Multi-level vertiport
AssigneeFlyon Aerosystems Ltd.
InventorsOren TAL, Reuven TAL
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Abstract
An aerial vehicle has a passenger cabin for receiving at least one passenger, a load-bearing structure beneath the cabin, and a propulsion system including a number of propulsion units, which propel the aerial vehicle for powered flight and vertical take-off and landing (VTOL). The propulsion units are preferably carried by support arms attached to the load-bearing structure and extending upwards therefrom so as to support the propulsion units at a level above the cabin. The aerial vehicle is preferably reconfigurable to a compact configuration after landing, with at least some of the propulsion units overlapping the cabin and/or each other, while still allowing passenger transfer in and out of the vehicle, thereby facilitating efficient use of space for implementing a vertiport.
Claims26
A multi-level vertiport for VTOL aerial vehicles, the multi-level vertiport comprising:
- (a) a top level including at least one landing pad for take-off and landing of the aerial vehicles;
- (b) at least one lower level including an area for passenger disembarkation;
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- (c) at least one elevator configured to convey the aerial vehicles between said top level and said at least one lower level.
A multi-level vertiport for VTOL aerial vehicles, the multi-level vertiport comprising:
- (a) a top level including at least one landing pad for take-off and landing of the aerial vehicles;
- (b) at least one lower level including a parking facility for parking and/or charging the aerial vehicles;
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- (c) at least one elevator configured to convey the aerial vehicles between said top level and said at least one lower level;
- wherein passenger disembarkation from and embarkation to the aerial vehicles are performed at said lower level.
A method for operating a vertiport having a top level and a lower level, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) coordinating the landing of a VTOL aerial vehicle at the top level of the vertiport;
- (b) lowering the aerial vehicle via an elevator to the lower level of the vertiport;
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- (c) coordinating the disembarkation of at least one arriving person from the aerial vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.