公开(公告)号：US20230159174A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-25

申请号：US17456501

申请日：2021-11-24

Applicant: Rolls-Royce Corporation ,  Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Riggs Baxter ,  Peter Laux ,  Mathew Hill ,  John Timothy Alt

IPC: B64D27/24 ,  H02J7/00

CPC classification number: B64D27/24 ,  H02J7/0013 ,  B64D2221/00

Abstract: An example system includes one or more battery modules, a battery module of the one or more battery modules comprising: a cylindrical pressure vessel; a cooling channel extending axially through the cylindrical pressure vessel; and one or more battery packs within the cylindrical pressure vessel, a battery pack of the one or more battery packs comprising a plurality of battery cells radially distributed about the cooling channel.

公开(公告)号：US20210229821A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-29

申请号：US16774606

申请日：2020-01-28

Applicant: Rolls-Royce Corporation

Inventor： John Timothy Alt ,  Sara Jocelyn Abruzzo ,  Daniel Lawrence Phelps ,  David Russell Trawick

IPC: B64D27/24 ,  B64C7/02 ,  H02J1/08

Abstract: An example system includes a first plurality of nacelles located on a first side of an aircraft, wherein each nacelle of the first plurality of nacelles includes an electric motor coupled to a propulsor, wherein an outboard nacelle of the first plurality of nacelles includes an electrical energy storage system (ESS) coupled to a first electrical bus; and a second plurality of nacelles located on a second side of the aircraft, wherein each nacelle of the second plurality of nacelles includes an electric motor coupled to a propulsor, wherein an outboard nacelle of the second plurality of nacelles includes an ESS coupled to a second electrical bus.

公开(公告)号：US11613368B2

公开(公告)日：2023-03-28

申请号：US16774606

申请日：2020-01-28

Applicant: Rolls-Royce Corporation

Inventor： John Timothy Alt ,  Sara Jocelyn Abruzzo ,  Daniel Lawrence Phelps ,  David Russell Trawick

IPC: B64D27/24 ,  B64C7/02 ,  H02J1/08

Abstract: An example system includes a first plurality of nacelles located on a first side of an aircraft, wherein each nacelle of the first plurality of nacelles includes an electric motor coupled to a propulsor, wherein an outboard nacelle of the first plurality of nacelles includes an electrical energy storage system (ESS) coupled to a first electrical bus; and a second plurality of nacelles located on a second side of the aircraft, wherein each nacelle of the second plurality of nacelles includes an electric motor coupled to a propulsor, wherein an outboard nacelle of the second plurality of nacelles includes an ESS coupled to a second electrical bus.