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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2012
Applicant:
Eads Deutschland Gmbh, Munich, DE;
Inventor:
Jost Seifert, Manching, DE;
Assignee:
Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Ottobrunn, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 33/00 (2006.01); F01D 5/12 (2006.01); B64C 39/00 (2006.01); B64D 27/02 (2006.01); B64D 27/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/12 (2013.01); B64C 39/005 (2013.01); B64D 27/02 (2013.01); B64D 27/24 (2013.01); Y02T 50/62 (2013.01);
Abstract
Aircraft with an emission-free drive and method for emission-free driving of an aircraft. The aircraft includes a drive device, having a flapping wing device, structured and arranged to generate thrust, a lift device structured and arranged to generate lift, and a heat engine, having at least one flat-plate Stirling engine drivable by solar thermal radiation, structured and arranged to convert thermal energy into kinetic energy to drive the drive device. The flapping wing device includes at least one flapping wing, which is pivotable transverse to a flight direction.