50 patents
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Utility
Aerodynamically efficient lightweight vertical take-off and landing aircraft with pivoting rotors and box wing design
30 May 23
An aerial vehicle of a box wing design adapted for vertical takeoff and landing using mounted thrust producing elements.
JoeBen Bevirt, Alex Stoll
Filed: 14 Mar 22
Utility
VTOL aircraft for network system
4 Apr 23
A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft provides transportation to users of a network system.
Mark Moore, Nikhil Goel, John Conway Badalamenti, Jon D. Petersen, David Josephson
Filed: 7 Sep 21
Utility
Aerodynamically efficient lightweight vertical take-off and landing aircraft with deployable rotors
28 Mar 23
An aerial vehicle adapted for vertical takeoff and landing using a set of wing mounted thrust producing elements for takeoff and landing.
Joeben Bevirt, Alex Stoll
Filed: 29 Jul 21
Utility
Systems and methods for generating flight plans used by a ride sharing network
28 Mar 23
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for systems and methods for generating potential flight plans to be used by a ride sharing network, including dynamic and/or automated changes to flight plans that have been engaged with passengers based on real-time information.
Eric Richard Mueller, Bogu Wei, Igor Dolgov, Raphael Max Lurie, Adam Warmoth, Kellen Christopher Mollahan, Karl Weston Schulz
Filed: 25 Mar 21
Utility
VTOL M-wing configuration
7 Mar 23
A vertical landing and take-off aircraft VTOL transitions from a vertical takeoff state to a cruise state where the vertical takeoff state uses propellers to generate lift and the cruise state uses wings to generate lift.
Mark Moore, John Conway Badalamenti, Ian Villa, Adam Warmoth, David Josephson
Filed: 15 Nov 21
Utility
Aircraft energy storage mounting system
7 Mar 23
An aircraft includes a battery pack, an internal support structure to support the battery pack in the aircraft, a first bracket rigidly coupling the battery pack to the support structure, and a second bracket rotationally coupling the battery pack to the support structure.
Ernest Villanueva, Austin Lawrence Newman, Michael Patrick Tucker, Robert Thodal, Christopher Cochran, Matthew Clyde Cusimano, Edward Stilson, Ahsan Mehmood
Filed: 16 Jun 21
Utility
System and method for airspeed determination
7 Mar 23
A method for determining airspeed of an aircraft that includes determining a rotor model relating a power coefficient of a propeller of the aircraft to an axial inflow velocity through the propeller as a function of a set of rotor operating parameters; determining the set of rotor operating parameters by sampling an electronic control signal associated with an electric motor actuating the propeller; computing the axial inflow velocity through the propeller based on the set of rotor operating parameters using the rotor model; and determining the airspeed based on the axial inflow velocity.
Gregor Veble Mikic, Jason Ryan, JoeBen Bevirt
Filed: 12 Jan 21
Utility
Vehicle battery pack health monitoring
21 Feb 23
Techniques are described for monitoring the degradation of electrochemical cells.
Celina J. Mikolajczak
Filed: 7 May 19
Utility
Multi-segment oblique flying wing aircraft
7 Feb 23
A multi-segment oblique flying wing aircraft which has three distinct segments including two outer wing segments and a central wing segment.
Gregor Veble Mikic, JoeBen Bevirt, Benjamin John Brelje
Filed: 16 Sep 21
Utility
High efficiency hydrogen fueled high altitude thermodynamic fuel cell system and aircraft using same
31 Jan 23
A high efficiency hydrogen fuel system for an aircraft at high altitude which utilizes compressors to compress air to a sufficiently high pressure for the fuel cell.
Gregor Veble Mikic, JoeBen Bevirt, Robert Gulliver Lynn, Alex Stoll
Filed: 15 Jun 21
Utility
VTOL aircraft
31 Jan 23
The aircraft can include: an airframe, a tilt mechanism, a payload housing, and can optionally include an impact attenuator, a set of ground support members (e.g., struts), a set of power sources, and a set of control elements.
Gregor Veble Mikic, Alex Stoll, JoeBen Bevirt
Filed: 3 Feb 21
Utility
Rotor deployment mechanism for electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft
24 Jan 23
An aerial vehicle adapted for vertical takeoff and landing using a set of wing mounted thrust producing elements for takeoff and landing.
JoeBen Bevirt, Alex Stoll
Filed: 29 Jul 21
Utility
Aircraft propulsion unit
24 Jan 23
An aircraft propulsion unit includes an electric motor, at least one accessory unit used for operating the electric motor, an inverter module, the inverter module including a plurality of inverters for powering the electric motor and the at least one accessory unit, and a cooling system coupled to the electric motor and the inverter module, the cooling system comprising a coolant path for circulating a coolant through or adjacent to the electric motor and the at least one accessory unit.
Jonathan Wagner, Bradley Landseadel, Joey Milia, Scott MacAfee, Martin van der Geest
Filed: 9 Feb 22
Utility
Battery thermal management system and method
10 Jan 23
The battery thermal management system includes a battery pack, a circulation subsystem, and a heat exchanger.
Ernest Villanueva, Nathaniel Martin, JoeBen Bevirt, Jonathan Wagner, Kevin Witt, Brian Uznanski, Austin Newman
Filed: 12 Feb 21
Utility
Safe vertical take-off and landing aircraft payload assignment
10 Jan 23
Vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft can provide opportunities to incorporate aerial transportation into transportation networks for cities and metropolitan areas.
Mark Moore, John Conway Badalamenti, Ian Villa, Adam Warmoth, David Josephson, Jeffrey A. Holden
Filed: 22 Jul 20
Utility
Battery thermal management system and method
25 Oct 22
The battery thermal management system includes a battery pack, a circulation subsystem, and a heat exchanger.
Ernest Villanueva, Nathaniel Martin, JoeBen Bevirt, Jonathan Wagner, Kevin Witt, Brian Uznanski, Austin Newman
Filed: 12 Feb 21
Utility
Systems and methods for facilitating a multi-modal transportation service
18 Oct 22
Systems and methods for facilitating a multi-modal transportation service are provided.
Kevin Tian, Adam Warmoth, Hasrat Godil, Nikhil Goel, Varun Rau, Shabnam Emdadi, Raphael Max Lurie
Filed: 2 Apr 20
Utility
Conformal pylon/boom prop-rotors
11 Oct 22
A vertical lift rotor propulsor assembly comprises a boom having a casing with a casing profile and a first propeller blade having a blade profile that corresponds substantially to at least a portion of the casing profile of the casing of the boom.
Robert Alan McDonald
Filed: 13 Mar 20
Utility
Articulated electric propulsion system with fully stowing blades and lightweight vertical take-off and landing aircraft using same
27 Sep 22
An aerial vehicle adapted for vertical takeoff and landing using pivoting thrust producing elements for takeoff and landing.
JoeBen Bevirt, Alex Stoll
Filed: 10 Jun 19
Utility
System and method for landing and storing vertical take-off and landing aircraft
16 Aug 22
A computing system for landing and storing vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft can be configured to receive aircraft data, passenger data, or environment data associated with a VTOL aircraft and determine a landing pad location within a landing facility based on the aircraft data, passenger data, and/or environment data.
Jon David Petersen, Ian Villa, John Conway Badalamenti
Filed: 7 May 19