IP Library Granted Patent US 11,840,325
Granted Patent B2
US 11,840,325 · App. 17/450,096 · Granted Dec 12, 2023

Device for propelling a passenger

Inventor: Frankie Zapata (Le Rove, FR)
Assignee: ZIPAIR
B64C15/12B63B34/15B64C29/0075B64C39/026B64D37/06
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Patent No.
US 11,840,325
App. No.
17/450,096
Granted
Dec 12, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A propulsion device has a body including a platform and a thrust unit, the thrust unit including a first thermal thruster configured to eject a gaseous flow along an axis normal to the platform, the body of the propulsion device including support means of the thrust unit, wherein said thrust unit includes a first electrical secondary thruster configured to correct the attitude of the propulsion device.

Claims (8)

1. Propulsion device comprising: a body including a platform and a thrust unit, said platform defining a longitudinal direction, said thrust unit comprising a first thermal thruster configured to eject a gaseous flow along a first axis in a thrust direction normal to the longitudinal direction, and a first electrical secondary thruster configured to eject a gaseous flow along a second axis in the thrust direction and a second electrical secondary thruster configured to eject a gaseous flow along a third axis in the thrust direction in order to correct an attitude of the propulsion device, a longitudinal axis of the propulsion device extending in the longitudinal direction and passing through said first axis, said second axis and said third axis, said body of the propulsion device comprising support means of the thrust unit, wherein said support means are arranged such that a shortest distance between the second axis and the third axis is greater than a shortest distance between the first axis and the second axis and is greater than a shortest distance between the first axis and the third axis.

2. The propulsion device according to claim 1 , wherein power commands of the first electrical secondary thruster are generated based on the attitude of the propulsion device.

3. The propulsion device according to claim 1 , wherein the first electrical secondary thruster is located proximate one end of the body of the propulsion device.

4. The propulsion device according to claim 1 , wherein the thrust unit comprises: —a second thermal thruster configures configured to eject a gaseous flow along a fourth axis in the thrust direction; and

the thermal thrusters and the electrical secondary thrusters being mutually arranged so that the first, second, third and fourth axes are all disposed entirely in a single plane.

5. The propulsion device according to claim 4 , wherein the center of gravity of the body of the propulsion device is disposed in the single plane.

6. The propulsion device according to claim 5 , wherein the first and second thermal thrusters are arranged between said first and second electrical secondary thrusters.

7. The propulsion device according to claim 1 , wherein the platform is arranged to accommodate a passenger.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 4, 2023
From: ZIPAIR
To: ZIPAIR
Reel/Frame 062272/0738 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 6, 2021
From: ZAPATA, FRANKIE
To: ZIPAIR
Reel/Frame 057725/0010 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16092092
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