Patent ID: 11970276
Assignee: BETA AIR LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H | IPC B  H

Claim 8:
9. An electric aircraft, comprising:
a longitudinal axis of an electric aircraft;
a lateral axis of the electric aircraft, wherein the lateral axis is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and intersects the longitudinal axis at a center of gravity of the electric aircraft;
a plurality of battery packs;
a plurality of propulsors comprising a vertical propulsor and a horizontal propulsor; and
a centralized electrical bus including a ring bus electrically connected to the vertical propulsor and the horizontal propulsor of the plurality of propulsors and the plurality of battery packs,
wherein:
the ring bus includes a plurality of bus sections configured to be connected during use for electrical connection between each of the plurality of propulsors and each of the plurality of battery packs, wherein the plurality of bus sections are configured to be electrically isolated in response to a fault; and

the plurality of battery packs are configured to provide electricity to the centralized electrical bus for selective distribution of the electricity to power the vertical propulsor and the horizontal propulsor, and the plurality of battery packs are arranged substantially symmetrically about the lateral axis and the center of gravity of the electric aircraft, wherein the symmetric arrangement of the plurality of battery packs includes:
a first plurality of battery packs located on a forward side of the lateral axis of the electric aircraft and directly connected to a first one of the plurality of bus sections; and
a second plurality of battery packs located on an aft side, symmetrically opposed to the forward side, of the lateral axis of the electric aircraft and directly connected to another one of the plurality of bus sections.