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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2023
Applicant:
Kitty Hawk Corporation, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventor:
Tim Allan Wheeler, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Kitty Hawk Corporation, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 31/12 (2006.01); B60L 15/20 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01); B64D 27/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 31/12 (2013.01); B60L 15/20 (2013.01); B64C 29/0025 (2013.01); B64D 27/24 (2013.01); B60L 2200/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
Thrust values for motors in an aircraft are generated where each flight controller in a plurality of flight controllers generates a thrust value for each motor in a plurality of motors using an optimization problem with a single solution. Each flight controller in the plurality of flight controllers passes one of the generated thrust values to a corresponding motor in the plurality of motors, where other generated thrust values for that flight controller terminate at that flight controller. The plurality of motors perform the passed thrust values.