IP Library Granted Patent US 12,030,606
Granted Patent B2
US 12,030,606 · App. 18/194,994 · Granted Jul 9, 2024

Propeller

Inventor: Gregory Charles Sharrow (Grosse Pointe Park, MI)
Assignee: Sharrow Engineering LLC
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,030,606
App. No.
18/194,994
Granted
Jul 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A propeller having a plurality of blades extending radially outward from a hub, the blades forming a loop. Each loop having an intake portion, an exhaust portion and a tip portion extending radially outward from the hub and a gap between the intake root and the exhaust root. The tip portion of each of the blades is 30%-75% of the blade, the tip portion beginning at a first deviation from zero of the roll value and extending to 90 degrees, wherein roll value is zero in a plane parallel to the hub axis, and wherein the blades have a vertical angle between −45 degrees and 45 degrees throughout.

Claims (24)

1. A method of manufacturing a propeller having a plurality of blades, each of the plurality of blades having an intake portion, an exhaust portion, and a tip portion extending from the intake portion to the exhaust portion, the method comprising:

defining a plurality of parameter sections by selecting some of the parameters including skew angle, roll angle, rake, radius, pitch angle, and vertical angle values;

defining the plurality of parameter sections so a root of the exhaust portion is forward of a root of the intake portion when extending outward from a hub, and skew is continually decreasing;

extrapolating between the plurality of parameter sections to form smooth lines to form a blade of the plurality of blades configured to form a loop when attached to the hub; and

attaching the plurality of blades to the hub to form the propeller.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising defining the plurality of parameter sections to include a roll value of 90 degrees in the tip portion.

3. The method of claim 1 comprising aligning the plurality of parameter sections along a non-helical median line.

4. The method of claim 1 comprising defining one or more parameters for the parameter sections by the parameters to cause the amount of non-axial lift in the intake portion to be less than the non-axial lift in tip portion.

5. The method of claim 1 comprising defining one or more parameters for the parameter sections by the parameters to cause the amount of non-axial lift in the exhaust portion to be less than the non-axial lift in the tip portion.

6. The method of claim 1 comprising selecting the parameters for the one or more parameter sections such that the tip portion has a 90 degree roll angle closer to the exhaust portion than to the intake portion.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the plurality of parameter sections are planar.

8. A propeller comprising:

a plurality of blades, each of the plurality of blades having an intake portion, an exhaust portion, and a tip portion extending from the intake portion to the exhaust portion;

a hub;

the plurality of blades extending outward from the hub and disposed around the hub;

each blade forming a loop;

each blade comprising a plurality of parameter sections having selected some of the parameters including skew angle, roll angle, rake, radius, pitch angle, and vertical angle values;

a parameter section of the plurality of parameter sections at a transition from the intake portion to the tip portion defined by parameters to cause the amount of non-axial lift in the tip portion to be greater than the axial lift in the tip portion;

a parameter section of the plurality of parameter sections or an area between consecutive parameter sections of the plurality of parameter sections in the tip portion having a roll value of 90 degrees; and

a root of the exhaust portion is forward of a root of the intake portion when extending outward from the hub, and skew is continually decreasing.

9. The propeller of claim 8 comprising the plurality of blades each having an irregular helical median line.

10. The propeller of claim 8 wherein the plurality of blades are configured so non-axial lift in the intake portion is less than non-axial lift in tip portion.

11. The propeller of claim 8 wherein the plurality of blades are configured so the amount of non-axial lift in the exhaust portion to be less than the non-axial lift in the tip portion.

12. The propeller of claim 8 wherein the tip portion has a 90 degree roll angle closer to the exhaust portion than to the intake portion.

Assignments (5)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 15, 2025
From: SHARROW ENGINEERING INC.
To: BLADES AND WAVES, LLC
Reel/Frame 072575/0470 →
ENTITY CONVERSION Recorded Oct 15, 2025
From: SHARROW ENGINEERING, LLC
To: SHARROW ENGINEERING INC.
Reel/Frame 073078/0744 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2025
From: SHARROW ENGINEERING, LLC
To: BLADES AND WAVES, LLC
Reel/Frame 070455/0825 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Mar 4, 2024
From: SHARROW ENGINEERING LLC
To: SHARROW ENGINEERING LLC
Reel/Frame 066730/0106 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2023
From: SHARROW, GREGORY CHARLES
To: SHARROW ENGINEERING LLC
Reel/Frame 063276/0443 →
Continuity (6)
Continuation 17577587 · Jan 18, 2022
Continuation 15897767 · Feb 15, 2018
Continuation 15605764 · May 25, 2017
Provisional Application 62508139 · May 18, 2017
Provisional Application 62342284 · May 27, 2016
Related Publication 20230249793A1 · Aug 10, 2023
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