Patent ID: 11939049
Assignee: KIA CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 10:
11. An air mobility vehicle comprising:
a vehicle body;
an engine mounted in the vehicle body and configured to provide mechanical driving force or electric energy;
a battery configured to be charged with the electric energy from the engine;
main rotors configured to operate using the electric energy of the battery and electric power generated by the engine to perform takeoff, landing, and cruising;
auxiliary rotors disposed at or adjacent to a center of gravity of the vehicle body, each of the auxiliary rotors being rotatably coupled to the vehicle body and mechanically connected to the engine via a clutch; and
a controller configured to monitor states of the battery and the main rotors and to control operations of the engine and the clutch;
wherein the auxiliary rotors are configured to perform the takeoff, the landing, or the cruising by receiving the mechanical driving force from the engine when the clutch is in an engaged position;
wherein each of the auxiliary rotors comprises an inlet and an outlet configured to produce an air flow;
wherein a direction of the outlet is configured to change when the auxiliary rotor rotates;
wherein each of the auxiliary rotors comprises a centrifugal compressor-type rotor configured to draw air in a direction of a rotor shaft thereof and discharge the air in a radial direction; and
wherein the vehicle body comprises an air intake in a front portion thereof and the air intake is configured to supply air to the inlets of the auxiliary rotors located on both sides through an internal duct.