designs and multiple production lines in the manufacturing process. It is achieved by making a single design with single mold which has low cost enables us to have fit to large number of other heavy drones as well.

[0034] The floaters are attached to the landing gears of the UAV using a snug fit joint in a single slide. Landing gear slides through the floater edge and locks at the center. The design of the floaters helps the UAV to float on the water surface irrespective of the UAV position/rotations while falling into the water bodies, these floaters will regain their position and get back to the standard orientation on water. UAV with floaters can also be landed on the ground/ability to sustain the load of the UAV and payload.

[0035] In another exemplary embodiment, an aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle, comprising: a pair of floaters 109a having an aerodynamic design configured to form a V-shaped floater assembly 109, whereby the V-shaped floater assembly 109a are configured to lift the UAV from water bodies without any drag from a water surface; the V-shaped floater assembly 109 prepared by joining the two floater 109a via heat sealing or inverse welding at a periphery 110 via vacuum forming and filled with low density gas to create enough buoyancy force on the floaters; a landing gear 103 configured to slide through edge of the V-shaped floater assembly 109 and stopped at the center portion for locking, whereby the V-shapes floater assembly 109 are attached to the landing gears 103 of the aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle via a plurality of snug fit circular joints 104 which hold and lock the pair of floaters and a plurality of boom bars on both sides, and whereby the plurality of snug fit joints are configured to slide towards a provision in the V-shaped floater assembly 109 with the help of plurality of locking screws 105; the plurality of boom bars (107, 106), whereby the boom bar 107 is then fixed to boom bar 106 in a locking portion on the plurality of snug fit joints via a push fit mechanism; and the aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle with the pair of floaters 109a is facilitated to land on any surface with an ability to sustain the load of the aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle and a payload.

[0036] In another exemplary embodiment, wherein the aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle facilitates spraying of agricultural substances/non-agricultural substances comprising chemicals, pesticides, insecticide of forestry and water bodies, herbicide spraying, dispensing seeds, fertilizers, pellets, fungicides, herbicides, plant growth regulators, defoliation agents, anti-larval eradication in water bodies, payload transportation in water bodies, emergency foods and/or medicine supply in floods afflicted regions and so forth.

[0037] In another exemplary embodiment, wherein the aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle comprising one or more first clamps positioned on a landing gear and the one or more first clamps are configured to hold one or more connecting pipes in a required direction.

[0038] In another exemplary embodiment, wherein the one or more telescopic arms comprising one or more second clamps configured to hold the one or more connecting pipes, the one or more telescopic arms, the one or more rollers, and one or more stepper motors.

[0039] In another exemplary embodiment, the one or more stepper motors with the rollers are connected directly to the automatic height-adjustable telescopic boom bar 107 through the rope.
[0040] In another exemplary embodiment, wherein the automatic height adjustable telescopic boom bar 107 is configured to hold one or more nozzles 108 with an angled edges and are positioned at an equidistant thereby facilitating widespread spraying.

[0041] In another exemplary embodiment, wherein the tube is configured to pass at least one of: the agricultural substances; the non-agricultural substances to the automatic height adjustable telescopic boom bar 107.

[0042] In another exemplary embodiment, wherein the pair of floaters 109a has an aerodynamic design and is made with a high-grade, lightweight and high strength thermoplastics which has lower density than water.
[0043] In another exemplary embodiment, the pair of floaters 109a is made with material such as Polypropylene, Low density polyethylene, High density polyethylene and combinations thereof.

[0044] In another exemplary embodiment, wherein the pair of floaters 109a are designed in a way to help the aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle to float on the water surface irrespective of the aerodynamic unmanned aerial vehicle position/rotations while falling into a water body, whereby the pair of floaters 109a will regain their position and get back to the standard orientation on the water surface.

[0045] In another exemplary embodiment, the automatic height-adjustable telescopic boom bar configured to spray the agricultural substances/the non-agricultural substances while flying over the required location, the required location includes, water bodies/land.

[0046] Reference throughout this specification to “one embodiment”, “an embodiment”, or similar language means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the present disclosure. Thus, appearances of the phrases “in one embodiment”, “in an embodiment” and similar language throughout this specification may, but do not necessarily, all refer to the same embodiment.

[0047] Although the present disclosure has been described in terms of certain preferred embodiments and illustrations thereof, other embodiments and modifications to preferred embodiments may be possible that are within the principles of the invention. The above descriptions and figures are therefore to be regarded as illustrative and not restrictive.

[0048] Thus the scope of the present disclosure is defined by the appended claims and includes both combinations and sub-combinations of the various features described hereinabove as well as variations and modifications thereof, which would occur to persons skilled in the art upon reading the foregoing description.

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1 202241012256-STATEMENT OF UNDERTAKING (FORM 3) [07-03-2022(online)].pdf 2022-03-07
2 202241012256-REQUEST FOR EARLY PUBLICATION(FORM-9) [07-03-2022(online)].pdf 2022-03-07
3 202241012256-POWER OF AUTHORITY [07-03-2022(online)].pdf 2022-03-07
4 202241012256-FORM-9 [07-03-2022(online)].pdf 2022-03-07
5 202241012256-FORM FOR SMALL ENTITY(FORM-28) [07-03-2022(online)].pdf 2022-03-07
6 202241012256-FORM FOR SMALL ENTITY [07-03-2022(online)].pdf 2022-03-07
7 202241012256-FORM 1 [07-03-2022(online)].pdf 2022-03-07
8 202241012256-EVIDENCE FOR REGISTRATION UNDER SSI(FORM-28) [07-03-2022(online)].pdf 2022-03-07
9 202241012256-EVIDENCE FOR REGISTRATION UNDER SSI [07-03-2022(online)].pdf 2022-03-07
10 202241012256-DRAWINGS [07-03-2022(online)].pdf 2022-03-07
11 202241012256-DECLARATION OF INVENTORSHIP (FORM 5) [07-03-2022(online)].pdf 2022-03-07
12 202241012256-COMPLETE SPECIFICATION [07-03-2022(online)].pdf 2022-03-07
13 202241012256-Correspondence, Form-1, Form-3, Form-5, Form-9, Form-18 And POA_11-03-2022.pdf 2022-03-11