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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2018
Applicant:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Akinori Kita, Wako, JP;
Assignee:
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/12 (2006.01); B64C 27/08 (2006.01); B64D 27/10 (2006.01); F16H 1/46 (2006.01); F16H 57/08 (2006.01); B64D 27/24 (2006.01); B64D 27/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/12 (2013.01); B64C 27/08 (2013.01); B64D 27/10 (2013.01); B64D 27/24 (2013.01); F16H 1/46 (2013.01); F16H 57/082 (2013.01); B64D 2027/026 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a multicopter having a frame, four rotors attached to the frame and each having an input shaft, four motor-generators installed one on each of the rotors and each having an input-output shaft, a single gas-turbine engine connected to the motor-generators and having an output shaft. The input shaft of each rotor, the input-output shaft of each motor-generator and the output shaft of the engine are respectively connected with each other by a speed reducer mechanism having a sun gear, ring gear and planetary carrier.