Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Toroidal propeller
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Application No.: US15803961Application Date: 2017-11-06
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Publication No.: US10407156B2Publication Date: 2019-09-10
- Inventor: Thomas Sebastian , Christopher Strem
- Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Applicant Address: US MA Cambridge
- Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Cambridge
- Agency: Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
- Main IPC: B64C11/18
- IPC: B64C11/18 ; B64C11/00 ; F01D5/14 ; F01D5/16 ; B64C11/20 ; B64C11/02 ; B64C39/02
Abstract:
The propeller includes a hub supporting a plurality of elongate propeller elements in which a tip of a leading propeller element curves into contact with a trailing propeller element to form a closed structure with increased stiffness and reduced acoustic signature.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190135410A1 Toroidal Propeller Public/Granted day:2019-05-09
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