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Granted Patent B2
US 11,860,698 · App. 17/848,766 · Granted Jan 2, 2024

Systems and methods for determining remaining useful energy in an electric aircraft

Inventors: Steven J. Foland (Garland, TX); Herman Wiegman (Essex Junction, VT)
Assignee: BETA AIR, LLC
G06F1/26B60L58/10B64D27/24B64D43/00G05B19/048G06N3/08B60L2200/10G05B2219/24136
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Patent No.
US 11,860,698
App. No.
17/848,766
Granted
Jan 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system for determining remaining useful energy in an electric aircraft, the system including a computing device where the computing device is configured to measure a internal state datum of a battery as a function of at least a sensor, receive the internal state datum from the at least a sensor, generate a useful energy remaining datum as a function of the internal state datum and a battery model, and display the useful energy remaining datum to a user.

Claims (34)

1. A system for determining remaining useful energy in an electric aircraft, the system comprising a computing device, wherein the computing device is configured to:

measure an internal state datum of a battery on an electric aircraft as a function of at least a sensor, wherein the at least a sensor comprises at least a gas sensor;

receive the internal state datum from the at least a sensor;

train a battery model using training data, wherein the training data includes battery internal state datum correlated to battery remaining useful energy data;

generate a useful energy remaining datum as a function of the internal state datum and the battery model;

calculate a remaining flight range based on a flight plan and the useful energy remaining datum;

display a hologram of a depth of discharge of the battery based on the useful energy remaining datum; and

display, a calculated thermal runaway prediction of the electric aircraft.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the training data is updated at preset intervals.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the training data is stored in a database on the electric aircraft.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computing device is further configured to generate a battery degradation rate as a function of the internal state datum and the battery model.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the computing device is further configured to display the battery degradation rate to the user.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computing device is further configured to generate a thermal datum as a function of the internal state datum and the battery model.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the computing device is configured to calculate a probability of a thermal runaway as a function of the thermal datum.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the computing device is further configured to display a warning to the user as a function of the calculation.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computing device is further configured to display the remaining flight range as a function of the useful energy remaining datum.

10. A method for determining remaining useful energy in an electric aircraft, the method comprising:

measuring, by a computing device, an internal state datum of a battery on an electric aircraft as a function of at least a sensor, wherein the at least a sensor comprises at least a gas sensor;

receiving, by the computing device, the internal state datum from the at least a sensor;

training, by the computing device, a battery model using training data, wherein the training data includes battery internal state datum correlated to battery remaining useful energy data; and

generating, by the computing device, a useful energy remaining datum as a function of the internal state datum and the battery model;

calculating, by the computing device, a remaining flight range based on a flight plan and the useful energy remaining datum;

displaying, by the computing device, a hologram of a depth of discharge of the battery based on the useful energy remaining datum; and

displaying, by the computing device, a calculated thermal runaway prediction of the electric aircraft.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the training data is updated at preset intervals.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the training data is stored in a database on the electric aircraft.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the method further comprises generating, by the computing device, a battery degradation rate as a function of the internal state datum and the battery model.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the method further comprises displaying, by the computing device, the battery degradation rate to the user.

15. The method of claim 10 , wherein the method further comprises generating, by the computing device, a thermal datum as a function of the internal state datum and the battery model.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the method further comprises calculating, by the computing device, a probability of a thermal runaway as a function of the thermal datum.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the method further comprises displaying, by the computing device, a warning to the user as a function of the calculation.

18. The method of claim 10 , wherein the method further comprises displaying, by the computing device, the remaining flight range as a function of the useful energy remaining datum.

19. The system of claim 9 , wherein the computing device is further configured to display the remaining flight range as a function of the useful energy remaining datum and a flight plan.

20. The method of claim 18 , wherein the method further comprises displaying, by the computing device, the remaining flight range as a function of the useful energy remaining datum and a flight plan.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2022
From: FOLAND, STEVEN J.; WIEGMAN, HERMAN
To: BETA AIR LLC
Reel/Frame 061397/0715 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17404761 · Aug 17, 2021
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