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公开(公告)号:US20220388623A1
公开(公告)日:2022-12-08
申请号:US17530394
申请日:2021-11-18
申请人: Huan-Chang Liu
发明人: Huan-Chang Liu
摘要: An airship includes a gasbag, a cockpit and a first shaft body, where the gasbag is filled with a gas for lifting the airship; the gasbag and the cockpit are sequentially arranged along an axial direction of the first shaft body and fixed to the first shaft body, and there is a spacing between the gasbag and the cockpit; at least one of the gasbag and the cockpit is rotatably connected to the first shaft body; after the gasbag is filled with the gas for lifting the airship, any section of the gasbag in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the first shaft body is circular or annular; and the axial direction of the first shaft body is the same as a direction of gravity.
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公开(公告)号:US11407483B2
公开(公告)日:2022-08-09
申请号:US16741508
申请日:2020-01-13
申请人: John A. Bognar
发明人: John A. Bognar
摘要: This invention relates to a thermal hydrogen generator and a process and system for generating hydrogen gas, more specifically to a process and system for generating hydrogen gas by thermally decomposing a metal hydride.
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公开(公告)号:US20220228613A1
公开(公告)日:2022-07-21
申请号:US17667138
申请日:2022-02-08
发明人: Daniel Fourie
摘要: A laminated load ring for a balloon assembly includes a plurality of ring stacking units stacked one on top of the other. Each of the ring stacking units can include a main body having a central opening, a plurality of arms, and at least one weld line. The plurality of arms may each extend away from the main body around a circumference of the main body. The at least one weld line can be formed on the main body. The plurality of arms of the plurality of ring stacking units may be aligned with one another. The weld line of each of the plurality of ring stacking units may be offset from the weld line of a directly adjacent ring stacking unit in a direction extending around the circumference of the laminated load ring.
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公开(公告)号:US20220184877A1
公开(公告)日:2022-06-16
申请号:US17557990
申请日:2021-12-21
发明人: Kevin Roach , Chaokun Gong , Chase Haegele
摘要: Aspects of the disclosure relate to envelopes for aerial vehicle. The aerial vehicle may include an envelope including a plurality of gores. The aerial vehicle may also include a seal arranged between a pair of the plurality of gores, the seal including six layers of envelope material heat-sealed together.
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公开(公告)号:US20220127017A1
公开(公告)日:2022-04-28
申请号:US17437916
申请日:2020-03-10
申请人: Szabolcs TAKÁCS
发明人: Szabolcs TAKÁCS
摘要: The subject of the present invention relates to a floating platform (10) for launching a space rocket (100) from high altitude comprising a support structure (20) for suspending the space rocket (100) and which support structure (20) can be releasably connected to the space rocket (100), one or more hydrogen or helium filled balloons (30) fixed to the support structure (20), one or more rigid-walled tanks (12) and a compressor module (40) connected to the one or more balloons (30) and rigid-walled tanks (12) for delivering at least a portion of the hydrogen or helium stored in the balloons (30) into the one or more rigid-walled tanks (12), said one or more balloons (30) are dimensioned to lift the floating platform (10) and the space rocket (100) connected thereto, characterized in that the floating platform (10) comprises a hydrogen or helium-filled, preferably cigar-shaped rigid-walled balloon (35) which is releasably connected to the support structure (20) and secured to the top of the space rocket (100) and which is suitable for connecting the space rocket (100) to the support structure (20). The invention further relates to a method for launching a rigid-walled balloon (35) into space.
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公开(公告)号:US20220089269A1
公开(公告)日:2022-03-24
申请号:US17496019
申请日:2021-10-07
发明人: Wujun Chen , Gongyi Fu , Xiaoliang Wang , Yanguang Wang , Weizhi Wang , Jiandong Xu , Lingchen Tang , Jun Yang
摘要: The present invention discloses a large-scale semi-rigid structure airship, relating to the technical field of aerostats, which comprises a ship body, vector side thrusters, a vector tail thruster, an X-shaped inflatable tail fin, air cushions, and a pod, wherein the ship body comprises a pretensioned capsule and a tensegrity keel; the pretensioned capsule is sleeved onto an outer surface of the tensegrity keel in a pretensioning mode; the vector side thrusters are provided at lower-side portions of the ship body; the vector tail thruster is provided at the tail of the ship body; the X-shaped inflatable tail fin is arranged at the tail of the ship body in an X shape; the air cushions are provided at lower portions of the ship body; and the pod is provided at a lower portion of the ship body. The airship of the present invention uses a structure of integrated and synergistic force bearing by an integral keel of a tension-compression self-balancing system and the pretensioned capsule, and has characteristics of integral conformity of the capsule under a zero pressure, an integral rigidity under a low pressure, high load bearing, a flexible load arrangement, and high-efficiency transfer.
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公开(公告)号:US11230361B2
公开(公告)日:2022-01-25
申请号:US16308607
申请日:2016-11-15
发明人: Dong Min Kim
摘要: Provided is a flight vehicle operating method including: mooring a flight vehicle to a mooring unit by a cable; reducing a weight of the flight vehicle, increasing the flotage of the flight vehicle, or increasing the flotage of the flight vehicle while reducing the weight of the flight vehicle, by using a first flotation adjuster; floating the flight vehicle at a suitable altitude in the air; increasing the weight of the flight vehicle, reducing the flotage of the flight vehicle, or reducing the flotage of the flight vehicle while increasing the weight of the flight vehicle, by using a second flotation adjuster or a propelling unit of the flight vehicle; and releasing the connection between the flight vehicle and the mooring unit and withdrawing the cable.
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公开(公告)号:US20210309338A1
公开(公告)日:2021-10-07
申请号:US17210207
申请日:2021-03-23
发明人: Taber Kyle MacCallum , Sebastian Padilla , Rodger Farley , Iain Beveridge , G. Ryan Lee , Tim Basta , Jared Leidich , John Straus , John Z. Maccagnano
摘要: Described herein are features for a high altitude lighter-than-air (LTA) system and associated methods. A zero-pressure balloon (ZPB) is attached in tandem with one or more air super-pressure balloons (SPB). The ZPB provides lift for the system while the SPB may provide a variable amount of ballast air by pumping in or expelling out ambient air. Various advanced performance targets relating to ascent rate, descent rate, range and maximum altitude are achievable with various scaled versions of the basic design of the LTA system. Advanced navigation and control techniques, such as more efficient high altitude station-keeping approaches, made possible with the LTA system are also described.
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公开(公告)号:US10988228B2
公开(公告)日:2021-04-27
申请号:US16163180
申请日:2018-10-17
申请人: LOON LLC
发明人: Cyrus Behroozi , Richard Chad Bruns
摘要: Aspects of the technology relate to temperature regulation for high altitude, long duration balloons, such as balloons that operate in the stratosphere for weeks, months or longer. A balloon covering overlays the balloon envelope. The material properties and configuration of the balloon covering are selected to enable it to automatically cover or expose portions of the envelope depending on environmental conditions. The covering has multiple layers of materials with different coefficients of thermal expansion (CTE). The layers are chosen to have significantly different CTEs, and flaps are created in the envelope such that depending on the temperature, the flaps will either lie flat on the envelope or curl away from the envelope. In the former case, the flaps help to retain heat in the envelope, such as during nighttime operation. Conversely, in the latter case, the flaps permit heat to escape from the envelope, such as during daytime operation.
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公开(公告)号:US10988227B2
公开(公告)日:2021-04-27
申请号:US15401447
申请日:2017-01-09
发明人: Taber Kyle MacCallum , Sebastian Padilla , Rodger Farley , Iain Beveridge , G. Ryan Lee , Tim Basta , Jared Leidich , John Straus , John Z. Maccagnano
摘要: Features for a high altitude lighter-than-air (LTA) system and associated methods. A zero-pressure balloon (ZPB) is attached in tandem with one or more variable ballast air super-pressure balloons (SPB) having a continuous skin and multiple SPB compartments. The ZPB provides lift for the system while the multi-compartment SPB uses a centrifugal compressor to provide a variable amount of ballast air by pumping in or expelling out ambient air. Various performance targets relating to ascent rate, descent rate, range and maximum altitude are achievable with various scaled versions of the basic design of the LTA system. Navigation and control techniques, such as high altitude station-keeping approaches, are made possible with the LTA system.
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