DOCKING UNIT OF THE DEVICE WITH AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE Russian patent published in 2022 - IPC F41F3/55 

FIELD: aviation.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the field of aviation and rocket technology, mainly to devices for communicating a rocket with an information block. The docking unit of the device with the unmanned aerial vehicle includes an external storage medium equipped with a housing with a memory unit and a plug electrical connector, and a switching hatch containing a housing with a cavity placed in the volume of the aircraft and fixed on its surface to form the entrance window of the cavity. An electrical connector for docking with a plug-in electrical connector of the information carrier is installed on the rear wall of the housing. The cover of the entrance window is rigidly connected with the hinge mounted on the axis of rotation, the swivel connected to the hatch body. In this case, the cover is made of two symmetrical parts, each of which is provided with a loop installed on the axis of rotation of a separate hinge joint, the axes of which are parallel and placed in the body cavity near its walls and are located symmetrically relative to the axis of the electrical connector. The cover in the open and closed positions interacts with the hatch body through its end surfaces. The hatch body is made with the possibility of turning the parts of the cover on their axes into its cavity, due to the stop of the front part of the information carrier on the surface of the cover. Lid parts in the closed position are installed at the level of the inlet window with their rear end surfaces resting against the wall of the hatch body by means of a compression device.

EFFECT: quick docking of the plug of the electrical connector of the data carrier and the electrical connector of the switching hatch without a special tool and reducing the probability of failures when loading information.

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