CA2353695A1 - Elliptical circular robotic super-transporter - Google Patents

Abstract

A computer controlled elliptical circular robotic super-transporter apparatus including a plurality of remotely computer controlled electric motor-generator propellers directly interfaced to hydrogen rotary combustion engines for combined propeller and jet-propulsion to achieve vertical takeoff and lading in all weather and high speed of travel radially. A tubular landing pedestal that extends down powered by a plurality of encoded electric servomotors engaged to linear gears for landing and to provide support of the aircraft having a plurality of lateral opening doors radially to provide access for cargo and passengers leading to internal elevators for cargo in the lower floors and passengers in upper floors. The modular metallic elliptical frame has a plurality of emergency exit doors with windows. Passenger and cargo floors are interfaced to a central tubular frame with a plurality of elevators leading to the respective sectors. The craft has the Ability to land on the water surface and to surf with the landing pedestal in the retracted position, with propulsion provided by the hydrogen rotary engines, or electric motors propellers. Emergency exit doors safely above the water level provide ramps for cargo and passengers and for rescue missions, and the aircraft to function as a recreation hotel inland, lakes and oceans, and to go site seeing. The propellers and jet rotary engines propulsion are directed by two remote controlled vane modules about 180 degrees of freedom according to encoded servomotors to provide vertical and radial propulsion in symbiosis and capable to operate according to manual or autopilot with reference to GPS. The hydrogen rotary jet engines are directly interfaced to ring shaped brush less variable speed electric servomotor-generators to generate electric power according to need and an alternative source of propulsion, which also provide a virtual self-contained electromagnetic bearing to support the combustion engine rotor. Optionally the super-transporter can be adapted for rescue missions, and with the Robotic Proboscis Pipeline and the Mining Ladle - for mining operations in land, lakes and oceans, and as a means to exchange inexpensive abundant renewable energy for dwindling fossil fuels, to protect the environment and unlock the great lakes and oceans space and their minerals to society. The basic hydrogen powered ring shaped rotary engine described, provides and ideal alternative propulsion source that can be adapted to all kinds of conventional aircraft, including airliners, and is capable of using fuels other than hydrogen.

Description

TITLE: ELLIPTICAL CIRCULAR ROBOTIC SUPER-TRANSPORTER
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is directed to a circular-elliptical robotic super-transporter apparatus ranging in scale from executive to regional jet and far in excess to conventional jumbo jets, with vertical takeoff and landing ability in all weather.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Passenger and cargo transportation with improved safety, minor pollution and disruption to the environment, potentially at much lower costs, providing a vast scope of alternative application options in other areas, are goals contemplated in the provision of the embodiments of the present invention; The need for airport runways and hazardous airliner traffic congestion needs no longer to be a problem in the near future.
Although aviation has seen the application of enormous creative talent in recent history, both in the public transportation and military applications, apparently, to this day, the saucer shaped aircraft of the scientific fiction movies has not materialized, for reasons unknown. However, from this inventor's perception, the Circular-Elliptical Super-Transporter apparatus configuration proposed in the embodiments of the present invention provides important advantages over the metal fatigue in conventional tubular shaped airliners. Of particular significance are the potential for a strong aerodynamic modular shape frame that can be built to immense unprecedented scales with a plurality of floors, from molded metals and composite materials, to takeoff and land vertically in all weather conditions and to travel at high speeds radially, to land on the roof top of eventual ocean space station cities and modified inland airports, and to land directly on the water surface of lakes and oceans and to surf at high speed; To provide mobile recreation hotels inland, lakes and the oceans, and to go site seeing and potentially, refuel at floating anchoring sites in rivers and oceans space cities according to GPS.
This invention is related to the intellectual property embodiments File No. JJ-11 207CA, Hydrogen Rotary Generator and File No. JJ-11 177CA Robotic Transporter, recently filed for patent, which are adapted to better suit the new embodiment and scope of new applications of the present invention. From a competitive viewpoint the goals set by the present invention are for the cargo and public transportation, safety, rescue, recreation, protection of the environment and the unlocking of lakes and oceans space and mineral resources in them.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a computer controlled circular-elliptical robotic super-transporter apparatus. A circular-elliptical frame having a plurality of ring shaped rotary hydrogen fuel combustion engine modules with inward pointing blades that are interfaced directly to variable speed electric servomotor-generators, which are installed radially in the periphery of circular-elliptical frame. A plurality of cylinder modules for hydrogen fuel and water storage, are interfaced to manifolds computer controlled by servo valves to supply the rotary combustion engines within the circular-elliptical frame periphery. A plurality of storage batteries, are automatically kept charged by the electric motor-generators to provide electricity and an alternative back-up source of propulsion for takeoff and landing and for emergency landing in the eventuality of combustion engine failure. A propulsion steering control vane module adapted for radial flight and water surfing steering displacement according to manual and automatic computer control in symbiosis. An extending and retracting cylindrical shaped landing pedestal frame having a plurality of sliding doors to give access to elevators leading to cargo and passenger floors individual compartments provides a watertight seal when in the retracted position.
Ideally, air conditioning condensation and water from passenger waste recycling much like with space shuttles can potentially provide for part of the water needed with the combustion of hydrogen fuel by the rotary engine, which has been adapted for the this application from the previously mentioned Hydrogen Rotary Generator.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Preferred embodiments of the present invention are illustrated in the attached drawings in which:
FIG.1 is a perspective view of a circular-elliptical robotic super-transporter seating on a circular elevated airport having a robotic re-fuelling telescoping hydrogen fuel and water dispenser.
FIG. 2 is a top view of a ring shaped propulsion engine module with the propulsion steering module at an inclined position to direct the propulsion force as indicated by the arrows.
FIG. 3 is a bottom view of the engine module in FIG. 2 with the propulsion steering module in the up-right position.
FIG. 4 is a center cut view of the circular-elliptical frame to show the relative position of the individual cargo and passenger floors, the elevator and retracted pedestal, water and hydrogen fuel tank modules, the rotary engine modules and emergency exit doors.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the cylindrical watertight pedestal with a plurality of elevator ports and sliding doors leading to the elevators.
FIG. 6 is an elevator for cargo and passengers leading to the respective floors and sectors.
FIG. 7 is a section cut view of the ring shaped rotary combustion engine according to the new adaptation having the stator directly interfaced to the variable speed servomotor-generator's stator, the radial positioning module for the propulsion steering module, which are seen from the bottom to show the jet propulsion exit ports.
FIG. 8 is a perspective cut section view of the propulsion steering module showing an encoded electric servomotor coupled by link chain to a worm gear and vane-supporting frame.
FIG. 9 is a bersbective view ~f a ZranP
propulsion steering module adaptable to the worm gear vane-supporting frame.
FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a propeller blade module bolted to the inner-face of the ring shaped rotor of the combustion engine as shown in FIG. 7.
FIG. 11 is a cut view of the hydrogen rotary combustion engine stator section to show the water hydrogen fuel ring shaped manifold with servo valves for volume timing and shutoff, the high voltage ignition split cable coupled to the sparkplugs which fire on all chambers at once, according to computer control in symbiosis with the fuel servo valves.
FIG. 12 is an enlarged cut section top view of FIG. 11 to show the wedged shaped ignition chambers configuration, configuration and location of the combustion exhaust ports as indicated by the arrows, the spark plug and a plurality of surrounding fuel ports.
Fig. 13 is a cut section of the rotary combustion engine complementary rotor rear view to show the wedged ignition chamber configuration matching those of the stator in FIG. 12 in size and configuration.
FIG. 14 is a bottom view of the circular-elliptical robotic super-transporter frame with the pedestal in the retracted position and a view of the various propulsion control vanes aimed for flight in the direction of the front arrow and the plurality of emergency doors and windows.

FIG. 15 is a conventional airliner with three ring-shaped environment friendly rotary engines according to the invention, specifically adapted in power rating for vertical takeoff and landing in all weather and as a means to alleviate airport runway shortages.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
An object according to an embodiment of the present invention is to provide a circular-elliptical robotic super-transporter with the capacity to transport cargo and passengers far in excess of conventional jumbo-jet airliners, takeoff and land vertically in all weather, directly on the rooftop of eventually adapted airports and ocean space stations or directly in the water surface of lakes and oceans, without airport runways.
Another object is to provide circular-elliptic transporters in scales ranging up to super-transporters adapted as recreation hotels with the ability to go sight seeing, or with Robotic Proboscis Pipelines and Radial Mining Ladles, for mining in land or in the lakes and oceans, for oil and other minerals, ideally powered by hydrogen fuel.
Another object is to provide a tubular shaped landing pedestal controlled up-down by a plurality of encoded electric servomotors interfaced to linear gear tracks and worm gear drives and having a plurality of lateral sliding doors for access to the internal elevators, which forms a watertight seal when on the fully retracted position.
Another object is to provide a plurality of inter-coupled tubular hydrogen fuel and water tank modules to be adapted within the wedged shape rim and interfaced to the rotary combustion engines by computer-controlled servo valves.
Another object is to provide a basic ring shaped brush less variable speed electric servomotor-generator having four electromagnetic stators complementary to two permanent magnet rotors that provide a virtual self-contained electromagnetic bearing in the ON mode of operation, two radial and two lateral roller bearings for the OFF mode of operation.
Another object is to make the electric motor-generator an integral part of the rotary combustion engine having inward pointing blades rotor as an alternative means to provide propulsion, either individually or in combination and as a means to provide safety and as a booster for vertical takeoff, lading and acceleration.
Another object is to provide batteries as a backup with enough energy to provide for emergency landing in the event of hydrogen propulsion failure.
Another object is to provide a basic control module having an encoded electric servomotor interfaced by link chain to a peripheral ring shaped sprocket gear having a ring shaped frame interfaced by four roller bearings and contained by two lateral complementary V
shape stands bolted down to the ring shaped stator frame, which provides 180 degrees of radial steering control to the vane propulsion steering module.
Another object is to provide a basic module having an encoded electric servomotor with planetary reducing gear interfaced by link chain to a worm gear drive that operates a propulsion steering directional control vane within 180 degrees of radially for flight direction control, which is assembled on the radial sprocket gear module.
Another object is to provide manifold module for the injection of hydrogen fuel and water into the combustion rotary engine stator having ball spring loaded safety check valves that provide for the safe supply of all ignition chambers at once.
Another object is to provide an ignition wire manifold control module for the firing of all ignition chambers of the rotary combustion engine stator at once.

Another object is to provide a plurality of emergency hinged doors above the waterline that can provide access to take passengers and cargo in rescue operations. There is shown in FIG. 1 an front elevation view of a circular-elliptical robotic super-transporter apparatus according to the present invention, which is standing on an eventually adapted landing airport building rooftop with a nearby telescopic robotic refueling station for water and hydrogen fuel. A robotic super-transporter generally shown as 10 having a circular-elliptical metallic frame 11 and a plurality of ring shaped rotary engines 12, a plurality of warning radially flashing lights 13, and a plurality of windows and emergency doors 14. A refueling port 15 automatically operated by robotic water and hydrogen fuel re-fuelling station 16. A cylindrical pedestal 17 which extends for inland landing having a plurality of sliding doors 18 for the for access for passengers and cargo, has a rim 19 to provide a watertight seal in the retracted position.
FIG. 2 is a top view of a ring shaped propulsion engine module generally shown as 20 having a power plug 21, a high voltage ignition wire plug 22, a water and hydrogen fuel mixture manifold plug 23, which are shown in more detail in FIG. 11 and 12. An encoded electric servomotor 24 coupled by a link chain 25 to provide steering control of vane 26 which provides propulsion steering control is operated by an electric encoded servomotor couple by link chain worm gear servo 27 are better shown in FIG. 7 and 8. Arrow 28 shows a clockwise rotation of the rotor and arrows 29 the direction of propulsion by propeller blades 30 and jet propulsion being deflected by vane 26.
FIG. 3 is a bottom view of the engine in FIG. 2 to show the combustion engine plurality of exhaust ports 31 for jet propulsion in addition to the propeller blades 30 propulsion.
FIG. 4 is a center cut view of the circular elliptical frame 11 to show the plurality of cargo and 7 _ passenger floors 32, a plurality of water and hydrogen fuel tubular storage tanks 33 and rotary engines 20, storage batteries 34 and emergency exit doors 35 above the water line 36. A plurality of radially disposed elevators 37 leading to sliding doors 38 provide access to each floor and independent sectors within each floor and into the pedestal 17.
FIG. 5 is an overall view of the pedestal 17 with a plurality of doors 18 and a watertight sealing rim 19 with ports 39 to provide access to elevators 37 and doors 18. A plurality of servomotors 40 adapted to steel tracts 41, provide a means to automatically extend and retract the pedestal 17.
FIG. 6 is a conventional elevator 37 for cargo and passengers suspended by cables 42, track wheels 43 and sliding doors 44.
FIG. 7 is an upside view of a cross section cut view of the ring shaped rotary engine module generally shown as 20 in FIG. 2 and 3. Is an adaptation of the bas Hydrogen Rotary Generator claimed in patent application File No. JJ-11 177CA. The engine is 20 is mounted from the top into the circular port 12 by tubular struts 45 and bolted down radially by ports 46 to form a strong assembly. Propeller blade 30 is directly bolted to the combustion engine rotor by a plurality of flat head bolts 52, which turns in the direction of arrow 47 separated by gap 48 from stator 49 are better shown by FIG. 12 and 13.
A plurality of matching protrusion 50 form a resistance seal to the ignition pressure forces in the stator and rotor chambers and Teflon lubricated compression seals 51 provide a watertight seal to the servomotor-generator assembly. Permanent magnets 53 are assembled to rotary frame 54 to react with complementary magnets 55 and 56 to form a brush less variable speed servomotor-generator and a virtual electromagnetic bearing for the electric and the combustion engine while on the ON mode of operation.
Radial ring shaped roller bearings 57 and lateral ring shaped roller bearing 58 provide support to the electric _ g and combustion engine rotors in the OFF mode of operation of the electromagnet stators 53 and 54. Aluminum alloy casting frames 59 are joined by a stainless steel C clamp 60. A plurality of combustion engine exhaust ports 61 for the escape for the water vapor exhaust 62 are better shown in FIG. 12. Servomotor 24 is engaged by link chain 25 to sprocket gear 63 to drive servomotor assembly 27 with 180 degrees radially, which turns vane 26 within 180 degrees, which combine to provide the propulsion steering required in symbiosis by computer control for vertical takeoff and lading and for high speed flight radially.
Struts 26A provide support to vane 26 and a ring shape track is supported by four ring shaped roller bearings 65 within complementary tracks 66 provide firm support to module 27 driven by module 24. Link chain cover cut section 67 provides a complete 360 degrees ring shaped cover assemble to the stationary lower mounting frame 59.
The combined propulsion force generated by propeller 30 and combustion exhaust 62 are steered by vane 26 according to manual and autopilot computer control. A
spark plug 68 and a water and hydrogen fuel manifold 69 exit at ports 70 provide to provide for the combustion and the controlled explosion produces the torque as the wedge shaped combustion chambers react against each other causing the rotor to turn.
FIG. 8 shows the vane control module generally shown as 27 having an encoded servomotor 71 a sprocket gear 72 a link chain 73 an another sprocket gear driving a worm gears 75 which provide a mounting frame for the propulsion control vane 26 bolted sockets 26B, which are assembled to frame 76 and bolted down by a plurality of bolts 77 to frame 63.
FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the stainless steel plate or titanium propulsion steering control vane 26 having a plurality of molded reinforcing ridges 78, reinforcing struts 26A and folds 79 to reinforce and dampen vibration.
_ g FIG 10 is a perspective view of the propeller blade 30 optionally molded from aluminum alloy or fabricated from stainless steel having a socket 80 with a plurality of ports 52 for bolting down into the rotor frame 46.
FIG. 11 is a partial cut view of the stator to better show the installation of the spark plug 68 within manifold 69 and a wedge shaped chamber 81 and high voltage wire 82 with coupling 82A and with split couplings 83. The water and hydrogen fuel supply form tank modules generally shown as 33 are coupled to shut off valves 84 and 85 and to servo valves 86 and 87 into a T 88 and a coupling 89. Check valves 90 provide safety against the entry of explosion forces from entering the tank modules 33. Manifold 70 is bolted on to stator frame 49 by a plurality of bolts 91 from the rear.
FIG. 12 is a cut section view of an enlarged portion of the combustion engine stator 49 to better show the wedged shaped cavities 81 and the configuration of exhaust ports 61 and the exit of exhaust 62.
FIG. 13 is a section view of the complementary ring shaped rotor of the rotary combustion engine with complementary wedged chambers 81A seen from the rear, of exactly the same size of chambers 81 which provide the torque against the stator chambers 81 which are all fired at once to provide high torque and simplicity of construction. Threaded ports 91 provide for the assembly of top cover 92.
FIG. 14 is a bottom view of the circular-elliptical shaped robotic super-transporter apparatus frame 11 to show the pedestal 17 in the retracted position a plurality of rotary engines 12 and windows and emergency exit doors 14 warning flashing lights 13, vanes 26 and propulsion forces 29 being steered backwards to produce a forward motion shown by arrow.
FIG. 15 is an application of the basic hydrogen fuel ring shape rotary combustion engines 12 with propeller blades 30 and propulsion steering vanes 26 and electric servomotor-generator adapted to a jumbo jet airliner to provide for vertical takeoff and landing in all weather and high speed of travel radially, as a means to improve passenger safety and convenience reduce environment pollution and the need for airport runways and possibly lower travel costs.
Eliminates the need for airport runways, improves passenger safety and travel convenience, combines hydrogen fuel and storage batteries to provide alternative means of jet and propeller propulsion for emergency landing ability directly on land or in lakes and oceans, provides a rescue vessel for passengers and cargo and a recreation hotel in land or in the lakes and oceans with the ability to go site seeing, eventually refuel with hydrogen fuel in the oceans according to GPS
fuel stations, can optionally be fitted with the Robotic Proboscis Pipeline and the Radial Mining Ladle to provide a mobile facility to exploit mineral wealth inland and in the lakes and oceans with environment friendly technologies, providing the exchange of inexpensive renewable electricity and hydrogen fuel for fossil fuels and other minerals.
In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes, the principle and mode of operation of the invention have been explained and illustrated in its preferred embodiment. However, it must be understood that the invention may be practice otherwise than as specifically illustrated and described without departing from its spirit or scope.

Claims (12)

1. A computer controlled circular-elliptical robotic super-transporter apparatus comprising:
a circular-elliptical shaped flying machine frame, having at least two ring shaped hydrogen fuel powered rotary combustion engines, each directly interfaced to a ring shaped electric servomotor-generator with four electromagnetic stators and two permanent magnets to provide a virtual electromagnetic bearing in the ON mode of operation, which form an integral complementary part of the combustion engine;
four ring shaped roller bearings within the servomotor generator to provide support of the permanent magnet and combustion engine rotors in the OFF mode of operation;
at least two inward pointing propeller blade modules assembled to the combustion engine ring shaped rotor inner wall as a means for combined propeller and jet engine propulsion for takeoff and landing, and alternatively, either by combustion or electromagnetic torque;
a plurality of tubular hydrogen fuel and water tank modules interfaced by manifolds and computer controlled according electric servo valves to supply the individual rotary combustion engines requirements and provide firing control timing of all chambers at once ;
a plurality of storage batteries to provide ignition, vertical takeoff and landing assistance and as emergency landing back-up power source;
a check valve in each hydrogen fuel supply line to the rotary combustion engines;
a propulsion steering servo control vane module adapted to each propulsion module operated symbiosis with the other modules;
a servo module for the steering of the propulsion servo control vane module adapted to each propulsion module also in symbiosis with the other modules;
a plurality of elevator modules leading to the individual floor sectors;
a cylindrical pedestal for landing having at least on sliding door in line with at least one elevator operated up and down and forming a watertight assembly in the retracted position;
a basic Hydrogen Rotary Generator according to Canadian patent application, File No. JJ-11 207CA in which the basic design of the combustion engine has been specifically adapted to suit the circular-elliptical aircraft.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the circular-elliptical frame provides a modular construction adaptable in scales from executive size to regional jet-like and jumbo-jets to a super-transporter with many floors.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2 wherein the aircraft provides a vertical takeoff and landing with a plurality of radially disposed ring shaped rotary combustion engines for jet propulsion and propeller propulsion directly interfaced to a ring shaped electromagnetic servomotor-generator for combined torque.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3 wherein the electric servomotor-generators may optionally provide additional torque to the rotary combustion engines for takeoff and lading powered by the back-up storage batteries and the ability to fly radially at high speed.

5. The apparatus according to claim 4 wherein the flying machine may optionally fly radially at high speed with some of its combustion rotary engines off, or periodically on back-up battery power.

6. The apparatus according to claim 4 wherein the back-up batteries and all other electric power requirements are provided by the electric servomotor-generators driven by the rotary combustion engines.

7. The apparatus according to claim 4 wherein the back-up battery powered electric servomotor-generators provide for an emergency landing in the eventuality of fuel rotary engine failure.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7 wherein the flying machine provides the ability to land on the water surface of lakes and oceans as well as on the rooftop of eventual specifically adapted airports and ocean space stations.

9. The apparatus according to claim 2 wherein the aircraft may be specifically scaled and adapted with a Robotic Proboscis Pipeline for inland or over water mineral explorations.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9 wherein the aircraft may be adapted with a Robotic Radial Mining Ladle for inland or over water mineral explorations and in addition with the Robotic Proboscis Pipeline is directly adapted to the Robotic Radial Mining Ladle.

11. The apparatus according to claim 8 wherein the aircraft provides an inland or over water rescue facility including the assisting in marine operations and oil spills.

12. The apparatus according to claim 3 wherein the hydrogen fuel powered ring shaped rotary combustion engine directly interfaced to the servomotor-generator may optionally be adapted to conventional aircraft of any size or application, including conventional airliners.