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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:
Oct. 08, 2024

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2022
Applicant:

Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Daiko Tsutsumi, Wako, JP;

Akinori Kita, Wako, JP;

Takeshi Matsumoto, Wako, JP;

Yuya Ishihara, Wako, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 31/06 (2024.01); B60L 50/61 (2019.01); B60L 53/60 (2019.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); B60L 58/13 (2019.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01); B64D 27/02 (2006.01); B64D 27/24 (2024.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 31/06 (2013.01); B60L 50/61 (2019.02); B60L 53/60 (2019.02); B60L 58/12 (2019.02); B60L 58/13 (2019.02); B64C 29/0025 (2013.01); B64D 27/24 (2013.01); B60L 2200/10 (2013.01); B64D 27/026 (2024.01);
Abstract

A hybrid aircraft that flies by using a plurality of rotors (takeoff and landing rotors and cruise rotors) includes a generator, a battery charged with power generated by the generator, a plurality of electric motors that rotate the respective rotors by the power generated by the generator and power supplied from the battery, and a controller that sets a target remaining capacity of the battery according to a flight state of the aircraft and controls charging and discharging of the battery so that the remaining capacity of the battery approaches the target remaining capacity.


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