US 12,268,950 B1
Air propulsion system for snow equipment
Jose Cruz Chavez, Jr., Bend, OR (US)
Filed by Jose Cruz Chavez, Jr., Bend, OR (US)
Filed on Aug. 19, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/809,129.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/533,383, filed on Aug. 18, 2023.
Int. Cl. A63C 5/08 (2006.01); A63C 5/03 (2006.01); A63C 5/06 (2006.01); B62M 27/02 (2006.01); F04D 25/06 (2006.01); F04D 27/00 (2006.01); H01M 10/625 (2014.01)
CPC A63C 5/08 (2013.01) [A63C 5/03 (2013.01); A63C 5/06 (2013.01); B62M 27/02 (2013.01); F04D 25/0673 (2013.01); F04D 27/004 (2013.01); A63C 5/031 (2013.01); H01M 10/625 (2015.04)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for propelling snow equipment through snow, comprising:
at least one electric ducted fan motor mounted to the snow equipment, and configured to provide thrust for propelling the snow equipment without direct contact between the electric ducted fan motor and the snow;
a controller unit mounted to the snow equipment, the controller unit configured to communicate with the electric ducted fan motor and comprising a power source configured to power the electric ducted fan motor;
wherein the controller unit and electric ducted fan motor are mounted to the snow equipment in a manner which avoids unwanted interference with the operation of the equipment, and
wherein the snow equipment comprises a snowboard or ski including a top standing surface, and wherein the ducted fan motor is mounted via a mounting element that elevates the ducted fan motor above the top standing surface and below a knee level of a user standing on the top standing surface.