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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2022
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Frederic Lacaux, Kirkland, WA (US);
Eugene Solodovnik, Kenmore, WA (US);
Vyacheslav Khozikov, Seattle, WA (US);
John Anthony Trela, Seattle, WA (US);
Kamiar Jahanbakhsh Karimi, Kirkland, WA (US);
Shengyi Liu, Sammamish, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
An aircraft adaptive battery charging system is provided. The adaptive battery charging system comprises: a battery system; a bidirectional converter, wherein the bidirectional converter is capable of an inverter mode and a rectifier mode; an alternating current (AC) motor; a number of controllable contactors that control electrical current between the battery system, bidirectional converter, AC motor, and a power source wherein the controllable contactors can be switched between a closed position to allow electrical current flow and an open position to prevent electrical current flow; a motor controller; a battery charging system controller configured to send control signals to the battery system, motor controller, and controllable contactors in response to system command signals; and a vehicle system controller that sends system command signals to the motor controller and battery charging system controller.