Submitting Campus

Daytona Beach

Department

Physical Sciences

Document Type

Patent

Publication/Presentation Date

4-7-2015

Abstract/Description

A lift generating device is provided enabling vertical flight. The lift generating device includes a first revolution structure having a funnel shape and a second revolution structure hav­ing a funnel shape. Each revolution structure includes a cir­cular open surface and an open stem. The second revolution structure is attached to the first revolution structure by a plurality of connectors so as to form a gap between the first revolution structure and the second revolution structure. A propeller is coupled to an open stem at a bottom end of the first revolution structure and a motor is operatively connected to the propeller to provide power for the propeller to suction air into the lift generating device.

Patent Number

US 8,998,126 B2

Assignee

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Application Number

13/601,242

Date Filed

8-31-2012

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