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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2021
Joby Aero, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Ernest Villanueva, San Francisco, CA (US);
Austin Lawrence Newman, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Michael Patrick Tucker, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Robert Thodal, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Christopher Cochran, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Matthew Clyde Cusimano, San Francisco, CA (US);
Edward Stilson, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Ahsan Mehmood, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Edward Thomas Sweet, San Francisco, CA (US);
Joby Aero, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Abstract
An aircraft includes a battery pack mounted inside the aircraft, a vent coupled between the battery pack and a surface of the aircraft to at least partly define a vent path between the battery pack and the surface of the aircraft, and a burst membrane located in the vent path. The vent may be coupled to a rear upper portion of a wing or to an outboard side of a nacelle. The aircraft may also include a flexible coupling between the vent and the surface of the aircraft. The aircraft may also include a fairing over a vent outlet to provide a smooth surface for the vent outlet. The battery pack may include battery modules and an enclosure, the battery modules and the enclosure defining paths along which discharge from a thermal event can flow towards the vent.