Electric aircraft emergency power supply module
AssigneeGoodrich Lighting Systems GmbH
InventorsAndre Hessling-von Heimendahl, Robert Trinschek
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Abstract
An electric aircraft emergency power supply module includes at least one electric power cell for storing and supplying electric energy and a controller for controlling charging and discharging of the at least one electric power cell and for determining a charging level of the at least one electric power cell. The controller includes a simulator, which is configured for simulating an electric behavior of at least one temperature sensitive element as a function of the charging level of the at least one electric power cell.
Claims12
An electric aircraft emergency power supply module comprising:
- a plurality of electric power cells, which are connected, for storing and supplying electric energy;
- and
- a controller for determining a charging level of at least one electric power cell of the plurality of electric power cells and for controlling charging and discharging of the at least one electric power cell,
- wherein the controller comprises:
- a plurality of individual power cell controllers, each being associated with and configured for individually controlling the charging and the discharging of a single electric power cell of the plurality of electric power cells;
- and
- a simulator, which is configured for simulating an electric behavior of at least one temperature sensitive element as a function of charging level of the at least one electric power cell of the plurality of electric power cells,
- wherein the plurality of electric power cells are connected in series and each individual power cell controller of the controller comprises:
- an individual electric bypass circuit, which is controlled by a corresponding bypass controller and is configured for selectively bypassing a single electric power cell;
- an individual isolation switch and an associated individual isolation switch activator, which allow for selectively and individually connecting the associated electric power cell with power supply terminals and disconnecting the associated electric power cell from the power supply terminals;
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- a bypass switch, which allows for bypassing the deactivated electric power cell and which is controlled by the corresponding bypass switch controller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.