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WO/2009/077968A2 |
A control system for a vehicle having plural control elements actuated at a single actuation point including a redundant electric actuator assembly including a control rod moveable linearly in two opposite directions mounting n electric ...
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WO/2009/074834A1 |
Disclosed is an actinic (radial) fluid drive (AF) which can replace any propeller used, e.g. for fans, ventilators, pumps, hydraulic power plants and wind power plants (repeller), watercraft and aircraft (boats, helicopters, etc.) and ca...
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WO/2009/072754A2 |
This invention is regarding a VTOL aircraft that is designed to enable it to take off by generating lift through rotary wings like a helicopter and then moving forward; and when it flies at high speeds, it is able to use jet engines so t...
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WO/2009/069901A2 |
This invention is regarding a VTOL aircraft that is designed to enable it to take off by generating lift through rotary wings like a helicopter and then moving forward; and when it flies at high speeds, it is able to use jet engines so t...
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WO/2009/066073A1 |
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) (1) in the form of a "tail sitter" flying wing (1) adapted for vertical take off and landing and transitions between flight as a helicopter and wing-borne flight. The vehicle is electrically powered from ...
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WO/2009/059173A1 |
Methods and apparatus for a transforming aerial vehicle according to various aspects of the present invention may operate in conjunction with a launch system configured to rotate the aerial vehicle about its longitudinal axis. A lifting ...
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WO/2009/047376A1 |
The propulsion and lifting system and method for VTOL craft and aircraft consists in one or more fins, fixed and oscillating around one of the ridges or shafts thereof proximate to the intersection of the extension of the two rectangular...
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WO/2008/147484A9 |
The invention is a modular vehicle having an air vehicle that can be coupled to cargo containers, land vehicles, sea vehicles, medical transport modules, etc. In one embodiment the air vehicle has a plurality of propellers positioned aro...
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WO/2009/044998A1 |
This invention is regarding a VTOL aircraft that is designed to enable it to take off by generating lift through rotary wings like a helicopter and then moving forward; and when it flies at high speeds, it is able to use jet engines so t...
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WO/2009/032027A2 |
A harness with mounted engine frame comprises a harness to be worn by a user. An engine support arm is mounted on the harness and a pair of lateral arms extend from the engine support arm. At least one engine is associated with each late...
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WO/2009/025632A1 |
The inventive vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft is used for transporting passengers and cargo and makes it possible to increase the powerplant performance and to improve aerodynamic and operational characteristics thereof. Said verti...
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WO2008085195B1 |
Rotorcraft wings disposed between tilt-rotor nacelles have particularly high aspect ratios for tilt-rotor rotorcraft, including for example at least 6, 7, 8, or higher. The increase in wing span and aspect ratio is possible because of th...
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WO/2008/141401A1 |
Synthetized helicopter, concerns of a vehicle, the most simple as possible, which uses various protected lateral helix, instead of only one, great and very big above it, normally called propeller, seen in a common and conventional helico...
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WO/2008/140851A2 |
A rotorcraft having two coaxial, counter-rotating rotors, one proximate to the forward end of the fuselage and one proximate to the aft end of the fuselage, that generate the forces necessary to lift the craft and maneuver it in the air ...
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WO/2008/135973A2 |
The present application relates to VTOL vehicles with multi-function capabilities and, specifically to ducted fan arrangements that facilitate the control of forces and flows of air to control movement of the vehicle in six degrees of fr...
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WO/2008/118637A2 |
A governor configured, to regulate the rotational velocity of one or more rotors (14) of an aircraft (12) by adjusting a collective blade pitch of the one or more rotors. In one embodiment, the governor (30) comprises a control monitor (...
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WO2008037865B1 |
The invention relates to a vertical take-off vehicle including two thermoreactors (1) or turbine engines having a rectangular air inlet (2) which opens into a positive-displacement rotary compressor (3) that supplies compressed air to a ...
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WO/2008/111952A2 |
The difference between a first position (110) of a first pylon of a tiltrotor aircraft and a second position (120) of a second pylon of the aircraft is prevented from becoming too large. An actuator position error (140) for the first pyl...
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WO/2008/105923A2 |
An aircraft includes a housing and a powerplant coupled to the housing and configured to rotate a drive shaft around its longitudinal axis. The aircraft may include at least one lift fan assembly coupled to its housing and including a ge...
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WO/2008/091300A2 |
Tilt-rotor aircraft experience increased efficiency and fuel economy by including wing extensions outboard of the tilting nacelles. Stall and buffeting during conversion from rotor-born hover to wing-born forward flight are reduced to an...
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WO/2008/085558A2 |
One embodiment of the present invention is a method for automatically controlling the conversion of a tiltrotor aircraft. An airspeed command for the tiltrotor aircraft is received. The airspeed command is converted to a pylon position. ...
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WO/2008/063244A2 |
An improved personal propulsion device (11) that generally imparts thrust directly to the user (112). The device (11 ) allows hands free control of thrust magnitude and direction so both hands can grasp and control the handlebars and bra...
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WO/2008/059363A2 |
A compact ultralight aircraft (10) comprising two coaxial counter- rotating rotors (11, 11') to each one which at least two rigid blades (12) are connected, centrally ducted in a cylindrical structure (13), of a radius substantially slig...
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WO/2008/054234A1 |
The present invention relates to a propulsion system of a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft or vehicle moving in any fluid or vacuum and more particularly to a vector control system of the vehicle propulsion thrust allowing an indepe...
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WO/2008/038479A1 |
It poses a problem to produce a driver by which an appropriate clearance can be held constantly between the working surface of an electromagnet on the inner circumferential portion of a shroud and the working surface of a permanent magne...
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WO/2008/007147A1 |
An aircraft (10) comprising a rigid wing (12), a structure (18), a thrust producing means (16), and a pendulum (22) attached to said structure (18) at a pivoting end thereof, wherein the pendulum (22) is arranged to shift the centre of g...
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WO/2007/122245A2 |
An aircraft, in particular a VTOL craft, comprises a fuselage (10) supporting at least a pair of wings (16, 18). According to the invention, several propeller devices are connected to the fuselage (10) and optionally to the pair of wings...
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WO/2007/110833A1 |
A convertible aircraft comprising a main body integrating at least one substantially triangular wing (1), the main body having a recess (2) centered substantially in correspondence of the center of gravity of the aircraft; and a propulsi...
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WO/2007/098634A1 |
Aircraft having two, preferably four or more, rotors (20) in wing hatches (10) which can be closed. The closure mechanism comprises, at the top, individually curved elements on a mount blind (40) and, at the bottom, longitudinal laminate...
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WO/2007/099543A2 |
A vehicle, particularly a VTOL air vehicle, includes a duct carried by the vehicle frame with the longitudinal axis of the duct perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle frame; a propeller rotatably mounted within the duct ab...
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WO/2007/049032A1 |
A module (10) for use with a bypass turbofan engine. The module comprises a hot flow channel through which the hot gas flow generated by the engine can flow and a bypass flow channel (14) through which the bypass air generated by the eng...
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WO/2007/014531A1 |
The present invention provides a VTOL aircraft with tilt front rotors. A front wing bearing the front rotors is provided on the front fuselage and a main wing is provided below the rear rotors that locate on the rear fuselage. This arran...
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WO/2007/010682A1 |
[PROBLEMS] To provide rotors with shrouds storable into a bottom plate so that, when aircraft lands on the ground and stops the rotors with the shrouds, the footprint on the space thereof can be minimized by storing them, when the rotors...
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WO/2006/131920A2 |
A vehicle, comprising: a vehicle frame; a duct carried by the vehicle frame with the longitudinal axis of the duct perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle frame; a propeller rotatably mounted within the duct about the longi...
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WO/2006/113877A2 |
A fixed-wing VTOL aircraft features an array of electric lift fans distributed over the surface of the aircraft. A generator is (selectively) coupled to the gas turbine engine of the aircraft. During VTOL operation of the aircraft, the e...
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WO/2006/112578A1 |
The present invention relates to a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft, including a body (120), two or more rotary units (130) coupled to the body, each having both a rotating shaft (131) and a blade (135), and a casing (201) c...
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WO/2006/103774A1 |
A flying body comprising a fuselage (100a), a lift engine (102a1), and an attitude control engine. The lift engine comprises a gas production device (200a1) producing a turbine drive gas, first thrust devices (204a1, 208a1, 210a1) obtain...
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WO/2006/099686A1 |
A lifting apparatus (1) for supplementing the load lifting capability of a vertical take-off and landing aircraft, the apparatus being locatable between the aircraft and the load to be lifted, and comprising: (a) a thrust device (1A) for...
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WO/2006/100524A1 |
In aeronautical devices where a fluid such as air flows over a surface (1) to create lift or thrust, improved performance can be obtained by energising a so-called 5 'boundary layer' (10) of the fluid flow close to the surface. This is k...
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WO/2006/100523A1 |
There have been past proposals for air vehicles employing the Coanda effect. In these proposals, a jet of fluid, usually air, is made to flow radially outwardly over 5 a dome-shaped canopy to create lift. A cross-section through the cano...
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WO/2006/100525A2 |
The invention arose in the design of vertical takeoff craft where a bladed rotor (9) directs a jet of fluid (6) over a curved surface (1) so that the jet is turned from a radial direction towards an axial direction to create lift. These ...
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WO/2006/093420A1 |
A personal flight device (1) which consists of a housing (4) securable to a pilot, at least one pair of fans (2,3) and at least one engine (6) mounted on the housing for driving the fans; one fan of the pair is mounted to one side of the...
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WO/2006/093641A2 |
A dual ducted fan arrangement in which the duct components (203), engine (10), and avionics/payload pods (300, 302) are capable of being quickly disassembled to fit within common backpacking systems. Each duct is identical in fan (201 ),...
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WO/2006/093512A1 |
Methods and apparatuses for controlling airflow proximate to engine/airfoil systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, an aircraft system includes an airfoil and an engine unit at least proximate to the airfoil with a gap between a portio...
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WO/2006/072960A2 |
A vehicle including a fuselage having a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis, two Ducted Fan lift-producing propellers carried by the fuselage on each side of the transverse axis, and a body formed in the fuselage between the lift-pro...
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WO/2006/074250A2 |
A powered rope ascender (10) that supports a person or a load while ascending a vertical rope. The rope ascender (10) has a motor driven capstan drum (58) that engages the rope. A pinch roller (52) grips the rope against the capstan drum...
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WO/2006/073634A2 |
A fixed-wing VTOL aircraft features a forward-swept wing configuration coupled with a tripod arrangement of the engines (two forward, one rear), a forward-swept empennage or tail assembly, and a forward canard. The engines and wings/empe...
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WO/2006/066561A1 |
The invention relates to a flying device which can efficiently move in the air by aerodynamic forces and by direct force transmission on the ground, without the need for independent drive and thrust generation systems for the two modes o...
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WO/2006/045321A1 |
This patent proposes new configurations for flying crafts in the form of flying saucers, and new methods for generating lift forces through the inverted air flow, as it is sucked by the jet engine (5), over the flying saucer surface (1),...
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WO/2006/041503A2 |
In a preferred embodiment, a vertical takeoff aircraft (100) body having an inverted hemispherical upper portion (120), a generally cylindrical lower portion (142) with a diameter of its upper end slightly greater than a diameter of its ...
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