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US 2004/0000145 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for generating torque
OwnerIvett Alejandra Leyva, Anthony John Dean +2inventors
InventorsIvett Alejandra Leyva, Anthony John Dean, Bernard Francois Robic, Lawrence Butler
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Abstract
An apparatus for generating torque, the apparatus comprising: a rotor hub adapted for applying torque to a shaft; and a plurality of pulse detonation engines adapted for impulsively detonating a plurality of fuel/air mixtures to generate thrust forces and applying the thrust forces to the rotor hub to generate the torque.
Claims6
An apparatus for generating torque, said apparatus comprising:
- a rotor hub adapted for applying torque to a shaft;
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- a plurality of pulse detonation engines adapted for impulsively detonating a plurality of fuel/air mixtures to generate thrust forces and applying said thrust forces to said rotor hub to generate said torque.
A method for generating torque, said method comprising:
- impulsively detonating a plurality of fuel/air mixtures in respective ones of a plurality of pulse detonation engines to generate a plurality of thrust forces,
- applying said thrust forces to a rotor hub to generate a torque.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.