US US11702194B1

Convertible ducted fan engine

Publication no.

US11702194B1
Priority date
2016-07-13
Filing date
2020-06-11
Published
2023-07-18
Granted
2023-07-18
Assignee
HYALTA AERONAUTICS INC [US]
Inventors

KEMPSHALL SCOTT R [US], PFEIFER NICHOLAS [US]

Abstract

A convertible ducted fan engine and mounting system. The convertible ducted fan engine has a shroud encircling a mechanical fan. The convertible ducted fan engine includes a fluid-propulsion configuration in which the mechanical fan rotates freely with respect to the shroud to produce thrust through fluid flow, and a drive-wheel configuration in which the shroud rotates about the rotational axis.

Classification

B60F5/02AI
B64C11/00AI
B64C25/32AI
B64C25/36AI
B64C25/40AI
B64C25/66AI
B64C37/00AI
F04D29/32AI
F04D29/52AI
B60B19/02
B60F3/0007
B60F5/02

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