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Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 24, 2021
Applicant:

Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);

Inventors:

Albert Mazzei, Weatherford, TX (US);

Michael R. Hull, Fort Worth, TX (US);

Yue Fan, Fort Worth, TX (US);

Assignee:

Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/30 (2019.01); B60L 53/66 (2019.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 53/305 (2019.02); B60L 53/66 (2019.02); B64U 50/19 (2023.01);
Abstract

There is disclosed in one example, one or more tangible, non-transitory computer-readable storage media having stored thereon machine-executable instructions to: receive battery data from at least one sensor connected to a battery bank of an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, wherein the battery bank comprises a plurality of batteries; compute from the battery data an available flight time remaining for the eVTOL aircraft; compute a nominal flight time remaining, wherein the nominal flight time remaining excludes a reserve flight time; and display the nominal flight time remaining to a pilot in a human-readable format.


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