US 11,939,049 B2
Air mobility vehicle
Woo Suk Jung, Hwaseong-si (KR); Hee Kwang Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Hyun Seok Hong, Seoul (KR); and Hyun Woo Jun, Seoul (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 Sep. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/947,357.
Application 17/947,357 is a division of application No. 17/190,081, filed on Mar. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0134379 (KR), filed on Oct. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0020198 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. B64D 35/02 (2006.01); B60L 53/00 (2019.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); B64C 27/32 (2006.01); B64C 27/82 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01); B64D 27/02 (2006.01); B64D 27/24 (2006.01); B64D 31/00 (2006.01); B64D 31/10 (2006.01); B64D 31/12 (2006.01); B64D 33/02 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 27/82 (2013.01) [B60L 53/00 (2019.02); B60L 58/12 (2019.02); B64C 27/32 (2013.01); B64C 29/0025 (2013.01); B64D 27/02 (2013.01); B64D 27/24 (2013.01); B64D 31/00 (2013.01); B64D 31/10 (2013.01); B64D 31/12 (2013.01); B64D 33/02 (2013.01); B64D 35/02 (2013.01); B60L 2200/10 (2013.01); B64C 2027/8227 (2013.01); B64D 27/026 (2024.01); B64D 2033/0213 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air mobility vehicle comprising:
a vehicle body that includes a cabin;
an engine mounted in the vehicle body and configured to provide mechanical driving force or electric energy;
a battery configured to be charged with the electric energy from the engine;
main rotors configured to operate using the electric energy of the battery and electric power generated by the engine to perform takeoff, landing, and cruising;
auxiliary rotors disposed at or adjacent to a center of gravity of the vehicle body, each of the auxiliary rotors being rotatably coupled to the vehicle body and mechanically connected to the engine via a clutch, the auxiliary rotors configured to perform the takeoff, the landing, or the cruising by receiving the mechanical driving force from the engine when the clutch is in an engaged position;
a motor coupled to the auxiliary rotors and configured to rotate the auxiliary rotors between a first position and a second position; and
a controller configured to monitor states of the battery and the main rotors and to control operations of the engine and the clutch;
wherein each of the auxiliary rotors comprise an inlet; and
wherein the vehicle body comprises an air intake in a front portion thereof and the air intake is configured to supply air to the inlets of the auxiliary rotors located on both sides through an internal duct.