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

Claim 13:
14. A method of operating an air mobility vehicle that includes 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, the method comprising:
charging the battery with electric energy from the engine; and
operating main rotors using the electric energy of the battery and electric power generated by the engine to perform takeoff, landing, and cruising;
wherein the auxiliary rotors are in a first position during the takeoff and the landing;
wherein the auxiliary rotors are in a second position different than the first position during the cruising;
wherein each of the auxiliary rotors comprise an inlet; 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.