US 12,214,878 B2
Lift nacelle
Phillip Greenberg, Tucson, AZ (US); and Ian Wells, Glendale, AZ (US)
Assigned to Copperhead Aeronautics, LLC, Tucson, AZ (US)
Filed by COPPERHEAD AERONAUTICS, LLC, Tucson, AZ (US)
Filed on Feb. 29, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/592,141.
Application 18/592,141 is a continuation of application No. 17/891,344, filed on Aug. 19, 2022, granted, now 11,939,060.
Application 17/891,344 is a continuation of application No. 16/829,784, filed on Mar. 25, 2020, granted, now 11,427,300, issued on Aug. 30, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/826,480, filed on Mar. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0199193 A1, Jun. 20, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B64C 7/02 (2006.01); B64C 27/20 (2023.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 7/02 (2013.01) [B64C 27/20 (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, wherein the sidewall system at least partially defines a nacelle interior space,
wherein the airflow generator at least partially defines a boundary of the nacelle interior space; and
a lift body comprising an internal rotor at least partially disposed within the nacelle interior space,
wherein the airflow generator is configured to accelerate airflow to contact the lift body.