US 12,240,346 B2
Battery displays for electric rotorcraft
Albert Mazzei, Weatherford, TX (US); Michael R. Hull, Fort Worth, TX (US); and Yue Fan, Fort Worth, TX (US)
Assigned to Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US)
Filed by Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US)
Filed on Dec. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/561,900.
Prior Publication US 2023/0202321 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. B60L 53/30 (2019.01); B60L 53/66 (2019.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01)
CPC B60L 53/305 (2019.02) [B60L 53/66 (2019.02); B64U 50/19 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. One or more tangible, non-transitory computer-readable storage media having stored thereon machine-executable instructions to:
receive battery data from at least one sensor connected to a battery bank of an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, wherein the battery bank comprises a plurality of batteries;
compute from the battery data an available flight time remaining for the eVTOL aircraft;
compute a nominal flight time remaining, wherein the nominal flight time remaining excludes a reserve flight time; and
display the nominal flight time remaining to a pilot in a human-readable format.