US 11,939,074 B2
Flying body with a control section having a plurality of operational modes
Junichi Kamio, Wako (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/312,956
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Oct. 16, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/040679
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 11, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/137104, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-244605 (JP), filed on Dec. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0055761 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. B64D 31/06 (2006.01); B60L 15/20 (2006.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); B64C 27/22 (2006.01); B64D 27/02 (2006.01); B64D 27/24 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 31/06 (2013.01) [B60L 15/20 (2013.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.02); B60L 58/12 (2019.02); B64C 27/22 (2013.01); B64D 27/24 (2013.01); B60L 2200/10 (2013.01); B64D 2027/026 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flying body comprising
a first propeller that propels the flying body;
an electric second propeller that causes the flying body to float;
an engine;
a motor generator;
a first clutch that connects and disconnects the engine and the motor generator;
a second clutch that connects and disconnects the motor generator and the first propeller;
a motor serving as a drive source of the second propeller;
a control section configured to control the engine, the first clutch, the motor generator, the second clutch, and the motor; and
a battery that supplies electrical power to the motor generator and the motor via the control section,
wherein
the control section is configured
to have a plurality of operational modes in which at least one of the engine or the motor generator acts as a drive source of the first propeller, and
to select one operational mode from among the plurality of operational modes, based on at least one of a presence of a failure in the flying body or a state of charge of the battery, and, according to the selected operational mode, control the engine, the first clutch, the motor generator, and the second clutch, and also controls the motor.