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Granted Patent B2
US 11,919,632 · App. 17/702,558 · Granted Mar 5, 2024

Air mobility device using compressed air

Inventors: Youn Sic Nam (Daejeon, KR); Myeong Man Park (Incheon, KR); Kwan Ho Moh (Gunpo-si, KR); Keon Woo Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; KIA CORPORATION
B64C29/0033B64C39/066
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Patent No.
US 11,919,632
App. No.
17/702,558
Granted
Mar 5, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An air mobility device improves propulsion due to the Coandă effect when flying so as to increase a flying range and reduces noise when flying.

Claims (21)

1. An air mobility device comprising:

a main body;

compression motors provided in the main body so as to form compressed air;

wings installed on the main body so as to be rotatable and configured to have respective open spaces formed therein such that external air passes through the open spaces and the compressed air formed by the compression motors flows into the wings and is discharged to the open spaces; and

blowers configured to generate air flow so as to generate propulsion and installed at positions of the open spaces of the wings, to which the compressed air is discharged, such that the compressed air flows into the blowers so as to increase the propulsion,

wherein each of the wings comprises a first wing panel and a second wing panel installed on the main body,

wherein the first wing panel and the second wing panel form an inner space so as to circulate the compressed air transmitted by at least one of the compression motors, and the first wing panel and the second wing panel are spaced apart from each other so as to form the open space therebetween, and

wherein first discharge holes configured to discharge the compressed air are formed in the first wing panel, second discharge holes configured to discharge the compressed air are formed in the second wing panel, and the first discharge holes and the second discharge holes are disposed to face each other.

2. The air mobility device according to claim 1 , wherein the first wing panel and the second wing panel are connected so that the inner spaces formed by the first wing panel and the second wing panel communicate with each other so as to form a connection part configured such that the compressed air is circulated therein, and wherein the connection part is rotatably connected to each of the wings so that the compressed air flows into each of the wings through the connection part and is distributed to the first wing panel and the second wing panel.

3. The air mobility device according to claim 2 , wherein a plurality of driving motors configured to adjust rotated positions of the respective wings is provided in the main body, and wherein the connection part of each of the wings is connected to a corresponding one of the respective driving motors.

4. The air mobility device according to claim 1 , wherein the compression motors respectively correspond to the first wing panel and the second wing panel and provide the compressed air to a corresponding wing panel of the first wing panel and the second wing panel.

5. The air mobility device according to claim 1 , wherein distal ends of the first wing panel and the second wing panel are connected to each other so that the inner space formed by the first wing panel and the second wing panel communicate with each other.

6. The air mobility device according to claim 1 , wherein the blowers are installed adjacent to the first discharge holes and the second discharge holes so that the compressed air discharged through the first discharge holes and the second discharge holes flows into the blowers.

7. The air mobility device according to claim 1 , wherein:

when the wings are rotated so that the first wing panel and the second wing panel of each of the wings are erected, the propulsion through the blowers is generated in a vertical direction, and thus the main body flies vertically; and

when the wings are rotated so that the first wing panel and the second wing panel of each of the wings are laid down, the propulsion through the blowers is generated in a longitudinal direction, and thus the main body flies horizontally.

8. The air mobility device according to claim 1 , wherein inner surfaces and outer surfaces of the first wing panel and the second wing panel are formed in an asymmetrically streamlined shape.

9. The air mobility device according to claim 1 , wherein, when the wings are rotated so that the first wing panel and the second wing panel of each of the wings are laid down, and the first wing panel is located in a lower region and the second wing pane is located in an upper region.

10. The air mobility device according to claim 1 , wherein, when the wings are rotated so that the first wing panel and the second wing panel of each of the wings are rotated to be laid down, the first wing panel is located in a lower region and the second wing pane is located in an upper region, and the first wing panel is configured to extend length longer than the second wing panel.

11. The air mobility device according to claim 1 , wherein, when the wings are rotated so that the first wing panel and the second wing panel of each of the wings are rotated to be laid down, the first wing panel is located in a lower region and the second wing pane is located in an upper region, and wherein a width of the first wing panel is formed to be larger than a width of the second wing panel.

12. The air mobility device according to claim 1 , wherein the wings are provided in plural at front and rear parts of the main body, and wherein the blowers are configured such that at least one blower is provided in each of the wings.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 23, 2022
From: NAM, YOUN SIC; PARK, MYEONG MAN; MOH, KWAN HO; KIM, KEON WOO
To: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; KIA CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0097326 · Jul 23, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230022007A1 · Jan 26, 2023
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