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US 12,715,601 B2Granted
Battery storage system for an aircraft
AssigneeArcher Aviation Inc.
InventorsAlan Buehne, Benjamin Tigner, Bernard Ahyow
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Abstract
In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, an aircraft comprises a battery pack mounted external to the aircraft structure. The batteries are configured to vent directly to the environment during battery thermal runaway. In one embodiment, an aerodynamic fairing provides an aerodynamically efficient surface and weather protection during nominal flight conditions. During battery thermal runaway however, the aerodynamic fairing is configured to expose the battery to the environment.
Claims19
An aircraft comprising:
- an airframe structure;
- a non-structural fairing configured between the airframe structure and an outside environment external to the aircraft;
- a plurality of battery modules interposed between the airframe structure and the non-structural fairing;
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- a thermal barrier interposed between the airframe structure and two of the plurality of battery modules,
- wherein each of the plurality of battery module comprises an outward facing side, the outward facing side being oriented toward the non-structural fairing to direct matter or gas to the outside environment during a thermal runaway event of one or more of the plurality of battery modules, wherein the outward facing side is directly opposed to the non-structural fairing without any intervening structure.
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