EP1711399A4 - Mantelgebläse-senkrechtstarter - Google Patents

Mantelgebläse-senkrechtstarter

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Publication number
EP1711399A4
EP1711399A4 EP04791846A EP04791846A EP1711399A4 EP 1711399 A4 EP1711399 A4 EP 1711399A4 EP 04791846 A EP04791846 A EP 04791846A EP 04791846 A EP04791846 A EP 04791846A EP 1711399 A4 EP1711399 A4 EP 1711399A4
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Prior art keywords
ducted fan
vtol vehicles
fan vtol
vehicles
ducted
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Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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EP04791846A
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English (en)
French (fr)
Other versions
EP1711399A2 (de
Inventor
Raphael Yoeli
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Urban Aeronautics Ltd
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Urban Aeronautics Ltd
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Application filed by Urban Aeronautics Ltd filed Critical Urban Aeronautics Ltd
Publication of EP1711399A2 publication Critical patent/EP1711399A2/de
Publication of EP1711399A4 publication Critical patent/EP1711399A4/de
Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60V—AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES
    • B60V1/00—Air-cushion
    • B60V1/04—Air-cushion wherein the cushion is contained at least in part by walls
    • B60V1/043—Air-cushion wherein the cushion is contained at least in part by walls the walls being flexible
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
    • B64C1/00—Fuselages; Constructional features common to fuselages, wings, stabilising surfaces or the like
    • B64C1/14—Windows; Doors; Hatch covers or access panels; Surrounding frame structures; Canopies; Windscreens accessories therefor, e.g. pressure sensors, water deflectors, hinges, seals, handles, latches, windscreen wipers
    • B64C1/1407—Doors; surrounding frames
    • B64C1/1415—Cargo doors, e.g. incorporating ramps
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
    • B64C1/00—Fuselages; Constructional features common to fuselages, wings, stabilising surfaces or the like
    • B64C1/22—Other structures integral with fuselages to facilitate loading, e.g. cargo bays, cranes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
    • B64C27/00—Rotorcraft; Rotors peculiar thereto
    • B64C27/20—Rotorcraft characterised by having shrouded rotors, e.g. flying platforms
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
    • B64C29/00—Aircraft capable of landing or taking-off vertically, e.g. vertical take-off and landing [VTOL] aircraft
    • B64C29/0008—Aircraft capable of landing or taking-off vertically, e.g. vertical take-off and landing [VTOL] aircraft having its flight directional axis horizontal when grounded
    • B64C29/0016—Aircraft capable of landing or taking-off vertically, e.g. vertical take-off and landing [VTOL] aircraft having its flight directional axis horizontal when grounded the lift during taking-off being created by free or ducted propellers or by blowers
    • B64C29/0025—Aircraft capable of landing or taking-off vertically, e.g. vertical take-off and landing [VTOL] aircraft having its flight directional axis horizontal when grounded the lift during taking-off being created by free or ducted propellers or by blowers the propellers being fixed relative to the fuselage
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
    • B64C29/00—Aircraft capable of landing or taking-off vertically, e.g. vertical take-off and landing [VTOL] aircraft
    • B64C29/0008—Aircraft capable of landing or taking-off vertically, e.g. vertical take-off and landing [VTOL] aircraft having its flight directional axis horizontal when grounded
    • B64C29/0016—Aircraft capable of landing or taking-off vertically, e.g. vertical take-off and landing [VTOL] aircraft having its flight directional axis horizontal when grounded the lift during taking-off being created by free or ducted propellers or by blowers
    • B64C29/0033—Aircraft capable of landing or taking-off vertically, e.g. vertical take-off and landing [VTOL] aircraft having its flight directional axis horizontal when grounded the lift during taking-off being created by free or ducted propellers or by blowers the propellers being tiltable relative to the fuselage
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
    • B64C3/00—Wings
    • B64C3/38—Adjustment of complete wings or parts thereof
    • B64C3/40—Varying angle of sweep
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64D—EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
    • B64D17/00—Parachutes
    • B64D17/80—Parachutes in association with aircraft, e.g. for braking thereof
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64D—EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
    • B64D7/00—Arrangement of military equipment, e.g. armaments, armament accessories or military shielding, in aircraft; Adaptations of armament mountings for aircraft
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02T—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
    • Y02T50/00—Aeronautics or air transport
    • Y02T50/10—Drag reduction

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Aviation & Aerospace Engineering (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Transportation (AREA)
  • Structures Of Non-Positive Displacement Pumps (AREA)
  • Aiming, Guidance, Guns With A Light Source, Armor, Camouflage, And Targets (AREA)
  • Handcart (AREA)
EP04791846A 2003-10-27 2004-10-27 Mantelgebläse-senkrechtstarter Withdrawn EP1711399A4 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US51455503P 2003-10-27 2003-10-27
US60327404P 2004-08-23 2004-08-23
PCT/IL2004/000984 WO2005039972A2 (en) 2003-10-27 2004-10-27 Ducted fan vtol vehicles

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
EP1711399A2 EP1711399A2 (de) 2006-10-18
EP1711399A4 true EP1711399A4 (de) 2012-08-08

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EP04791846A Withdrawn EP1711399A4 (de) 2003-10-27 2004-10-27 Mantelgebläse-senkrechtstarter

Country Status (5)

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EP (1) EP1711399A4 (de)
JP (1) JP4612636B2 (de)
BR (1) BRPI0415955A (de)
CA (2) CA2718309A1 (de)
WO (1) WO2005039972A2 (de)

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US6464166B1 (en) 2001-05-29 2002-10-15 Romeo Yankee Ltd. Ducted fan vehicles particularly useful as VTOL aircraft
US7275712B2 (en) 2002-05-28 2007-10-02 Urban Aeronautics, Ltd. Ducted fan vehicles particularly useful as VTOL aircraft
US6883748B2 (en) 2001-06-04 2005-04-26 Rafi Yoeli Vehicles particularly useful as VTOL vehicles
US7857253B2 (en) 2003-10-27 2010-12-28 Urban Aeronautics Ltd. Ducted fan VTOL vehicles
JP2008526599A (ja) 2005-01-10 2008-07-24 アーバン エアロノーティクス リミテッド ダクト内ファン垂直離着陸ビークル
US7267300B2 (en) * 2005-02-25 2007-09-11 The Boeing Company Aircraft capable of vertical and short take-off and landing
US7946528B2 (en) 2005-04-15 2011-05-24 Urban Aeronautics, Ltd. Flight control system especially suited for VTOL vehicles
US7717368B2 (en) 2005-06-07 2010-05-18 Urban Aeronautics Ltd. Apparatus for generating horizontal forces in aerial vehicles and related method
WO2007099543A2 (en) 2006-03-01 2007-09-07 Urban Aeronautics Ltd. Ground effect vanes arrangement
WO2008065654A2 (en) * 2006-11-27 2008-06-05 Urban Aeronautics Ltd. Wall effects on vtol vehicles
US8496200B2 (en) 2007-05-02 2013-07-30 Urban Aeronautics Ltd. Control flows and forces in VTOL vehicles
US8342441B2 (en) 2008-09-02 2013-01-01 Urban Aeronautics Ltd. VTOL vehicle with coaxially tilted or tiltable rotors
US8876038B2 (en) 2010-10-05 2014-11-04 Urban Aeronautics Ltd. Ducted fan for VTOL vehicles with system and method to reduce roll moments
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US4171784A (en) * 1971-03-08 1979-10-23 Karl Eickmann Combination road and air vehicle having a lowerable chassis
EP0553490A1 (de) * 1992-01-29 1993-08-04 Sky Disc Holding SA Fluggerät
WO2002096750A2 (en) * 2001-05-29 2002-12-05 Romeo Yankee Ltd. Ducted fan vehicles particularly useful as vtol aircraft
WO2002098732A2 (en) * 2001-06-04 2002-12-12 Romeo Yankee Ltd. Vehicles particularly useful as vtol vehicles
WO2004065208A2 (en) * 2003-01-23 2004-08-05 Ufoz Llc Quiet vertical takeoff and landing aircraft using ducted, magnetic induction air-impeller rotors

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US2955780A (en) * 1958-08-11 1960-10-11 Fluid sustained and fluid propelled flying vehicle
US3262511A (en) * 1962-09-06 1966-07-26 Douglas Aircraft Co Inc Jet thrust controller for ground effect machine
US4171784A (en) * 1971-03-08 1979-10-23 Karl Eickmann Combination road and air vehicle having a lowerable chassis
EP0553490A1 (de) * 1992-01-29 1993-08-04 Sky Disc Holding SA Fluggerät
WO2002096750A2 (en) * 2001-05-29 2002-12-05 Romeo Yankee Ltd. Ducted fan vehicles particularly useful as vtol aircraft
WO2002098732A2 (en) * 2001-06-04 2002-12-12 Romeo Yankee Ltd. Vehicles particularly useful as vtol vehicles
WO2004065208A2 (en) * 2003-01-23 2004-08-05 Ufoz Llc Quiet vertical takeoff and landing aircraft using ducted, magnetic induction air-impeller rotors

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WO2005039972A3 (en) 2006-01-26
CA2544070A1 (en) 2005-05-06
BRPI0415955A (pt) 2007-07-24
CA2544070C (en) 2010-12-21
JP2007509790A (ja) 2007-04-19
EP1711399A2 (de) 2006-10-18
JP4612636B2 (ja) 2011-01-12
WO2005039972A2 (en) 2005-05-06
CA2718309A1 (en) 2005-05-06

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