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Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026

Filed:

Mar. 22, 2024
Applicant:

Archer Aviation Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Abhishek Vaidya, San Jose, CA (US);

Nathan Thomas Depenbusch, Mountain View, CA (US);

Jenner Grey Richards, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Fernanda Aline Matta De Paiva, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);

Assignee:

Archer Aviation Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 29/00 (2006.01); B64C 11/46 (2006.01); B64C 13/50 (2006.01); B64D 27/34 (2024.01); B64D 45/00 (2006.01); G01C 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 29/0033 (2013.01); B64C 11/46 (2013.01); B64C 13/50 (2013.01); B64D 27/34 (2024.01); B64D 45/00 (2013.01); G01C 23/005 (2013.01); B64D 2221/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to systems and methods for flight control of aircrafts driven by electric propulsion systems and in other types of vehicles. In some embodiments, an aircraft is disclosed, comprising: at least one electric propulsion unit; at least one sensor configured to measure at least one aircraft condition; and at least one flight control computer configured to dynamically vary at least one torque command to the at least one electric propulsion unit based at least on the at least one aircraft condition; wherein the at least one electric propulsion unit is configured to generate thrust based on the at least one dynamically varied torque command.


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