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US 12,459,630 B2Granted
Aircraft with lift thrust system concealed in an airfoil
OwnerPaul Budgeinventor
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Abstract
Aircraft and airfoils for more efficient flight operations using electric motors. An aircraft includes an airfoil and a thrust device rotatably mounted within the airfoil. An airfoil includes a top surface, a bottom surface, a compartment disposed between the top surface and the bottom surface, and a thrust device rotatably mounted within the compartment.
Claims16
An aircraft comprising:
- a fuselage;
- an airfoil attached to the fuselage and comprising a wing, the wing comprising:
- a top surface having a first opening;
- a bottom surface having a second opening;
- and
- a cavity extending from the first opening to the second opening;
- and
- a thrust device connected to a plate, the thrust device rotatably mounted within the cavity, and configured to rotate with the plate about an axis within the cavity from a vertical orientation to a horizontal orientation, and the plate is shaped to match the top or bottom surface,
- wherein, in the horizontal orientation, the plate seals one of the first or second openings and provides continuity of the top or bottom surface, and
- wherein, in the vertical orientation, a longitudinal axis of the thrust device is substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the fuselage and the thrust device is configured to provide vertical thrust.
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An aircraft comprising:
- an airfoil attached to a fuselage and comprising a wing, the wing comprising:
- a top surface having a first opening;
- a bottom surface having a second opening;
- a compartment disposed between the top surface and the bottom surface, and
- extending between the first and second opening;
- and
- a thrust device comprising a thrust-device surface, rotatably mounted within the compartment, the thrust device configured to rotate about an axis within the compartment from a vertical orientation to a horizontal orientation, and the thrust-device surface is shaped to match the top or bottom surface
- wherein, in the horizontal orientation the thrust-device surface forms a seal of the compartment with the thrust-device surface and at least one of the top surface first opening and the bottom surface second opening,
- wherein, in a vertical orientation, a longitudinal axis of the thrust device is substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the fuselage to which the airfoil is attached and the thrust device is configured to provide vertical thrust.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.