US 11,939,060 B2
Lift nacelle
Phillip Greenberg, Tucson, AZ (US); and Ian Wells, Glendale, AZ (US)
Assigned to Copperhead Aeronautics, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed by COPPERHEAD AERONAUTICS, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed on Aug. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/891,344.
Application 17/891,344 is a continuation of application No. 16/829,784, filed on Mar. 25, 2020, granted, now 11,427,300.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/826,480, filed on Mar. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0402592 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B64C 7/02 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 7/02 (2013.01) [B64C 29/0025 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lift nacelle, comprising:
an airflow generator;
a sidewall system coupled to the airflow generator and spanning in a first direction, wherein the sidewall system at least partially defines a nacelle interior space,
wherein the airflow generator at least partially defines one of a forward boundary or an aft boundary of the nacelle interior space; and
a lift body comprising an internal rotor disposed in the nacelle interior space,
wherein the airflow generator is configured to accelerate airflow in the nacelle interior space to contact the lift body.