发明申请
- 专利标题: VEHICLE WITH TRAVELING WAVE THRUST MODULE APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS
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申请号: US16730649申请日: 2019-12-30
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公开(公告)号: US20200149555A1公开(公告)日: 2020-05-14
- 发明人: Benjamin Pietro Filardo , Daniel S. Zimmerman , Michael I. Weaker
- 申请人: Pliant Energy Systems LLC
- 主分类号: F04D33/00
- IPC分类号: F04D33/00 ; B63H1/37 ; F03B5/00 ; F03D5/06
摘要:
The VEHICLE WITH TRAVELING WAVE THRUST MODULE APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS include force or forces applied to an arc-like flexible sheet-like material to create a deformed crenated strip fin with strained-deformations. The strained-deformations take on a sinusoid-like form that express the internal energy state of the flexible sheet-like material after it has been configured into a crenated strip fin. After being incorporated into a mechanism with couplings that prevent the crenated strip fin from returning to its un-strained state, the strained-deformations persist. Actuators may be used to sequentially rotate vertebrae attached to the fins causing the travel of sinusoid-like deformations along the fins. The fin, fin actuator or actuators, power source and central controller may be incorporated into a thrust module. Two thrust modules couple to each other via roll actuators and flexible coupling members may form a vehicle with exceptional maneuverability.
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