US 12,240,620 B2
Thermal management system
Rishabh Kumar Jain, Maharashtra (IN); Parag Ashok Gumaste, Pune (IN); Manoj Prakash Gokhale, Magarpatta (IN); Christopher Thomas Cantrell, Jackson, MI (US); Nikhlil Shinde, Mumbai (IN); Aniket Devendra Sachdeva, Gujarat (IN); and Priyanka Dnyaneshwar Jadhav, Maharashtra (IN)
Assigned to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED, Dublin (IE)
Filed by EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED, Dublin (IE)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/899,193.
Claims priority of application No. 202111039332 (IN), filed on Aug. 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0070111 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B64D 33/08 (2006.01); B60L 53/20 (2019.01); B60L 58/26 (2019.01); H01M 10/613 (2014.01); H01M 10/625 (2014.01); H01M 10/63 (2014.01); H01M 10/6568 (2014.01)
CPC B64D 33/08 (2013.01) [B60L 53/20 (2019.02); B60L 58/26 (2019.02); H01M 10/613 (2015.04); H01M 10/625 (2015.04); H01M 10/63 (2015.04); H01M 10/6568 (2015.04); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A thermal management system for an aircraft having a plurality of first propellers disposed at a first wing, a plurality of second propellers disposed at a second wing, and a cabin, the thermal management system comprising:
a first cooling circuit disposed at the first wing of the aircraft, the first cooling circuit including:
a first tank,
a first pump arrangement configured to draw coolant from the first tank;
a plurality of first cooling lines that are each routed in parallel to a first motor/inverter of a respective one of the first propellers;
a first valve arrangement through which the first cooling lines are fluidly coupled together; and
an electronic controller configured to determine at which one or more of the first motors/inverters coolant is needed and to control the first valve arrangement and/or the first pump arrangement to direct the coolant from the first tank to the determined one or more of the first motors/inverters.