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公开(公告)号：US20240208646A1
公开(公告)日：2024-06-27
申请号：US18594401
申请日：2024-03-04
Applicant: Archer Aviation, Inc.
Inventor： Geoffrey C. BOWER
CPC classification number: B64C29/0033 , B64C27/28
Abstract: A vertical take-off and landing aircraft may include a fuselage; at least one wing connected to the fuselage; a first plurality of proprotors mounted to the at least one wing, positioned at least partially forward of a leading edge of the at least one wing, and tiltable between lift configurations for providing lift for vertical take-off and landing of the aircraft and propulsion configurations for providing forward thrust to the aircraft; and a second plurality of proprotors mounted to the at least one wing, positioned at least partially rearward of a trailing edge of the at least one wing, and tiltable between lift configurations for providing lift for vertical take-off and landing of the aircraft and propulsion configurations for providing forward thrust to the aircraft; wherein the first plurality of proprotors and the second plurality of proprotors are independently tiltable.
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2.发明公开公开(公告)号：US20240132224A1
公开(公告)日：2024-04-25
申请号：US18398577
申请日：2023-12-28
Applicant: Archer Aviation Inc.
Inventor： Geoffrey C. BOWER , Nansi XUE , Alan CHEN , Benjamin GOLDMAN , Nathan DEPENBUSCH
CPC classification number: B64D31/02 , B60L50/60 , B60L58/12 , B64C27/57 , B64C27/59 , B64C29/0033 , B64D27/24 , B64D31/14 , B60L2200/10
Abstract: A method of controlling an electric aircraft that has a plurality of actuators that includes a plurality of electric propulsion units includes: receiving force and moment commands for the electric aircraft; determining control commands for the plurality of actuators based on the desired force and moment commands by solving an optimization problem that comprises a noise minimization term for minimizing noise generated by the electric propulsion units; and controlling the plurality of actuators according to the determined control commands to meet the force and moment commands for the electric aircraft.
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公开(公告)号：US20240101253A1
公开(公告)日：2024-03-28
申请号：US18303032
申请日：2023-04-19
Applicant: Archer Aviation Inc.
Inventor： Geoffrey C. BOWER , Benjamin M. GREEK , Nathan T. DEPENBUSCH , John MELACK
CPC classification number: B64C29/0033 , B64D27/24 , H02J7/0063 , B60L2200/10 , B64D2221/00
Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to electric aircraft, and more specifically to electric power distribution for electric aircraft. In one embodiment, an electric aircraft is disclosed, comprising: a fuselage; two wings mounted on opposite sides of the fuselage; a plurality of first electric propulsion units, arranged on both sides of the fuselage, aft of the wings during forward flight; a plurality of second electric propulsion units arranged on both sides of the fuselage, forward of the wings during forward flight; and a plurality of battery packs, each battery pack configured to power at least: a portion of one of the first electric propulsion units on one side of the fuselage, and a portion of one of the second electric propulsion units on the other side of the fuselage.
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公开(公告)号：US20220388649A1
公开(公告)日：2022-12-08
申请号：US17340811
申请日：2021-06-07
Applicant: Archer Aviation, Inc.
Inventor： Geoffrey C. BOWER
Abstract: A passenger vertical take-off and landing aircraft includes a flying wing comprising a passenger compartment, a first set of rotors positioned at least partially forward of a leading edge of the flying wing, and a second set of rotors positioned at least partially rearward of a trailing edge of the flying wing. The first set of rotors may include at least four rotors and the second set of rotors may comprise at least two rotors. The first set of rotors, the second set of rotors, both, or neither may be tiltable between lift configurations for providing lift for vertical take-off and landing of the aircraft and propulsion configurations for providing forward thrust to the aircraft.
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5.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20220234747A1
公开(公告)日：2022-07-28
申请号：US17157580
申请日：2021-01-25
Applicant: Archer Aviation, Inc.
Inventor： Geoffrey C. BOWER , Nansi XUE , Alan CHEN , Benjamin GOLDMAN , Nathan DEPENBUSCH
Abstract: A method of controlling an electric aircraft that has a plurality of actuators that includes a plurality of electric propulsion units includes: receiving force and moment commands for the electric aircraft; determining control commands for the plurality of actuators based on the desired force and moment commands by solving an optimization problem that comprises a noise minimization term for minimizing noise generated by the electric propulsion units; and controlling the plurality of actuators according to the determined control commands to meet the force and moment commands for the electric aircraft.
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6.发明公开公开(公告)号：US20230373619A1
公开(公告)日：2023-11-23
申请号：US18324567
申请日：2023-05-26
Applicant: Archer Aviation, Inc.
Inventor： Pieter DEPAPE , Geoffrey C. BOWER
IPC: B64C29/00
CPC classification number: B64C29/0033
Abstract: A rotor mounting assembly for a vertical take-off and landing aircraft includes a boom configured for mounting to a wing of the aircraft; a mount for mounting a rotor assembly, the mount connected to the boom at a joint and tiltable about the joint from a forward thrust orientation in which the rotor assembly can provide forward thrust for forward flight to a vertical thrust orientation in which the rotor assembly can provide vertical thrust for vertical take-off and landing and hover; a multi-link assembly extending from the boom to the mount; and a rotary actuator for actuating the multi-link assembly to control tilting of the mount.
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公开(公告)号：US20220250742A1
公开(公告)日：2022-08-11
申请号：US17170242
申请日：2021-02-08
Applicant: Archer Aviation, Inc.
Inventor： Geoffrey C. BOWER
Abstract: A vertical take-off and landing aircraft may include a fuselage; at least one wing connected to the fuselage; a first plurality of proprotors mounted to the at least one wing, positioned at least partially forward of a leading edge of the at least one wing, and tiltable between lift configurations for providing lift for vertical take-off and landing of the aircraft and propulsion configurations for providing forward thrust to the aircraft; and a second plurality of proprotors mounted to the at least one wing, positioned at least partially rearward of a trailing edge of the at least one wing, and tiltable between lift configurations for providing lift for vertical take-off and landing of the aircraft and propulsion configurations for providing forward thrust to the aircraft; wherein the first plurality of proprotors and the second plurality of proprotors are independently tiltable.
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公开(公告)号：US20220009625A1
公开(公告)日：2022-01-13
申请号：US16923939
申请日：2020-07-08
Applicant: Archer Aviation, Inc.
Inventor： Geoffrey C. BOWER , Benjamin M. GREEK , Nathan T. DEPENBUSCH , John MELACK
Abstract: An electric aircraft includes rotors for providing lift for vertical take-off and landing of the aircraft, proprotors that are tiltable between lift configurations for providing lift for vertical take-off and landing of the aircraft and propulsion configurations for providing forward thrust to the aircraft, a first battery pack for powering a first rotor and a first proprotor, a second battery pack for powering a second rotor and a second proprotor, a first electric power bus electrically connecting the first battery pack to the first rotor and proprotor, and a second electric power bus electrically connecting the second battery pack to the second rotor and proprotor, wherein the second electric power bus is electrically isolated from the first electric power bus.
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9.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20220396355A1
公开(公告)日：2022-12-15
申请号：US17343355
申请日：2021-06-09
Applicant: Archer Aviation, Inc.
Inventor： Pieter DEPAPE , Geoffrey C. BOWER
IPC: B64C29/00
Abstract: A rotor mounting assembly for a vertical take-off and landing aircraft includes a boom configured for mounting to a wing of the aircraft; a mount for mounting a rotor assembly, the mount connected to the boom at a joint and tiltable about the joint from a forward thrust orientation in which the rotor assembly can provide forward thrust for forward flight to a vertical thrust orientation in which the rotor assembly can provide vertical thrust for vertical take-off and landing and hover; a multi-link assembly extending from the boom to the mount; and a rotary actuator for actuating the multi-link assembly to control tilting of the mount.
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公开(公告)号：US20220258645A1
公开(公告)日：2022-08-18
申请号：US17177021
申请日：2021-02-16
Applicant: Archer Aviation, Inc.
Inventor： Geoffrey C. BOWER
Abstract: A method for assigning swappable battery packs to electric aircraft includes receiving, at a computing system, status information for a plurality of battery packs located at at least one battery swapping location, wherein the status information comprises states of charge and states of health for the plurality of battery packs; determining, by the computing system, energy requirements for a plurality of electric aircraft based at least in part on flight plans for the plurality of electric aircraft; determining, by the computing system, assignments of at least a portion of the plurality of battery packs to the plurality of electric aircraft based at least in part on the states of charge and states of health of the plurality of battery packs and the energy requirements for the plurality of aircraft; and swapping at least one battery pack into at least one aircraft based on the determined assignments.
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