WO2000066425A3 - Airship/spacecraft - Google Patents

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WO2000066425A3
WO2000066425A3 PCT/US2000/009617 US0009617W WO0066425A3 WO 2000066425 A3 WO2000066425 A3 WO 2000066425A3 US 0009617 W US0009617 W US 0009617W WO 0066425 A3 WO0066425 A3 WO 0066425A3
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airship
spacecraft
gaseous fuel
turbine
turbo
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PCT/US2000/009617
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WO2000066425A2 (en
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Anthony I Provitola
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Anthony I Provitola
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Priority claimed from US09/301,139 external-priority patent/US6119983A/en
Priority claimed from US09/321,796 external-priority patent/US6148609A/en
Application filed by Anthony I Provitola filed Critical Anthony I Provitola
Priority to AU66045/00A priority Critical patent/AU6604500A/en
Priority to NZ514076A priority patent/NZ514076A/en
Priority to CA002370423A priority patent/CA2370423A1/en
Priority to EP00953628A priority patent/EP1175332A4/en
Publication of WO2000066425A2 publication Critical patent/WO2000066425A2/en
Publication of WO2000066425A3 publication Critical patent/WO2000066425A3/en

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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64G—COSMONAUTICS; VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64G1/00—Cosmonautic vehicles
    • B64G1/22—Parts of, or equipment specially adapted for fitting in or to, cosmonautic vehicles
    • B64G1/40—Arrangements or adaptations of propulsion systems
    • B64G1/401—Liquid propellant rocket engines
    • 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
    • B64B1/08—Framework construction
    • 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
    • B64C39/00—Aircraft not otherwise provided for
    • B64C39/001—Flying saucers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64G—COSMONAUTICS; VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64G1/00—Cosmonautic vehicles
    • B64G1/22—Parts of, or equipment specially adapted for fitting in or to, cosmonautic vehicles
    • B64G1/40—Arrangements or adaptations of propulsion systems
    • B64G1/402—Propellant tanks; Feeding propellants
    • B64G1/4021—Tank construction; Details thereof
    • 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
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64G—COSMONAUTICS; VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64G1/00—Cosmonautic vehicles
    • B64G1/002—Launch systems
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64G—COSMONAUTICS; VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64G1/00—Cosmonautic vehicles
    • B64G1/002—Launch systems
    • B64G1/005—Air launch

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Aviation & Aerospace Engineering (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Remote Sensing (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • Filling Or Discharging Of Gas Storage Vessels (AREA)
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Abstract

An airship/spacecraft, which, in a preferred embodiment, uses its lifting gas (64) as fuel for thrusters, which may be of the turbo-type or rocket type, or both, to achieve transition to space flight. The airship aspect has gas retaining structures (61) that can withstand internal and external pressure and can change in volume and shape. The gas retaining structures (61) may be compartmentalized with a folded diaphragm membrane (63) and also configured as pressure vessels. The spacecraft aspect provides control, power, services, and space for missions of the airship/spacecraft. The best mode includes a turbo-rocket thruster in which the turbine compressor is used to intake and compress a gaseous fuel for combustion with a stored oxidizer injected into the compressed gaseous fuel stream. The compressor stage (6) is driven by the turbine stage (7), which is driven by burning gaseous fuel passing across the turbine blades (13). The burned gases are then expanded through an exhaust nozzle and thereby ejected to produce reaction thrust.
PCT/US2000/009617 1999-04-28 2000-04-11 Airship/spacecraft WO2000066425A2 (en)

Priority Applications (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
AU66045/00A AU6604500A (en) 1999-04-28 2000-04-11 Airship/spacecraft
NZ514076A NZ514076A (en) 1999-04-28 2000-04-11 Airship/spacecraft with gas for propulsion stored in chamber(s) that can change shape
CA002370423A CA2370423A1 (en) 1999-04-28 2000-04-11 Airship/spacecraft
EP00953628A EP1175332A4 (en) 1999-04-28 2000-04-11 Airship/spacecraft

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US09/301,139 1999-04-28
US09/301,139 US6119983A (en) 1999-04-28 1999-04-28 Airship/spacecraft
US09/321,796 1999-05-27
US09/321,796 US6148609A (en) 1999-05-27 1999-05-27 Turbo-rocket thruster

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WO2000066425A2 WO2000066425A2 (en) 2000-11-09
WO2000066425A3 true WO2000066425A3 (en) 2001-09-07

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AU (1) AU6604500A (en)
CA (1) CA2370423A1 (en)
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US3120932A (en) * 1960-11-14 1964-02-11 Stahmer Bernhardt Jet-balloon aircraft
US4730797A (en) * 1985-08-12 1988-03-15 Minovitch Michael Andrew Inflatable core orbital construction method and space station
US5538203A (en) * 1994-06-20 1996-07-23 Lockheed Corporation Ballonet system for a lighter-than-air vehicle

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NZ514076A (en) 2003-02-28
AU6604500A (en) 2000-11-17
CA2370423A1 (en) 2000-11-09
EP1175332A4 (en) 2003-10-22
WO2000066425A2 (en) 2000-11-09

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