Thrust generating apparatus for controlling attitude of movable body
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasatsugu Ishiba
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Abstract
A thrust generating apparatus for controlling an attitude of a movable body includes an outer shell body, a first inner shell body and a second inner shell body, a first fan rotating body and a second fan rotating body, an intermediate shell body, and a driving unit. A outer surface of the intermediate shell body has a shape such that an air flow sent from an opening end inside of any one of the first inner shell body and the second inner shell body is accommodated and flowed out to an outer flow path . When the first fan rotating body is rotated, the air flow suctioned from the outside in the axial direction of the first inner shell body passes through the outer flow path defined by the second inner shell body to be jetted from a second opening end of the outer shell body.
Claims10
A thrust generating apparatus for controlling an attitude of a movable body, the thrust generating apparatus comprising:
- a cylindrical outer shell body having a first opening end and a second opening end formed at both ends in an axial direction of the outer shell body;
- a first inner shell body and a second inner shell body, the first inner shell body having a cylindrical shape shorter than and with a diameter smaller than that of the outer shell body and disposed inside the first opening end, the second inner shell body having a cylindrical shape shorter than and with a diameter smaller than that of the outer shell body and disposed inside the second opening end, the first inner shell body and the second inner shell body defining an outer flow path between an outer surface thereof disposed at the outer shell body side and an inner wall of the outer shell body;
- a first fan rotating body and a second fan rotating body disposed inside the first inner shell body and the second inner shell body, respectively, the first fan rotating body and the second fan rotating body being configured to suction an air flow from an outside in the axial direction to send the air flow toward an inside in the axial direction upon rotation and driving thereof;
- an intermediate shell body having a diameter smaller than that of the outer shell body and disposed between the first inner shell body and the second inner shell body in the outer shell body, the intermediate shell body defining an intermediate flow path between an outer surface thereof disposed at the outer shell body side and the inner wall of the outer shell body, and the outer surface having a shape such that the air flow sent from an opening end inside in the axial direction of one of the first inner shell body and the second inner shell body is accommodated and flowed out to the outer flow path defined between the other one of the first inner shell body and the second inner shell body and the outer shell body;
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- a driving unit configured to rotate each of the first fan rotating body and the second fan rotating body, wherein,
- when the first fan rotating body is rotated, the air flow suctioned from the outside in the axial direction of the first inner shell body passes through the outer flow path defined by the second inner shell body to be jetted from the second opening end of the outer shell body, and
- when the second fan rotating body is rotated, the air flow suctioned from the outside in the axial direction of the second inner shell body passes through the outer flow path defined by the first inner shell body to be jetted from the first opening end of the outer shell body.
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