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US 11,230,376 B1Granted
Hybrid rotary drone and method of use
OwnerIsaac Reese, Jacob Brazdainventors
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Abstract
A hybrid rotary aircraft includes a body having an inner area; a plurality of arms rigidly attached to and extending from the body; a plurality of rotor assemblies pivotally engaged with the plurality of arms; a first gas engine; and a first brushless electric generator rotatably attached to the first gas engine and conductively coupled to each of the brushless electric motors. The plurality of rotor assemblies each having a brushless electric motor; and a rotor blades rotatably attached to the brushless electric motor.
Claims10
A hybrid rotary aircraft, comprising:
- a body extending from a front surface to a back surface, the body having an inner area;
- a plurality of arms rigidly attached to and extending from the body;
- a plurality of rotor assemblies mounted to the plurality of arms, the plurality of rotor assemblies each having a rotor;
- a plurality of electrical components;
- and
- a power source coupled to a brushless electric motor and housed within the inner area of the body, the power source having:
- a battery;
- one or more gas engines;
- and
- one or more brushless generators rotatably attached to the gas engines and conductively coupled to the battery;
- wherein the one or more brushless generators generate electrical power to be transferred to the battery;
- wherein the one or more gas engines rotate the rotor of the plurality of rotor assemblies;
- and
- wherein the battery is configured to solely start the one or more gas engines and provide electrical energy to the plurality of electrical components.
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