Porsche applies for patent on electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, flying car (eVTOL)

Is the day when Porsche flies in the sky near?

As of March 2018, Porsche's global sales chief Detlev von Platen told CNET's Roadshow media that "Porsche already has a plan to make'Flying Porsche'in the future." , And he said, "Engineers have already begun to embark on that concept."

After that, on October 10, 2019, Porsche announced that it will develop a "flying car" in partnership with Boeing.

Reference article:(Response) Porsche and Boeing to jointly develop a flying car Premium urban air mobility　

Porsche's eVTOL

And this time.

It seems that Porsche had applied for a patent on "eVTOL".

What is "eVTOL"?electric Vertical Take-Off and LIt is an abbreviation of "anding aircraft" and is an air craft that flies in the air and transports several people for a short distance (vertical takeoff and landing).

Furthermore, because it is electric, it is a fully electric aircraft like the Taycan.

Porsche filed this patent application in July 2019, a few months before announcing its partnership with Boeing.

The patents that have been applied for are the following two.

The image used in the patent application is an aircraft-like rendering that was announced at the time of the announcement with Boeing (pictured above).

In the first "Aircraft (Aircraft)" patent

"Aircraft contains battery, wing, and heat conduction elements so that the heat generated by the battery is distributed to the wing."

The description.

A horizontally set fan, paired on the left and right, is at the front of the wing, and another pair of fans is at the trailing edge.

Compared to the rendered picture, the nose section is extended, and it looks like a two-seat cockpit and a stabilizer are set in the big wings.

The rear fan can rotate at least 90 degrees, providing vertical & horizontal thrust.

It seems that Porsche engineers have adopted a series of ducted fans instead of the propellers that we have seen in the VTOL concept so far.

The second patent, "Power supply for an aircraft and corresponding aircraft,"

"Aircraft power supplies include a flyable drone, a rotor, a DC-DC converter, a battery that drives the rotor, and a locking device that secures the plug connection between the drone and the aircraft.

The drone is designed to lock the plug connection with a locking device until the aircraft reaches a certain altitude, and the power supply is such that the battery powers the aircraft with a DC-DC converter as long as there is a plug connection. It is configured. 』\

There was a description. But, as always, I don't really understand the difficulty ... ^^

You can see the full text and drawings of the actual patent application from the link in the red frame above, so if you are interested, please refer to it.

The battery in (2) is lined with mathematical formulas that make me think, "Is this the language of the earth?", And I can't understand it at all. Is it interesting?

I'm still only very interested in Porsche running on the ground, but in the meantime, it may be an era when such eVTOL etc. will permeate normal life in a blink of an eye. hey.

Source:
◆ Porsche — yes, now even Porsche — is working on a flying car　
◆ Porsche applies to patent an all-electric VTOL flying taxi　　
◆ Porsche VTOL Aircraft Patent　
◆ Porsche and Boeing want to develop an electric flying vehicle