Aircraft including mitigation system for rechargeable batteries

US9614209B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• Kelly T. Jones · Calgary, CA
• Alfred R. Carlo · Mukilteo, US
• Alan D. Amort · Lake Forest Park, US
• Daniel F. Lewinski · Stanwood, US
• Daniel J. Murray · Mill Creek, US
• Douglas D. Maben · Snohomish, US
• Harry H. Ayubi · Snohomish, US
• Craig G. Robotham · Mill Creek, US
• Julie K. Plessner · Poulsbo, US
• Kevin S. Callahan · Shoreline, US
• Michael L. Trent · Mukilteo, US
• Michael R. Madden · Mount Vernon, US
• Mohammad M. Malik · Bothell, US
• Richard K. Johnson · Camano, US
• Royal E. Boggs · Charleston, US
• Mehdy Barekatein · Kirkland, US
• Frederic Lacaux · Kirkland, US
• Bruce L. Drolen · Chicago, US
• James C. Russell · Fairgrove, US
• John R. Lowell · Fairfax, US
• Thomas P. Barrera · Long Beach, US
• Timothy North · Dickinson, US
• Richard P. Lorenz · Woodinville, US
• Matthew J. O'Brien · Lake Stevens, US
• Nels Olson · Homer, US
• David C. Shangraw · Tukwila, US
• Mark E. Smith · Renton, US
• Jean-Philippe Belieres · Redmond, US
• George A. McEachen · Mukilteo, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 24, 2014
• Grant date: Apr 4, 2017
• Expiry date: Nov 7, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E60/10
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An aircraft comprises a rechargeable battery including an array of battery cells, and means for mitigating consequences of failure of the rechargeable battery due to aircraft operating cycles.