US 12,151,830 B2
Integrated urban air mobility system, operation method thereof, and urban public transportation system
Hak Yoon Kim, Chungcheongnam-do (KR)
Assigned to METROAIR INC., Goyang-si (KR)
Filed by METROAIR INC., Goyang-si (KR)
Filed on Feb. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/114,285.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0139551 (KR), filed on Oct. 26, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0140614 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. B64F 1/222 (2024.01); B64F 1/02 (2006.01); B64F 1/30 (2006.01); B64F 1/36 (2024.01); B64F 5/40 (2017.01); B64U 10/16 (2023.01); B64U 70/99 (2023.01); B64U 101/60 (2023.01)
CPC B64F 1/222 (2013.01) [B64F 1/02 (2013.01); B64F 1/30 (2013.01); B64F 1/362 (2013.01); B64F 5/40 (2017.01); B64U 10/16 (2023.01); B64U 70/99 (2023.01); B64U 2101/60 (2023.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An integrated urban air mobility system comprising:
an air taxi comprising a boarding capsule adapted to allow a passenger to board or alight from the boarding capsule in a boarding/alighting area, and an aircraft adapted to dock with the boarding capsule and flying in an airway; and
a vertiport having an outer wall defining an interior space, the interior space comprising an air taxi movement space in which the air taxi moves, a boarding capsule movement space in which the boarding capsule moves, and an aircraft movement space in which the aircraft moves,
wherein the vertiport further comprises: a take-off station having an upper end exposed at an upper end thereof from an upper surface of the outer wall and moving in an upward/downward direction; and a landing station disposed adjacent to the take-off station, exposed at an upper end thereof through the upper surface of the outer wall and moving in the upward/downward direction, and
wherein the air taxi movement space comprises:
a first air taxi movement space connecting a docking area, in which the boarding capsule and the aircraft are allowed to dock with each other, to a first space defined on the upper surface of the outer wall such that the take-off station is exposed to the first space; and
a second air taxi movement space connecting a docking release area, in which docking between the boarding capsule and the aircraft is released, to a second space defined on the upper surface of the outer wall such that the landing station is exposed to the second space,
the first air taxi movement space and the second air taxi movement space being formed in the upward/downward direction and being arranged parallel to each other,
wherein the aircraft movement space comprises:
an aircraft horizontal movement space allowing the aircraft to move horizontally in the docking release area; and
an aircraft vertical movement space connected to the aircraft horizontal movement space and allowing the aircraft to be conveyed to the docking are, and
wherein the vertiport further comprises:
an aircraft maintenance compartment disposed in the aircraft vertical movement space for washing, overhauling and charging of the aircraft;
a boarding capsule maintenance compartment for washing, overhauling and charging of the boarding capsule; and
an aircraft rack storing the aircraft having passed through the aircraft maintenance compartment.