EP3036155A4 - Long endurance airship operations using a free-flying tethered airship system - Google Patents

Long endurance airship operations using a free-flying tethered airship system Download PDF

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EP3036155A4
EP3036155A4 EP14837201.4A EP14837201A EP3036155A4 EP 3036155 A4 EP3036155 A4 EP 3036155A4 EP 14837201 A EP14837201 A EP 14837201A EP 3036155 A4 EP3036155 A4 EP 3036155A4
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airship
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operations
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flying tethered
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Stephen B. Heppe
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64B—LIGHTER-THAN AIR AIRCRAFT
    • B64B1/00—Lighter-than-air aircraft
    • B64B1/40—Balloons
    • B64B1/50—Captive balloons
    • B64B1/54—Captive balloons connecting two or more balloons in superimposed relationship
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64B—LIGHTER-THAN AIR AIRCRAFT
    • B64B1/00—Lighter-than-air aircraft
    • B64B1/02—Non-rigid airships
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64B—LIGHTER-THAN AIR AIRCRAFT
    • B64B1/00—Lighter-than-air aircraft
    • B64B1/06—Rigid airships; Semi-rigid airships
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64B—LIGHTER-THAN AIR AIRCRAFT
    • B64B1/00—Lighter-than-air aircraft
    • B64B1/58—Arrangements or construction of gas-bags; Filling arrangements
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
    • B64C37/00—Convertible aircraft
    • B64C37/02—Flying units formed by separate aircraft
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64B—LIGHTER-THAN AIR AIRCRAFT
    • B64B2201/00—Hybrid airships, i.e. airships where lift is generated aerodynamically and statically

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  • Aviation & Aerospace Engineering (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Control Of Position, Course, Altitude, Or Attitude Of Moving Bodies (AREA)
EP14837201.4A 2013-08-19 2014-08-18 Long endurance airship operations using a free-flying tethered airship system Withdrawn EP3036155A4 (en)

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US13/969,998 US9266596B2 (en) 2011-06-13 2013-08-19 Additional systems and methods for long endurance airship operations using a free-flying tethered airship system
PCT/US2014/051515 WO2015026732A1 (en) 2013-08-19 2014-08-18 Long endurance airship operations using a free-flying tethered airship system

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EP3036155A1 EP3036155A1 (en) 2016-06-29
EP3036155A4 true EP3036155A4 (en) 2017-05-10

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US20130037650A1 (en) * 2011-03-15 2013-02-14 Stephen B. Heppe Systems and Methods for Long Endurance Airship Operations
US20130126675A1 (en) * 2011-11-23 2013-05-23 Stratospheric Airships, Llc Durable airship hull and in situ airship hull repair
US20140097289A1 (en) * 2011-06-13 2014-04-10 Stephen B. Heppe Additional systems and methods for long endurance airship operations using a free-flying tethered airship system

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US8678309B2 (en) * 2011-06-13 2014-03-25 Stratospheric Airships, Llc Lifting gas replenishment in a tethered airship system
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US20130037650A1 (en) * 2011-03-15 2013-02-14 Stephen B. Heppe Systems and Methods for Long Endurance Airship Operations
US20140097289A1 (en) * 2011-06-13 2014-04-10 Stephen B. Heppe Additional systems and methods for long endurance airship operations using a free-flying tethered airship system
US20130126675A1 (en) * 2011-11-23 2013-05-23 Stratospheric Airships, Llc Durable airship hull and in situ airship hull repair

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