ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,542, issued on May 5, was assigned to Archer Aviation Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Battery storage system for an aircraft" was invented by Alan Buehne (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Benjamin Tigner (Laguna Beach, Calif.) and Bernard Ahyow (Irvine, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, an aircraft comprises a battery pack mounted external to the aircraft structure. The batteries are configured to vent directly to the environment during battery thermal runaway. In one embodiment, an aerodynamic fairing provides an aerodynamically efficient surface and weather protection during nominal fl...