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Granted Patent B2
US 12,077,281 · App. 17/855,572 · Granted Sep 3, 2024

Methods and systems for flight control for managing actuators for an electric aircraft

Inventor: Herman Wiegman (Wakefield, RI)
Assignee: BETA AIR LLC
B64C13/16B64C13/38B64D27/24G05B23/02G05B2219/45071G06N20/00
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Patent No.
US 12,077,281
App. No.
17/855,572
Granted
Sep 3, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system for flight control for managing actuators for an electric aircraft is provided. The system includes a controller, wherein the controller is designed and configured to receive a sensor datum from at least a sensor, generate an actuator performance model as a function of the sensor datum, identify a defunct actuator of the electric aircraft as a function of the sensor datum and the actuator performance model, generate an actuator allocation command datum as a function of at least the actuator performance model and at least the identification of the defunct actuator, and perform a torque allocation as a function of the actuator allocation command datum.

Claims (29)

1. A system for flight control for managing actuators for an electric aircraft, the system comprising:

a controller, wherein the controller is designed and configured to:

receive a sensor datum from at least a sensor;

identify a defunct actuator of the electric aircraft as a function of the sensor datum, wherein the sensor datum comprises an input datum corresponding to a manipulation of a pilot input control and a flight datum comprising an aircraft angle;

generate an actuator allocation command datum as a function of the defunct actuator; and

perform a torque allocation as a function of the actuator allocation command datum.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least the sensor is disposed on at least an actuator of the electric aircraft.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the controller

is further configured to generate an expected actuator performance model and generate an actuator performance model as a function of the sensor datum.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein identifying the defunct actuator further comprises comparing the actuator performance model with the expected actuator performance model.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to generate a rate setpoint as a function of the sensor datum and the defunct actuator.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the controller is further configured to generate a moment datum as a function of the rate setpoint.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to receive at least a prioritization datum to generate the actuator allocation command datum as an output.

8. A method for flight control for managing actuators for an electric aircraft, the method comprising:

receiving, by a controller, a sensor datum from at least a sensor;

identifying, by the controller, a defunct actuator of the electric aircraft as a function of the sensor datum wherein the sensor datum comprises an input datum corresponding to a manipulation of a pilot input control and a flight datum comprising an aircraft angle;

generating, by the controller, an actuator allocation command datum as a function of the defunct actuator; and

performing, by the controller, a torque allocation as a function of the actuator allocation command datum.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein receiving the sensor datum is received from the at least the sensor configured to be disposed on at least an actuator of the electric aircraft.

10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

generating an expected actuator performance model; and

generating, by the controller, an actuator performance model as a function of the sensor datum.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein identifying the defunct actuator further comprises comparing the actuator performance model with the expected actuator performance model.

12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

generating, by the controller, a rate setpoint as a function of the sensor datum and the defunct actuator.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

generating, by the controller, a moment datum as a function of the rate setpoint.

14. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

receiving at least a prioritization datum, and wherein the actuator allocation command is generated as a function of at least a prioritization datum.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2024
From: WIEGMAN, HERMAN
To: BETA AIR LLC
Reel/Frame 068199/0472 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17476765 · Sep 16, 2021
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