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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2022
Applicant:
Wright Electric, Inc., Ballston Spa, NY (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey M. Engler, Ballston Spa, NY (US);
Colin Tschida, Ballston Spa, NY (US);
Kok Long Ng, Windsor, CA;
Deven Warke, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Wright Electric, Inc., Ballston Spa, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 33/10 (2006.01); B64D 27/24 (2006.01); B60L 58/30 (2019.01); H01M 12/06 (2006.01); H01M 8/04701 (2016.01); H01M 8/04029 (2016.01); H01M 8/083 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 33/10 (2013.01); B60L 58/30 (2019.02); B64D 27/24 (2013.01); H01M 8/04029 (2013.01); H01M 8/04738 (2013.01); H01M 8/083 (2013.01); H01M 12/065 (2013.01); B60L 2200/10 (2013.01); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
An aircraft has an aircraft propulsor and/or an aircraft propulsor drive. The aircraft propulsor and/or an aircraft propulsor drive acts as a waste heat source. The aircraft has a metal-air fuel cell. The aircraft has a waste heat transfer system configured to thermally couple the metal-air fuel cell and a waste heat source. The aircraft includes a control system configured to operate the waste heat transfer system to selectively transfer waste heat from the waste heat source to the metal-air fuel cell.