GB2461472A - High altitude payload structures and related methods - Google Patents

High altitude payload structures and related methods Download PDF

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GB2461472A
GB2461472A GB0919587A GB0919587A GB2461472A GB 2461472 A GB2461472 A GB 2461472A GB 0919587 A GB0919587 A GB 0919587A GB 0919587 A GB0919587 A GB 0919587A GB 2461472 A GB2461472 A GB 2461472A
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elongated structure
high altitude
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Roderick A Hyde
Nathan P Myhrvold
Clarence T Tegreene
Lowell L Wood Jr
Alistair K Chan
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Priority claimed from US11/788,389 external-priority patent/US8166710B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/788,394 external-priority patent/US8985477B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/788,383 external-priority patent/US20080257977A1/en
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04B—GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS
    • E04B1/00—Constructions in general; Structures which are not restricted either to walls, e.g. partitions, or floors or ceilings or roofs
    • E04B1/34—Extraordinary structures, e.g. with suspended or cantilever parts supported by masts or tower-like structures enclosing elevators or stairs; Features relating to the elastic stability
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H12/00—Towers; Masts or poles; Chimney stacks; Water-towers; Methods of erecting such structures
    • E04H12/28—Chimney stacks, e.g. free-standing, or similar ducts
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H5/00—Buildings or groups of buildings for industrial or agricultural purposes
    • E04H5/10—Buildings forming part of cooling plants
    • E04H5/12—Cooling towers

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Abstract

A system and method is described generally for providing a high altitude structure including an elongated structure coupled to the ground and extending skyward. The elongated structure at least partially supported by buoyancy effects, the elongated structure including at least one lumen, the at least one lumen configured to transport at least one material and to vent the at least one material to the atmosphere. The system and method also include a gas having a density that is less dense than that of the atmosphere outside of the elongated structure; the gas is disposed in one or more voids of the elongated structure. The system and method includes the use of an introducer configured to provide the gas into the one or more voids. The system and method further include a payload coupled to the elongated structure and being held aloft by the elongated structure.
GB0919587A 2007-04-18 2008-04-18 High altitude payload structures and related methods Withdrawn GB2461472A (en)

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US11/788,372 US20080258006A1 (en) 2007-04-18 2007-04-18 High altitude structures control system and related methods
US11/788,389 US8166710B2 (en) 2007-04-18 2007-04-18 High altitude structure for expelling a fluid stream through an annular space
US11/788,394 US8985477B2 (en) 2007-04-18 2007-04-18 High altitude payload structures and related methods
US11/788,383 US20080257977A1 (en) 2007-04-18 2007-04-18 High altitude atmospheric alteration system and method
PCT/US2008/004985 WO2008130608A1 (en) 2007-04-18 2008-04-18 High altitude payload structures and related methods

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US3974756A (en) * 1974-12-19 1976-08-17 Long Otto V Apparatus and method for field burning and fog or smog control
US5182458A (en) * 1990-06-25 1993-01-26 Mcconachy Harry R Efficient high tower wind generating system
US6762695B1 (en) * 2002-08-13 2004-07-13 At&T Corp. Radio tower lighting system
US20060017809A1 (en) * 2004-07-20 2006-01-26 Carroll Mark D Mobile monitoring system

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US3974756A (en) * 1974-12-19 1976-08-17 Long Otto V Apparatus and method for field burning and fog or smog control
US5182458A (en) * 1990-06-25 1993-01-26 Mcconachy Harry R Efficient high tower wind generating system
US6762695B1 (en) * 2002-08-13 2004-07-13 At&T Corp. Radio tower lighting system
US20060017809A1 (en) * 2004-07-20 2006-01-26 Carroll Mark D Mobile monitoring system

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