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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2024
Applicant:
Joby Aero, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Inventors:
Matt Epperson, Boulder, CO (US);
Thomas Victor Greenhill, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Charles Graham Blair Horn, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Assignee:
JOBY AERO, INC., Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 13/26 (2006.01); G05D 1/495 (2024.01); B64C 39/00 (2023.01); B64C 39/10 (2006.01); G05D 109/22 (2024.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 13/26 (2013.01); G05D 1/495 (2024.01); B64C 39/029 (2020.01); B64C 39/10 (2013.01); G05D 2109/22 (2024.01);
Abstract
A robust control method for an oblique flying wing aircraft includes computing an angular velocity error between a reference angular velocity and an actual angular velocity and computing a moment command with an angular velocity controller based at least in part on the angular velocity error. The angular velocity controller decouples two or more of a yaw rate axis, a pitch rate axis, and a roll rate axis of the asymmetric aircraft for the moment command.