Aerostat system with extended flight envelope

    公开(公告)号:US09789947B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-17

    申请号:US14372844

    申请日:2013-01-17

    摘要: An aerostat system with an extended flight envelope in which the aerostat system can safely operate is provided. The aerostat system includes an aerostat, multiple tether groups and a base station. Spatially distinct tether groups allow for improved stability and controllability over a wide range of wind conditions. Independent actuation of the tether groups allows for control of the aerostat pitch and roll angle. A rotating platform including rails to rest the aerostat allows docking without auxiliary tethers, minimizing or eliminating the ground crew required to dock traditional aerostat systems. An optional controller allows remote or autonomous operation of the aerostat system.

    WINCH SYSTEM
    2.
    发明申请
    WINCH SYSTEM 有权
    WINCH系统

    公开(公告)号:US20160347594A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-12-01

    申请号:US14722177

    申请日:2015-05-27

    申请人: RT LTD.

    发明人: Rami SHMUELI

    IPC分类号: B66D1/74 B64F1/14 B66D1/76

    摘要: A winch system for controlling the elevation of an aerostats restrained by a cable is provided. The system includes a capstan arrangement configured for reducing the tension in a segment of a cable extending between an aerostats side and a drum side thereof; a spool drum configured for wrapping therearound a segment of the cable extending from the drum side of the capstan arrangement; a first drive mechanism configured to selectively activate the capstan arrangement in a released mode, in which the cable is let out towards the aerostats, and a pulling mode in which the cable is pulled in towards the spool drum; and a second drive mechanism configured to rotate the spool drum in the released mode and in the pulling mode such that the segment of the cable extending from the drum side of the capstan arrangement is pulled in a counter direction to the direction of the tension exerted on the cable.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于控制由电缆限制的空气净化器的高​​度的绞盘系统。 该系统包括主导轴装置,其构造成用于减小在空气净化器侧和其鼓侧之间延伸的电缆的段中的张力; 卷筒鼓,其构造成围绕从绞盘装置的鼓侧延伸的电缆的一段缠绕; 第一驱动机构,其构造成以释放模式选择性地启动绞盘装置,其中电缆向空气放置器排出;以及牵引模式,其中电缆被拉向卷轴滚筒; 以及第二驱动机构,其构造成使卷筒滚筒以释放模式和拉动模式旋转,使得从绞盘装置的滚筒侧延伸的缆线段沿与施加在其上的张力方向相反的方向被拉动 电缆。

    FLYING OBJECT OPERATING SYSTEM
    3.
    发明申请
    FLYING OBJECT OPERATING SYSTEM 审中-公开
    飞行对象操作系统

    公开(公告)号:US20160122014A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-05-05

    申请号:US14897869

    申请日:2014-06-03

    申请人: Soo-Young JANG

    发明人: Soo-Young JANG

    摘要: The present invention relates to a system for operating a flying object that is flown from the ground. The flying object operation system includes a flying object that is filled with a gas therein to stay in the sky, a ground unit installed on the ground, a wire unit connecting the flying object to the ground unit, and a buoyancy-generation unit disposed on a side of the flying object to obtain buoyancy through friction with air, thereby transferring the obtained buoyancy to the flying object. In the present invention, since additional wind-derived buoyancy obtained by the buoyancy-generation unit connected to the flying object is further generated, sufficient buoyancy may be supplied to the flying object in a high-altitude environment to stably operate the flying object. Also, since power generated by using the wind power generation unit is transmitted to the ground through the wire unit, the flying object operation system may be utilized as wind power generation equipment.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及一种用于操作从地面飞行的飞行物体的系统。 飞行物体操作系统包括在其中填充有气体以留在天空中的飞行物体,安装在地面上的接地单元,将飞行物体连接到地面单元的线单元和布置在地面上的浮力发生单元 飞行物体的一侧通过与空气的摩擦获得浮力,从而将获得的浮力转移到飞行物体上。 在本发明中,由于与由飞行物体连接的浮力发生单元得到的额外的风力浮力进一步产生,所以可以在高空环境中向飞行物体供给足够的浮力,以稳定地操作飞行物体。 此外,由于通过使用风力发电单元产生的电力通过线单元传递到地面,所以飞行物体操作系统可以用作风力发电设备。

    Methods and apparatuses involving flexible cable/guidewire/interconnects
    4.
    发明授权
    Methods and apparatuses involving flexible cable/guidewire/interconnects 有权
    包括柔性电缆/导丝/互连的方法和设备

    公开(公告)号:US09193313B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-11-24

    申请号:US13849334

    申请日:2013-03-22

    发明人: John L. Erb

    摘要: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatus and methods including communication circuits for communicating between a plurality of compartments in a vehicle. An array of flexible cables provides signal-communication paths between the plurality of compartments in the vehicle, with each cable having a glass or silica core region for conveying optical signals, and communicating signals (electrical signals and optical signals) along at least one of the signal-communication paths and between the plurality of compartments in the vehicle. The apparatus and methods also include a plurality of circuits that communicate status-indication signals between locations along the array of flexible cables. The status-indication signals are communicated via the signal-communication paths in the flexible array of cables and are indicative of vehicle-travel modes for reporting a status of the vehicle in a mode relative to travel of the vehicle.

    摘要翻译: 本公开的各种实施例涉及包括用于在车辆中的多个隔间之间进行通信的通信电路的装置和方法。 柔性电缆阵列提供车辆中的多个隔室之间的信号通信路径,每个电缆具有用于传送光信号的玻璃或二氧化硅核心区域,以及沿着至少一个电信号传送信号(电信号和光信号) 信号通信路径和车辆中的多个隔间之间。 装置和方法还包括多个电路,其沿着柔性电缆阵列的位置之间传送状态指示信号。 状态指示信号通过电缆的柔性阵列中的信号通信路径进行通信,并且指示用于以相对于车辆行驶的模式报告车辆的状态的车辆行驶模式。

    Self Transportable Aerostat System
    5.
    发明申请
    Self Transportable Aerostat System 有权
    自动运输气动系统

    公开(公告)号:US20140077030A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-03-20

    申请号:US13735728

    申请日:2013-01-07

    申请人: TCOM, LP

    IPC分类号: B64B1/66 B64B1/58

    摘要: A self transportable aerostat system comprising: a first motorized mooring truck; a mooring tower removably attached to a base assembly of the first mooring truck, generally vertically arranged in relation to the bed of the first mooring truck; a proximal and distal boom deck removably attached to the base assembly; a flying sheave for redirecting a tether carried by the base assembly and attachable to an aerostat; a second motorized mooring truck attachable to the outer edge of the distal boom; and, an aerostat truck having an electrical connection for connecting to the first mooring truck and having an aerostat storage compartment for storing the aerostat is a retracted configuration.

    摘要翻译: 一种可自行运送的空气净化系统,包括:第一电动系泊车; 系泊塔可移除地附接到第一系泊车的基座组件,其大致垂直地布置成相对于第一系泊车的床; 可拆卸地附接到基座组件的近侧和远侧臂架甲板; 用于重新定向由基座组件承载的系绳并可附接到空气净化器的飞轮; 第二电动系泊车可附接到远端吊杆的外缘; 并且具有用于连接到第一系泊卡车的电气连接并且具有用于存储空气净化器的空气净化器储藏室的空气净化器卡车是缩回构型。

    Apparatus for lighter-than-air aircraft
    6.
    发明授权
    Apparatus for lighter-than-air aircraft 有权
    轻型飞机的装置

    公开(公告)号:US07690596B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-04-06

    申请号:US12037599

    申请日:2008-02-26

    IPC分类号: B64B1/00

    CPC分类号: B64F1/14 B64B1/58 B64B1/66

    摘要: An apparatus for launching and recovering a lighter-than-air aircraft is provided. The aircraft includes an envelope that is substantially filled before launch with a lift gas and a second gas. The lift gas and second gas are substantially separated in the envelope by a boundary layer of mixed gas, formed by the lift and second gases. The aircraft is supported by one or more masts as the lift gas is injected to achieve the required buoyancy for launch. The aircraft is then released and rises, for example, in an inclined orientation. As the aircraft climbs, the lift gas expands in the envelope, and the second gas is vented therefrom. During horizontal descent, air can be pumped into the envelope to maintain the envelope in a substantially filled configuration. The air and lift gas can be mixed to avoid sloshing and pooling.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于发射和恢复轻型飞机的装置。 该飞机包括一个信封,其在发射之前用提升气体和第二个气体基本上被填充。 提升气体和第二气体通过由升力和第二气体形成的混合气体的边界层在壳体中基本分离。 飞机由一个或多个桅杆支撑,因为提升气体被注入以实现所需的浮力用于发射。 然后飞机被释放并且例如以倾斜的方向上升。 当飞机爬升时,提升气体在信封中膨胀,并且第二气体从其中排出。 在水平下降期间,可以将空气泵送到信封中,以将信封保持在基本上充满的配置。 空气和提升气体可以混合,以避免晃动和汇集。

    Airship docking mechanism
    7.
    发明申请
    Airship docking mechanism 失效
    飞艇对接机制

    公开(公告)号:US20070095974A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-05-03

    申请号:US11263774

    申请日:2005-11-01

    IPC分类号: B64B1/02 B64F1/14

    摘要: A system and method for docking an airship to a mooring mast includes a thruster that is mounted to the fore end of the airship. When activated, the thruster generates a thrust vector that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the airship and is selectively directional. In particular, the configuration of the thruster can be changed to vary the direction of the thrust vector around the longitudinal axis to maneuver a connector on the thruster into contact with the mooring mast. Engagement of the connector to the mooring mast then docks the airship to the mooring mast.

    摘要翻译: 将飞艇对接到系泊桅杆的系统和方法包括安装在飞艇前端的推进器。 当被激活时,推进器产生基本上垂直于飞艇的纵轴的推力矢量,并且是选择性的。 特别地,可以改变推进器的构造以改变围绕纵向轴线的推力矢量的方向,以操纵推进器上的连接器以与系泊桅杆接触。 连接器与系泊桅杆的接合然后使飞艇停靠在系泊桅杆上。

    Release fitting for balloons
    8.
    发明授权
    Release fitting for balloons 失效
    气球释放配件

    公开(公告)号:US06234425B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-05-22

    申请号:US09309901

    申请日:1999-05-11

    IPC分类号: B64D1700

    摘要: A release fitting for releasably holding at least one line to at least one item, the release fitting having a first body part, a second body part, and a third body part, the first and second body parts pivotably secured to the third body part, a bolt with a first bolt portion connected to a first portion of the first body part and a second bolt portion connected to a first portion of the second body part, at least one pin suitable for attaching thereto the at least one line, the first body part having a recess for releasably receiving an end of the pin, the bolt initially holding apart the first portion of the first body part and the first portion of the second body part to thereby maintain a second pin end in the recess, the third body part connected to the at least one item, bolt cutter apparatus for selectively cutting the bolt to release the at least one line from the pin.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于将至少一条线路可释放地保持在至少一个物品上的释放配件,所述释放配件具有第一主体部分,第二主体部分和第三主体部分,所述第一和第二主体部分可枢转地固定到所述第三主体部分, 螺栓,其具有连接到所述第一主体部分的第一部分的第一螺栓部分和连接到所述第二主体部分的第一部分的第二螺栓部分,至少一个适于附接到所述至少一条线的销,所述第一主体 该部分具有用于可释放地接收销的端部的凹部,所述螺栓最初将第一主体部分的第一部分和第二主体部分的第一部分分开,从而将第二销端保持在凹部中,第三主体部分 连接到所述至少一个物品的螺栓切割装置,用于选择性地切割所述螺栓以从所述销释放所述至少一条线。

    Mooring tower assembly for a lighter-than-air vehicle
    9.
    发明授权
    Mooring tower assembly for a lighter-than-air vehicle 失效
    用于轻型车辆的系泊塔组件

    公开(公告)号:US5497962A

    公开(公告)日:1996-03-12

    申请号:US322457

    申请日:1994-10-11

    申请人: Wilfred L. Wood

    发明人: Wilfred L. Wood

    IPC分类号: E04H12/18 B64F1/14 B64F1/12

    CPC分类号: B64F1/14

    摘要: The invention is a mooring tower for a for a lighter-than-vehicle. In detail the invention includes a vertical tower having a vertical and lateral axis. A first support member is mounted on the top of said tower, which is rotatable in a horizontal plane about a vertical axis aligned with the vertical axis of the tower. A second support member is mounted by its first end mounted to the first support member and includes a telescoping second end. The second support member is rotatable in a vertical plane about its first end. The second support member includes an aperture extending therethrough from the first end to the second. A winch is mounted to the vertical tower having a mooring line extending through the aperture in the second member from the first end to and out the second end thereof. Thus a vehicle having the end of the mooring line attached to the nose thereof can be winched to the vertical tower.

    摘要翻译: 本发明是用于轻型车辆的系泊塔。 详细地,本发明包括具有垂直和横向轴线的竖直塔架。 第一支撑构件安装在所述塔的顶部上,所述塔的顶部围绕与塔的竖直轴线对准的垂直轴在水平面中旋转。 第二支撑构件通过其第一端安装到第一支撑构件上并且包括伸缩的第二端。 第二支撑构件可围绕其第一端在垂直平面中旋转。 第二支撑构件包括从第一端延伸到第二端的孔。 绞盘安装到具有从第一端延伸穿过第二构件中的孔的系泊绳的垂直塔,并从第二端延伸出第二端。 因此,具有附接到其鼻部的系泊线的端部的车辆可以被绞盘到垂直塔。

    Lightning hardened tether cable and an aerostat tethered to a mooring
system therewith
    10.
    发明授权
    Lightning hardened tether cable and an aerostat tethered to a mooring system therewith 失效
    闪电强化系绳电缆和与其系泊的系统的空气净化器

    公开(公告)号:US4842221A

    公开(公告)日:1989-06-27

    申请号:US184530

    申请日:1988-04-21

    IPC分类号: B64D45/02 B64F1/14 H04B7/185

    摘要: An improved tether having a central strength member comprised of layers of synthetic fibers surrounded by a thin weatherproof plastic barrier. A current carrying metallic braid surrounds the weatherproof barrier and in a portion of the tether is of a higher strength and denser weave copper than in other areas. An outer protective jacket surrounds the metallic braid and one or more windows are formed by removing a short longitudinal section of the outer jacket above an area of the tether which has the high density metallic braid. The weatherproof barrier, at least in the area where windows are formed, is heat sealed to form a seamless barrier. A relatively soft copper wire is wound around the metallic braid in the window area so as to transfer lightning induced currents in the metallic braid of the tether to a grounding system. The tether may be used in conjunction with an aerostat with the mooring system for the aerostat including a flying sheave which contacts one or more of the windows formed in the tether to complete the discharge path to a ground rod electrically connected to the mooring system.

    摘要翻译: 一种改进的系绳,其具有由薄层防水塑料屏障包围的合成纤维层构成的中心强度构件。 载流金属编织物围绕防风雨屏障,系绳的一部分具有比其他区域更高的强度和更密的编织铜。 围绕金属编织物的外部保护套,并且通过在具有高密度金属编织物的系绳的区域的上方去除外部护套的短的纵向部分来形成一个或多个窗口。 至少在形成窗户的地方,防风雨屏障被热封以形成无缝的屏障。 相对软的铜线缠绕在窗口区域中的金属编织物周围,以将系绳的金属编织物中的雷电感应电流传递到接地系统。 系绳可以与空气净化器结合使用,其中用于空气稳定器的系泊系统包括与形成在系绳中的一个或多个窗口接触的飞轮,以完成到与系泊系统电连接的接地棒的排放路径。