US 11,866,150 B2
Propeller safety device
Ji Woo Yoo, Incheon (KR); Youn Sic Nam, Daejeon (KR); Keon Woo Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Kwan Ho Moh, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Young Heon Kim, Incheon (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/532,626.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0032252 (KR), filed on Mar. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0289361 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. B64C 11/00 (2006.01); B64D 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 11/003 (2013.01) [B64D 25/00 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A propeller safety device, comprising:
a shaft generating rotating power;
a fixed part having a sliding space therein, the fixed part having a first end coupled to the shaft, and a second end configured to be open to communicate with the sliding space;
a moving part provided at the second end of the fixed part and configured to be pulled out of and inserted into the sliding space, and to form a blade together with the fixed part when the moving part is pulled out of the sliding space; and
a driving module provided at the sliding space of the fixed part and connected to the moving part, and configured to allow the moving part to be inserted into the sliding space when a signal indicative of a crash of an air mobility is input,
wherein the fixed part includes a fixed portion located in the sliding space of the fixed part, disposed in a width direction of the fixed part and fixed to the fixed part, and to which the driving module is mounted, and
wherein the moving part has a hollow portion and an open first end such that the fixed portion of the fixed part is inserted into the hollow portion of the moving part when the moving part is inserted into the sliding space of the fixed part.