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US 12,767,352 B2Granted
Electromagnetic force and vertiport for the same
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorJae Hoon Chung
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Abstract
A vertiport includes a main body, an elevating device configured to move up and down with respect to the main body, a take-off and landing portion disposed on an upper portion of the elevating device, wherein the take-off and landing portion is configured to operate to allow an aircraft equipped with a magnet unit in a lower portion of a fuselage to take off, land, and move, and a coil unit disposed in the take-off and landing portion and configured to interact electromagnetically with the magnet unit of the aircraft.
Claims19
A vertiport comprising:
- a main body;
- an elevating device that is movable up and down with respect to the main body;
- a take-off and landing portion disposed on an upper portion of the elevating device, wherein the take-off and landing portion is configured to operate to allow an aircraft equipped with a magnet unit in a lower portion of a fuselage to take off, land, and move;
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- a coil unit disposed in the take-off and landing portion and configured to interact electromagnetically with the magnet unit of the aircraft, the coil unit comprising a plurality of coils including a central coil disposed in a center of the coil unit and a peripheral coil surrounding the central coil, wherein the peripheral coil comprises a plurality of electromagnetic coils disposed in a circular shape and surrounding the central coil.
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A vertiport comprising:
- a main body;
- an elevating device configured to move up and down with respect to the main body;
- a take-off and landing portion disposed on an upper portion of the elevating device, wherein:
- the take-off and landing portion is configured to operate to allow an aircraft equipped with a magnet unit in a lower portion of a fuselage to take off, land, and move;
- the magnet unit comprises a plurality of permanent magnets;
- and
- the plurality of permanent magnets comprises a central magnet disposed in a center of the magnet unit and a peripheral magnet surrounding the central magnet;
- a coil unit disposed in the take-off and landing portion and configured to interact electromagnetically with the magnet unit of the aircraft, wherein:
- the coil unit comprises a plurality of coils disposed in a position corresponding to the plurality of permanent magnets;
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- the plurality of coils comprises a central coil disposed in a center of the coil unit and corresponding to the central magnet and a peripheral coil surrounding the central coil and corresponding to the peripheral magnet, wherein the peripheral coil comprises a plurality of electromagnetic coils disposed in a circular shape and surrounding the central coil;
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- a controller disposed in the elevating device and configured to apply a current to the plurality of coils, wherein the controller is configured to control a direction and an intensity of the current flowing through the plurality of coils.
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A vertiport comprising:
- a main body;
- an elevating device configured to move up and down with respect to the main body;
- a take-off and landing portion disposed on an upper portion of the elevating device, wherein:
- the take-off and landing portion is configured to operate to allow an aircraft equipped with a magnet unit in a lower portion of a fuselage to take off, land, and move;
- the magnet unit comprises a plurality of permanent magnets;
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- the plurality of permanent magnets comprises a central magnet disposed in a center of the magnet unit and a peripheral magnet surrounding the central magnet;
- a coil unit disposed in the take-off and landing portion and configured to interact electromagnetically with the magnet unit of the aircraft, wherein:
- the coil unit comprises a plurality of coils disposed in a position corresponding to the plurality of permanent magnets;
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- the plurality of coils comprises a central coil disposed in a center of the coil unit and corresponding to the central magnet and a peripheral coil surrounding the central coil and corresponding to the peripheral magnet;
- and
- a controller disposed in the elevating device and configured to apply a current to the plurality of coils, wherein the controller is configured to control a direction and an intensity of the current flowing through the plurality of coils;
- wherein a repulsive force or an attractive force is generated between each of the plurality of coils and the plurality of permanent magnets corresponding to each other based on the direction of the current flowing through the plurality of coils;
- wherein a net force of the attractive force and the repulsive force generated between each of the plurality of coils and the plurality of permanent magnets acts between the coil unit of the take-off and landing portion and the magnet unit of the aircraft;
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- wherein the controller is configured to control the current applied to the plurality of coils so that the attractive force is generated between a first subset of the plurality of coils and the plurality of permanent magnets corresponding to each other and the repulsive force is generated between a second subset of the plurality of coils and the plurality of permanent magnets corresponding to each other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.