Patents by Inventor Nathan Thomas Depenbusch

Nathan Thomas Depenbusch 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).

  • Publication number: 20240400222
    Abstract: Aspects of this present disclosure relate to systems and methods for dynamically moving graphical elements of a user interface of a flight control system. In one, a method is disclosed comprising: determining aircraft authority limits based on at least one state signal indicating an aircraft state, wherein the aircraft authority limits indicate an extent to which one or more control signals can command the aircraft; determining one or more proximities between the aircraft state and the determined aircraft authority limits; and automatically moving the graphical elements of the user interface to one or more positions on the user interface based on the determined one or more proximities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Archer Aviation Inc.
    Inventors: Nansi XUE, Nathan Thomas DEPENBUSCH
  • Publication number: 20240400195
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to systems and methods for flight control of aircrafts driven by electric propulsion systems and in other types of vehicles. In some embodiments, a flight control system of an aircraft is disclosed, configured to receive one or more signals to control movement of the aircraft, determine at least one flight condition of the aircraft, wherein the at least one flight condition includes at least a phase of flight, calculate at least one or more loads associated with the aircraft based on the determined at least one flight condition; determine an optimized flight configuration to alleviate loads on one or more components of the aircraft based on the received one or more signals and the calculated loads, generate one or more effector commands based on the optimized flight configuration; and actuate one or more aircraft effectors based on the one or more effector commands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Archer Aviation, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Mark BOSWORTH, Nathan Paul PRINGLE, Nathan Thomas DEPENBUSCH
  • Publication number: 20240400213
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to systems and methods for flight control of aircrafts driven by electric propulsion systems and in other types of vehicles. In some embodiments, an aircraft is disclosed, comprising: at least one electric propulsion unit; at least one sensor configured to measure at least one aircraft condition; and at least one flight control computer configured to dynamically vary at least one torque command to the at least one electric propulsion unit based at least on the at least one aircraft condition; wherein the at least one electric propulsion unit is configured to generate thrust based on the at least one dynamically varied torque command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Archer Aviation Inc.
    Inventors: Abhishek VAIDYA, Nathan Thomas DEPENBUSCH, Jenner Grey RICHARDS, Fernanda Aline Matta DE PAIVA
  • Patent number: 12105533
    Abstract: A control system for a powered lift aircraft includes a pilot input device, at least one powered lift element configured to provide powered lift support to the aircraft, and a processor. The processor is configured to receive, from the pilot input device, an input indicative of one of a powered lift enabled mode or a powered lift disabled mode and control the at least one powered lift element to operate the aircraft in a selected one of the powered lift enabled mode or the powered lift disabled mode based on the received input. When the aircraft is in the powered lift enabled mode, the at least one processor is configured to control the at least one powered lift element based on a state of the aircraft. When the aircraft is in the powered lift disabled mode, the at least one processor is configured to control the at least one powered lift element to disable powered lift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Archer Aviation Inc.
    Inventors: Fernanda Aline Matta De Paiva, Geoffrey Christien Bower, Nathan Thomas Depenbusch, Ricardo Augusto Marques
  • Publication number: 20240140590
    Abstract: Disclosed are electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft gaming apparatuses and methods. In one embodiment, a video game apparatus comprises a processor, a first inceptor, communicatively coupled to the processor, the first inceptor configured to accept longitudinal and lateral linear movements as manual input and provide corresponding signals to the processor, and a second inceptor, communicatively coupled to the processor, the second inceptor configured to accept longitudinal and lateral linear movements as manual input and provide corresponding signals to the processor, wherein the processor is configured to control a heading of an aircraft in a video game using a signal received from the second inceptor corresponding to lateral linear movement of the second inceptor. Some embodiments may additionally include at least one sensor and a thumb stick for each inceptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Archer Aviation, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Thomas DEPENBUSCH, Jeffery Scott Greenwood
  • Patent number: 11840324
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for controlling an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. In one embodiment, a system comprises a processor, a first inceptor, communicatively coupled to the processor, the first inceptor configured to accept longitudinal and lateral linear movements as manual input and provide corresponding signals to the processor, and a second inceptor, communicatively coupled to the processor, the second inceptor configured to accept longitudinal and lateral linear movements as manual input and provide corresponding signals to the processor, wherein the processor is configured to control a heading of an aircraft using a signal received from the second inceptor corresponding to lateral linear movement of the second inceptor. Some embodiments may additionally include at least one sensor and a thumb stick for each inceptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Archer Aviation, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Thomas Depenbusch, Jeffery Scott Greenwood
  • Patent number: 11702191
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for controlling an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. In one embodiment, a system comprises a processor, a first inceptor, communicatively coupled to the processor, the first inceptor configured to accept longitudinal and lateral linear movements as manual input and provide corresponding signals to the processor, and a second inceptor, communicatively coupled to the processor, the second inceptor configured to accept longitudinal and lateral linear movements as manual input and provide corresponding signals to the processor, wherein the processor is configured to control a heading of an aircraft using a signal received from the second inceptor corresponding to lateral linear movement of the second inceptor. Some embodiments may additionally include at least one sensor and a thumb stick for each inceptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: ARCHER AVIATION, INC.
    Inventors: Nathan Thomas Depenbusch, Jeffery Scott Greenwood