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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2021
Joby Aero, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Ernest Villanueva, San Francisco, CA (US);
Austin Lawrence Newman, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Michael Patrick Tucker, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Robert Thodal, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Christopher Cochran, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Matthew Clyde Cusimano, San Francisco, CA (US);
Edward Stilson, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Ahsan Mehmood, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Joby Aero, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Abstract
An aircraft includes a battery pack, an internal support structure to support the battery pack in the aircraft, a first bracket rigidly coupling the battery pack to the support structure, and a second bracket rotationally coupling the battery pack to the support structure. The first and second brackets may be located on opposite sides of the battery pack. The internal support structure may be located in a wing of the aircraft and the first and second brackets may be aligned in a fore-aft direction of the aircraft. The internal support structure may be located in a nacelle of the aircraft and the first and second brackets may be aligned along a transverse direction of the aircraft. The second bracket may include two hangers to support a mass of the battery pack in tension.