US 12,434,813 B2
Bidirectional thrust apparatus, system and method
Derek Sikora, Denver, CO (US); and Logan Goodrich, Golden, CO (US)
Assigned to Vita Inclinata IP Holdings LLC, Denver, CO (US)
Filed by Vita Inclinata IP Holdings LLC, Broomfield, CO (US)
Filed on May 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/750,015.
Application 17/750,015 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2020/062425, filed on Nov. 25, 2020.
Application 17/750,015 is a continuation of application No. 16/988,373, filed on Aug. 7, 2020, granted, now 12,258,145.
Application PCT/US2020/062425 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2019/013603, filed on Jan. 15, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/940,550, filed on Nov. 26, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/757,414, filed on Nov. 8, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/627,920, filed on Feb. 8, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0274696 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. B64D 35/04 (2006.01); B64U 101/64 (2023.01)
CPC B64D 35/04 (2013.01) [B64U 2101/64 (2023.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A suspended load control system to control a load suspended on a suspension cable beneath a carrier comprising:
a bidirectional thrust assembly comprising a motor, a driveshaft, a first fan and a second fan, wherein the first fan and the second fan are configured to propel thrust fluid and develop thrust in opposite directions, and wherein the motor is to transfer torque from the motor through the driveshaft to either the first fan or the second fan;
further comprising a sensor suite and a computer processor and memory, wherein the memory comprises a thrust control module which, when executed by the computer processor, is to determine a position, orientation, or motion of the suspended load control system based on a sensor data from the sensor suite by combining the sensor data from the sensor suite in a filter to determine a current state and is to control the motor to selectively output thrust from the first fan or the second fan and is to thereby impart a horizontal thrust vector or a torque on the suspended load control system to thereby influence at least one of the position, orientation, or motion of the suspended load control system, wherein the thrust control module further is to project future motion based on the current state with feedback from at least one of a functional mode or command state, a thrust and orientation mapping, or a fan mapping.