Emergency high voltage disconnection device for an electric aircraft
AssigneeBeta Air, LLC
InventorsBraedon Lohe, Sean Donovan, Nathan William Joseph Wiegman, Sam Wagner
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Abstract
A device for emergency disconnection of a high voltage electrical connection between a power source and a high voltage component of an electric aircraft in response to a crash. The device includes a controller, where the controller is configured to receive a sensor datum from a sensor of device, to determine a crash element between and initiate a disconnection protocol as a function of the crash element.
Claims20
An emergency high voltage disconnection device for an electric aircraft, the device comprising:
- an electrical connection configured to transfer electrical power from a power source of an electric aircraft, wherein the electrical connection comprises:
- a first conductor attached to a power source;
- and
- a second conductor attached to the first conductor;
- a safety mechanism connected to the first conductor and the second conductor, the safety mechanism having an enabled position and a disabled position, wherein the safety mechanism is configured to:
- allow, in the disabled position, the transfer of electrical power from the first conductor to the second conductor;
- terminate, in the enabled position, the electrical connection;
- a sensor configured to detect a sensor datum;
- and
- a controller, the controller configured to initiate a disconnection protocol as a function of a crash element, wherein:
- the crash element is determined as a function of sensor datum;
- and
- the disconnection protocol comprises moving the safety mechanism from the disabled position to the enabled position.
A method for emergency disconnection of an electric connection of a power source of an electric aircraft in response to a crash, the method comprising:
- providing an emergency high voltage disconnection device, the device comprising:
- an electrical connection, wherein the electrical connection comprises:
- a first conductor attached to a power source;
- and
- a second conductor attached to the first conductor;
- and
- a safety mechanism connected to the first conductor and the second conductor;
- detecting, by a sensor, a sensor datum;
- transferring, in a disabled position of the safety mechanism, electrical power from a power source from the first conductor to the second conductor;
- terminating, in an enabled position of the safety mechanism, the electrical connection so that electrical power cannot traverse from the first conductor to the second conductor;
- and
- initiating, by the controller, a disconnection protocol as a function of the crash element, wherein the disconnection protocol comprises instructions that move the safety mechanism from a disabled position to an enabled position to terminate the electrical connection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.