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US 11,535,073 B2Granted
Dual engine air and land multimodal vehicle
AssigneeSkyRunner, LLC
InventorStewart Hamel
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Abstract
An air and land multimodal vehicle comprises a frame, a propeller engine attached to a first location of the frame supplying power and torque to a propeller, a ground engine attached to a second location of the frame supplying power and torque to one or more ground traction elements, and a flexible wing releasably connectable to the frame, wherein the propeller engine is vertically and horizontally spaced from the ground engine.
Claims17
A multimodal vehicle comprising:
- a frame, the frame extending a longitudinal length and a lateral width, the lateral width intersected by a longitudinal medial plane and the longitudinal length intersected by a lateral medial plane;
- a propeller engine attached to a first location of the frame, the propeller engine operable to supply power and torque to a propeller;
- a ground engine attached to a second location of the frame, the ground engine operable to supply power and torque to one or more ground traction elements;
- a horizontal rear axle plane which extends substantially parallel to the ground when the one or more ground traction elements are in contact with the ground, and the rear axle and the ground engine being disposed in the horizontal rear axle plane;
- a drive shaft coupled to the ground engine and extending in the horizontal rear axle plane to a differential of the rear axle, wherein the drive shaft is coupled at a rear of the ground engine that faces the differential;
- wherein the propeller engine is vertically and horizontally spaced apart from the ground engine;
- wherein the propeller engine and the ground engine are both aligned with the longitudinal medial plane;
- wherein the drive shaft coupled with the ground engine is substantially parallel to the longitudinal length of the frame,
- wherein at least a portion of the ground engine extends below a base of the frame.
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A multimodal vehicle comprising:
- a frame, the frame extending a longitudinal length and a lateral width, the lateral width intersected by a longitudinal medial plane and the longitudinal length intersected by a lateral medial plane;
- a propeller engine attached to a first location of the frame, the propeller engine operable to supply power and torque to a propeller;
- a ground engine attached to a second location of the frame, the ground engine operable to supply power and torque to four or more ground traction elements;
- a horizontal rear axle plane which extends substantially parallel to the ground when the one or more ground traction elements are in contact with the ground, and the rear axle and the ground engine being disposed in the horizontal rear axle plane;
- a drive shaft coupled to the ground engine and extending in the horizontal rear axle plane to a differential of the rear axle;
- wherein the propeller engine is vertically and horizontally spaced apart from the ground engine;
- wherein the propeller engine and the ground engine are both aligned with the longitudinal medial plane;
- wherein the drive shaft coupled with the ground engine is substantially parallel to the longitudinal length of the frame,
- wherein at least a portion of the ground engine extends below a base of the frame, a base guard coupled with the frame and extending under the portion of the ground engine extending below the frame.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.