トヨタの米国子会社の空飛ぶ車の特許出願が公開されました

トヨタの米国子会社が特許出願した空飛ぶ車用の翼の特許が公開されました。ホンダは飛行機に進出しましたが、トヨタは空飛ぶ飛行機を開発するのでしょうかね。

もし、空飛ぶ車ができたら、スーパージェッタ―（古っ！）の流星号とか昔のＴＶマンガが実現しそうでワクワクしますね。最近の映画でもよく空飛ぶ乗り物が出て来ますが、車というよりもオスプレイみたいな飛行機タイプが多い感じがしています。

DUAL CHANNEL WING FOR AN AEROCAR

nventors: Name; Taewoo; (Ann Arbor, MI)　発明者は１人のようです。

Applicant: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.

出願公開番号：20150232180（8/20/2015公開）

優先日（出願日）：2014-02-14

請求項は以下です。複葉機のように２枚の翼があるようです。もっとも、aerocarの特許自体は１９４３年にも出願されてますし、アイデア自体はそれほど新しくないのかも知れません。中国からも数年前から空飛ぶ自動車の特許が複数出願されています。

1. A wing comprising: a dual channel wing with an outboard channel that extends spanwise from an inboard channel.

2. The wing as recited in claim 1, wherein said dual channel wing is a blown channel circulation control wing.

3. The wing as recited in claim 2, wherein said blown channel circulation control wing includes a leading edge air supply plenum that feeds at least one associated leading-edge slot.

4. The wing as recited in claim 2, wherein said blown channel circulation control wing includes a trailing edge air supply plenum that feeds at least one associated trailing-edge slot.

5. The wing as recited in claim 2, wherein said blown channel circulation control wing includes a leading edge air supply plenum that feeds at least one associated leading-edge slot and a trailing edge air supply plenum that feeds at least one associated trailing-edge slot.

6. The wing as recited in claim 1, wherein said outboard channel is defined about an outboard axis and said inboard channel is defined about an inboard axis.

7. The wing as recited in claim 6, further comprising an outboard propulsor along said outboard axis and an inboard propulsor along said inboard axis.

8. The wing as recited in claim 7, wherein said outboard propulsor and said inboard propulsor include a propeller.

9. The wing as recited in claim 7, wherein said outboard propulsor is axially forward of said inboard propulsor.

10. The wing as recited in claim 7, further comprising an aileron in said outboard channel aft of said outboard propulsor.

11. The wing as recited in claim 1, wherein said outboard channel swings about a chord axis such that said outboard channel stows atop said inboard channel.

12. The wing as recited in claim 11, wherein said wing swings about a wing axis such that said wing is foldable between a roadable mode and a deployed flight mode.

13. The wing as recited in claim 12, wherein said chord axis is perpendicular to said wing axis.

14. An aerocar comprising: a dual channel wing with an outboard channel that extends spanwise from an inboard channel, wherein said outboard channel is defined about an outboard axis and said inboard channel is defined about an inboard axis; an outboard propulsor along said outboard axis; and an inboard propulsor along said inboard axis.

15. The aerocar as recited in claim 14, wherein said outboard propulsor is axially forward of said inboard propulsor.

16. The aerocar as recited in claim 15, further comprising an aileron in said outboard channel aft of said outboard propulsor.

17. The aerocar as recited in claim 14, wherein said outboard channel swings about a chord axis such that said outboard channel stows atop said inboard channel and said wing swings about a wing axis such that said wing is foldable between a roadable mode and a deployed flight mode.

18. A method of stowing and deploying a wing comprising: swinging an outboard channel about a chord axis such that the outboard channel stows atop an inboard channel; and swinging the wing about a wing axis such that the wing is foldable between a stowed roadable mode and a deployed flight mode.

19. The method as recited in claim 18, further comprising locating an outboard propulsor within the outboard channel axially forward of the inboard propulsor within the inboard channel.

20. The method as recited in claim 18, wherein the chord axis is perpendicular to the wing axis.