Title:
ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2023/199598
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
This electric aircraft comprises: a fuselage that extends in the direction of travel; electric fans that are provided on both left and right sides of the fuselage in the direction of travel, and that can switch the operating state thereof between a power running state for rotational drive in a state in which power is supplied and a regenerative state for being operated in a state in which power is extractable; a control unit that controls the operating state of the electric fans; and wind speed sensors provided on both the left and right sides of the fuselage. The control unit has: a wind speed acquisition unit that acquires the wind speed from the wind speed sensors; and a switching unit that switches the operating state of the electric fans on the basis of the wind speed acquired by the wind speed acquisition unit.
Inventors:
KAMIMAE RYO (JP)
IMURA AKIHIRO (JP)
TOYOHARA TAKASHI (JP)
MORISAKI YUKI (JP)
IMURA AKIHIRO (JP)
TOYOHARA TAKASHI (JP)
MORISAKI YUKI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2023/005755
Publication Date:
October 19, 2023
Filing Date:
February 17, 2023
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MITSUBISHI HEAVY IND LTD (JP)
International Classes:
B64D27/24; B60L7/14; B60L9/18; B60L15/20; B64D31/00
Foreign References:
| JP2021059158A | 2021-04-15 | |||
| US20020171563A1 | 2002-11-21 | |||
| JP2013505172A | 2013-02-14 | |||
| US20190383847A1 | 2019-12-19 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
MATSUNUMA Yasushi et al. (JP)
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