Aeronautical propulsion system
AssigneeEvolito LTD
InventorsSimon Hart, Mukesh Patel, Chris Burns
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Abstract
An aeronautical propulsion system (200), comprises a propeller (202) mounted to a propeller shaft (204) defining a propeller axis (214); an electric motor (208) comprising a motor output shaft defining a motor axis (216); wherein the motor output shaft and propeller shaft are connected by a linkage such that, in use, driving the motor output shaft for rotation drives rotation of the propeller via the propeller shaft and linkage; and a motor power unit configured to receive power from a power source and provide a motor drive signal to the motor; wherein the motor power unit is spaced along the motor axis from the motor.
Claims7
A fully-electric aeronautical propulsion system (200), comprising:
- a propeller (202) mounted to a propeller shaft (204) defining a propeller axis (214);
- an electric motor (208) comprising a motor output shaft defining a motor axis (216);
- wherein the motor output shaft and propeller shaft are connected by a linkage such that, in use, driving the motor output shaft for rotation drives rotation of the propeller via the propeller shaft and linkage;
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- a motor power unit configured to receive power from a power source and provide a motor drive signal to the motor;
- wherein the motor power unit is spaced along the motor axis from the motor;
- wherein the motor output shaft is oriented relative to the propeller shaft (204) such that the motor axis (216) is non-parallel to the propeller axis (214);
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- wherein the motor power unit is removably housed in a motor power unit enclosure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.