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Class Information
Number: 244/24
Name: Aeronautics > Aircraft, lighter-than-air
Description: Miscellaneous aircraft which ordinarily have a total weight less than or equal to that of the volume of air which they displace and are therefore sustained by their buoyancy with respect to the air.


Sub-classes under this class:

Class Number Class Name Patents
244/28 Airship and beating wing sustained 8
244/29 Airship and fluid sustained 22
244/26 Airship and helicopter sustained 35
244/27 Airship and paddle wheel sustained 2
244/25 Airships with sustaining wings 33
244/30 Airships 148
244/31 Balloons 135


Patents under this class:

Patent Number Title Of Patent Date Issued
7571875 Device and method for sealing and lighting a balloon Aug. 11, 2009
7568656 System for controlling the lift of aircraft Aug. 4, 2009
7478779 Device and method for sealing and lighting a balloon Jan. 20, 2009
7448572 Direct mounted propulsion for non-rigid airships Nov. 11, 2008
7380750 Method for lighter-than-air aircraft Jun. 3, 2008
7341223 Hybrid unmanned vehicle for high altitude operations Mar. 11, 2008
7317261 Power generating apparatus Jan. 8, 2008
7263939 Simplified elevated sailing apparatus Sep. 4, 2007
7264202 Tri-cycloidal airship Sep. 4, 2007
7147184 Aerodynamic fairing system for airship Dec. 12, 2006
7129596 Hovering wind turbine Oct. 31, 2006
7093789 Delta-winged hybrid airship Aug. 22, 2006
7055778 Apparatus and method for lighter-than-air aircraft Jun. 6, 2006
6925949 Elevated sailing apparatus Aug. 9, 2005
6896222 Hydrogen lighter-than-air ship May. 24, 2005
6834829 Vertical lift aircraft having an enclosed rotary wing Dec. 28, 2004
6739549 Dirigible balloon rigidified by helium tanks May. 25, 2004
6607163 Autonomous stratospheric airship Aug. 19, 2003
6581873 Hybrid winged airship (dynastat) Jun. 24, 2003
6565037 Hybrid aircraft and methods of flying May. 20, 2003
6402090 Balloon trajectory control system Jun. 11, 2002
6386480 Autonomous stratospheric airship May. 14, 2002
6357700 Electrically powered spacecraft/airship Mar. 19, 2002
6354535 Autonomous stratospheric airship Mar. 12, 2002
6328257 Cruise airship with an anchoring device and a helium tempering device Dec. 11, 2001
6325330 Power generation, transmission, and distribution system for an aerostat using a lightweight tether Dec. 4, 2001
6224015 Aerial cableway leading to an aerostatic airborne body May. 1, 2001
6189829 Apparatus and method utilizing cells to provide lift in lighter-than-air airships Feb. 20, 2001
6119983 Airship/spacecraft Sep. 19, 2000
6010093 High altitude airship system Jan. 4, 2000
5906335 Flight direction control system for blimps May. 25, 1999
5470032 Airborne monitoring system and method Nov. 28, 1995
5090637 Helium purification system for lighter-than-air aircraft Feb. 25, 1992
5056447 Rein-deer kite Oct. 15, 1991
4995572 High altitude multi-stage data acquisition system and method of launching stratospheric altitude air-buoyant vehicles Feb. 26, 1991
4773617 Lighter-than-air craft Sep. 27, 1988
4768738 Flexible solar skin in combination with an airplane Sep. 6, 1988
4366936 Aircraft having buoyant gas balloon Jan. 4, 1983



 
 
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