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Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2024

Filed:

Mar. 04, 2020
Applicant:

Pal-v Ip B.v., Raamsdonksveer, NL;

Inventors:

Edwin Anton Ross, Raamsdonksveer, NL;

Hans Joore, Oosterhout, NL;

Michael Alwin William Stekelenburg, Vught, NL;

Lourens Jacobus Dingemanse, Raamsdonksveer, NL;

Assignee:

PAL-V IP B.V., Raamsdonksveer, NL;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/82 (2006.01); B64C 27/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/06 (2013.01); B64C 27/82 (2013.01); B64C 2027/8227 (2013.01); B64C 2027/8254 (2013.01); B64C 2027/8272 (2013.01); B64C 2027/829 (2013.01);
Abstract

A flying passenger rotor lifted vehicle that is capable of taking off and landing vertically, that is relatively light-weight, has responsive control, and increased safety against failure of propulsion/thrust systems. The flying vehicle can include a body having a tail section, a central thrust unit arranged along the longitudinal axis of the vehicle, at a distance from the rotation axis of the main rotor, a mounting support on either side of the body, and a side thrust unit mounted to each mounting support. The central thrust unit includes a fan which provides air flow with a flow component perpendicular to a virtual vertical midplane of the vehicle. Each of the side thrust units includes a fan which provides air flow with a flow component parallel to the virtual vertical midplane. At least one of the thrust units has controllable air deflection to deflect the corresponding output air flow in a controllable manner.


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