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1.发明申请
公开(公告)号：WO2022159975A1
公开(公告)日：2022-07-28
申请号：PCT/US2022/070303
申请日：2022-01-24
Applicant: ARCHER AVIATION, INC.
Inventor： BOWER, Geoffrey, C. , XUE, Nansi , CHEN, Alan , GOLDMAN, Benjamin , DEPENBUSCH, Nathan
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：WO2022159969A1
公开(公告)日：2022-07-28
申请号：PCT/US2022/070282
申请日：2022-01-21
Applicant: ARCHER AVIATION, INC.
Inventor： MARIUS, Diederik
Abstract: A power distribution system for an electric aircraft includes a first electric propulsion unit comprising at least two power stages; a first battery pack electrically connected to a first power stage of the at least two power stages; a second battery pack electrically connected to a second power stage of the at least two power stages; and a control system configured to control the first battery pack, the second battery pack, the first power stage, and the second power stage to transfer power from the first battery pack to the second battery pack through the first power stage and the second power stage.
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公开(公告)号：WO2022126098A1
公开(公告)日：2022-06-16
申请号：PCT/US2021/072776
申请日：2021-12-07
Applicant: ARCHER AVIATION, INC. [US]/[US]
Inventor： MELACK, John
IPC: H02J1/10
Abstract: An electric aircraft power distribution system includes a first battery pack connected to at least a first load and to a common bus that connects the first battery pack in parallel to at least a second battery pack; a first electrical component electrically connected between the first battery pack and the first load and configured to disconnect the first load from the first battery pack in response to current above a first threshold current, wherein the first electrical component has a first disconnection time at the first threshold current; and a second electrical component electrically connected between the first battery pack and the common bus and configured to disconnect the first battery pack from the common bus in response to current above a second threshold current, wherein the second electrical component has a second disconnection time at the second threshold current that is higher than the first disconnection time.
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公开(公告)号：WO2022010971A1
公开(公告)日：2022-01-13
申请号：PCT/US2021/040619
申请日：2021-07-07
Applicant: ARCHER AVIATION, INC.
Inventor： BOWER, Geoffrey C. , GREEK, Benjamin M. , DEPENBUSCH, Nathan T. , MELACK, John
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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5.发明申请
公开(公告)号：WO2023288159A2
公开(公告)日：2023-01-19
申请号：PCT/US2022/072814
申请日：2022-06-08
Applicant: ARCHER AVIATION, INC.
Inventor： DEPAPE, Pieter , BOWER, Geoffrey C.
IPC: B64C29/00 , B64C27/30 , B64D27/24 , 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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Patent Agency Ranking
公开(公告)号：WO2022261620A1
公开(公告)日：2022-12-15
申请号：PCT/US2022/072778
申请日：2022-06-06
Applicant: ARCHER AVIATION, INC.
Inventor： BOWER, Geoffrey C.
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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公开(公告)号：WO2022170356A1
公开(公告)日：2022-08-11
申请号：PCT/US2022/070545
申请日：2022-02-07
Applicant: ARCHER AVIATION, INC.
Inventor： BOWER, Geoffrey C.
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 tillable 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 tillable 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 tillable.
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公开(公告)号：WO2023019159A1
公开(公告)日：2023-02-16
申请号：PCT/US2022/074745
申请日：2022-08-10
Applicant: ARCHER AVIATION, INC.
Inventor： SUH, Young-Joon , SAETRE, Erik , THIEBAUD, Julien , ROUSSEAU, Nicolas , MONTOUSSE, Julien , SMART, Niki
Abstract: A port for electric vehicles includes an off-loading zone for off-loading one or more passengers from an electric vehicle; a loading zone for loading one or more passengers onto the electric vehicle; and a charging zone for charging the electric vehicle while the electric vehicle is moving from the off-loading zone to the loading zone.
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公开(公告)号：WO2022178500A1
公开(公告)日：2022-08-25
申请号：PCT/US2022/070658
申请日：2022-02-15
Applicant: ARCHER AVIATION, INC.
Inventor： BOWER, Geoffrey C.
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 (200, 302, 304, 402, 502, 900) located at at least one battery swapping location, wherein the status information comprises states of charge (SOC) and states of health (SOH) for the plurality of battery packs; determining, by the computing system, energy requirements for a plurality of electric aircraft (100, 300) 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 (SOC) and states of health (SOH) 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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公开(公告)号：WO2021236576A1
公开(公告)日：2021-11-25
申请号：PCT/US2021/032874
申请日：2021-05-18
Applicant: ARCHER AVIATION, INC.
Inventor： BOWER, Geoffrey C. , MUNIZ, Thomas P. , ADCOCK, Brett , GOLDSTEIN, Adam
Abstract: A vertical take-off and landing aircraft (100) includes a fuselage (102), at least one wing (104) connected to the fuselage, a plurality of rotors (112) connected to the at least one wing for providing lift for vertical take-off and landing of the aircraft and a plurality of prop rotors (114) connected to 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
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