IP Library Granted Patent US 12,116,129
Granted Patent B2
US 12,116,129 · App. 18/331,960 · Granted Oct 15, 2024

Flying body

Inventor: Noritomo Yanagimoto (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SoftBank Corp.
B64C39/10B64C3/48B64C11/46B64C99/00B64D27/24B64D27/31B64D27/357B64D33/10
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Patent No.
US 12,116,129
App. No.
18/331,960
Granted
Oct 15, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a flight vehicle including: a wing unit; a battery that is arranged in the wing unit; an air intake unit that is formed at a position corresponding to the battery on a front side of the wing unit; a heat sink unit that is arranged for the battery and cools the battery by air which flows in from the air intake unit and that includes a ventilation unit having a shape widening from the front side toward a rear side; and an exhaust unit that is formed at a position corresponding to the battery on the rear side of the wing unit and that exhausts air which flows out from the heat sink unit.

Claims (37)

1. A flight vehicle comprising:

a wing unit;

a battery that is arranged in the wing unit;

an air intake unit that is formed at a position corresponding to the battery on a front side of the wing unit;

a heat sink unit that is arranged for the battery and cools the battery by air which flows in from the air intake unit and that includes a ventilation unit having a shape widening from the front side toward a rear side; and

an exhaust unit that is formed at a position corresponding to the battery on the rear side of the wing unit and that exhausts air which flows out from the heat sink unit.

2. The flight vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the air intake unit, the heat sink unit, and the exhaust unit are connected, and the air intake unit takes in a laminar boundary layer on the front side of the wing unit by a negative pressure of a rear portion.

3. The flight vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the ventilation unit has a shape which increases in height from the front side toward the rear side.

4. The flight vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the heat sink unit has a harmonica shape.

5. The flight vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the exhaust unit has a shape which narrows from the front side toward the rear side.

6. The flight vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein

the wing unit includes a main wing, and a movable wing connected to the main wing via a hinge unit, and

the exhaust unit has an exhaust port between the main wing and the hinge unit.

7. The flight vehicle according to claim 2 , comprising:

a plurality of the batteries; and

a plurality of the air intake units, a plurality of the heat sink units, and a plurality of the exhaust units that respectively correspond to the plurality of batteries.

8. The flight vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the ventilation unit has a shape which increases in height from the front side toward the rear side.

9. The flight vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein the heat sink unit has a harmonica shape.

10. The flight vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein the exhaust unit has a shape which narrows from the front side toward the rear side.

11. The flight vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein

the wing unit includes a main wing, and a movable wing connected to the main wing via a hinge unit, and

the exhaust unit has an exhaust port between the main wing and the hinge unit.

12. The flight vehicle according to claim 8 , comprising:

a plurality of the batteries; and

a plurality of the air intake units, a plurality of the heat sink units, and a plurality of the exhaust units that respectively correspond to the plurality of batteries.

13. The flight vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the heat sink unit has a harmonica shape.

14. The flight vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the exhaust unit has a shape which narrows from the front side toward the rear side.

15. The flight vehicle according to claim 14 , wherein the exhaust unit has a shape which decreases in height from the front side toward the rear side.

16. The flight vehicle according to claim 15 , wherein the exhaust unit generates propulsion power for the flight vehicle by the exhaust and attracts the laminar boundary layer on the rear side of the wing unit.

17. The flight vehicle according to claim 14 , wherein the exhaust unit generates propulsion power for the flight vehicle by the exhaust and attracts the laminar boundary layer on the rear side of the wing unit.

18. The flight vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the wing unit includes a main wing, and a movable wing connected to the main wing via a hinge unit, and

the exhaust unit has an exhaust port between the main wing and the hinge unit.

19. The flight vehicle according to claim 1 , comprising:

a plurality of the batteries; and

a plurality of the air intake units, a plurality of the heat sink units, and a plurality of the exhaust units that respectively correspond to the plurality of batteries.

20. The flight vehicle according to claim 1 that functions as a stratospheric platform.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Dec 18, 2023
From: HAPSMOBILE INC.
To: SOFTBANK CORP.
Reel/Frame 066048/0600 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 12, 2023
From: YANAGIMOTO, NORITOMO
To: HAPSMOBILE INC.
Reel/Frame 063916/0921 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-207089 · Dec 14, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2021040671 · Nov 4, 2021
Related Publication 20230322383A1 · Oct 12, 2023
Cited By (1)
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