Auxiliary propulsion apparatus for air vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsWoo Suk Jung, Gwi Taek Kim, Yoon Cheol Jeon, Hyun Ki Cho
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Abstract
An auxiliary propulsion apparatus of an air vehicle may include an engine mounted in a fuselage of the air vehicle, a generator configured to be driven using power from the engine, a compressor configured to be driven by the engine or the generator, a battery configured to store electricity generated by the generator, an electricity distributor connected to the generator, the battery and the main propulsion apparatus and configured to distribute electricity generated by the generator to the battery and to a main propulsion apparatus, and at least one nozzle device configured to jet high-pressure gas, supplied from the compressor, to an outside of the fuselage.
Claims18
An auxiliary propulsion apparatus for an air vehicle, the auxiliary propulsion apparatus comprising:
- an engine mounted in a fuselage of the air vehicle;
- a generator engaged to the engine and configured to be driven using power from the engine;
- a compressor engaged to the engine and the generator and configured to be driven by the engine or the generator;
- a battery electrically connected to the generator and configured to store electricity generated by the generator;
- an electricity distributor connected to the generator, the battery and a main propulsion apparatus and configured to distribute electricity generated by the generator to the battery and the main propulsion apparatus;
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- at least a nozzle apparatus connected to the compressor and configured to jet pressurized gas supplied from the compressor, to an outside of the fuselage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.