Patent ID: 11905004
Assignee: KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An air mobility vehicle comprising:
a vehicle body that includes a cabin;
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, wherein the engine is disposed between the battery and the cabin;
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 and mechanically connected to the engine via a clutch, the auxiliary rotors 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 the auxiliary rotors are provided to be consistent with the center of gravity of the vehicle body in a transverse direction while being located at a distance within 0.002 times a length of the vehicle body from the center of gravity of the vehicle body in a longitudinal direction;
covers concealing the auxiliary rotors; and
a controller configured to monitor states of the battery and the main rotors and to control operations of the engine and the clutch.