Joby Aero, Inc.

Luke Asher Wilhelm

Ian Andreas Villa

Jon David Petersen

Robert Alan McDonald

Adam Thomas Chase

Celina J Mikolajczak

Edward Thomas Sweet

Thomas Bloxham

Alexander Andrew Bonderanko

Mark Douglass Moore

Mischa Alec Pollack

In one aspect, a system for charging an aircraft can include a robotic charging device, and a computing system configured to obtain data associated with a transportation itinerary and energy parameter(s) of the aircraft. The data associated with the transportation itinerary can be indicative of an aircraft landing facility at which the aircraft is to be located. The computing system can determine (e.g., select) a robotic charging device from among a plurality of robotic charging devices for charging the aircraft based on the transportation itinerary data and energy parameter(s) of the aircraft; determine charging parameter(s) for the robotic charging device based on the transportation itinerary data; and communicate command instruction(s) for the robotic charging device to charge the aircraft according to the charging parameter(s). The robotic charging device can be configured to automatically connect with a charging area of the aircraft for charging a battery onboard the aircraft.

System and method for robotic charging aircraft

A battery pack includes a cassette stack comprising a plurality of battery cell cassettes, each of the cassettes including a plurality of support structures. Each support structure comprises an electrically and thermally conductive frame for receiving at least one battery cell having a first terminal and a second terminal, and a heat pipe. The first terminal is electrically coupled to the frame when the at least one battery cell is mounted in the frame. The heat pipe provides thermal conductivity between the frame and a cooling surface. A method of cooling an electric vehicle including a battery pack comprises aligning the battery pack and a cooling structure, moving the cooling structure into contact with the electric vehicle, and circulating coolant through the cooling structure.

Battery pack for aerial vehicle

Aerial vehicles are assigned to routes within a transportation network based on a state of charge, state of power, and/or state of health for the aerial vehicle. Such aspects can be modeled based on one or more statistical models and/or machine-learned models, among other examples. As another example, an energy budget is used to ensure that the state of charge, state of power, and/or state of health of the aerial vehicle during and/or after traveling the route remains within the energy budget. A payload is assigned to a route and an associated aerial vehicle, thereby generating an itinerary. In examples, the itinerary is validated by the aerial vehicle to ensure that the aerial vehicle is capable of traveling the route with the payload. In examples where the aerial vehicle rejects the itinerary, the itinerary is assigned to another aerial vehicle and a new itinerary is identified for the aerial vehicle.

Routing based on aerial vehicle characteristics

Growing community of inventors

Sausalito, CA, United States of America

Luke Asher Wilhelm