Bird-Like Wing Harness for Quiet Personal Human Flight
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing personal flying devices are loud, require complex setups for takeoff and landing, and lack stealth capabilities, while motorized flying sports pose significant risks and require high skill levels, and there is a need for battery-powered, quiet, and efficient human flight systems that mimic bird-like motion.
Innovation Solution
A personal flying apparatus with a harness and wing structure that mimics bird flight biomechanics, using battery power, sensors, and AI to control wing motion, allowing for safe, maneuverable, and customizable flight experiences.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-generated harmful factors
If combustion engine powered personal aircrafts are used, then flight capability is achieved, but noise level increases and stealth capability is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the combustion engine mechanical system with an electric motor system powered by batteries. This substitution eliminates the noise and exhaust emissions associated with combustion engines while maintaining sufficient power output for personal flight through optimized battery configuration and motor efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the power source parameter from chemical energy (combustion) to electrical energy (batteries). This parameter change fundamentally alters the operational characteristics, enabling quiet operation and stealth capability while maintaining flight performance through advanced battery technology and energy management systems.
2Ease of operation
If military personal aircrafts are used, then flight capability is achieved, but device complexity increases and setup requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the personal aircraft into modular segments including detachable wing sections, separate power modules, and independent control systems. This segmentation allows for simplified assembly and disassembly operations while maintaining reliable flight capability through precise engineering of each module's function and integration.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent incorporates automated systems that enable the aircraft to prepare for flight autonomously, including self-diagnosis, automatic configuration of flight parameters, and automated safety checks. This reduces the operational complexity and setup requirements while ensuring reliable flight readiness through consistent automated procedures.
3Ease of operation
If non-motorized flying sports like wingsuits are used, then flight capability is achieved through human skill, but safety risk increases and skill requirement increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an electric motor as an intermediary power source between the human operator and the flight dynamics. This intermediary system handles the complex aerodynamic control and power delivery, allowing operators with varying skill levels to achieve safe and controlled flight by simply operating simplified controls while the motor manages the technical complexities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent incorporates sensors and control systems that provide real-time feedback on flight parameters, atmospheric conditions, and system status. This feedback mechanism automatically adjusts flight characteristics and alerts the operator to potential safety issues, reducing the skill requirement while maintaining high safety standards through continuous monitoring and automated response.
4Use of energy by moving object
If bird-like flight patterns are replicated, then flight efficiency is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs dynamically adjustable wing sections that can change their shape, angle, and flexing characteristics in real-time to replicate bird-like flight patterns. The wings are designed with flexible materials and adjustable mechanisms that allow them to adapt to different flight phases and atmospheric conditions, improving energy efficiency while managing complexity through controlled adaptability rather than complete freedom of movement.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Provides a safe, quiet, and efficient human flight experience with enhanced maneuverability and stealth capabilities, combining human athleticism with AI technology for diverse and unique flight experiences.
Implementation Method 1
The personal flying apparatus being powered by battery or other external power input
Implementation Method 2
a wing structure capable of a flight pattern that mimics bird flight patterns
Data Source
AI summary
The disclosure pertains to a battery-powered personal flying apparatus comprising a body structure adapted to support and detachably couple user thereto, and a pair of wings rotationally coupled to opposite sides of the body structure. The wings preferably comprise at least a humerus portion and radius portion. The radius portion is configured to rotate relative to the humerus and, during use, the wings mimic the motion of bird flight. The disclosure further pertains to a method of facilitating human flight using the personal flying apparatus comprising the steps of maintaining the user's torso and legs in an inline and generally horizontal position, moving a pair of wings having a humerus rotatably coupled to a radius simultaneously through a wing flight pattern, and repeating the wing fight pattern to maintain flight of the user.