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| 序号 | 专利名 | 申请号 | 申请日 | 公开（公告）号 | 公开（公告）日 | 发明人 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 121 | System for controlling the lift of aircraft | US11115554 | 2005-04-26 | US07568656B2 | 2009-08-04 | Alan R. Handley |
| A system for controlling lift of an aircraft comprises an inflatable compartment for containing a gas which is lighter than air. A receiver receives and stores the gas in a compressed condition. Means are provided for compressing the gas and transferring it from the inflatable compartment into the receiver thus reducing the lift force on the aircraft. | ||||||
| 122 | Stratospheric balloon utilizing electrostatic inflation of walls | US10937866 | 2004-09-09 | US07438261B2 | 2008-10-21 | David R. Porter |
| The high-altitude balloon has a skin made of nearly evacuated electrostatically inflated cells which provide thermal insulation to minimize heat loss from the gas in the balloon, while transmitting heat from the sun to heat the gas. The lower surface of the balloon is reflective to microwave or laser beams. A stable array of the balloons is maintained at a high altitude and is used to facilitate communications in a world-wide communications system. Ascent of the balloon is well controlled and weight is minimized by starting with lighter-than-air gases in liquid form, releasing a lifting gas into the craft, and then using the empty containers to store the remaining gas when the balloon is aloft. | ||||||
| 123 | Dual hull airship controlled by thrust vectoring | US10523238 | 2003-08-11 | US07350746B2 | 2008-04-01 | Piero Gili; Ugo Icardi; Romualdo Ruotolo; Manuela Battipede; Piercarlo Vercesi |
| A highly maneuverable aircraft with aerostatic lift consists, in particular, of a non-rigid airship (10) which can be piloted or radio-controlled; the airship (10) is sustained by helium and consists of two spindle-shaped elements side by side (11) joined by a connecting structure (12) to form a characteristic catamaran shape, without deflecting aerodynamic control surfaces as the command system consists of a set of several adjustable electric motors, each driving a variable-pitch propeller (13). | ||||||
| 124 | Heavy lift airship | US11474901 | 2006-06-24 | US20070295859A1 | 2007-12-27 | Charles Roy Colvin |
| A large heavy lift airship of lenticular shape is described making use of multiple temperature controlled buoyant cells for smooth control of buoyancy and trim. | ||||||
| 125 | Internet linked environmental data collection system and method | US10976842 | 2004-11-01 | US07150430B2 | 2006-12-19 | Edward R. Silansky; Harry Darlington, IV; Kenneth E. Burton, Jr.; Sandra Silansky |
| An environmental data collection system and method is provided having an internet link for providing an additional level of security for a remotely controlled data collection platform having a security alarm for protecting the platform and the environmental subject of the study. A novel lighter-than-air platform having a novel snorkel for detachably securing, mooring and providing buoyancy control is provided for the collection of data in the form of real time audio and video linked to the internet and subscribers. The novel snorkel is flexible and retractable into the novel airship to provide remote buoyancy control of the airship together with silently operating electrical motors for allowing the novel airship to be remotely controlled and moved at will to track and monitor wildlife and make environmental measurements necessary for the protection of the environment, wildlife and the operation of the novel airship. Detachable securing means provide an anti-tethering feature of the novel airship and allow the collection of data from both, an aerial perspective and a ground perspective, while providing for the collection of data from either the surface of the earth or below the surface of the water while transmitting the data to scientists, environmentalists and subscribers through the internet. | ||||||
| 126 | Hoop stress reduction in a buoyant airship | US11135555 | 2005-05-24 | US20060266886A1 | 2006-11-30 | Daniel Nachbar |
| A system and method for equalizing internal and external pressure on an enclosed vessel moving through a gas or fluid is described, thereby reducing hoop stresses imposed on the vessel by pressure differentials. The vessel is divided into multiple chambers, and the internal pressure of a chamber may be equalized with an external pressure through the use of a vent. The vent may be controllable or uncontrolled. | ||||||
| 127 | High-aspect ratio hybrid airship | US10853300 | 2004-05-24 | US07137592B2 | 2006-11-21 | Edward Barocela; Patrick F. Cassidy |
| In one aspect, a hybrid airship including an outer shell, a plurality of helium filled gas envelopes, and an all-electric propulsion system can have a high-aspect ratio wing shape. In some embodiments, the hybrid airship may be launched using buoyancy lift alone and aerodynamic lift may be provided by the all-electric propulsion system. In one aspect, a photovoltaic array and a high energy density power storage system may be combined to power the propulsion system making the propulsion system regenerative. The high-aspect ratio wing shape provides low drag, and can allow the hybrid airship to fly at an altitude of at least about 100,000 ft. By continuously recharging the power storage system, the hybrid airship in accordance with some embodiments can stay aloft for months or even years. The hybrid airship may function as a military intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance and communications relay platform. | ||||||
| 128 | Light weight vacuum vessel provides lift for airships | US11049576 | 2005-02-02 | US20060038073A1 | 2006-02-23 | John Shearing |
| A tubular container having a fabric shell formed and supported by suspension cables that are stretched between tower arrays that also serve to enclose the ends of the tube. This structure may be used as a building, a pressure vessel, a vacuum vessel, or as a container. If configured as a vacuum vessel and made with the super strong lightweight materials, then it is possible to create a lighter than air structure that will float in the atmosphere when evacuated of air. | ||||||
| 129 | Layered shell vacuum balloons | US11127613 | 2005-05-12 | US20060038062A1 | 2006-02-23 | Andrey Akhmeteli; Andrey Gavrilin |
| A new type of vacuum balloon. A layered wall structure is used, including a relatively thick honeycombed section sandwiched between and bonded to two relatively thin layers. This layered wall design is used to form a thin-walled sphere having greatly enhanced resistance to buckling. Using this approach it is possible, with existing materials, to create a rigid vacuum balloon having positive buoyancy. | ||||||
| 130 | High-aspect ratio hybrid airship | US10853300 | 2004-05-24 | US20050269441A1 | 2005-12-08 | Edward Barocela; Patrick Cassidy |
| In one aspect, a hybrid airship including an outer shell, a plurality of helium filled gas envelopes, and an all-electric propulsion system can have a high-aspect ratio wing shape. In some embodiments, the hybrid airship may be launched using buoyancy lift alone and aerodynamic lift may be provided by the all-electric propulsion system. In one aspect, a photovoltaic array and a high energy density power storage system may be combined to power the propulsion system making the propulsion system regenerative. The high-aspect ratio wing shape provides low drag, and can allow the hybrid airship to fly at an altitude of at least about 100,000 ft. By continuously recharging the power storage system, the hybrid airship in accordance with some embodiments can stay aloft for months or even years. The hybrid airship may function as a military intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance and communications relay platform. | ||||||
| 131 | Lighter-than-air aircraft comprising several balloons linked by a chassis | US10518068 | 2003-06-26 | US20050230526A1 | 2005-10-20 | Christophe Loustaudaudine; Pascal Le Roux |
| The invention concerns the field of aeronautics. More precisely, the invention concerns a lighter-than-air aircraft. The invention is characterized in that the aircraft comprises two balloons (1) mutually linked by linking means forming a chassis (2). | ||||||
| 132 | Aerostat for transporting equipment and passengers | US09507700 | 2000-02-22 | US06877693B1 | 2005-04-12 | Yves Barbarie |
| The invention concerns a lighter-than-air craft for transporting by air equipment and passengers, more particularly, it concerns an aircraft whereof the frame (1) made of light metal and erected vertically, contains and protects the passenger compartment (4) of the invention, and all the components of the invention which, by a mass-reducing assembly (2-8-9-11-19), uses light gas power for neutralizing the earth's gravitational pull. Electric motors actuating propellers (6-7) with multiple blades and powered by a mini-electric power unit (5) enable to counter the force of mean winds, so to lift the neutralized mass and control the aircraft movements. The aircraft wide external surfaces (11-12) are used as wing system, a sailboat keel being replaced by a gyroscope (10) stabilizing effect and by the thrust of the lateral propellers (6). The invention which concerns a novel, safe, silent and economical form of air travel is designed for limited passenger and goods transport, for tourist sightseeing, exploring, observing and multimedia advertising display. | ||||||
| 133 | Airship system | US10189796 | 2002-07-03 | US06857601B2 | 2005-02-22 | Yutaka Akahori |
| An airship system according to the invention has an airship (110), a base station (120), and at least three measurement points. The airship (110) emits ultrasonic waves upon receiving an instruction from the base station (120). Measurement point units (S1-S3) receive the ultrasonic waves, and thereby measure distances from the airship (110) to the respective measurement points. An MPU that is incorporated in the base station (120) calculates a position of the airship (110). The base station (120) controls a route of the airship (110) based on the calculated position by sending a flight instruction to the airship (110). In this manner, an airship system can be provided that makes it unnecessary for an operator to pilot the airship and that can reduce the load weight and the power consumption of the airship. | ||||||
| 134 | Airship system | US10877082 | 2004-06-25 | US20040232285A1 | 2004-11-25 | Yutaka Akahori |
| An airship system according to the invention has an airship (110), a base station (120), and at least three measurement points. The airship (110) emits ultrasonic waves upon receiving an instruction from the base station (120). Measurement point units (S1-S3) receive the ultrasonic waves, and thereby measure distances from the airship (110) to the respective measurement points. An MPU that is incorporated in the base station (120) calculates a position of the airship (110). The base station (120) controls a route of the airship (110) based on the calculated position by sending a flight instruction to the airship (110). In this manner, an airship system can be provided that makes it unnecessary for an operator to pilot the airship and that can reduce the load weight and the power consumption of the airship. | ||||||
| 135 | Airship | US08869811 | 1997-06-05 | US06708922B1 | 2004-03-23 | Jonathan Hamilton |
| A modular unit 129 for forming an airship 100 includes an elongate spine 106 intended to extend along a longitudinal axis of the airship 100. The spine 106 includes a number of interconnecting elements 108 each of which has connection means 182 for being joined in end to end relationship with an interconnecting element 108 of an adjacent modular unit 129. Buoyant support means in the form of gas bags 105 are fixed relative to the spine and are positioned within annular spaces 132 and 134. The invention also extends to an airship 100 which may be formed from a number of modular units 129 connected end to end and with a central spine 106 extending between outer extremities 116 and 118. A gondola 101 is located within a lower half of annular space 102 such that an outwardly facing surface is flush with an outer surface of the airship 100. | ||||||
| 136 | Internet linked environment data collection system and method | US10254510 | 2002-09-26 | US20030075642A1 | 2003-04-24 | Edward R. Silansky; Harry Darlington IV; Kenneth E. Burton JR.; Sandra Silansky |
| An environmental data collection system and method is provided having an internet link for providing an additional level of security for a remotely controlled data collection platform having a security alarm for protecting the platform and the environmental subject of the study. A novel lighter-than-air platform having a novel snorkel for detachably securing, mooring and providing buoyancy control is provided for the collection of data in the form of real time audio and video linked to the internet and subscribers. The novel snorkel is flexible and retractable into the novel airship to provide remote buoyancy control of the airship together with silently operating electrical motors for allowing the novel airship to be remotely controlled and moved at will to track and monitor wildlife and make environmental measurements necessary for the protection of the environment, wildlife and the operation of the novel airship. Detachable securing means provide an anti-tethering feature of the novel airship and allow the collection of data from both, an aerial perspective and a ground perspective, while providing for the collection of data from either the surface of the earth or below the surface of the water while transmitting the data to scientists, environmentalists and subscribers through the internet. | ||||||
| 137 | Platform-type airship | US10212632 | 2002-08-05 | US06527223B1 | 2003-03-04 | Richard Warfield Mondale |
| An airship for lifting and transporting loads, particularly heavy loads. The lifting ability of the airship is given by lighter than air gas contained in bags located between two parallel horizontal platforms constructed in lightweight geodesic fashion, the platform and bag assembly being raised and lowered by means of respectively injecting and exhausting the gas into and from the bags, the whole, together with the lifted object, being moved and steered through the atmosphere by the combined means of conventional powered propeller units and a curtain circumferential to and rotated about the platforms thus using the Magnus Effect. | ||||||
| 138 | Aerial communications network including a plurality of aerial platforms | US079824 | 1998-05-15 | US6167263A | 2000-12-26 | J. Scott Campbell |
| A global communications network comprises a plurality of aerial platforms or vehicles deployed at an altitude in or near the stratosphere and permitted to drift in a controlled manner such that each platform adjusts its position relative to other aerial platforms. Each aerial platform has a propulsion system and control surfaces and preferably includes a lighter-than-air component to maintain lift in an economical manner. Each aerial platform also includes a payload, means for communicating with other aerial platforms and a control system including location-finding equipment and a processor adapted for directing the platform's propulsion system and control surfaces to effectuate changes in the aerial platform's position relative to other aerial platforms based on position information, and optionally on other factors such as terrestrial demand for services provided by the payload of the aerial platforms. The communications network according to the present invention accordingly provides a self-adjusting network for creating and maintaining a global communications link optionally capable of interoperating with one or more orbiting communications satellites or with ground, air or sea-based equipment. | ||||||
| 139 | Rotor--aerostat composite aircraft | US237110 | 1999-01-26 | US6142414A | 2000-11-07 | William Doolittle |
| A composite aircraft comprising an aerostat containing a lighter than air gas, and a rotor assembly mounted to and below the aerostat, via an axle. The aerostat provides buoyancy to lift the weight of the aircraft plus a significant portion of the payload connected to the aircraft. The rotor assembly statically connects to the aerostat in all aspects except rotationally about the axle, and provides the remaining lift and propulsion to the aircraft and payload. The rotor assembly includes a hub, a plurality of blades, a plurality of winglets, and engine-powered propellers that provide rotational thrust to the rotor assembly. The plurality of blades and winglets have adjustable angles of attack to generate lift and forward propulsion to the aircraft. The blades mount radially from the axle and horizontally from an outboard end of the hub. The winglets mount above and below each blade. The engine-powered propellers mount to the outboard end of the hub. A center mast passes through the poles of the aerostat, mounts the aerostat, and supports the blades through cables. A control cab connects below the rotor assembly and controls the operation of the components of the aircraft. A plurality of sling cables connect the blades to the payload. The aircraft can lift payloads weighing up to 1,000,000 pounds, while moving at slow to moderate forward speeds. | ||||||
| 140 | Ground handling, altitude control and longitudinal stability of airships | US640585 | 1991-01-14 | US5143322A | 1992-09-01 | Earl W. Mason |
| The present invention relates to methods for ground handling, controlling the altitude and for increasing the longitudinal stability of airships. The invention involves an airship hull or envelope to enclose air-filled ballonets and a lifting gas. The buoyancy obtained may be changed by varying the air pressure in the ballonets, thus forcing compression or allowing expansion of the lifting gas. Suitable air pump and valve means are provided to allow two different levels of pressure differential in the ballonets. The buoyancy of the airship is decreased during ground handling and during descent and increased during climb. The airship cruise altitude is slightly above pressure height. | ||||||
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