Systems and methods for lynchpin structure applications
View Patent ↗A Lynchpin structure may be combined with one or more additional Lynchpin structures to form a compound Lynchpin propulsion structure. Each Lynchpin structure may include six pentangular areas, and one or more of the pentangular areas may include a propulsion device. The propulsion may be used to propel the compound Lynchpin propulsion structure through or over various media, such as through air, across ground, on or underwater, or through or over other media. The propulsion may include avionic propulsion, ground propulsion, hydrodynamic propulsion, or other types of propulsion. A single type of propulsion device may be used within one or more of the pentangular areas, or diverse types of propulsion may be used to provide various navigational performance or multi-mode operation. Each propulsion device may also include a device to direct the propulsion, such as a single or multi-axis gimble or adjustable aerodynamic control surface.
1. A pentangular structure vehicle comprising:
a first six-sided 3-D geometric structure including a first, propulsion device; and a second six-sided 3-D geometric structure including a second propulsion device, the second six-sided 3-D geometric structure fixedly attached to the first six-sided 3-D geometric structure;
wherein each six-sided 3-D geometric structure includes six pentangular planar surfaces joined at a common vertex at the center of each six-sided 3-D geometric structure, each pentangular planar surface joined along two adjacent edges to four adjacent pentangular planar surfaces.
2. The pentangular structure vehicle of claim 1 , wherein:
the first propulsion device is supported within a first pentangular planar surface on the first six-sided 3-D geometric structure; and
the second propulsion device is supported within a second pentangular planar surface on the second six-sided 3-D geometric structure.
3. The pentangular structure vehicle of claim 2 , wherein the first propulsion device and the second propulsion device include a thrust device.
4. The pentangular structure vehicle of claim 3 , wherein thrust device include at least one of a propeller engine, a turbine engine, a jet engine, an ion propulsion device, a Hall effect propulsion device, a molecular excitation thrust device, and a maglev device.
5. The pentangular structure vehicle of claim 1 , wherein:
the first six-sided 3-D geometric structure includes a third propulsion device supported within a third pentangular planar surface on the first six-sided 3-D geometric structure; and
the second six-sided 3-D geometric structure includes a fourth propulsion device supported within a fourth pentangular planar surface on the second six-sided 3-D geometric structure;
wherein:
the first and second propulsion devices provide a first propulsion type;
the third and fourth propulsion devices provide a second propulsion type; and
the first propulsion type is different from the second propulsion type.
6. The pentangular structure vehicle of claim 1 , further including a plurality of control devices to direct the propulsion.
7. The pentangular structure vehicle of claim 6 , wherein the plurality of control devices includes at least one of a gimble device, an adjustable aerodynamic control surface, and a restriction device.
8. The pentangular structure vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the second six-sided 3-D geometric structure is fixedly attached to the first six-sided 3-D geometric structure along three pairs of adjacent sides.