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7611092 |
Internet linked environmental data collection system and method
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...
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7568656 |
System for controlling the lift of aircraft
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....
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7552894 |
Assembly method for tethered or free flight blimp with collapsible tail fins
A lighter than air blimp which has either an aerodynamically shaped or a round envelope of flexible sheet material, and a plurality of stabilizing fins mounted in a circumferentially spaced apart...
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7552893 |
Airship & method of operation
This invention relates to the field of buoyant aircraft and operation thereof, in particular, airships with improved stability. The present invention is directed to non-rigid, non-spherical...
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7500638 |
Heavy lift airship
A large heavy lift airship of lenticular shape divided into upper and lower convex shaped halves and configured with horizontal configurations in each half made up of four quadrants of...
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7500637 |
Airship with lifting gas cell system
An airship with a lifting gas cell system comprises an airship that contains a plurality of partitions and a plurality of diaphragms, wherein the partitions and diaphragms are configured to form a...
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7490794 |
Airship having a central fairing to act as a stall strip and to reduce lift
An airship including a hull having a lenticular shape and a fairing attached to the hull to act as a stall strip and reduce the lift generated by the hull. The hull is symmetrical along a central...
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7487936 |
Buoyancy control system for an airship
One embodiment of the invention provides an airship having an outer tube formed in the shape of a toroid and defining a central opening, a first compartment positioned within the outer tube and...
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7472865 |
Dehumidification system for an airship
A dehumidification system for removing water vapor from the within the envelope of an airship comprises a pressurizer valve, a blower and a dehumidifier attached to the airship. The pressurizer...
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7464895 |
Lighter-than-air aircraft and related methods for powering the same
A lighter-than-air aircraft includes a gas envelope for containing a buoyant gas, and a solar panel is carried by a predetermined portion of the gas envelope. A solar sensor is used for determining...
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7448572 |
Direct mounted propulsion for non-rigid airships
A propulsion assembly for attachment to the enclosing material of an airship which includes a base which is positioned proximate to the enclosing material. An extension member having opposed ends...
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7438261 |
Stratospheric balloon utilizing electrostatic inflation of walls
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...
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7354636 |
Flexible laminate material for lighter-than-air vehicles
A laminate material for lighter-than-air vehicles includes a liquid crystal polymer fiber layer, a polyimide layer secured to the liquid crystal polymer fiber layer; and a polyvinylidene fluoride...
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7350746 |
Dual hull airship controlled by thrust vectoring
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...
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7341224 |
Miniature expendable surveillance balloon system
A miniature surveillance balloon system is described that can be used in military and public safety situations for real-time observations. They are as small as feasibly possible, low-cost and...
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7303166 |
Highly maneuverable powered airship
A highly maneuverable powered airship is disclosed. The powered airship may include an exterior shell having a front portion, a rear portion and a main axis; the exterior shell may be configured...
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7287724 |
Tether system for balloon ride
A tether system for use in a balloon ride having a balloon envelope and a gondola includes a tether connected to the balloon ride to prevent free flight. The system includes structure for...
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7287723 |
Tethered or free flight blimp with collapsible tail fins
A lighter than air blimp which has either an aerodynamically shaped or a round envelope of flexible sheet material, and a plurality of stabilizing fins mounted in a circumferentially spaced apart...
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7278607 |
Solar-powered aircraft
A solar-powered aircraft uses solar energy to electrolyze on-board water to produce hydrogen. The hydrogen fills various on-board tanks, causing the aircraft to become lighter than air. The...
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7275714 |
Airship docking mechanism
A system and method for docking an airship to a mooring mast includes a thruster that is mounted to the fore end of the airship. When activated, the thruster generates a thrust vector that is...
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7261255 |
Transformable airship
The present invention provides a solar-powered transformable airship, on which solar cell panels are installed all over to maximize the amount of solar energy collected. Moreover, the airship...
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7249733 |
Lighter-than-air aircraft including a closed loop combustion generating system and related methods for powering the same
A lighter-than-air aircraft includes a gas envelope for containing a buoyant gas, and a propulsion system is carried by the gas envelope. A solar panel is carried by the gas envelope for powering...
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7173649 |
Video airship
The video airship is a lighter-than-air airship, preferably spherical, including a video display disposed with substantially all of the craft's outer surface, a nearly invisible computerized...
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7156342 |
Systems for actively controlling the aerostatic lift of an airship
Various embodiments of the invention relate generally to systems for providing active vertical control of an airship. More particularly, at least one embodiment of the invention relates to a system...
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7150430 |
Internet linked environmental data collection system and method
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...
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7147184 |
Aerodynamic fairing system for airship
An aerodynamic fairing system for an airship having a substantially spherical balloon portion includes an inflatable fairing that is attachable to the balloon portion, and a fairing actuation...
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7097135 |
Airship
An airship ( 100 ) for conveyance through a fluid medium in a selected direction of travel. The airship includes a hull adapted to contain a lifting medium therein, wherein the hull ( 108 )...
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7093789 |
Delta-winged hybrid airship
In one aspect, a hybrid airship including an outer shell, a plurality of helium filled gas envelopes, and an all-electric propulsion system may have the shape of a delta-wing. In some embodiments,...
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7040572 |
Lighter-than-air aircraft with air cushion landing gear means
A lighter-than-air aircraft ( 1 ) having a gas-filled hull ( 2 ) and a pair of spaced apart landing gear units ( 11, 12 ) on the underside of the hull arranged on opposite sides of a longitudinally...
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6983910 |
Membrane structure
A membrane structure includes an airtight pressure-resistant gasbag and a shape maintaining mechanism which maintains the gasbag in a predetermined shape when the gasbag is in a fully inflated...
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6908061 |
Airship system
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...
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6896222 |
Hydrogen lighter-than-air ship
A lighter-than-air ship using hydrogen or other gas as a lift gas with at least one hydrogen fuel cell aboard. The fuel cell can draw hydrogen fuel from the lift gas reservoir to produce...
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6883749 |
Aerostat deployment apparatus
An apparatus for inflating and deploying an aerostat having a nose section and a tail section includes a cylindrical container for housing the deflated portion of the aerostat. The cylindrical...
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6880783 |
Hybrid air vehicle having air cushion landing gear
A hybrid air vehicle having a gas-filled contoured flattened hull including a pair of longitudinally extending side lobes defining, on the underside of the hull, a longitudinally extending central...
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6877693 |
Aerostat for transporting equipment and passengers
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...
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6843448 |
Lighter-than-air twin hull hybrid airship
An airship is provided including a frame and first and second hulls pivotally connected to said frame. An airship second is provided including a frame, a gondola disposed within said frame, first...
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6837458 |
Airship
An airship ( 100 ) for conveyance through a fluid medium in a selected direction of travel. The airship includes a hull adapted to contain a lifting medium therein, wherein the hull ( 108 )...
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6811115 |
Method and system for setting hull parameter of airship and method of adjusting ascension rate of the same
A method comprises: launching observation means configured to observe upper air environment immediately before launching an airship to acquire ambient air data on the actual conditions of the upper...
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6811113 |
Internet linked environmental data collection system and method
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...
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6766982 |
Airship and berthing port
An airship comprises a fuselage and a supporting structure positioned within the fuselage. An air passageway extends through the fuselage in an axial direction, with this air passageway having air...
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6749154 |
Aircraft advertising system
An aircraft advertising system comprises an aircraft. The aircraft is generally very long with respect to its width and height. A support beam is provided. The support beam has a coupling end and a...
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6739725 |
Inflatable three-dimensional display
An inflatable display includes an inflatable balloon, a projector having a projection lens, an internal support structure that supports the inflatable balloon and the projector so that the...
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6739549 |
Dirigible balloon rigidified by helium tanks
A variable-lift device using a helium to fly. The device comprises a balloon ( 1 ) composed of an outer flexible envelope ( 3 ) supported by a rigid structure. The rigid structure comprises a...
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6708922 |
Airship
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...
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6698686 |
Airship
A plurality of bulkheads ( 23 a to 23 d ) are installed in a hull ( 21 ) so as to divide the interior space of the hull ( 21 ) into a plurality of compartments (ΔS 1 to ΔS 5 ) successively...
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6648272 |
Airship
An airship has a gas bag for containing lifting gas, which gas bag is located within an outer envelope. The envelope, made of flexible material, is made rigid by the pressure of the gas in the gas...
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6619586 |
Thermal airship buoyancy controller
An automatic buoyancy controller is disclosed for management of lift in thermal airship 20 . Data from envelope air temperature sensor 34 and ambient air temperature sensor 38 are input to...
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6609945 |
Radio-controlled toy blimp with infrared beam weapons for staging a gun battle
The remote-controlled air, land or water borne toy vehicle comprises: a body; a printed circuit board mounted in or to the body; a receiver connected to the printed circuit board for receiving...
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6609680 |
High altitude airships
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...
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6592076 |
Collapsible airship batten assembly
A collapsible airship batten assembly ( 20 ) is disclosed for airships ( 22 ). The assembly ( 20 ) is deployed upon inflation of the containment chamber, and is freely collapsible during the...
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