Claims
- 1. An air propelled vehicle, comprising:
an air propulsion means to propel said vehicle;
said air propulsion means having a source of power to drive the air propulsion means; a power transfer means engaging said source of power; a first clutch means for engaging said power transfer means in a selected condition; a windmill means to provide enhanced propulsion to said vehicle when engaging said first clutch means in said selected condition.
- 2. The vehicle described in claim 1 further comprising:
second clutch means coacting with said source of power to disengage said source of power from driving said propulsion means when said windmill means provides propulsion which exceeds that of the source of power.
- 3. The vehicle as in claim 1 further comprising multiple pairs of windmill blades mounted in said windmill means.
- 4. The vehicle of claim 3 wherein the multiple pairs of blades are attached to multiple hubs in said windmill means.
- 5. The vehicle of claim 3 wherein the blades in each pair of windmill blades are interconnected with braces.
- 6. The vehicle of claim 1 wherein the air propulsion means comprises a propeller.
- 7. The vehicle of claim 6 wherein the air propulsion means comprises two propellers.
- 8. The vehicle of claim 1 wherein the source of power is a motor.
- 9. The vehicle of claim 1 where the power transfer means is a shaft.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a Continuation-in-Part of my prior applications, namely AIR PROPULSION DEVICES, Ser. No. 60/258,957, filed Dec. 29, 2000; and WINDMILL WITH MULTIPLE DOUBLE-ACTING PISTON/CYLINDER COMPRESSOR SYSTEM AND APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MOUNTING MULTIPLE WINDMILL BLADES TO ENHANCE PERFORMANCE, Ser. No. 09/990,855, filed Nov. 21, 2001; and includes the applications referenced therein, namely, WINDMILL WITH TWO PISTON COMPRESSOR SYSTEM, Ser. No. 60/252,772, filed Nov. 22, 2000; and APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MOUNTING MULTIPLE BLADES TO ENHANCE PERFORMANCE, Ser. No. 60/252,812, filed Nov. 22, 2000; the disclosures of all of which are incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth.
Provisional Applications (3)
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60258957 |
Dec 2000 |
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60252772 |
Nov 2000 |
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60252812 |
Nov 2000 |
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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09990855 |
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