Patents by Inventor Nathan Goldsberry
Nathan Goldsberry has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240250380Abstract: A battery module with a cooling plate and a firewall. Battery modules may include a firewall located proximal to the plurality of battery cells and configured to absorb heat from the battery cells. The firewall may include a stack of materials. A battery module may include a cooling plate between rows of battery cells configured to cool the battery cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventors: Nathan Goldsberry, Michael Cemprola
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Publication number: 20240222742Abstract: An assembly and a method of manufacturing a battery pack with airgap sizing for preventing ejecta debris clogging are disclosed. The assembly includes a battery module configured to house a battery unit, wherein the battery module includes a battery cell and a cooling plate configured to stabilize battery cell temperature. The assembly includes a fire wall configured to intercept ejecta debris from the battery cell. The assembly includes an airgap configured to contain the ejecta debris between the firewall and the battery cell. The assembly includes a headspace configured to tolerate the ejecta debris on top of the battery cell, wherein the headspace includes an ejecta vent configured to vent the ejecta debris.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2024Publication date: July 4, 2024Inventors: Sam Wagner, Nathan Goldsberry
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Patent number: 11984571Abstract: A cooling assembly for preventing cell-to-cell heat transfer is provided. Cooling assembly may include a battery pack, which may include a plurality of battery cells. Cooling assembly may also include a cooling plate. Cooling plate may include a geometry that prevents battery cells from exchanging heat during operation and/or malfunctions. Cooling plate geometry may include geometric features imprinted in a surface of cooling plate.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2023Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: BETA AIR, LLCInventors: Sean Donovan, Sarah Overfield, Nathan Goldsberry, Sam Wagner, Jeffrey Goldman, Yesaswai Chilamkurti
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Patent number: 11967693Abstract: An assembly and a method of manufacturing a battery pack with airgap sizing for preventing ejecta debris clogging for an electric aircraft are disclosed. The assembly includes a battery module configured to house a battery unit, wherein the battery module includes a battery cell and a cooling plate configured to stabilize battery cell temperature. The assembly includes a fire wall configured to intercept ejecta debris from the battery cell. The assembly includes an airgap configured to contain the ejecta debris between the firewall and the battery cell. The assembly includes a headspace configured to tolerate the ejecta debris on top of the battery cell, wherein the headspace includes an ejecta vent configured to vent the ejecta debris.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: BETA AIR, LLCInventors: Sam Wagner, Nathan Goldsberry
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Publication number: 20240128543Abstract: An assembly and a method of manufacturing a battery pack with airgap sizing for preventing ejecta debris clogging for an electric aircraft are disclosed. The assembly includes a battery module configured to house a battery unit, wherein the battery module includes a battery cell and a cooling plate configured to stabilize battery cell temperature. The assembly includes a fire wall configured to intercept ejecta debris from the battery cell. The assembly includes an airgap configured to contain the ejecta debris between the firewall and the battery cell. The assembly includes a headspace configured to tolerate the ejecta debris on top of the battery cell, wherein the headspace includes an ejecta vent configured to vent the ejecta debris.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: BETA AIR, LLCInventors: Sam Wagner, Nathan Goldsberry
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Publication number: 20240128582Abstract: An apparatus for venting battery ejecta for use in an electric aircraft is presented. The apparatus includes a battery module with a plurality of electrochemical cells. The electrochemical cells include a vent port connected to a venting path to an outlet used to vent battery ejecta in thermal runaway events. The apparatus is designed to prevent ejecta from passing beneath an electrochemical cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: BETA AIR, LLCInventors: Nathan William Joseph Wiegman, Tyler John Skroski, Stuart Denson Schreiber, Sam Wagner, Nathan Goldsberry
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Patent number: 11936063Abstract: Provided in this disclosure is a battery module with a cooling plate and a firewall. Battery modules may include a firewall located proximal to the plurality of battery cells and configured to absorb heat from the battery cells. Firewall may include a stack of materials. Battery module may include a cooling plate between rows of battery cells configured to cool the battery cells.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2023Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: BETA AIR, LLCInventors: Nathan Goldsberry, Michael Cemprola
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Patent number: 11912409Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle may include a fuselage and an anchor structure coupled to the fuselage and including a wing retention structure and a power module retention structure. The unmanned aerial vehicle may also include a wing releasably coupled to the wing retention structure, thereby coupling the wing to the fuselage, and a power module releasably coupled to the power module retention structure, thereby coupling the power module to the fuselage.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Zipline International Inc.Inventors: Paul Perry, Zoltan Laszlo, Scott Parker, Nathan Goldsberry, Bryan Wade, Keenan Wyrobek, Brian Boomgaard, Zhefei Li, Sven Blaser
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Patent number: 11848433Abstract: A system for battery pack cooling including a battery pack. The battery pack includes a plurality of pouch cells and a separation element, where the separation separates at least a first pouch cell of the plurality pouch cells from a second pouch cell of the plurality of pouch cells. The separation element contains a fluid. The system also includes a cooling plate, where the cooling plate is adjacent to the lower side of the battery pack. The cooling plate comprises at least a cooling fin, where the at least a cooling fin extends towards the separation element.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: BETA AIR, LLCInventors: Stuart Denson Schreiber, Sarah Overfield, Sam Wagner, Sean Donovan, Nathan Goldsberry
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Publication number: 20230402677Abstract: A system for battery pack cooling including a battery pack. The battery pack includes a plurality of pouch cells and a separation element, where the separation separates at least a first pouch cell of the plurality pouch cells from a second pouch cell of the plurality of pouch cells. The separation element contains a fluid. The system also includes a cooling plate, where the cooling plate is adjacent to the lower side of the battery pack. The cooling plate comprises at least a cooling fin, where the at least a cooling fin extends towards the separation element.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2022Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: BETA AIR, LLCInventors: Stuart Denson Schreiber, Sarah Overfield, Sam Wagner, Sean Donovan, Nathan Goldsberry
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Publication number: 20230387491Abstract: An apparatus for active battery pack cooling including a battery pack with a plurality of battery modules. The apparatus further including an active cooling system with a coolant channel, wherein the coolant channel includes a coolant fluid. The active cooling system is in thermal communication with more than one of the plurality of battery modules. The apparatus also including a plurality of passive heat transfer elements, wherein each of the plurality of passive heat transfer elements is connected to the active cooling system, extends to a battery module of the plurality of battery modules, and extends away from the coolant channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2022Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: BETA AIR, LLCInventors: Nathan Goldsberry, Stuart Denson Schreiber
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Patent number: 11830995Abstract: An apparatus for active battery pack cooling including a battery pack with a plurality of battery modules. The apparatus further including an active cooling system with a coolant channel, wherein the coolant channel includes a coolant fluid. The active cooling system is in thermal communication with more than one of the plurality of battery modules. The apparatus also including a plurality of passive heat transfer elements, wherein each of the plurality of passive heat transfer elements is connected to the active cooling system, extends to a battery module of the plurality of battery modules, and extends away from the coolant channel.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: BETA AIR, LLCInventors: Nathan Goldsberry, Stuart Denson Schreiber
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Publication number: 20210253244Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle may include a fuselage and an anchor structure coupled to the fuselage and including a wing retention structure and a power module retention structure. The unmanned aerial vehicle may also include a wing releasably coupled to the wing retention structure, thereby coupling the wing to the fuselage, and a power module releasably coupled to the power module retention structure, thereby coupling the power module to the fuselage.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: ZIPLINE INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Paul Perry, Zoltan Laszlo, Scott Parker, Nathan Goldsberry, Bryan Wade, Keenan Wyrobek, Brian Boomgaard, Zhefei Li, Sven Blaser
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Patent number: 10988253Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle may include a fuselage and an anchor structure coupled to the fuselage and including a wing retention structure and a power module retention structure. The unmanned aerial vehicle may also include a wing releasably coupled to the wing retention structure, thereby coupling the wing to the fuselage, and a power module releasably coupled to the power module retention structure, thereby coupling the power module to the fuselage.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2018Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Zipline International Inc.Inventors: Paul Perry, Zoltan Laszlo, Scott Parker, Nathan Goldsberry, Bryan Wade, Keenan Wyrobek, Brian Boomgaard, Zhefei Li, Sven Blaser
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Publication number: 20190135403Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle may include a fuselage and an anchor structure coupled to the fuselage and including a wing retention structure and a power module retention structure. The unmanned aerial vehicle may also include a wing releasably coupled to the wing retention structure, thereby coupling the wing to the fuselage, and a power module releasably coupled to the power module retention structure, thereby coupling the power module to the fuselage.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2018Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: Paul Perry, Zoltan Laszlo, Scott Parker, Nathan Goldsberry, Bryan Wade, Keenan Wyrobek, Brian Boomgaard, Zhefei Li, Sven Blaser