Air mobility

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11518529-B2
Application number	US-202117375436-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 14, 2021
Priority date	Dec 10, 2020
Publication date	Dec 6, 2022
Grant date	Dec 6, 2022

Abstract

An air mobility may include a seat in which an airbag or a parachute is stored; and an escape portion configured to support the seat mounted to the escape portion, coupled to the air mobility to form part of the air mobility, and configured to enable a passenger to perform an emergency bailout with the seat to an outside of the air mobility when the escape portion is separated from the air mobility.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An air mobility comprising:
a seat in which an airbag or a parachute is stored; and
an escape portion configured to support the seat mounted to the escape portion, coupled to the air mobility to form a portion of the air mobility, and configured to enable a passenger to perform an emergency bailout with the seat to an outside of the air mobility when the escape portion is separated from the air mobility.

2. The air mobility of claim 1 , wherein the escape portion forms a part of a floor of the air mobility, and is configured to escape downwardly from the air mobility when the escape portion is separated from the floor.

3. The air mobility of claim 1 , wherein the seat is configured to fall downwardly from the air mobility with the escape portion while being coupled to the escape portion during the emergency bailout, and is configured so that the airbag or the parachute stored in the seat is operated during falling.

4. The air mobility of claim 2 ,
wherein the escape portion has a coupling groove on a side surface of the escape portion, and
wherein a coupling protrusion provided in the floor selectively protrudes toward the escape portion and is inserted into the coupling groove of the escape portion, selectively coupling the escape portion to the air mobility.

5. The air mobility of claim 4 ,
wherein the coupling protrusion is provided in an internal space of the floor, and
wherein the escape portion is separated from the floor as the coupling protrusion of the floor inserted into the coupling groove of the escape portion is retracted into the internal space of the floor.

6. The air mobility of claim 1 ,
wherein the escape portion includes a plurality of boosting portions, and
wherein each of the boosting portions is disposed to face an upper side of the escape portion and is configured to boost the escape portion downward during the emergency bailout, so that the escape portion is separated from the air mobility.

7. The air mobility of claim 6 , wherein output power of each of the boosting portions is controlled after the emergency bailout and each of the boosting portions changes a seat position of the seat mounted to the escape portion.

8. The air mobility of claim 1 , wherein a battery is received in the escape portion, and is configured to supply power to the air mobility, the escape portion, or the seat.

9. The air mobility of claim 1 ,
wherein the seat includes an escape preparation portion, and
wherein during the emergency bailout, the escape preparation portion changes a position of the seat to an escape position and informs the passenger of information related to wearing a seat belt or information related to the emergency bailout.

10. The air mobility of claim 9 , wherein the escape preparation portion is configured to inform the passenger of information related to operating a pilot chute of the parachute when a main chute of the parachute is not operated after the emergency bailout.

11. The air mobility of claim 1 ,
wherein the seat includes a location transmitting portion, and
wherein the location transmitting portion is configured to send location information related to the seat to a control station on the ground during or after the emergency bailout.

12. The air mobility of claim 1 ,
wherein the escape portion includes a plurality of escape portions, and
wherein each of the escape portions is independently separated from the air mobility during the emergency bailout.

13. A control method of an air mobility including a seat in which an airbag or a parachute is stored and an escape portion configured to support the seat mounted to the escape portion and having a coupling groove on a side surface of the escape portion, and a coupling protrusion provided in a floor of the air mobility, the control method comprising:
determining whether control of a fuselage in the air mobility is possible,
upon determining that the control of the fuselage of the air mobility is impossible, retracting the coupling protrusion from the coupling groove to separate the escape portion from the air mobility, and
operating a boosting portion mounted in the escape portion to separate the escape portion from the fuselage of the air mobility.

14. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium on which a program for performing the method of claim 13 is recorded.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Corp

Inventors

• Lee Sang Heon
• Cha Dong Eun
• Hwang Jin Ho

Classifications

• B64D2201/00

  Airbags mounted in aircraft for any use · CPC title

• B64D25/10 Primary

  Ejector seats · CPC title

• B64C1/32

  Severable or jettisonable parts of fuselage facilitating emergency escape · CPC title

• B64D11/06205

  Arrangements of airbags · CPC title

• B64D25/04 Primary

  Seat modifications · CPC title