System for monitoring a battery system in-flight and a method for its use
AssigneeBeta Air, LLC
InventorsBraedon Lohe, Cullen Jemison, Andrew Giroux, Tom Michael Hughes
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Abstract
In an aspect, a system for monitoring a battery system in-flight. The system includes at least a battery pack and a pack monitoring unit (PMU) communicatively connected with a battery pack. The battery pack includes a plurality of battery packs. The PMU may include at least a sensor and a controller. At least a sensor is configured to detect battery datum. A controller is communicatively connected with at least a sensor. A controller is configured to receive battery datum, detect a significant event as a function of battery datum, and transmit the significant event to a remote device.
Claims20
A system for monitoring a battery system for powering propulsion on an electric aircraft, wherein the system comprises:
- at least a battery pack, wherein the at least a battery pack comprises a plurality of battery modules, wherein at least one of the battery modules comprises a battery cell comprising a flexible pouch containing an electrolyte therein;
- and
- a pack monitoring unit (PMU) communicatively connected with the at least a battery pack, wherein the PMU comprises:
- at least a sensor, wherein the at least a sensor is configured to detect a battery datum;
- and
- a controller communicatively connected to the at least a sensor, wherein the controller is configured to:
- receive the battery datum from the at least a sensor;
- detect a significant event as a function of the battery datum;
- generate an action command as a function of the significant event;
- perform the action command at the PMU;
- and
- transmit the significant event to a data storage device.
A method for monitoring a battery system for powering propulsion of an electric aircraft, wherein the method comprises:
- detecting, using at least a sensor of a pack monitoring unit (PMU) communicatively connected with at least a battery pack, a battery datum, wherein the at least a battery pack comprises a plurality of battery modules, wherein at least one of the battery modules comprises a battery cell comprising a flexible pouch containing an electrolyte therein;
- receiving, using a controller communicatively connected to the at least a sensor, the battery datum from the at least a sensor;
- detecting, using the controller, a significant event as a function of the battery datum;
- generating, using the controller, an action command as a function of the significant event;
- performing, at the PMU, the action command using the controller;
- and
- transmitting, using the controller, the significant event to a data storage device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.