US20050189467A1

US20050189467A1 - Harrison gyroscopes-stabilized free standing towers and missile defense systems

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Publication number: US20050189467A1
Application number: US10/939,297
Authority: US
Inventors: Wilbur Harrison
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2002-11-26
Filing date: 2004-09-13
Publication date: 2005-09-01

Abstract

Gyroscopes-stabilized free standing towers and missile defense systems are described that can support and contain surveillance radar, communication systems including electronic coordination systems and defensive weapon systems against cruise missiles, ICBMS, manned and unmanned aircraft, as well as other illegal penetration of USA borders. The current invention shall provide the lowest cost option for positioning systems where look-down surveillance, look-over-the-natural-horizon surveillance, look-up surveillance and high electrical power requirements are a major consideration and are a military requirement. Additionally, high electrical power generating capacity is included in this Invention.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to the use of multiple large heavy (10,000 to 24,000 pounds and heavier) gyroscopes used to balance and stabilize very high (1000 to 500,000 feet high) free-standing towers that do not require supporting cables or other structural means to provide balance and stability to the towers. The towers shall contain and support the following heavy items: military radar antennas, military radar equipment, military or other communications equipment, military or other electronic coordination systems equipment, military or other heavy electric power generating equipment including multiple heavy military defense equipment and measures. These military defense measure shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following: antimissile missiles, multiple DEW (directed energy weapons), multiple HEL (high energy laser) cannons, multiple HPCW (high power carrier wave) cannons and other DEW (directed energy weapons) and equipment needed to defend against unwanted and hostile terrorist or other enemy incursions by manned or unmanned aircraft, cruise missiles, ICBM's (Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles), or other unlawful incursions of USA borders, borders of USA allies, deployed overseas, or otherwise deployed, armed forces of the USA and USA allies and other border defenses. Presently, the USA does not have adequate defenses against low flying and radar evading Cruise Missiles, ICBMS and other intrusions of USA borders. The current invention shall correct this problem by providing the lowest cost option for positioning defensive systems where look down surveillance, look-over-the-natural-horizon surveillance, look-up surveillance and very high electric power requirements are a major consideration, an important military advantage and a major military requirement.
2. Description of the Prior Art
There is no Prior Art to the best of the knowledge of this inventor. The use of very large and heavy gyroscopes (10,000 to 2400 pounds and heavier) to balance and stabilize very high (1000 feet tall to 500,000 feet tall) free standing towers, wherein the towers thereby do not require the use of cables or other structural means to provide balance and stability to the towers is not covered in the prior art. Such cables or other structural supports for very high towers have been required in the past, and are still required even now. These very high towers contain and support the following heavy equipment as follows: heavy military surveillance radar antennas, heavy military surveillance radars, heavy military and other communications equipments and military coordination systems and equipment, as well as multiple military defense weapons and systems required to defend against multiple enemy manned or unmanned aircraft, multiple cruise missile attacks, multiple ICBMs (intercontinental ballistic missiles) attacks and other violations of USA borders. Military defense weapons include anti missile missiles, directed energy weapons such as, but are not limited to, the following: HEL (high energy lasers), HPCW (high power carrier waves) and the use of USA modem defense aircraft and their missile attack equipment. The current invention also provides the lowest cost option for positioning defensive systems where look-down surveillance, look-over-the-natural-horizon surveillance, look-up surveillance and high electric power requirements are a major consideration, an important military advantage and a major military requirement. Thus, this application is not included in the public domain.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of the technical state of the USA not being prepared for the present border and air defenses of the USA, as described above in 1. Field of the Invention, the objective of the present invention is offered to correct this serious problem. Accordingly, the current invention, which shall be described subsequently in greater detail, is offered.
To attain the above objective, representative embodiments of the concepts of the present invention are illustrated in the drawings FIG. 1, FIG. 2, FIG. 3 and FIG. 4.
The present invention consists of gyroscopes-stabilized free standing towers that do not require the use of cables or other structural means to provide balance and stability to the towers. These towers support and contain large radar antennas, radar equipment, communications equipment, electronic coordination systems, electric power generating equipment and multiple defense measures and equipment needed to defend the USA, USA deployed armed forces and USA Allies against hostile terrorist or other enemy incursions by manned aircraft or unmanned aircraft, cruise missiles, ICBMs as well as other types of illegal USA border violations. The current invention thus provides the lowest cost option for positioning defensive systems where look-down surveillance, look over-the-natural-horizon surveillance, look-up surveillance and high electric power requirements are a major consideration, an important military advantage and a major military requirement. The present invention provides a near perfect long-range defense against military terrorist threats.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The invention will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
FIG. 1 is a perspective front view of the current invention according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a perspective side view of the current invention according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating the major gyroscope working components.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view illustrating a large air supported cable reinforced structure.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view illustrating a smaller air supported structure that does not require cable reinforcement.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIG. 1 thereof, the following will be described:
FIG. 1: More specifically, it will be noted that the first embodiment of FIG. 1 includes a perspective drawing of the front view of the current invention. FIG. 1 shows the following: 1 the cable reinforced air supported structure that serves as weather protection for the 2 radar antenna. Also 1 may contain the surveillance radar equipment, communications equipment and other related equipment as required. 3. The location of the laser cannon (and other ordinance equipment and other devices required as armament measures required to defend against incoming detected missiles and other threats. 4 the structural clamps as required to support the large heavy gyroscopes onto the towers are so indicated. 5 the structural clamps required to support the large heavy gyroscopes onto the towers. 6 the large heavy gyroscopes assemblies are schematically shown. The typical inner working components of the gyroscopes, which are the most critical and necessary components of the towers are shown schematically in FIG. 3 and described below. To continue with regard to FIG. 1, the ground level or water level 7 is shown schematically. It is noted that the towers may be built on the ground or on the water, which allows the towers to be built at sea off shores, in rivers, in lakes, in bays and other bodies of water. 8 the tower foundations shall usually be steel reinforced concrete pilings, or other pilings, driven down to ground rock. The tower foundations may also be other suitable foundations as dictated by local conditions. However, it is emphasized here that the tower foundations are normally driven down to ground rock in order to provide the towers with solid foundations.
FIG. 2 is a perspective drawing of the side view of the current invention. FIG. 2 shows the following: I the cable reinforced air supported structure that serves as weather protection for the 2 radar antenna. Also I may contain the surveillance radar equipment, communications equipment and other related equipment as required. 3. The location of the laser cannon (and other ordinance equipment and other devices required as armament measures required to defend against incoming detected missiles and other threats. 4 the structural clamps as required to support the large heavy gyroscopes onto the towers are so indicated. 5 the structural damps required to support the large heavy gyroscopes onto the towers. 6 the large heavy gyroscopes assemblies are schematically shown. The typical inner working components of the gyroscopes, which are the most critical and necessary components of the towers are shown schematically in FIG. 3 and described below. To continue with regard to FIG. 2, the ground level or water level 7 is shown schematically. It is noted that the towers may be built on the ground or on the water, which allows the towers to be built at sea off shores, in rivers, in lakes, in bays and other bodies of water. 8 the tower foundations shall usually be steel reinforced concrete pilings, or other pilings, driven down to ground rock. The tower foundations may also be other suitable foundations as dictated by local conditions. However, it is emphasized here that the tower foundations are normally driven down to ground rock in order to provide the towers with solid foundations.
FIG. 3 denotes a perspective drawing of a gyroscope, and shows the components of a gyroscope. 9 denotes the gyroscope rotor which is the main gyroscope component that spins in the 13 gyroscope frame. The high speed spinning of the gyroscope rotor imparts the necessary high gyroscopic moment to the gyroscope. The high gyroscopic moment of the gyroscope provides the required balance and stability to the towers. 10 the rotor outer perimeter contains the maximum weight of the rotor, which imparts the maximum stabilizing gyroscopic moment to the gyroscope. The amount of weight placed in the 10 rotor perimeter is dependent upon fabrication techniques, the tensile strength of the rotor materials and other factors. 12 the thrust bearings serve to retain the 9 and 10 gyroscope rotor structurally and properly attached to the 13 gyroscope frame. The 12 magnetic thrust bearings are electronically controlled. This provides electronic control of such factors as unwanted vibration and other unwanted factors by the use of electronic damping. 11 the radial bearings of the 9 and 10 gyroscope rotor. 11 the radial bearings are connected to the 13 gyroscope frame but do not rotate with the 9 and 10 rotor or the 14 rotor shaft. 11 the magnetic radial bearings are electronically controlled. This provides electronic control of such factors as unwanted vibration and other unwanted factors by the use of electronic damping. 14 the rotor shaft is normally steel, or another suitable magnetic material, as required for the proper functioning of the magnetic thrust bearings and the magnetic radial bearings to perform. This maximizes rotor spin life by eliminating all metal-to-metal wearing contact between the spinning rotor 11 and 12, the 14 steel gyroscope shaft and 13 the gyroscope frame by controlling and restricting the location of the 14 rotor shaft using powerful magnetic flux, provided by powerful electromagnets, rather than by the more well known means of metal to metal bearings which introduces metal-to-metal wearing contact accompanied by friction drag. This use of 12 magnetic thrust bearings and 11 magnetic radial bearings extends the expected maintenance free life of the gyroscopes to an estimated 200 years, providing there is no interruption of electric power to the magnetic bearings. Note: significant and large electric power is being continually generated by the towers themselves.
FIG. 4 denotes a perspective drawing of an air supported and cable-reinforced 200 foot in diameter air supported structure showing the reinforcing cables at intervals of approximately every 30 feet of the perimeter of the structure that is constructed of 5 mil thick Mylar polyester film. Air supported structures are normally built in the form of a hemisphere, but are also built in the shape of a Quonset structure to cover rectangular areas, such as swimming pools. All air supported structures are firmly supported by air that Is maintained at a slightly higher pressure, of 5 psf higher than the air outside the air supported structure. This pressure differential is maintained electronically. Reinforcing cables are used to enable air supported structures to withstand very high wind conditions and other severe weather conditions. Each of the reinforcing cables are firmly and structurally attached to the ground or to the platform supporting the air supported structure. In FIG. 4, at the lower right of the structure there is an air lock to enable entrance into the structure by trucks delivering building materials for the building being constructed inside the air supported structure with a minimal or no reduction of the air pressure inside the structure. Air supported structures are made of flexible films or materials such as, but not limited to, the following: Mylar polyester film a clear transparent DuPont product with a very high tensile strength of 25,000 psi that approaches the tensile strength of steel. Mylar is a long chain polymer composed of a cast film of polyethylene terapthyalate that is orientated by being stretched in both the transverse direction and the longitudinal directions during it's manufacture; this process causes the molecules of the film to link, forming the long chains that contribute to the strength and other properties of the film. Other materials used for air supported structures include various vinyl films, hypalon coated nylon cloth, vinyl coated nylon cloth, Dacron and other cloths coated or not coated. Air supported structures are light weight, low cost structures normally used for the storage of materials and other uses.
FIG. 5 is an actual picture of a 60 foot diameter hemispheric shaped air supported structure, made of 5 mil thick Mylar polyester film, that does not require the use of reinforcement cables for stability in winds of 60 miles per hour to 100 miles per hour.

SPECIFICATION

Tile of Invention: Harrison Gyroscopes-Stabilized Free Standing Towers And Missile Defense Systems.
Detailed Description: The present invention relates to the use of multiple large and heavy (10,000 pounds to 24,000 pounds and heavier) gyroscopes that provide balance and stabilization to very high (1000 feet to 500,000 feet high) tee-standing towers that thereby do not require use of supporting cables or other structural means to provide balance and stability to the towers. These gyroscopes-stabilized free standing towers support and contain anti-missile defense radar, communications systems and defensive weapons to protect the USA and irs Allies against enemy cruise missiles, ICBMs and manned or unmanned aircraft and other unwanted or unlawful USA border penetrations. The above towers also provide border defense for the USA and USA Allies and deployed USA and USA Allies armed forces. Defensive weapons on or connected by communication systems to the towers would include, but shall not be limited to, anti-missile missiles, USA defensive aircraft, Directed Energy Weapons (but would not be limited to) DEW (directed energy weapons) such as HEL (High Energy Laser) weapons and HECW (High Energy Carrier Wave) weapons. The system described above would provide the lowest cost option for positioning defensive systems where look down surveillance, look over-the-natural-horizon surveillance, look-up surveillance and high electric power requirements, required to power the defensive weapons and other uses, are a major military consideration and are a military requirement. The design technique would include:
1. The use of very large and heavy (10,000 pounds to 24,000 pounds, and much higher) gyroscopes with very large gyroscopic moments to provide high tower balance and stability. The towers so balanced and stabilized shall therefore not require the use of structural cables or other stabilizing structures to provide tower balance and tower stability.
2. The gyroscopes described in 1 above shall be firmly secured to the towers every 100 feet; the axis of rotation of the gyroscope rotors shall be identical to the vertical center line of the tower. The gyroscopes shall weigh some 10,000 pounds to 24,000 pounds, or higher, with most gyroscope rotor weight concentrated at the perimeter of the gyroscope, and the rotor of the gyroscopes shall be rotating at the highest speed that the strength of the material from which the gyroscopes rotors are constructed will allow and still not fly apart, which shall be 2,500 RPM to 15,000 RPM, or higher, if the strength or other properties of the material from which the gyroscope rotors are made will permit. Further, the rotor thrust bearings and radial bearings shall be the best available, of metal or other material or materials, to promote the maximum effective lifetime of the gyroscopes. Accordingly, the thrust bearings and radial bearings shall be magnetic bearings, which shall contain the rotors of the gyroscopes in a magnetic flux, thereby eliminating all metal-to-metal wearing contact of the gyroscope rotors, which are the major moving part in the gyroscopes. This shall prolong the maintenance free lifetime of the rotors to an estimated 200 or more years, provided that electric power to the gyroscopes is not interrupted. Note that electric power is continually generated by the towers themselves. The gyroscopes shall be contained in hermetically sealed containers to improve their lifetime..
3. The tower vertical structural supporting legs shall be round, square, rectangular or any other shape in cross-section; shall be made of a clear material such as Lucite, or any other suitable material; and shall contain or support photo-electric panels for the purpose of generating electric power. There shall be at least one structural supporting leg or many more structural supporting legs as required by structural requirements or electric power requirements. Note that the structural legs shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 show six (6) structural tower legs. More structural legs shall be used as and if required structurally or as required for electric power generation purposes.
4. The towers shall have wind power electric power generators attached as often as is practical. Our plan is to attach such wind power generators every 50 feet of tower height.
5. Radar antenna shall be attached at the top of the towers, and every 1000 feet of tower height. The antenna and associated equipment shall be weather protected via an air-supported cable-reinforced structure or by other means.
6. A special pressurized elevator shall be attached to each tower to enable access to the radar antenna, radar equipment and other servicing as needed.

Claims

1. Very tall towers that are 1000 feet tall to 500,000 feet tall, and higher, that contain large heavy gyroscopes every 100 feet of tower height that weigh 10,000 pounds to 24,000 pounds, or even heavier, to balance and stabilize the towers, thus negating the need to use cables or other structures to provide balance and stability for the towers, the system comprising:

(a) the towers shall contain and support multiple surveillance radar equipments, multiple radar antennas, both military or commercial communications equipments, defense coordination equipments and defensive weapon systems to defend the USA and USA allies against cruise missiles, ICBM's, manned or unmanned aircraft, as well as to defend against all hostile, harmful, unlawful or unwanted violations of USA borders;

(b) the use of clear or other structural members (such as Lucite, steel, carbon composite fiber or other materials) suitable to contain, or support, photoelectric power panels for the purpose of generating significant electric power;

(c) the use of wind power electric generators attached every 50 feet of tower height, either more or less, on the high free-standing towers for generating significant electric power; and

(d) the use of special pressurized elevators to construct, service and maintain the high 1000 feet high to 500,000 feet high, and higher, free-standing military, communication, commercial and power generation towers.

2. The use of the current invention as a primary source for generating electric power which is both non-polluting to the environment and renewable; such electricity shall be herein afterwards referred to as green electric power; green electric power generation does not pollute the air, the earth, or any other aspect of our environment, as does electricity generated using such fuels as petroleum, coal, natural gas, nuclear fuel and all other such non-renewable fuels that shall eventually be depleted, the system comprising;

(a) wind power electrical power generators placed every 50 feet or more of tower height; and

(b) photoelectric power panels inside of, or attached to, the tower structural legs.

3. The system of claim 2, at heights of 50,000 feet to 100,000 feet or higher, generating the equivalent of the electric power generated by a conventional power plant fueled by coal, petroleum, natural gas or nuclear fuel and at an estimated cost of 25% to 10% of the cost of generating electricity using conventional fuels.

4. The system of claim 2 further using green electric power to aerate the streams, rivers, bays and virtually all other waterways, which are now dangerously polluted, are actually expiring, and are technically and literally in the process of becoming barren of underwater life, due primarily to the lack of dissolved oxygen, caused by human pollution from storm water run-off, Improperly designed and improperly managed waste water treatment plants, and the improper and excessive use of chemical fertilizer needed to produce food for humans.

5. The system of claim 2 further using the wide-spread generation and use of this green electric power to reduce the USA's existing dependency upon foreign oil sources.

6. The system of claim 2, if cost-shared with claim 1, would further reduce the cost of green electric power, and thus would escalate the importance of claim 2's feature of the gyroscopes-stabilized free- standing towers.