US 12,444,938 B2
Power distribution circuits for electrically powered aircraft
Geoffrey Alan Long, Montara, CA (US); Lewis Romeo Hom, Mountain View, CA (US); Marko Kalemkeris, Ashland, OR (US); Michael John Burgart, Los Altos, CA (US); Joshua Bender, San Jose, CA (US); Fernando Leite, Lucerne (CH); Arun Gowda, Atlanta, GA (US); and Tiago Silva, Lucerne (CH)
Assigned to Wisk Aero LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Wisk Aero LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/458,551.
Application 18/458,551 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/202,855, filed on Mar. 16, 2021, granted, now 12,227,290.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/106,197, filed on Oct. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0411958 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. H02P 1/00 (2006.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B64D 27/31 (2024.01); B64D 27/34 (2024.01); B64D 27/357 (2024.01); H02J 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC H02J 1/10 (2013.01) [B60L 50/60 (2019.02); B64D 27/31 (2024.01); B64D 27/34 (2024.01); B64D 27/357 (2024.01); B60L 2200/10 (2013.01); B64D 2221/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power distribution system for an electrically powered aircraft, the power distribution system comprising:
a plurality of batteries;
a plurality of electric propulsion systems;
a plurality of power distribution circuits, each coupling a respective battery of the plurality of batteries to two or more respective electric propulsion systems of the plurality of electric propulsion systems, the two or more respective electric propulsion systems positioned on the electrically powered aircraft to apply balanced forces to the electrically powered aircraft; and
a plurality of electrical busses, each electrical bus coupling a respective pair of power distribution circuits from the plurality of power distribution circuits, and wherein the each of the plurality of electrical busses couple two respective batteries of the plurality of batteries to four electric propulsion systems of the plurality of electric propulsion systems.