公开(公告)号：US20240140590A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-02

申请号：US18499075

申请日：2023-10-31

Applicant: Archer Aviation, Inc.

Inventor： Nathan Thomas DEPENBUSCH ,  Jeffery Scott Greenwood

IPC: B64C13/04 ,  B64C13/50 ,  G05D1/08

CPC classification number: B64C13/0421 ,  B64C13/503 ,  G05D1/0858

Abstract: Disclosed are electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft gaming apparatuses and methods. In one embodiment, a video game apparatus comprises a processor, a first inceptor, communicatively coupled to the processor, the first inceptor configured to accept longitudinal and lateral linear movements as manual input and provide corresponding signals to the processor, and a second inceptor, communicatively coupled to the processor, the second inceptor configured to accept longitudinal and lateral linear movements as manual input and provide corresponding signals to the processor, wherein the processor is configured to control a heading of an aircraft in a video game using a signal received from the second inceptor corresponding to lateral linear movement of the second inceptor. Some embodiments may additionally include at least one sensor and a thumb stick for each inceptor.

公开(公告)号：US20240400222A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-05

申请号：US18669668

申请日：2024-05-21

Applicant: Archer Aviation Inc.

Inventor： Nansi XUE ,  Nathan Thomas DEPENBUSCH

IPC: B64D45/00 ,  G01C23/00

Abstract: Aspects of this present disclosure relate to systems and methods for dynamically moving graphical elements of a user interface of a flight control system. In one, a method is disclosed comprising: determining aircraft authority limits based on at least one state signal indicating an aircraft state, wherein the aircraft authority limits indicate an extent to which one or more control signals can command the aircraft; determining one or more proximities between the aircraft state and the determined aircraft authority limits; and automatically moving the graphical elements of the user interface to one or more positions on the user interface based on the determined one or more proximities.

公开(公告)号：US20250162708A1

公开(公告)日：2025-05-22

申请号：US19029343

申请日：2025-01-17

Applicant: Archer Aviation Inc.

Inventor： Nathan Thomas DEPENBUSCH ,  Sang Gyun PARK ,  Jenner Grey RICHARDS

IPC: B64C13/00

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to systems and methods for flight control of aircrafts driven by electric propulsion systems and in other types of vehicles. In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method for command prioritization in an aircraft is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a pilot command, analyzing the pilot command to determine characteristics associated with the pilot command, wherein the characteristics to airspeed and climb of an aircraft, assigning weights to characteristics associated with the pilot command based on constraint data, determining priority of execution between airspeed and climb based on the weights assigned to the characteristics associated with the pilot command, calculating a correction factor to be applied to the characteristics associated with the pilot command based on determined priority and generating at least one actuator command to control the aircraft based on determined priority of execution.

公开(公告)号：US20240400213A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-05

申请号：US18614202

申请日：2024-03-22

Applicant: Archer Aviation Inc.

Inventor： Abhishek VAIDYA ,  Nathan Thomas DEPENBUSCH ,  Jenner Grey RICHARDS ,  Fernanda Aline Matta DE PAIVA

IPC: B64D27/34 ,  B64C29/00

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to systems and methods for flight control of aircrafts driven by electric propulsion systems and in other types of vehicles. In some embodiments, an aircraft is disclosed, comprising: at least one electric propulsion unit; at least one sensor configured to measure at least one aircraft condition; and at least one flight control computer configured to dynamically vary at least one torque command to the at least one electric propulsion unit based at least on the at least one aircraft condition; wherein the at least one electric propulsion unit is configured to generate thrust based on the at least one dynamically varied torque command.

公开(公告)号：US20240400195A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-05

申请号：US18737726

申请日：2024-06-07

Applicant: Archer Aviation, Inc.

Inventor： Jeffrey Mark BOSWORTH ,  Nathan Paul PRINGLE ,  Nathan Thomas DEPENBUSCH

IPC: B64C13/16 ,  B64C29/00 ,  B64D31/12

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to systems and methods for flight control of aircrafts driven by electric propulsion systems and in other types of vehicles. In some embodiments, a flight control system of an aircraft is disclosed, configured to receive one or more signals to control movement of the aircraft, determine at least one flight condition of the aircraft, wherein the at least one flight condition includes at least a phase of flight, calculate at least one or more loads associated with the aircraft based on the determined at least one flight condition; determine an optimized flight configuration to alleviate loads on one or more components of the aircraft based on the received one or more signals and the calculated loads, generate one or more effector commands based on the optimized flight configuration; and actuate one or more aircraft effectors based on the one or more effector commands.