Patents by Inventor Vincent Moeykens
Vincent Moeykens 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: 20240124152Abstract: This application discloses an apparatus and method for displaying pilot control authority. This apparatus and method include using a controller to identify a condition of an aircraft and determine a limitation in pilot control authority. Using this, an indicator on a display may show a visual representation of a pilot control authority, the limitations thereof, and a pilot input.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: BETA AIR, LLCInventors: Alexander Hoekje List, Vincent Moeykens
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Publication number: 20240062166Abstract: A system and method for storing aircraft component information on an immutable sequential listing, wherein the system comprises a computing device configured to identify a plurality of aircraft components, assign a component identifier to each aircraft component of a plurality of aircraft components, generate, for each component identifier, an immutable sequence entry including the component identifier, and store, for each component identifier, the corresponding immutable sequence entry on at least an immutable sequential listing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2022Publication date: February 22, 2024Applicant: BETA AIR, LLCInventors: Alexander Hoekje List, Vincent Moeykens
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Patent number: 11897627Abstract: Embodiments of the systems and methods disclosed herein describe a data verification of electrical electric components and software systems electronically or mechanically coupled to the electric aircraft by a novel process which starts an electric aircraft and receives physical and software information for each aircraft component or system and determines the status of the health of each of those components or systems. An embodiment may further include a monitoring system configured to measure a plurality of data from each aircraft component and a flight controller communicatively coupled to the monitoring system, wherein the data verification can be performed by the flight controller. Further embodiments may include the flight controller generating an output datum from the assessment produced by the data verification and displaying it to a pilot via an output device.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: BETA AIR, LLCInventors: Vincent Moeykens, Alexander Hoekje List
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Patent number: 11842584Abstract: A system and method for verifying an aircraft component on an immutable sequential listing is presented. The system comprises a computing device configured to identify an aircraft component of a plurality of aircraft components, wherein each aircraft component of a plurality of aircraft components is associated with a component identifier and verify the aircraft component on an immutable sequential listing as a function of the component identifier.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: BETA AIR, LLCInventors: Alexander Hoekje List, Vincent Moeykens
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Publication number: 20230376049Abstract: A system for automated flight plan reporting for an electric aircraft, the system including a flight controller coupled to the electric aircraft configured to receive a digital datum from a remote device, generate a plan adjustment datum as a function of the digital datum, and transmit the plan adjustment datum to a pilot display, a pilot display coupled to the electric aircraft, wherein the pilot display is configured to receive the plan adjustment datum from the flight controller, display the plan adjustment datum to a user; and receive a confirmation datum from the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicant: BETA AIR, LLCInventors: Alexander Hoekje List, Vincent Moeykens
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Publication number: 20230373612Abstract: A system for determining areas of discrepancy in flight for an electric aircraft is presented. The system includes a plurality of sensors, wherein each sensor is communicatively connected to a flight component and configured to detect a measured flight and generate a flight phase datum. The system further includes a computing device communicatively connected to the plurality of sensors, wherein the computing device is configured to determine, by a flight phase machine-learning model, a flight phase discrepancy datum. The computing device is configured to train the flight phase machine-learning using a flight phase training set, wherein the flight phase training set correlates a flight phase to a flight standard and output the flight phase discrepancy datum. The computing device is further configured to identify an anomalous performance phase as a function of the flight phase discrepancy datum and generate a discrepancy response.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicant: BETA AIR, LLCInventors: Alexander Hoekje List, Vincent Moeykens
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Publication number: 20230373651Abstract: A fuel-based flight indicator apparatus for an electric aircraft is illustrated. The apparatus comprises a flight indicator and a computing device communicatively connected to the flight indicator, wherein the computing device is configured to receive a battery datum from a battery sensor located in the electric aircraft, receive an environmental datum from an environmental sensor located in the electric aircraft, determine an indicator datum as a function of the battery datum, the environmental datum, and a flight plan, and display the indicator datum on the flight indicator.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicant: BETA AIR, LLCInventors: Alexander Hoekje List, Vincent Moeykens, Thomas Henck
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Patent number: 11823583Abstract: A system for optimization of a recharging flight plan for an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. The system includes a recharging infrastructure. The recharging infra structure includes a computing device. The computing device is configured to receive an aircraft metric from a flight controller of an eVTOL aircraft, generate a safe approach plan for the eVTOL aircraft as a function of the aircraft metric, and transmit the safe approach plan to the eVTOL aircraft for execution by the eVTOL aircraft. A method for optimization of a recharging flight plan for an eVTOL aircraft is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: BETA AIR, LLCInventor: Vincent Moeykens
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Patent number: 11814158Abstract: A system for determining areas of discrepancy in flight for an electric aircraft is presented. The system includes a plurality of sensors, wherein each sensor is communicatively connected to a flight component and configured to detect a measured flight and generate a flight phase datum. The system further includes a computing device communicatively connected to the plurality of sensors, wherein the computing device is configured to determine, by a flight phase machine-learning model, a flight phase discrepancy datum. The computing device is configured to train the flight phase machine-learning using a flight phase training set, wherein the flight phase training set correlates a flight phase to a flight standard and output the flight phase discrepancy datum. The computing device is further configured to identify an anomalous performance phase as a function of the flight phase discrepancy datum and generate a discrepancy response.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: BETA AIR, LLCInventors: Alexander Hoekje List, Vincent Moeykens
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Patent number: 11807387Abstract: A fuel-based flight indicator apparatus for an electric aircraft is illustrated. The apparatus comprises a flight indicator and a computing device communicatively connected to the flight indicator, wherein the computing device is configured to receive a battery datum from a battery sensor located in the electric aircraft, receive an environmental datum from an environmental sensor located in the electric aircraft, determine an indicator datum as a function of the battery datum, the environmental datum, and a flight plan, and display the indicator datum on the flight indicator.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: BETA AIR, LLCInventors: Alexander Hoekje List, Vincent Moeykens, Thomas Henck
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Publication number: 20230348045Abstract: A system for determining areas of discrepancy in flight for an electric aircraft is presented. The system includes a plurality of sensors, wherein each sensor is communicatively connected to a flight component and configured to detect a measured flight and generate a flight phase datum. The system further includes a computing device communicatively connected to the plurality of sensors, wherein the computing device is configured to determine, by a flight phase machine-learning model, a flight phase discrepancy datum. The computing device is configured to train the flight phase machine-learning using a flight phase training set, wherein the flight phase training set correlates a flight phase to a flight standard and output the flight phase discrepancy datum. The computing device is further configured to identify an anomalous performance phase as a function of the flight phase discrepancy datum and generate a discrepancy response.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2022Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: BETA AIR, LLCInventors: Alexander Hoekje List, Vincent Moeykens
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Publication number: 20230348094Abstract: A fuel-based flight indicator apparatus for an electric aircraft is illustrated. The apparatus comprises a flight indicator and a computing device communicatively connected to the flight indicator, wherein the computing device is configured to receive a battery datum from a battery sensor located in the electric aircraft, receive an environmental datum from an environmental sensor located in the electric aircraft, determine an indicator datum as a function of the battery datum, the environmental datum, and a flight plan, and display the indicator datum on the flight indicator.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2022Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: BETA AIR, LLCInventors: Alexander Hoekje List, Vincent Moeykens, Thomas Henck
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Publication number: 20230347775Abstract: A assembly for authenticated communication of data during recharge of an electric aircraft is presented. The assembly includes a charging connector, wherein the charging connector is configured to mate with an electric aircraft port of the electric aircraft, and a computing device communicatively connected to the charging connector. The computing device is configured to establish a communication link with an electric aircraft, receive an authentication datum from the electric aircraft, verify the authentication datum as a function of an authentication module, and transmit an aircraft update datum to the electric aircraft as a function of the verification of the authentication datum.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2022Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: BETA AIR, LLCInventors: Alexander Hoekje LIST, Vincent MOEYKENS
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Patent number: 11801944Abstract: A system and method for monitoring and mitigating pilot actions in an electric aircraft is shown. The system comprises a computing device configured to detect at least a first flight datum, determine, as a function of the at least a flight datum, a current flight context, receive a pilot input command, identify, as a function of the current flight context and the pilot input command, a triggering event, and perform a mitigating response as a function of the triggering event.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: BETA AIR, LLCInventors: Alexander Hoekje List, Vincent Moeykens
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Patent number: 11797027Abstract: A system for automated flight plan reporting for an electric aircraft, the system including a flight controller coupled to the electric aircraft configured to receive a digital datum from a remote device, generate a plan adjustment datum as a function of the digital datum, and transmit the plan adjustment datum to a pilot display, a pilot display coupled to the electric aircraft, wherein the pilot display is configured to receive the plan adjustment datum from the flight controller, display the plan adjustment datum to a user; and receive a confirmation datum from the user.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: BETA AIR, LLCInventors: Alexander Hoekje List, Vincent Moeykens
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Patent number: 11763686Abstract: In an aspect, a system for digital communication of a flight plan for an electric aircraft to air traffic control including a sensor configured to detect a plurality of measured flight data. The system further includes a flight controller configured to receive the plurality of measured flight data from the sensor, generate a proposed flight plan as a function of at least an air traffic database, transmit the proposed flight plan and at least a separation element to at least an air traffic control operator, and determine a confirmation flight plan by an air traffic communication module as a function of the at least a separation element. The system further includes a pilot display, wherein the pilot display is configured to receive the confirmation flight plan from the flight controller and display the confirmation flight plan to a pilot that is to be commanded by the pilot.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2022Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: BETA AIR, LLCInventor: Vincent Moeykens
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Patent number: 11755038Abstract: A system for scaling lag based on flight phase of an electric aircraft is presented. The system include a sensor connected to an electric aircraft configured to detect measured aircraft data, identify a flight phase of the electric aircraft, and generate a flight datum. The system further comprises a computing device communicatively connected to the sensor, wherein the computing device is configured to receive the flight datum and the flight phase, identify an input latency as a function of the flight datum, select a lag frame as a function of the input latency, wherein the lag frame further comprises a lag threshold, and transmit the flight datum to a user device as a function of the lag frame. The system further includes a remotely located user device configured to receive the flight datum.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: BETA AIR, LLCInventors: Alexander Hoekje List, Vincent Moeykens
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Publication number: 20230282034Abstract: A system for electric aircraft fleet management for at least an electric aircraft is provided. The system includes a computing device communicatively connected to at least an electric aircraft, wherein the computing device is configured to receive measured data from the at least an electric aircraft, generate the aircraft performance model output as a function of the measured data, transmit the aircraft performance model output to a user, receive a flight plan from the user; and manage the at least an electric aircraft using the flight plan.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Applicant: BETA AIR, LLCInventor: Vincent Moeykens
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Patent number: 11722462Abstract: In an aspect of the present disclosure is a system for encrypted flight plan communications, the system including a first computing device communicatively connected to a peer-to-peer network including a second computing device, the first computing device configured to receive a verified flight plan from the second computing device, wherein the verified flight plan is encrypted, wherein the verified flight plan comprises battery datum, and decrypt the verified flight plan.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2022Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: BETA AIR, LLCInventors: Alexander Hoekje List, Vincent Moeykens
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Publication number: 20230205232Abstract: A system for scaling lag based on flight phase of an electric aircraft is presented. The system include a sensor connected to an electric aircraft configured to detect measured aircraft data, identify a flight phase of the electric aircraft, and generate a flight datum. The system further comprises a computing device communicatively connected to the sensor, wherein the computing device is configured to receive the flight datum and the flight phase, identify an input latency as a function of the flight datum, select a lag frame as a function of the input latency, wherein the lag frame further comprises a lag threshold, and transmit the flight datum to a user device as a function of the lag frame. The system further includes a remotely located user device configured to receive the flight datum.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2022Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicant: BETA AIR, LLCInventors: Alexander Hoekje List, Vincent Moeykens