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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2023
Archer Aviation Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Alan D. Tepe, Fremont, CA (US);
Stephen Michael Spiteri, Livermore, CA (US);
Scott Graves, Felton, CA (US);
Alan Baldwin, San Jose, CA (US);
Wei Wu, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert Wayne Moore, Auburn, CA (US);
Michael Zwiers, Hudsonville, MI (US);
Diederik Marius, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
ARCHER AVIATION, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An electrical propulsion system for a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft comprises an electrical motor assembly and an inverter assembly. The inverter assembly comprises a housing, a capacitor assembly, at least one printed circuit board assembly (PCBA), and a plurality of positioning pins. The capacitor assembly comprises a center hole, at least one capacitor, a capacitor housing having at least one busbar, and a plurality of through holes in the capacitor housing. The capacitor assembly and the at least one PCBA are positioned inside the housing. The plurality of positioning pins pass through the through the plurality of through holes of the capacitor housing and the at least one PCBA and are connected to the housing.