Systems and methods for thermal management of high voltage wiring in an aircraft
AssigneeArcher Aviation Inc.
InventorsSaienath Poopalarajah, Paul Frihauf, Geoffrey Christien Bower
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates generally to controlling an aircraft to avoid overheating components. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed, comprising: receiving first sensor data indicating at least one attribute of high voltage wiring of the aircraft; receiving a state of operation of the aircraft; determining a proximity of a temperature of the high voltage wiring to a temperature limit based on the first sensor data and the state of operation of the aircraft; and controlling at least one electric propulsion unit of the aircraft to avoid exceeding the temperature limit based on the determined proximity.
Claims25
A method of controlling an aircraft, comprising:
- receiving, during flight, first sensor data indicating at least one attribute of high voltage wiring of the aircraft;
- receiving, during flight, a state of operation of the aircraft;
- determining, during flight, a proximity of a temperature of the high voltage wiring to a temperature limit based on the first sensor data and the state of operation of the aircraft;
- and
- controlling at least one electric propulsion unit of the aircraft to avoid exceeding the temperature limit based on the determined proximity.
A system for controlling an aircraft comprising at least one processor configured to execute instructions to cause the system to:
- receive, during flight, first sensor data indicating at least one attribute of high voltage wiring of the aircraft;
- receive, during flight, a state of operation of the aircraft;
- determine, during flight, a proximity of a temperature of the high voltage wiring to a temperature limit based on the first sensor data and the state of operation of the aircraft;
- and
- control at least one electric propulsion unit of the aircraft to avoid exceeding the temperature limit based on the determined proximity.
A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
- receive, during flight, first sensor data indicating at least one attribute of high voltage wiring of an aircraft;
- receive, during flight, a state of operation of the aircraft;
- determine, during flight, a proximity of a temperature of the high voltage wiring to a temperature limit based on the first sensor data and the state of operation of the aircraft;
- and
- control at least one electric propulsion unit of the aircraft to avoid exceeding the temperature limit based on the determined proximity.
An aircraft comprising:
- a first sensor;
- at least one electric propulsion unit;
- high voltage wiring;
- at least one processor configured to execute instructions to:
- receive, during flight, sensor data from the first sensor indicating at least one attribute of the high voltage wiring;
- receive, during flight, a state of operation of the aircraft;
- determine, during flight, a proximity of a temperature of the high voltage wiring to a temperature limit based on the first sensor data and the state of operation of the aircraft;
- and
- control the at least one electric propulsion unit of the aircraft to avoid exceeding the temperature limit based on the determined proximity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.