# US 11,443,569 B1 · Systems and methods for battery management for a vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,443,569 B1 - Document ID: US11443569B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 17/515,433 - Filed: 2021-10-30 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2021-10-30 - Assignees: Beta Air, LLC - Applicants: Beta Air, LLC - Inventors: David Churchill - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11443569B1 ## CPC - B60L 58/12: responding to state of charge [SoC] - B60L 58/10: for monitoring or controlling batteries - B60L 58/26: by cooling - B64C 13/503: {Fly-by-Wire} - B64D 27/357: using batteries - B64D 31/16: for electric power plants - G05B 13/0265: {the criterion being a learning criterion} - G07C 5/008: {communicating information to a remotely located station (transmission systems for measured values G08C)} - G07C 5/0808: {Diagnosing performance data (testing of vehicles G01M17/00; testing of electrical installation on vehicles G01R31/005)} - G07C 5/0825: {using optical means} - G07C 5/0833: {using audio means} - H01M 10/425: {Structural combination with electronic components, e.g. electronic circuits integrated to the outside of the casing (printed circuits H05K1/00)} - H01M 10/482: {for several batteries or cells simultaneously or sequentially} - H01M 10/488: {Cells or batteries combined with indicating means for external visualization of the condition, e.g. by change of colour or of light density} - H01M 50/207: characterised by their shape - H01M 50/249: specially adapted for aircraft or vehicles, e.g. cars or trains (constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles B60L50/64) - B60L 2200/10: Air crafts - B60L 2250/10: by alarm - B64C 2027/829: {comprising a V-tail units} - H01M 2010/4271: {Battery management systems including electronic circuits, e.g. control of current or voltage to keep battery in healthy state, cell balancing} - H01M 2010/4278: {Systems for data transfer from batteries, e.g. transfer of battery parameters to a controller, data transferred between battery controller and main controller} - H01M 2220/20: Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane - B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES - B64C: AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS - B64D: EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT - G05B: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables G05D; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F; control devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only G05G) - G07C: TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE - H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY ## Abstract A system for battery management for a vehicle that includes at least a battery coupled to the vehicle, at least a sensor coupled to the battery, the sensor configured to detect an internal state datum of the battery, and transmit the internal state datum to a computing device, a computing device, the computing device configured to receive the internal state datum from the at least a sensor, generate an alert datum as a function of the internal state datum and an alert threshold, transmit the alert datum to a remote device, and a remote device communicatively connected to the vehicle, the remote device is configured to, receive the alert datum from the computing device, and display the alert datum. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for battery management for a vehicle, the system comprising: at least a battery coupled to the vehicle; at least a sensor coupled to the at least a battery, the at least a sensor configured to: detect an internal state datum of the at least a battery; and transmit the internal state datum; a computing device, the computing device configured to: receive the internal state datum from the at least a sensor; generate an alert datum as a function of the internal state datum and an alert threshold; display the alert datum; generate a command datum as a function of the internal state datum and the alert datum; and transmit the command datum to at least a flight component of the vehicle, wherein the vehicle comprises an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft and the at least a flight component comprises a propulsor of the eVTOL aircraft. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein h at least a sensor is further configured to: detect an external state datum of the at least a battery, and transmit the external state datum to the computing device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein h computing device is further configured to generate the alert threshold. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The system of claim 3, wherein generating the alert threshold comprises: selecting a training set as a function of the internal state datum, wherein the internal state datum is correlated to an element of model data; and generating using a machine-learning process, the alert threshold based on the internal state datum and the selected training set. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the computing device is further configured to generate a predicted state datum as a function of the internal state datum. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The system of claim 5, wherein generating the predicted state datum comprises: selecting a training set as a function of the internal state datum, wherein the internal state datum is correlated to an element of model data; and generating using a machine-learning process, the predicted state datum based on the internal state datum and the selected training set. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the alert datum is further configured to include an audio alert datum. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the alert datum is further configured to include a tactile alert datum. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the command datum includes a command to adjust a torque produced by the propulsor of the eVTOL aircraft. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the command datum includes a command to change at least one of the eVTOL aircraft's pitch, roll and yaw. ### Claim 11 A method for battery management, the method comprising: detecting, by at least a sensor coupled to at least a battery, an internal state datum of the at least a battery; transmitting, by the at least a sensor, the internal state datum; receiving, at a computing device, the internal state datum from the at least a sensor; generating, by the computing device, an alert datum as a function of the internal state datum and an alert threshold; displaying, by the computing device, the alert datum; generating, by the computing device, a command datum as a function of the internal state datum and the alert datum; and transmitting, by the computing device, the command datum to at least a flight component of the vehicle, wherein the vehicle comprises an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft and the at least a flight component comprises a propulsor of the eVTOL aircraft. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein method further comprises: detecting, by the at least a sensor, an external state datum of the at least a battery, and transmitting, by the at least a sensor, the external state datum to the computing device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the method further comprises generating, by the computing device, the alert threshold. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein generating the alert threshold comprises: selecting a training set as a function of the internal state datum, wherein the internal state datum is correlated to an element of model data; and generating using a machine-learning process, the alert threshold based on the internal state datum and the selected training set. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the method further comprises generating, by the computing device, a predicted state datum as a function of the at least a sensor. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein generating the predicted state datum comprises: selecting a training set as a function of the internal state datum, wherein the internal state datum is correlated to an element of model data; and generating using a machine-learning process, the predicted state datum based on the internal state datum and the selected training set. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the alert datum comprises an audio alert datum. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the alert datum is further configured to include a tactile alert datum. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the command datum includes a command to adjust a torque produced by the propulsor of the eVTOL aircraft. ### Claim 20 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the command datum includes a command to change at least one of the eVTOL aircraft's pitch, roll and yaw.