System for thermal management ground service equipment and a method of use

    公开(公告)号:US12116146B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-15

    申请号:US18121788

    申请日:2023-03-15

    申请人: BETA AIR, LLC

    摘要: A system for thermal management ground service equipment and a method of use is disclosed. The system may include ground service equipment, wherein the ground service equipment may be configured to manage a temperature of a power source of an electric aircraft. The ground service equipment may include a coolant source, wherein the coolant source may include a reservoir containing a coolant. The ground service equipment may include a coolant heating system, wherein the coolant heating system may be configured to increase thermal energy of the coolant. The coolant heating system may include an electric resistance heating element. The system may include a controller communicatively connected to the ground service equipment, wherein the controller may be configured to receive an optimal temperature of the coolant and control the electric resistance heating element of the coolant heating system to increase the thermal energy of the coolant to the optimal temperature.

    Drive unit
    4.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12109876B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-08

    申请号:US17683861

    申请日:2022-03-01

    申请人: EXEDY Corporation

    摘要: A drive unit includes a first electric motor, a fluid coupling, a pump, a second electric motor, and a controller. The first electric motor is configured to drive a drive wheel. The fluid coupling is configured such that a torque outputted from the first electric motor is inputted thereto. The pump is configured to supply a working fluid to an interior of the fluid coupling. The second electric motor is configured to drive the pump. The controller controls the second electric motor based on at least one of an input/output rotational ratio of the fluid coupling, a temperature of the working fluid in the interior of the fluid coupling, or an amount of the working fluid in the interior of the fluid coupling.

    MOTOR CONTROL SYSTEM TO BE APPLIED TO ELECTRIC VEHICLE, AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20240326654A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-03

    申请号:US18738209

    申请日:2024-06-10

    发明人: Tomoyuki OKADA

    IPC分类号: B60L58/27 B60K1/00 B60L58/26

    摘要: A motor control system to be applied to an electric vehicle includes a battery, a motor including a rotor and a stator, two inverter circuits, one or more processors, and a cooling water circuit including a cooling water pump. The motor control system includes motors each being the motor and pairs of two inverter circuits each being the two inverter circuits. The stator of each of the motors is coupled to the two inverter circuits of a corresponding one of the pairs of two inverter circuits. The one or more processors drive the cooling water pump to circulate cooling water, and drive each of the two inverter circuits to apply oppositely directed rotational torques to the rotor, to warm up the battery. While warming up the battery, the one or more processors switch, at predetermined timing, which of the motors to allow to generate heat.

    Electric snowmobile
    6.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12103636B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-01

    申请号:US17377314

    申请日:2021-07-15

    摘要: An electric snowmobile that reduces a decrease in charging efficiency is provided. The electric snowmobile includes a body frame, a driver's seat supported by the body frame, an electric motor supported by the body frame, a right ski and a left ski supported by the body frame, a track mechanism including a track belt and supported by the body frame below the driver's seat, a battery that is charged with electric power supplied from an external power source and capable of supplying the electric power to the electric motor, and a battery heater H that can be driven by electric power supplied from an external power source and heats the battery.

    SYSTEM FOR THERMAL MANAGEMENT GROUND SERVICE EQUIPMENT AND A METHOD OF USE

    公开(公告)号:US20240308691A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-19

    申请号:US18121788

    申请日:2023-03-15

    申请人: BETA AIR, LLC

    IPC分类号: B64F5/40 B64D27/24 B64D33/08

    摘要: A system for thermal management ground service equipment and a method of use is disclosed. The system may include ground service equipment, wherein the ground service equipment may be configured to manage a temperature of a power source of an electric aircraft. The ground service equipment may include a coolant source, wherein the coolant source may include a reservoir containing a coolant. The ground service equipment may include a coolant heating system, wherein the coolant heating system may be configured to increase thermal energy of the coolant. The coolant heating system may include an electric resistance heating element. The system may include a controller communicatively connected to the ground service equipment, wherein the controller may be configured to receive an optimal temperature of the coolant and control the electric resistance heating element of the coolant heating system to increase the thermal energy of the coolant to the optimal temperature.

    THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
    9.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240300383A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-12

    申请号:US18588530

    申请日:2024-02-27

    发明人: Tomoaki SUZUKI

    IPC分类号: B60L58/27 B60L3/00

    摘要: A thermal management system includes: a first flow path, a second flow path, a third flow path, and a fourth flow path; an electrical storage device configured to exchange heat with the heat medium in the first flow path; a drive device configured to exchange heat with the heat medium in the second flow path; a radiator located in the third flow path; a chiller device located in the fourth flow path; and a switching device. The switching device is configured to cause a switching circuit to be formed. In the switching circuit, the first flow path is disconnected from and independent of the second flow path, the third flow path, and the fourth flow path, the second flow path is connected to the fourth flow path, and the third flow path is disconnected from and independent of the second flow path and the fourth flow path.