Patent ID: 11912393
Assignee: JOBY AERO, INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 9:
10. An aerial vehicle with a drag reduction system, said aerial vehicle comprising:
a motor driven rotor assembly, said motor driven rotor assembly comprising:
a rotor;
a stator, said rotor rotationally coupled to said stator;
a nacelle, said nacelle defining an outer surface, said rotor forward of a forward edge of the nacelle, the forward edge of said outer surface of said nacelle defining an air inlet gap behind said rotor, said air inlet gap fluidically coupled to an interior of said nacelle; and
a segmented fan, said segmented fan adapted to transfer momentum of a first portion of the airflow through said fan to a second portion of the airflow through said fan; and
air flow channel structures adapted to channelize the airflow through a diffuser into different intake areas of said segmented fan.