HYBRID POWER OR THRUST GENERATOR AND VEHICLE INCLUDING SUCH A GENERATOR

    公开(公告)号:US20180363564A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-20

    申请号:US16060305

    申请日:2016-12-07

    申请人: Airbus SAS

    摘要: A hybrid power or thrust generator including at least one thermodynamic turbine engine and at least one electric power generator. An electric power generator is electrically connected to at least one electric motor, mechanically and rotatably coupled to one or more rotating portions of the thermodynamic turbine engine, and the electric power generator operates simultaneously with the thermodynamic engine so as to supply the electric motor(s) to reduce the power drawn from the turbines of the thermodynamic turbine engine in operation. The electric power generator may comprise a thermoacoustic engine driving a linear electric alternator. The generator is advantageously implemented in a vehicle, such as an aircraft.

    AIRCRAFT COMPRISING A WING FORMED BY A PLURALITY OF DISTRIBUTED AIRFOILS

    公开(公告)号:US20180334253A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-22

    申请号:US15773474

    申请日:2016-11-09

    申请人: Airbus SAS

    IPC分类号: B64C39/08 B64C3/38 B64C3/40

    CPC分类号: B64C39/08 B64C3/385 B64C3/40

    摘要: An aircraft including a fuselage and at least one wing comprising, on the aerodynamic plane, a plurality of distributed airfoils separated from one another, numbering more than 10, and arranged inside an enclosing space bearing on the airfoils. The shape and dimensions of the enclosing space correspond to the shape and dimensions of a simple wing of conventional structure, which is adapted to the aircraft taking account of the weight and flight speed of the aircraft. Advantageously, the airfoils are arranged such that the cross-section of the enclosing space in a vertical plane XZ of the aircraft matches the shape of the aerodynamic profile of the simple wing of conventional structure. The airfoils are arranged, for example, to produce a V formation in plan view, with the tip pointing forwards.