Contained gas recirculation system for a vehicle
AssigneeBelen Aerospace Corporation
InventorAlfred Dennis Belen, III
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Abstract
A vehicle including a sealed container, a propulsion system with an intake and an exhaust affixed to an interior of the sealed container, an exhaust stream emitted from the exhaust, a thrust corridor within the sealed configured to channel the exhaust stream, and a return corridor configured to channel an intake stream into the intake of the propulsion system wherein the exhaust stream transforms into the intake stream after traveling a sufficient distance within the sealed container and the exhaust stream and intake stream generate a pressure differential within the sealed container wherein the pressure differential is sufficient to result in a movement of the vehicle relative to the vehicle's surroundings.
Claims12
A contained gas recirculation system comprising:
- a sealed container forming a vehicle;
- a circulation system with an intake and an exhaust affixed to an interior of the sealed container, comprising an electric motor operatively coupled to a gas moving element configured to circulate gas within the sealed container;
- an exhaust stream emitted from the exhaust of the circulation system;
- a thrust corridor within the sealed container, positioned adjacent to the exhaust of the circulation system configured to channel the exhaust stream;
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- a return corridor within the sealed container, positioned adjacent to the intake of the circulation system configured to channel an intake stream from the thrust corridor into the intake of the circulation system;
- wherein the exhaust stream transforms into the intake stream after traveling a sufficient distance within the sealed container;
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- wherein during operation of the circulation system, the exhaust stream recirculates within the sealed container without exiting the sealed container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.