| 序号 | 专利名 | 申请号 | 申请日 | 公开（公告）号 | 公开（公告）日 | 发明人 |
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| 61 | High altitude airships | US09862507 | 2001-05-23 | US06609680B2 | 2003-08-26 | William Dean Perry; Thomas Howard Jaeckle; Allan Bernard Black; Lawrence Ernest Epley |
| A high-altitude airship has a non-rigid hull. On launch, the airship is partially inflated with a lifting gas. The partially inflated hull is less susceptible to buffeting and turbulence from lower atmosphere air currents during ascent. A ballast rotates the airship into a flight attitude (e.g., near horizontal) upon reaching a desired altitude. A low-powered propulsion system may be included to propel the airship at the desired altitude. Upon completion of its mission, the airship may be deflated and returned using aerodynamic deceleration such as a parachute, a parafoil and a ballute. | ||||||
| 62 | High altitude airships | US09862507 | 2001-05-23 | US20020175243A1 | 2002-11-28 | Allan Bernard Black; Thomas Howard Jaeckle; William Dean Perry; Lawrence Ernest Epley |
| A high-altitude airship has a non-rigid hull. On launch, the airship is partially inflated with a lifting gas. The partially inflated hull is less susceptible to buffeting and turbulence from lower atmosphere air currents during ascent. A ballast rotates the airship into a flight attitude (e.g., near horizontal) upon reaching a desired altitude. A low-powered propulsion system may be included to propel the airship at the desired altitude. Upon completion of its mission, the airship may be deflated and returned using aerodynamic deceleration such as a parachute, a parafoil and a ballute. | ||||||
| 63 | Propulsion system for a semi-buoyant vehicle with an aerodynamic | US09467967 | 1999-12-21 | US06315242B1 | 2001-11-13 | David B. Eichstedt; John P. Morehead; John B. Kalisz |
| A propulsion system for a non-rigid and at least semi-buoyant vehicle, the vehicle including a pressure stabilized gasbag having a gondola mounted on the bottom thereof. The gasbag further includes catenary curtains extending from the top of gasbag to the bottom of the gasbag and attached thereto. In detail, the propulsion system includes a first pair of tubular members attached, preferably pivotally attached, by one of their ends to the gondola and which extend through the air bag and exit out the top thereof and having propulsion units, preferably turbo-prop engines, attached to their opposite ends. A second pair of tubular members is attached by one of their ends to the gondola, preferably pivotally attached, and extends into the gasbag and having their opposite ends terminating therewithin. A horizontal tubular member extends through the gasbag and has its ends extending out of the sides thereof and is attached to the opposite ends of the second pair of tubular members in the middle thereof. The ends of the second pair of tubular members also have propulsion units attached thereto. | ||||||
| 64 | Omnidirectional propelling type airship | US108505 | 1993-08-18 | US5383627A | 1995-01-24 | Mutsuro Bundo |
| An omnidirectional propelling type of airship can be propelled in any direction in three-dimensions. The airship includes an airtight gas chamber, gas having a specific gravity smaller than that of air and filling the gas chamber, a section capable of accommodating men, cargo and the like, and propellers supported by gimbals and capable of propelling the airship in any spacial direction. | ||||||
| 65 | Airship | US756750 | 1991-09-09 | US5240206A | 1993-08-31 | Sousuke Omiya |
| An acrobatic airship capable of making a perfect somersault, and a 360 degree roll in a limited small air space, without utilizing high-powered thrusters or sophisticated automatic control mechanisms. The airship has a rather thick and round axi-symmetrically shaped hull equipped with a pair of reversible thrusters on each side of the hull's nose area. Each thruster is also equipped with a tilting mechanism, which enables the thrust vector orientation to be changed independently. The airship has a set of tail fins as attitude stabilizers which do not have movable control surfaces. This acrobatic airship can be designed as a manned or unmanned craft, and is ideal for use in advertising and also as a camera platform, an observation vehicle for hazardous environments, and in various other industrial applications. | ||||||
| 66 | Lighter-than-air type vehicle | US294214 | 1989-01-09 | US4934631A | 1990-06-19 | Louis G. Birbas |
| A lighter-than-air type vehicle comprising a frame-work and a series of inflatable lift bags secured to said framework. The lift bags inwardly contain heating elements and a gas, such as hydrogen or helium, in intimate contact with the heater elements. A source of power is coupled to the heater elements is such that the supply of electrical current, for example, to said elements can be varied as to increase or decrease the degree of inflation of the respective lift bags. Propulsion structure is affixed to the framework and preferably comprises a pair of oppositely revolving propellers which are independently controlled. A shroud and interior plate-like vanes surround the propellers and are constructed and powered to vary the air stream, as to direction, coming from the propeller area. | ||||||
| 67 | Toy blimp | US232229 | 1988-08-15 | US4931028A | 1990-06-05 | Hugh D. Jaeger; James M. Hawley |
| A toy blimp with at least one engine, and preferably two, mounted on a top side of an inflatable helium balloon blimp like member, and an infrared control circuit and power supply mounted on a bottom side. The balloon can be aluminum coated mylar, or preferably of a material which retains helium. A remote control transmitter with push buttons transmits infrared control signals to the control circuitry on the balloon for horizontal and vertical directional control. The blimp operates from the self-contained power supply and is controlled by the self-contained control system which receives control signals from the transmitter. The blimp is intended for free flight and as an amusement. | ||||||
| 68 | Amphibious dirigible airships | US499424 | 1974-08-21 | US3945589A | 1976-03-23 | George Crompton |
| A lighter than air ship, with a bow plate on the bow, two cars suspended beneath the elongated bag, the cars having water ballast tanks, with scoops to take in water when the airship is landing on water and valves to let the water out when the airship is taking off, with a sea anchor and rode (rope) to the bow plate, a ground (bottom) anchor and rode (rope) to the bow plate, metal ribs attached to the bow plate and extending to a stern plate and connected to the bag both above and below the bag, with a vertical rudder for steering right and left, horizontal rudders for steering up and down and a ballonet inside the bag for keeping proper pressure, landing wheels for landing the airship on land, the cars being capable of landing the airship on water, the bag having an aerodynamic lifting shape so that the airship can take off and fly heavy and by dumping water can land safey and landing on water can take in water to be stable on the surface, can land on land with the wheels and be secured by the rodes. | ||||||
| 69 | Ballooned, vtol aircraft | US3753539D | 1971-03-15 | US3753539A | 1973-08-21 | MOORE A |
| An aircraft capable of vertical or nearly vertical takeoff and landing, with cabin structure and aerostatic means (one or a plurality of balloons) having a center of lift at or near the longitudinal axis of the cabin and in-flight-forward of the craft''s center of gravity. In ordinary or emergency landing this position of the lift center forces the craft to assume an upright position and it lands on a cushion at the stern. Rearward of the cabin and strongly attached to it there are two attitudecontrolling fan means: (1) a stern-elevating propeller with its propeller disk approximately in the horizontal plane containing the cabin''s fore-and-aft axis, for lifting the heavier stern of the craft and after takeoff moving the axis into or toward a substantially horizontal position; and (2) propulsive means in the stern portion for steering the craft to the right or left. This steering means may comprise: the two tube-contained fans of FIG. 1, having thrusts in opposite directions; or a single propeller having either reversible-pitch blades or fixed blades that provide thrust in either direction and are driven by a reversible motor. A pair of oppositely-rotating main propellers provide lift for the vertical or nearly vertical craft in takeoff or landing and forward propulsion when it is horizontal. In vehicles for travel mostly in space rockets may be substituted for both the attitude-controlling and the main propellers. In the forms of FIGS. 1, 2, 21 and 22, the main propellers are on short wings that jut thru spaces between balloons; and in these spaces doors and windows are also located. But in FIG. 19: balloons entirely encircle the middle cabin part (optionally a single balloon may be here used); rockets or turbojets preferably are used as propellers; and the only doors and windows are in the forward and rear cabin parts. The craft may be slightly heavier than air, but optionally it may be lighter than air, with main propellers of reversible pitch or controllable-direction rockets. Lightness of weight is an important part of the combination; and the cabin frame comprises tubular members, preferably containing helium.
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| 70 | Improvement in aerostats | US43449D | US43449A | 1864-07-05 | ||
| 71 | LIGHTER-THAN-AIR FLYING CRAFT AND METHOD FOR COUNTERBALANCING THE FLYING CRAFT AND FOR SETTING DOWN A LOAD FASTENED TO THE SAME | PCT/EP0004709 | 2000-05-24 | WO0073141A3 | 2002-09-26 | KNAUER BERTHOLD; HOFFMANN BERND |
| The invention relates to a lighter-than-air flying craft comprising a multitude of ballast tanks (122, 123) and a load hoisting device (125) which can be lowered and which is provided for setting a load (L) fastened in a loading bay (102) on the ground. The inventive craft also comprises a stabilizer (150) and rudder assemblies connected to the craft. A steering system (120) with steering axes (X, Y, Z) is provided for steering the flying craft (100), whereby the flying craft (100) can be positioned in every axis (X, Y, Z) by a rudder deflection ( delta R) of the rudder assembly effected by the steering system (120). Damping elements (10) are also provided in the flying craft (100) in order to reduce arising vibrations to a level that is adequate for conducting a safe flying operation. The flying craft is characterized in that the rudder deflection ( delta R) can be modulated with a control pulse ( DELTA delta R) which comprises an additional rudder deflection with a dampening effect, and in that the load hoisting device (125) is configured such that it can be displaced along a longitudinal direction and/or a transversal direction of the loading bay (102) so that a load (L) can be set down from the air at a precise set-down point. The invention also relates to a method for counterbalancing the position of the lighter-than-air flying craft when setting down a load and additionally relates to a method for setting a load fastened to the lighter-than-air flying craft down on the ground. | ||||||
| 72 | Gas Barrier Material with Atomic Sheet | US15418564 | 2017-01-27 | US20170130026A1 | 2017-05-11 | Steven Edward Bullock; Jaime Ballester |
| A gas barrier material includes an atomic sheet, such as graphene and/or an analog of graphene. The gas barrier material can be arranged as part of a component, such as a container or other vessel, to limit the flow or permeation of gas through the component. Where the component is a container or part of a container, the gas barrier material may be formulated and arranged to limit or prevent gas ingress or egress with respect to the internal volume of the container. The atomic sheet offers improved gas barrier properties compared to traditional polymeric barrier materials and is particularly useful in applications where it is desired to limit permeation of small gas molecules such as helium, such as airships or other lighter than air vehicles. | ||||||
| 73 | Airship | US14402761 | 2013-05-13 | US09505480B2 | 2016-11-29 | Baptiste Regas; Adrien Regas; Olivier Jozan |
| An airship (1) comprising a flexible envelope (2), a wall (3) located inside the envelope, and a pumping device. The wall (3) extends longitudinally between the nose and the tail, thus separating the inside space of the envelope into a first space (E1) and a second space (E2), said second space being located on the periphery of the envelope between a first point (P1) and a second point (P2). The pumping device is adapted to inflate the second space so that the envelope assumes a second shape, and to deflate the second space so that the envelope assumes a first shape which is different from the second shape. | ||||||
| 74 | Extended endurance air vehicle | US14485685 | 2014-09-13 | US09428257B2 | 2016-08-30 | William Edmund Nelson |
| An air vehicle comprises a vehicle body and a propulsion assembly. The vehicle body has the shape of a wing airfoil to generate lift when air flows over the vehicle body. The vehicle body has a body longitudinal axis and substantially planar port and starboard sides of composite material, and includes first and second hulls that are secured together side-by-side, the hulls having longitudinal axes that are substantially parallel to the body longitudinal axis and two substantially planar side walls at least one of which is of composite material. Each hull defines a separate fluid chamber that is filled with a fluid that is at least partially buoyant. The propulsion assembly is secured to the vehicle body port and starboard sides. The propulsion assembly includes port front and rear engines and starboard front and rear engines, wherein at least two of the engines have independently controlled thrust vectors. | ||||||
| 75 | VARIABLE BUOYANCY LIGHTER THAN AIR GLIDER | US14835196 | 2015-08-25 | US20160052614A1 | 2016-02-25 | Benjamin Wesley Longmier; John Mark Guthery; John Patrick Sheehan; Benjamin Natan Wachs |
| A payload delivery and recovery system, having a payload including a data collection device arranged to collect data, and a controllable ascent vehicle comprising a controllable lighter than air (LTA) mechanism detachably coupled to the payload and used during an ascent phase to deliver the payload to a pre-determined altitude. The payload delivery and recovery system also having a controllable descent mechanism releasably attached to the controllable ascent vehicle and that can be used during a descent phase for reducing a rate of descent of the payload subsequent to release of the payload at the pre-determined altitude and including a control system for navigating the payload to a desired ground location during a recovery phase. | ||||||
| 76 | Near-space operation systems | US14188581 | 2014-02-24 | US20150284065A1 | 2015-10-08 | Taber K. MacCallum; Jacob H. Dang; Robert Alan Eustace; John Zaniel Maccagnano; Julian R. Nott; Sebastian A. Padilla; Sreenivasan Shankarnarayan; John Straus |
| A system enabling safe manned and unmanned operations at extremely high altitudes (above 70,000 feet). The system utilizes a balloon launch system and parachute and/or parafoil recovery. | ||||||
| 77 | AUTONOMOUS SELF-POWERED AIRBORNE COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA STATION, AND METHOD OF USING IT FOR DISPLAYING, BROADCASTING AND RELAYING DATA | US14430576 | 2013-09-27 | US20150248711A1 | 2015-09-03 | Sebastien Fournier; Jay Godsall |
| An airship or airborne station comprises a gas-containing envelope for containing a lifting gas, solar panels on the envelope for providing electric power to an energy storage system, and an external display screen powered by the energy storage system. This airship or airborne station enables novel methods of using the airship or airborne station to display digital content, to sell or auction ad space on the display screen to the highest bidder, to display information for events, crowds, rescue operations, or to interact digitally with a group of wireless communications devices. Furthermore, the airship or airborne station acts as a communication and media hub for uploading user-generated content, relaying communications from wireless devices, broadcasting content or interactive media. | ||||||
| 78 | HYDROGEN-REGENERATING SOLAR-POWERED AIRCRAFT | US14428906 | 2013-09-19 | US20150246717A1 | 2015-09-03 | Sebastien Fournier; Jay Godsall |
| An aircraft comprising a hydrogen-containing envelope, a water-collection system for collecting water from the envelope, an electrolyser to convert the water collected using the water-collection system into hydrogen, and a hydrogen-replenishment system for replenishing the envelope with hydrogen generated using the electrolyser. In one embodiment, generated hydrogen is also supplied to a hydrogen-fuelled propulsion system for propulsion of the aircraft. | ||||||
| 79 | AIR VEHICLE | US13944141 | 2013-07-17 | US20140021298A1 | 2014-01-23 | Michael DURHAM |
| An air vehicle has a gas-filled hull (1) of flexible sheet material. Strakes (7) extend along an exterior of the hull, each strake comprising a gas-filled tube (10) of flexible sheet material. A rigid board (12) may project outwardly from the gas-filled tube (10) and away from the vehicle. A further layer of flexible sheet material (13) may extend from one side of the strake (7) over the board (12) to another side of the strake, to provide a strake (7) generally triangular in cross section. | ||||||
| 80 | Lighter-Than-Air Systems, Methods, and Kits for Obtaining Aerial Images | US13717881 | 2012-12-18 | US20130119188A1 | 2013-05-16 | John A. Ciampa; Bertrand Dano |
| Lighter-than-air systems, methods, and kits for obtaining aerial images are described. For example, various methods for determining planned ascent, drift, and/or descent of a lighter-than-air system are described. In addition, various structural arrangements of lighter-than-air systems for accomplishing planned ascent, drift, and/or descent and obtaining aerial images are described. | ||||||
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