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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 12448125 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 03, 2022

Aircraft, in particular a personal air mobility aircraft or drone, an annular propeller unit, and a boat comprising this unit

Applicant:

Interactive Fully Electrical Vehicles S.r.l., Turin, IT;

Inventors:

Pietro Perlo, Turin, IT;

Davide Penserini, Turin, IT;

Assignee:

INTERACTIVE FULLY ELECTRICAL VEHICLES S.R.L., Turin, IT;

Attorneys:

Heslin Rothenberg Farley and Mesiti, PC

Victor A. Cardona, Esq.

Primary Examiner:

Joshua J Michener

Assistant Examiner:

Michael B. Kreiner

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 29/02 (2006.01); B63H 1/14 (2006.01); B64C 11/00 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01); B64D 27/34 (2024.01); B64D 27/353 (2024.01); B64D 27/357 (2024.01); B64D 35/021 (2024.01); B64U 10/20 (2023.01); B64U 30/27 (2023.01); B64U 30/295 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 29/02 (2013.01); B64C 11/001 (2013.01); B64C 29/0025 (2013.01); B64D 27/34 (2024.01); B64D 27/353 (2024.01); B64D 27/357 (2024.01); B64D 35/021 (2024.01); B64U 30/27 (2023.01); B63H 1/14 (2013.01); B64U 10/20 (2023.01); B64U 30/295 (2023.01);
Abstract

An aircraft, in particular a personal air mobility aircraft or a drone, having one or more annular propellers, with one or more blades extending radially from a rotor ring body towards the axis of the rotor ring, and one or more belt transmissions, which connect the rotor ring of each annular propeller with the output shaft of a motor unit including an electric motor. Various aircraft configurations include a vertical take-off and horizontal flight configuration. The aircraft surfaces are covered by groups of photovoltaic solar cells connected to a main battery pack for powering the electric motors that drive the annular propellers, and to an auxiliary electric battery for powering the on-board electrical circuit.

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