US 12,377,972 B2
Vehicle having multiple configurations including road configuration and flying configuration based upon rotor position
Boris Kipnis, Tel Aviv (IL)
Assigned to Boris Kipnis, Tel Aviv (IL)
Appl. No. 17/916,753
Filed by Boris Kipnis, Tel Aviv (IL)
PCT Filed Apr. 3, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IL2021/050371
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 3, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/199051, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/006,091, filed on Apr. 7, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/004,556, filed on Apr. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0144699 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. B60F 5/02 (2006.01); B60K 6/20 (2007.10); B64C 27/08 (2023.01); B64C 27/50 (2006.01); B64C 37/00 (2006.01); B64D 17/80 (2006.01); B64D 35/023 (2025.01); B64D 35/024 (2025.01); B64D 35/04 (2006.01); H01M 10/46 (2006.01)
CPC B60F 5/02 (2013.01) [B60K 6/20 (2013.01); B64C 27/08 (2013.01); B64C 27/50 (2013.01); B64C 37/00 (2013.01); B64D 17/80 (2013.01); B64D 35/023 (2024.01); B64D 35/024 (2024.01); B64D 35/04 (2013.01); H01M 10/46 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A non-fixed wing roadable Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) flying vehicle having a road-configuration and a flight-configuration, comprising:
a vehicle width, a front end and a rear end, and a vehicle length defined between the front end and the rear end;
at least two rotors, each rotor having at least one blade and a wingspan length defined between the at least two rotors that does not exceed the vehicle length, wherein the at least two rotors are rotatably attached to an upper section of the non-fixed wing roadable VTOL flying vehicle;
at least two rotating-motors, each of the at least two rotating-motors configured to operatively rotate one of the at least two rotors in the flight-configuration;
at least one angular position sensor configured to detect an angular position of each of the at least two rotors;
a power motor configured to operatively rotate wheels of the non-fixed wing roadable VTOL flying vehicle via a gear unit directly coupled to the wheels in the road-configuration; and
a vehicle control sub-system configured to affect automatic transformation from the road-configuration to the flight-configuration and from the flight-configuration to the road-configuration,
wherein the vehicle control sub-system is configured to bring the at least two rotors into a parking state, when in the road-configuration;
wherein when the at least two rotors are in the parking state, the vehicle control sub-system is configured to position each of the at least one blade within a vertical space situated above the non-fixed wing roadable VTOL flying vehicle, and within an area defined by the vehicle width and the vehicle length of the non-fixed wing roadable VTOL flying vehicle,
wherein each of the at least two rotors includes a front rotor and a rear rotor positioned in a tandem configuration; and
wherein each of the at least one blade, in the flight-configuration, are operatively positioned in an overlapping configuration, controlled by the at least one angular position sensor.