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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2016
Applicant:
Stratospheric Airships, Llc, Hood River, OR (US);
Inventor:
Stephen B. Heppe, Hood River, OR (US);
Assignee:
Stratospheric Airships, LLC, Hood River, OR (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64B 1/14 (2006.01); G01M 3/00 (2006.01); G01M 3/38 (2006.01); B29C 65/50 (2006.01); B64F 5/40 (2017.01); B64F 5/60 (2017.01); B64B 1/58 (2006.01); B64B 1/00 (2006.01); G01M 3/16 (2006.01); B29C 65/70 (2006.01); B29C 70/80 (2006.01); B64B 1/62 (2006.01); G01M 3/40 (2006.01); B29C 73/02 (2006.01); B29C 73/10 (2006.01); B29C 65/54 (2006.01); B29C 65/72 (2006.01); B64B 1/60 (2006.01); B29L 9/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64B 1/58 (2013.01); B29C 65/50 (2013.01); B29C 65/70 (2013.01); B29C 70/80 (2013.01); B64B 1/00 (2013.01); B64B 1/14 (2013.01); B64F 5/40 (2017.01); B64F 5/60 (2017.01); G01M 3/002 (2013.01); G01M 3/16 (2013.01); G01M 3/38 (2013.01); B29C 65/542 (2013.01); B29C 65/72 (2013.01); B29C 73/02 (2013.01); B29C 73/025 (2013.01); B29C 73/10 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0005 (2013.01); B29L 2009/00 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3076 (2013.01); B64B 1/60 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49718 (2015.01);
Abstract
A method of repairing an airship hull of an airship during flight and while the airship is untethered from the ground comprises detecting a breach in a gas barrier bordering an interior volume of the airship, the airship containing a lifting gas wherein the hull of the airship comprises an electrically conductive material and wherein the breach in the gas barrier is detected by detecting changes in an electrical conductivity of the electrically conductive material.