REDUNDANT ELECTRIC POWER ARCHITECTURE
A redundant electric power architecture is disclosed. The architecture includes multiple batteries in parallel. Each battery is in series with a diode. The diodes are each connected to a load.
1 . A redundant electric power architecture, comprising:
a plurality of batteries in parallel;
a plurality of diodes, each diode of the plurality of diodes being in series with a corresponding battery of the plurality of batteries; and
a load connected to the plurality of diodes.
2 . The architecture of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of diodes allow current to flow from the plurality of batteries to the load and prevent current from flowing into the plurality of batteries.
3 . The architecture of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of batteries, the plurality of diodes, and the load are stored in an electric aircraft.
4 . The architecture of claim 1 , wherein the load comprises a fan, motor, or processor.
5 . The architecture of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of diodes are connected to the load via a shared bus.
6 . The architecture of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of diodes are connected to the load via is separate wires.
7 . The architecture of claim 1 , comprising one or more additional loads.
8 . The architecture of claim 7 , wherein the load and the one or more additional loads are separately wired to each battery of the plurality of batteries.
9 . The architecture of claim 1 , wherein a battery of the plurality of batteries is in series with two parallel diodes, comprising a diode of the plurality of diodes and an additional diode.
10 . The architecture of claim 9 , wherein the diode of the plurality of diodes is in series with a first current sensor and the additional diode is in series with a second current sensor, wherein the first current sensor and the second current sensor are in parallel.
11 . The architecture of claim 10 , wherein the first current sensor and the second current sensor are monitored.
12 . The architecture of claim 10 , wherein in the event the first current sensor provides a current reading double an expected current and the second current sensor provides a current reading of zero, a diode failure is signaled.
13 . The architecture of claim 10 , wherein in the event the first current sensor provides a different current reading from the second current sensor, a diode failure is signaled.
14 . The architecture of claim 13 , wherein signaling a diode failure comprising providing an error message or deactivating a battery.
15 . The architecture of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of batteries comprises a battery management system.
16 . The architecture of claim 1 , wherein a diode of the plurality of diodes comprises a heat sink.
17 . The architecture of claim 16 , wherein the heat sink comprises cooling fins.
18 . The architecture of claim 16 , wherein the heat sink comprises a fan.