Patent ID: 9114695
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: B60K,B63H

Abstract:
1. A personal propulsion device, comprising: propulsion means for imparting thrust; one or more controls operatively connected to said propulsion means and configured to control a throttle, start/stop operation and/or thrust direction of said propulsion means; control means for controlling of said propulsion means, including thrust magnitude and/or direction of thrust from said propulsion means; and a shrouded propeller assembly having a bearing block, a propeller operatively attached to said bearing block, a plurality of elongated support struts each having a proximal end attached to said bearing block and a shroud attached to a distal end of each of said support struts so as to dispose said shrouded propeller assembly in an extended condition with said shroud in spaced apart relation to said bearing block, said shroud having a plurality of duct panels, one of said plurality of duct panels connected to said distal end of one of said plurality of support struts, wherein said device is configured to be worn by a user and to impart thrust directly to said user's back or to cooperatively engage a mounting means for securely mounting said device to a HPV instead of said user's back.