Submitting Campus
Daytona Beach
Department
Aerospace Engineering
Document Type
Patent
Publication/Presentation Date
8-11-2015
Abstract/Description
A propeller driven aircraft powered by either an internal combustion engine or an electric motor. The parallel system hybrid aircraft can takeoff with the internal combustion engine and climb to a cruising altitude. The internal combustion engine then can be turned off and the electric motor turned on to power the aircraft's propeller. The aircraft is capable of alternating operation between the electric motor and internal combustion engine as often as required at altitude. The aircraft can be landed using either the internal combustion engine or the electric motor. The transition of power from the internal combustion engine to the electric motor and back is performed through a hybrid clutch and pulley assembly that interconnects the internal combustion engine propeller flange to the propeller driveshaft. The electric motor is connected to the hybrid assembly through belts and sheaves. The electric motor throttle is controlled in the cockpit.
Patent Number
US 9,102,326 B2
Assignee
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Application Number
13/785,737
Date Filed
3-5-2013
Scholarly Commons Citation
Anderson, R. P., Costello, L., Eastlake, C., & Greiner, G. P. (2015). Hybrid Assembly for an Aircraft. , (). Retrieved from https://commons.erau.edu/publication/2021
