公开(公告)号：US20250023075A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-16

申请号：US18771607

申请日：2024-07-12

Applicant: Joby Aero. Inc.

Inventor： Michael Patrick Tucker ,  Jeffrey Allen Lotterman

IPC: H01M8/0662 ,  H01M8/04111 ,  H01M8/0606

Abstract: A system for use with a fuel cell stack supplied by a tank of hydrogen includes a combustor coupled to the fuel cell exhaust line to receive and combust residual hydrogen gas in the exhaust, a turbine coupled to the combustor to receive combusted exhaust from the combustor; and a mechanical device coupled to the turbine to extract work from rotation of the turbine. The combustor may further be coupled to receive and combust hydrogen in fuel cell circulation-loop purge gas, and the combustor may further combust hydrogen received from the fuel tank via a fuel tank purge line or on demand. Supplementary oxygen may be supplied to the combustor based on an oxygen level detected by the oxygen sensor in the combustor exhaust line.

公开(公告)号：US20220402622A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-22

申请号：US17349866

申请日：2021-06-16

Applicant: Joby Aero, Inc.

Inventor： Ernest Villanueva ,  Austin Lawrence Newman ,  Michael Patrick Tucker ,  Robert Thodal ,  Christopher Cochran ,  Matthew Clyde Cusimano ,  Edward Stilson ,  Ahsan Mehmood

IPC: B64D27/26 ,  B64D27/24 ,  B64C3/32 ,  B64D29/00

Abstract: An aircraft includes a battery pack, an internal support structure to support the battery pack in the aircraft, a first bracket rigidly coupling the battery pack to the support structure, and a second bracket rotationally coupling the battery pack to the support structure. The first and second brackets may be located on opposite sides of the battery pack. The internal support structure may be located in a wing of the aircraft and the first and second brackets may be aligned in a fore-aft direction of the aircraft. The internal support structure may be located in a nacelle of the aircraft and the first and second brackets may be aligned along a transverse direction of the aircraft. The second bracket may include two hangers to support a mass of the battery pack in tension.

公开(公告)号：US12199305B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-14

申请号：US17349863

申请日：2021-06-16

Applicant: Joby Aero, Inc.

Inventor： Ernest Villanueva ,  Austin Lawrence Newman ,  Michael Patrick Tucker ,  Robert Thodal ,  Christopher Cochran ,  Matthew Clyde Cusimano ,  Edward Stilson ,  Ahsan Mehmood ,  Edward Thomas Sweet

IPC: B64D27/24 ,  H01M10/625 ,  H01M50/342 ,  H01M50/358

Abstract: An aircraft includes a battery pack mounted inside the aircraft, a vent coupled between the battery pack and a surface of the aircraft to at least partly define a vent path between the battery pack and the surface of the aircraft, and a burst membrane located in the vent path. The vent may be coupled to a rear upper portion of a wing or to an outboard side of a nacelle. The aircraft may also include a flexible coupling between the vent and the surface of the aircraft. The aircraft may also include a fairing over a vent outlet to provide a smooth surface for the vent outlet. The battery pack may include battery modules and an enclosure, the battery modules and the enclosure defining paths along which discharge from a thermal event can flow towards the vent.

公开(公告)号：US11597528B2

公开(公告)日：2023-03-07

申请号：US17349866

申请日：2021-06-16

Applicant: Joby Aero, Inc.

Inventor： Ernest Villanueva ,  Austin Lawrence Newman ,  Michael Patrick Tucker ,  Robert Thodal ,  Christopher Cochran ,  Matthew Clyde Cusimano ,  Edward Stilson ,  Ahsan Mehmood

IPC: B64D27/26 ,  B64D29/00 ,  B64C3/32 ,  B64D27/24

Abstract: An aircraft includes a battery pack, an internal support structure to support the battery pack in the aircraft, a first bracket rigidly coupling the battery pack to the support structure, and a second bracket rotationally coupling the battery pack to the support structure. The first and second brackets may be located on opposite sides of the battery pack. The internal support structure may be located in a wing of the aircraft and the first and second brackets may be aligned in a fore-aft direction of the aircraft. The internal support structure may be located in a nacelle of the aircraft and the first and second brackets may be aligned along a transverse direction of the aircraft. The second bracket may include two hangers to support a mass of the battery pack in tension.