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US 12,767,188 B2Granted
Propulsion system including propellers
AssigneeKeystone Humans Inc.
InventorsArturo Jesus Farias Serra, Juan Pablo Rico Garcia
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Abstract
A propulsion system is disclosed herein that includes a helical track or guideway, and a vehicle or vessel that travels along the guideway. Propellers are provided that are rotationally driven to propel the vessel along the guideway using propulsion, based on physical, magnetic or other means.
Claims40
A propulsions system comprising:
- a track assembly and a vessel assembly,
- the track assembly comprising a guideway, the guideway comprising at least one helical rail and an internal space, and the vessel assembly comprising at least one propeller, each propeller comprising at least one blade, wherein
- the guideway and each blade are engaged through a low friction coupling, propulsion and suspension of a vehicle results at least partly from interactions between the at least one blade and the at least one helical rail, and the vessel assembly is configured to move within the internal space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.