Patent ID: 11878805
Assignee: U.S. AERONAUTICS, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F  Y | IPC B  F

Claim 11:
12. A propulsion system for an aircraft, the propulsion system comprising:
a reciprocating engine housed within a fuselage;
a continuously variable transmission housed within the fuselage;
a first ducted-fan assembly powered by the reciprocating engine via a drive shaft connected to the continuously variable transmission;
a second ducted-fan assembly powered by the reciprocating engine via the drive shaft connected to the continuously variable transmission;
a turbocharger configured to compress engine inlet air to control a temperature and a pressure of the air entering the reciprocating engine; and
a liquid cooled exhaust manifold, internal to the fuselage, configured to cool exhaust air from the reciprocating engine prior to the exhaust air entering a catalytic converter;
wherein at least one of the first ducted-fan assembly, or the second ducted-fan assembly, comprises rotatable fan blades having an adjustable pitch;
wherein at least one of the first ducted-fan assembly, or the second ducted-fan assembly, comprises stators that receive an airflow off the rotatable fan blades;
wherein the drive shaft enters a duct of at least one of the first ducted-fan assembly, or the second ducted-fan assembly, through a stator of the stators.