Hybrid flying device
AssigneeZipair
InventorFrankie Zapata
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Abstract
A flying device includes a main body, to which a combustion engine, an electric motor, an electricity generator and an electrical energy transfer circuit are attached. The combustion engine and electric motor are arranged to create thrust vectors and are placed on either side of the main body in order to create thrust vectors on each side of a plane of separation of said body. The electricity generator is mechanically coupled to the combustion engine in order to be driven thereby. The electrical energy transfer circuit is connected between the electricity generator and the electric motor, the energy transfer circuit being configured to create mechanical resistance that slows the combustion engine and to produce electrical energy in order to power the electric motor.
Claims11
Flying device having a main body on which a first combustion engine and a first electric motor are fixed, said first combustion engine and electric motor being arranged to create thrust vectors in one and the same thrust direction and being placed on either side of the main body in order to create thrust vectors on each side of a separation plane passing through a centre of gravity of said body so as to control the attitude of the flying device, characterized in that it has:
- a first electric generator mechanically coupled to the first combustion engine in order to be driven by the latter;
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- a first electrical energy transfer circuit connected between the first electric generator and the first electric motor, the first energy transfer circuit being configured to create a mechanical resistance that slows down the first combustion engine and to produce electrical energy in order to power the first electric motor,
- wherein the first transfer circuit has a first energy converter controlled to apply a load impedance to the first generator and to provide the energy recovered by the load impedance on an output to the first electric motor, and
- wherein the first transfer circuit has a second energy converter having an energy input connected to the energy output of the first energy converter and to the first electric motor, said second converter converting the energy received at its input into control signals of the first electric motor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.