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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2020
Applicant:
Kitty Hawk Corporation, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Joseph Orender, Cupertino, CA (US);
Christopher Scott Saunders, San Jose, CA (US);
Derek Wong, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Kitty Hawk Corporation, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 50/60 (2019.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B64D 27/24 (2006.01); B64C 27/00 (2006.01); H02P 5/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 50/66 (2019.02); B64D 27/24 (2013.01); H02J 7/0024 (2013.01); B60L 2200/10 (2013.01); B64C 27/00 (2013.01); H02P 5/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A configuration instruction associated with configuring a plurality of batteries which supply power to a plurality of motors in a vehicle is received. The batteries are configuring as specified by the configuration instruction, where the batteries are able to be configured in a plurality of configurations, including: a first configuration where at least some of the batteries are electrically connected together in parallel and a second configuration where at least some of the batteries are electrically connected together in series.