US 12,246,619 B2
Apparatus for a ground-based battery management for an electric aircraft
Sean Donovan, Richmond, VT (US); Sarah Kathleen Overfield, Colchester, VT (US); Stuart Denson Schreiber, Essex, VT (US); Peter Adam Gottlieb, Wayland, VT (US); Braedon Lohe, Essex Junction, VT (US); and Herman Wiegman, South Burlington, VT (US)
Assigned to BETA Air LLC, South Burlington, VT (US)
Filed by BETA AIR, LLC, South Burlington, VT (US)
Filed on Mar. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/116,057.
Application 18/116,057 is a continuation of application No. 17/665,454, filed on Feb. 4, 2022, granted, now 11,628,745.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/146,154, filed on Feb. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0294558 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60L 58/26 (2019.01); B60L 50/64 (2019.01); B64D 27/24 (2024.01)
CPC B60L 58/26 (2019.02) [B60L 50/64 (2019.02); B64D 27/24 (2013.01); B60L 2200/10 (2013.01); B60L 2240/36 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for a ground-based battery management for an electric aircraft, the apparatus comprising:
a battery pack mechanically coupled to the electric aircraft, wherein the battery pack comprises at least a battery module, wherein each battery module of the at least a battery module comprises:
at least a battery unit, wherein the at least a battery unit comprises:
battery cells; and
a thermal conduit configured to transfer heat between the battery cells and the thermal conduit; and
a thermal circuit mechanically coupled to the thermal conduit, wherein the thermal circuit is configured to facilitate the heat transfer using thermal media; and
a media channel, communicatively connected to a computing device, that encompasses the battery pack, wherein the media channel is configured to:
connect to a ground cooling component, wherein the ground cooling component is configured to provide the flow of the thermal media into the battery pack using the thermal circuit; and
evacuate the thermal media out of the battery pack using the thermal circuit; and
the computing device comprising a battery management system, wherein the battery management system is configured to receive a condition parameter and to control the flow of the thermal media as a function of the condition parameter.