| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7878449 |
Mass transfer system for stabilizing an airship and other vehicles subject to pitch and roll mom |
February 1, 2011 |
| The invention relates to a mechanism to control the pitch and/or roll and/or center of gravity of a vehicle. The first embodiment is a track-based mass transfer system in which pathways are positioned along or radially terminate at a central horizontal plane of the vehicle to move on |
| 7490794 |
Airship having a central fairing to act as a stall strip and to reduce lift |
February 17, 2009 |
| An airship including a hull having a lenticular shape and a fairing attached to the hull to act as a stall strip and reduce the lift generated by the hull. The hull is symmetrical along a central horizontal plane and the fairing may be positioned along the central horizontal plane. T |
| 7487936 |
Buoyancy control system for an airship |
February 10, 2009 |
| One embodiment of the invention provides an airship having an outer tube formed in the shape of a toroid and defining a central opening, a first compartment positioned within the outer tube and containing a first gas, and a second compartment positioned within the outer tube and containi |
| 7424040 |
Communication systems and methods for transmitting data in parallel over multiple channels |
September 9, 2008 |
| A method for simultaneously transmitting data bits using multiple channels. The method may include receiving a plurality of source data bits, arranging the plurality of source data bits so that adjacent source data bits are to be transmitted on a different channel and transmitting th |
| 7350749 |
Mass transfer system for stabilizing an airship and other vehicles subject to pitch and roll mom |
April 1, 2008 |
| The invention relates to a mechanism to control the pitch and/or roll and/or center of gravity of a vehicle. The first embodiment is a track-based mass transfer system in which pathways are positioned along or radially terminate at a central horizontal plane of the vehicle to move on |
| 7185848 |
Mass transfer system for stabilizing an airship and other vehicles subject to pitch and roll mom |
March 6, 2007 |
| The invention relates to a mechanism to control the pitch and/or roll and/or center of gravity of a vehicle. The first embodiment is a track-based mass transfer system in which pathways are positioned along or radially terminate at a central horizontal plane of the vehicle to move on |
| 7156342 |
Systems for actively controlling the aerostatic lift of an airship |
January 2, 2007 |
| Various embodiments of the invention relate generally to systems for providing active vertical control of an airship. More particularly, at least one embodiment of the invention relates to a system for actively controlling the aerostatic lift of an airship by manipulating the ratio o |
