System and process of vector propulsion with independent control of three translation and three rotation axis
OwnerSeverino Raposoinventor
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The present invention relates to a propulsion system of a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft or vehicle moving in any fluid or vacuum and more particularly to a vector control system of the vehicle propulsion thrust allowing an independent displacement with six degrees of freedom, three degrees of translation in relation to its centre of mass and three degrees of rotation in relation to its centre of mass. The aircraft displacement ability using the propulsion system of the present invention depends on two main thrusters or propellers and which can be tilted around pitch is (I) by means of tilting mechanisms and, used to perform a forward or backward movement, can be tilted around roll axis (X) by means of tilting mechanisms and, used to perform lateral movements to the right or to the left and to perform upward or downward movements (Z), the main thrusters being further used to perform rotations around the vehicle yaw axis (Z) and around the roll is (X). The locomotion function also uses one or two auxiliary thrusters or propellers and mainly used to control the rotation around the pitch axis, these thrusters or propellers and being fixed at or near the longitudinal is of the vehicle, with there thrust perpendicular or nearly perpendicular to the roll and pitch axis of the vehicle.
A propulsion system connected to a vehicle, said vehicle able to move inside a fluid or vacuum with three independent translation axis movements and three independent rotation axis movements, comprising at least two main thrusters, connected to the vehicle by means for attaching comprising tilting mechanisms and means for joining, said tilting mechanisms tilting the main thrusters around two axes, pitch and roll, independently from each other, wherein a geometric center of an arrangement of said tilting mechanisms is located at or in close vicinity of a mass center of the vehicle, and in that the system comprises at least one auxiliary thruster connected to the vehicle by the means for joining, wherein the at least one auxiliary thruster and the tilting mechanisms of the main thrusters define a geometrical figure shaped, approximately, as an equilateral triangle or as a diamond, said triangle or diamond lying on a horizontal plan, defined by longitudinal (roll) and lateral (pitch) axes of the vehicle, the at least one auxiliary thruster and the tilting mechanisms of the said main thrusters being disposed at apexes of said geometrical figure in such a way that the geometrical center of said figure is disposed on a longitudinal axis of the vehicle, wherein the at least one auxiliary thruster is fixed with thrust perpendicular or nearly perpendicular to the roll and pitch axes of the vehicle, the vehicle also being provided with means for controlling configured to control the thrusters and their corresponding tilting mechanisms.
A propulsion process for a propulsion system of a vehicle, the system able to move the vehicle along three independent translation axes and around three independent rotation axes, wherein the propulsion system is connected to the vehicle and the vehicle is able to move inside a fluid or vacuum with three independent translation axes movements and three independent rotation axes movements, the system comprising at least two main thrusters, connected to the vehicle by means for attaching comprising tilting mechanisms and means for joining, said tilting mechanisms tilting the main thrusters around two axes, pitch and roll, independently from each other, wherein a geometric center of an arrangement of said tilting mechanisms is located at or in close vicinity of a mass center of the vehicle, and in that the system comprises at least one auxiliary thruster connected to the said vehicle by the means for joining, wherein the at least one auxiliary thruster and the tilting mechanisms of the said main thrusters define a geometrical figure shaped, approximately, as an equilateral triangle or as a diamond, said triangle or diamond lying on a horizontal plan, defined by longitudinal (roll) and lateral (pitch) axes of the vehicle, the at least one auxiliary thruster and the tilting mechanisms of the main thrusters being disposed at apexes of said geometrical figure in such a way that the geometrical center of said figure is disposed on a longitudinal axis of the vehicle, wherein the at least one auxiliary thruster is fixed with thrust perpendicular or nearly perpendicular to the roll and pitch axes of the vehicle, the vehicle also being provided with means for controlling configured to control the thrusters and their corresponding tilting mechanisms, the process comprising:
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