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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 16, 2021
Applicant:

Beta Air, Llc, South Burlington, VT (US);

Inventors:

Andrew Giroux, Georgia, VT (US);

Timothy Gerard Richter, Wynantskill, NY (US);

Nicholas Moy, Burlington, VT (US);

Assignee:

BETA Technologies, Inc., South Burlington, VT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 13/50 (2006.01); B64C 13/16 (2006.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01); H04W 72/566 (2023.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 13/16 (2013.01); B64C 13/503 (2013.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.02); H04W 72/569 (2023.01); B64C 29/0033 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for flight control in electric aircraft includes a flight controller configured to provide an initial vehicle torque signal including a plurality of attitude commands. The system includes a mixer configured to receive the initial vehicle torque signal and a vehicle torque limit, receive prioritization data including a prioritization datum corresponding to each of the plurality of attitude command, determine a plurality of modified attitude commands as a function of the vehicle torque limit, the attitude commands, and the prioritization data, generate, as a function of modified attitude commands, an output torque command including the initial vehicle torque signal adjusted as a function of the vehicle torque limit, generate, as a function of the output torque command, a remaining vehicle torque. The system includes a display, wherein the display is configured to present, to a user, the remaining vehicle torque and the output torque command.


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