US 12,258,143 B2
Method of configuring a wing-mounted turbine for generating electricity and increasing thrust
Glen R. Whitehouse, Skillman, NJ (US); and Todd R. Quackenbush, Ringoes, NJ (US)
Assigned to Continuum Dynamics, Inc., Ewing, NJ (US)
Filed by Continuum Dynamics, Inc., Ewing, NJ (US)
Filed on Feb. 14, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/440,997.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/445,515, filed on Feb. 14, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0270404 A1, Aug. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. B64D 41/00 (2006.01); F03D 9/32 (2016.01); G06F 30/15 (2020.01); G06F 30/28 (2020.01); B64F 5/00 (2017.01); F03D 1/06 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 41/007 (2013.01) [G06F 30/15 (2020.01); G06F 30/28 (2020.01); B64F 5/00 (2013.01); F03D 1/0633 (2013.01); F03D 9/322 (2023.08); F05D 2220/76 (2013.01); F05D 2260/81 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of configuring a turbine for use on an aircraft having a wing with a distal wingtip, said wing providing a lift force supporting an aircraft when in flight in a predetermined direction at a particular freestream velocity V∞,
the method comprising:
modeling said turbine with a construction including turbine blades extending from a proximal blade root to a distal blade tip for providing a specified weighted combination of a propulsive force in the predetermined direction to an amount of power generated by said turbine when said turbine is mounted proximate the trailing edge of said wing at a location where an airflow trailing said wing when said aircraft is traveling at V∞in said predetermined direction is introduced to a turbine inlet; and
constructing said turbine according to said modeling step,
wherein said turbine includes:
a plurality of said turbine blades with a predetermined airfoil profile mounted to a turbine shaft and arranged around a turbine axis for rotating said turbine shaft in the presence of the airflow introduced to the turbine inlet; and
an electrical generator operatively connected to the turbine shaft for providing electricity to the aircraft when the turbine shaft is rotated by said airflow.