Patent ID: 11897603
Assignee: HYALTA AERONAUTICS, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F | IPC B  F

Claim 8:
9. A ducted fan engine, comprising:
a motor;
a mechanical fan configured to be rotated by the motor about a rotational axis, the mechanical fan having a plurality of blades;
a shroud concentrically aligned with the mechanical fan about the rotational axis;
a fluid-propulsion configuration in which the mechanical fan rotates independently with respect to the shroud to produce thrust through fluid flow; and
a drive-wheel configuration in which the mechanical fan and/or a rotational component of the motor operably interacts with at least a portion the shroud, such that at least the portion of the shroud rotates about the rotational axis in response to rotation of the mechanical fan and/or the rotational component of the motor.