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8167246 |
Tethering system for inflatable airfoils
A tethering system for controlling an inflatable airfoil is provided. The inflatable airfoil has a horizontal center line and a vertical center line. The tethering system includes an airfoil wing...
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8156669 |
Hot air outdoor advertising structure
The invention relates to a hot air outdoor advertising structure comprising an envelope (1) having at least one substantially flat surface and an opening for hot air supply in its lower part. The...
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8152092 |
Aerial transporter
This invention relates to an aerial transporter comprising rigid cell structures which are covered with light materials as a skin, composed of modules. The invention aerial transporter represents...
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8152093 |
Laminate structure with electronic devices and method
Various laminate structures and methods of making laminate structures are provided. In one embodiment, a laminate structure includes a base layer, a metallized layer comprising an...
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8083174 |
Long mission tethered aerostat and method of accomplishing
Apparatus and method for a continuous replenishing of the lift gas and maintaining the proper pressure and lift of a tethered medium altitude aerostat utilizing a novel feed tube running the entire...
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8074638 |
Inflatable solar concentrator balloon method and apparatus
Embodiments of the present invention relate to concentrating solar radiation using an assembly of at least one clear and one reflective film that inflates into a shape reflecting parallel rays of...
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7922116 |
Device and method for sealing and lighting a balloon
An apparatus for sealing and illuminating a balloon includes a housing for sealing insertion into a neck of a balloon. A flow path within the housing conducts an inflation gas from an inlet to an...
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7913948 |
Method and apparatus for stratospheric and space structures
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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7875795 |
Thermocouple array for generating electrical power for lighter than air vehicles
An energy generating device for lighter-than-air vehicles having a gas impervious outer flexible fabric including a flexible photovoltaic array located on the outer layer of the gas impervious...
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7871036 |
Apparatus for generation and use of lift gas
A balloon launch unit produces lift gas to enable balloon launch or to allow the prolongation of balloon flight. A method of using the balloon launch unit can include reforming a fuel source by...
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7844218 |
Sub-orbital, high altitude communications system
A sub-orbital, high altitude communications system that has at least two ground stations and at least one high altitude relay station. Each of the ground stations includes apparatus for sending and...
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7776295 |
Flying apparatus and method for removing harmful gases from the atmosphere
An apparatus for removing harmful gas components out of the earth's atmosphere is a free-flying autonomous lightweight aircraft with an onboard gas processing system including gas separation or...
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7740203 |
Control device for deployment of inflatable structures
The invention relates to a device for controlling the deployment of an inflatable structure including, in the non-deployed state, a flexible tube (12) which is folded in zigzags and fixed to one...
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7735777 |
Apparatus for generation and use of lift gas
A balloon launch unit produces lift gas to enable balloon launch or to allow the prolongation of balloon flight. A method of using the balloon launch unit includes reforming a fuel source by...
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7722701 |
Method and system for handling gas diffusion through the envelopes of airships and balloons
The subject of the invention is method and envelope structure for handling gas diffusion of airships and other balloons to significantly decrease, respectively fully eliminate envelope diffusion of...
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7648102 |
Balloonsonde launcher
An automated balloonsonde launcher and a method for an automated balloonsonde launch are disclosed. The automated balloonsonde launcher, for example, may comprise a collapsible protective cover...
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7571875 |
Device and method for sealing and lighting a balloon
An apparatus for sealing and illuminating a balloon includes a housing for sealing insertion into a neck of a balloon. A flow path within the housing conducts an inflation gas from an inlet to an...
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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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7509774 |
Apparatus for integrating a rigid structure into a flexible wall of an inflatable structure
For an inflatable structure having a flexible outer shell or wall structure having a flexible restraint layer comprising interwoven, load-bearing straps, apparatus for integrating one or more...
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7503277 |
Aerostat inflator
A device for deploying an aerostat includes a cylindrical shaped container having an open end and a closed end and a center tube axially oriented in the container. A tapered disc is mounted for...
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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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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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7356390 |
Systems and applications of lighter-than-air (LTA) platforms
Innovative new methods in connection with lighter-than-air (LTA) free floating platforms, of facilitating legal transmitter operation, platform flight termination when appropriate, environmentally...
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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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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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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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7156203 |
Device and method for evacuating persons, for example from a multi-storey building on fire
Device for evacuating persons, for example from a multi-storey building on fire, from an evacuating location to a secure location, comprising: a balloon provided to be filled with a gas lighter...
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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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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 plurality...
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6698686 |
Airship
A plurality of bulkheads (23a to 23d) are installed in a hull (21) so as to divide the interior space of the hull (21) into a plurality of compartments (ΔS1 to ΔS5) successively arranged along t...
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6685136 |
Pressure-resistant balloon
A pressure-resistant balloon includes a gasbag and a volume changing mechanism which deforms the gasbag in a fully inflated state to change a volume of the gasbag. The gasbag includes...
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6655206 |
Device using a local irregularity to reduce the extent of unwanted movements of weather balloons
A meteorological balloon having improved wind measurement during an ascent stage, includes an inflatable envelope having, during ascent, an upper hemisphere and a lower hemisphere, and presenting...
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6641083 |
Balloon
A balloon comprising an envelope, wherein the envelope has a multilayered structure comprising a gas-impervious sheet, and a liquid absorbent sheet overlaid on the inner surface of the...
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6588702 |
Lighter-than-air device having a flexible usable surface
A lighter-than-air device comprises a buoyant element containing lighter-than-air gas, and a flexible surface having a length and height forming a usable area. The flexible surface has a bottom...
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6575403 |
Personnel lift device with automatic ascent and descent control
The present invention is an apparatus to counter normal gravitational force in order to provide a personnel lifting device. The personnel lifting device is a lighter-than-air gas-filled balloon...
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6571815 |
Sun shield
A sun shield uses a canopy that has a plurality of first openings located around its outer periphery and a second centrally located opening. A plurality of first balloons are tethered to the first...
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6523778 |
Illuminated emergency signaling device and flying balloon
A process for creating a flying light source including the steps of providing an inflatable balloon and associating a light source therewith. A retaining filament is attached to the inflated...
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6499695 |
Balloon kite
A balloon kite is formed with a plurality of sized sheets of gas impervious sheet material that form one or more fillable interior chambers. The balloon kite is capable of being flown and deployed...
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6422506 |
Towed airborne array system
A towed airborne array system has a balloon that supports appropriate instrumentation packages overhead and is tethered to a towing ship to improve line-of-sight sensing and communication...
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6402090 |
Balloon trajectory control system
A device to provide control of the trajectory of a lighter than air vehicle, such as a balloon, is provided. A lifting device, such as a wing on end, is suspended on a tether well below the balloon...
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6394388 |
Opening reinforcement for aerostat envelope
An aperture-reinforcing device for flexible envelopes which are intended to be tensioned, and in particular for aerostat envelopes, includes adjacent first and second annular members. The envelope...
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6360988 |
Personnel lift device and amusement use thereof
The present invention is an apparatus to partially counter normal gravitational force. The personnel lifting device is a paraballoon, a lighter-than-air gas-filled balloon having a harness to...
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6357696 |
System and method for the controlled illumination of at least one hot air balloon
A system and method for illuminating hot air balloons is claimed. The system includes a activating a burner assembly on multiple hot air balloons from a central location. As the burner assemblies...
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6325329 |
Helium balloon
Disclosed is a helium balloon of sufficient volume and buoyancy to allow a human pilot to float above the ground and to glide over the ground. The balloon incorporates several safety features that...
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6317080 |
Early detection and tracking system for hazardous airborne substances
A method of tracking airborne substances including the steps of detecting the presence of one or more airborne substances and releasing a tracking balloon into the path of the one or more airborne...
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6290172 |
Super-pressure balloon and method of manufacturing the same
Based on a shape of gores of the Natural-Shaped Balloon, side edge parts of gores having a large width and a large length are connected to load tapes of a length equal to a circumferential length...
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6227484 |
Tethered balloon
A tethered balloon having a spherical balloon proper inflated with a gas whose specific gravity is lower than that of the outside air, a gondola attached to the bottom of the balloon proper, a...
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6189829 |
Apparatus and method utilizing cells to provide lift in lighter-than-air airships
An apparatus and method for floating such apparatus in the air, such apparatus having at least one cell containing air and a fluid. The fluid in one embodiment is heated to create steam which, in...
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6167263 |
Aerial communications network including a plurality of aerial platforms
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...
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