Omni-directional air vehicle personal transportation system

• US 20040061022A1
• Filed: 02/20/2003
• Published: 04/01/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Marius A. Paul
• Original Assignee: Marius A. Paul
• Inventors: Paul, Marius A.
• Granted Patent: US 6,845,942 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 244/10
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 11/001 Shrouded propellers
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 27/20 Rotorcraft characterised by having shrouded rotors, e.g. flying platforms
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 39/026 for use as personal propulsion unit

Abstract

An omni-directional air vehicle having a pod with a connected turbofan system, the pod has a body that contains a power source for generating electrical power and a ducted fan with spherical articulation mechanism having a projecting arm with counter-rotating propellers and a ducted shroud around the periphery of the counter rotating propellers and containing drive motors for electrically driving the propellers.

Claims

1. An omni-directional air vehicle comprising:

a pod;

a turbofan system connected to the pod the turbofan system having a ducted fan with counter-rotating propellers, a spherical articulation mechanism with a projecting arm on which the propellers are mounted, and a shroud with struts connected to the projecting arm, wherein the pod has a body for seating the spherical articulation mechanism and the ducted fan has counter-rotating electric motors driving the counter-rotating propellers; and

,

a power source connected to the counter-rotating electric motors.

2. The omni-directional air vehicle of claim 1 wherein the power source includes a thermal-electric power generator.

3. The omni-directional air vehicle of claim 1 wherein the counter-rotating electric motors are integrated in the shroud around the periphery of the propellers.

4. The omni-directional air vehicle of claim 1 wherein the spherical articulation mechanism has a control arm for manual operation.

5. The omni-directional air vehicle of claim 1 wherein the pod has supports for supporting the pod.

6. The omni-directional air vehicle of claim 1 wherein the pod has wings with directional guides for horizontal operation.

7. The omni-directional air vehicle of claim 1 has multiple ducted fans with counter-rotating propellers.

8. The omni-directional air vehicle of claim 1 wherein the pod has a vehicle body with a round discoid wing.

9. The omni-directional air vehicle of claim 1 wherein the pod has an elongated fuselage and an elongated discoid wing arrangeable perpendicular to the direction of travel.

10. The omni-directional air vehicle of claim 1 having a platform body and articulated wing.