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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
May. 04, 2023
Archer Aviation Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Pedro Roberto Paterson Carleial, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Marco Da Silva, Montreal, CA;
Daniel Kenji Nishimaru, Pointe-Claire, CA;
Devesh Jain, North Billerica, MA (US);
ARCHER AVIATION INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In an embodiment, a system may comprise at least two power supplies which may comprise a first power source, a first step-down converter, a first switching device, a first bus, a second power source, a second step-down converter, a second switching device, and a second bus, the first and second buses being electrically separate. An exemplary system may further comprise an alternate power supply comprising a third power source and an alternate step-down converter connected to at least the first and second buses via at least a third switching device, the alternate power supply acting as a backup power supply configured to be used after a failure of one or more of the at least two power supplies. In some embodiments, the first and second switching devices may be controlled by at least a first controller and the at least third switching device may be controlled by an alternate controller.