# US 2013/0153709 A1 · Process and apparatus for a vehicle that levitates

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- Number: US 2013/0153709 A1
- Document ID: US20130153709A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/327,784
- Filed: 2011-12-16
- Published: 2013-06-20
- Earliest claimed: 2011-12-16
- Inventors: Henrique Jorge Papadopulos de Sousa
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130153709A1

## CPC

- B64C 39/00: Aircraft not otherwise provided for
- B64G 1/409: {Unconventional spacecraft propulsion systems}
- B64C: AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
- B64G: COSMONAUTICS; VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR

## Abstract

A levitation system of a vehicle is provided. This system allows a vehicle to levitate and move in all directions. The vehicle can travel in Earth atmosphere. Also this system could be used in space for space travel allowing accelerations never reached before and cover large distances with great autonomy. If a miniaturization of the system is successful, then the system could be applied in a multitude of already existing transport systems, as a complement or as a principal source of movement. Although the purpose of this invention is to levitate and move a vehicle in a three dimensional space, the same system is perfectly applicable to move a vehicle in a two dimension space. The centrifugal force is applied in this system and an internal or external source of energy is necessary to allow the system to operate.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An levitating vehicle, the vehicle having:
an spherical shape with an inside rotating mechanism composed of weights circulating vertically and horizontally, accelerating and decelerating in half-circles, right close to the inside wall of a sphere;
an set of rotational paths mounted on the inner wall of the sphere where the weights circulates;
an internal or external source of power generation for moving the circulating weights.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

An vehicle according to claim 1 in which:
the force generated in order to levitate itself is used as well to move the vehicle in a three dimensional space, being in atmosphere or in space;
the speed of movement in one direction is proportional to the mass of weights, moving speed of circulating weights, number of rotational paths, and total payload of the system.