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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2016
Philip Lawrence Swan, Redmond, WA (US);
Philip Lawrence Swan, Redmond, WA (US);
Other;
Abstract
An apparatus is described for supporting payloads at high elevations with respect to a planetary body. The apparatus comprises a bearing that encircles a portion of a planetary body. One ring of the bearing rotates, and a coupling mechanism transfers centripetal forces to another non-rotating ring. Lift stays connect the non-rotating ring to the planetary body; and contribute a force that is in equilibrium with the centripetal and gravitational forces. A preferred embodiment is constructed and tested in the ocean and then raised to altitude. Its coupling mechanism employs magnetic forces and its lift stays are interwoven, partially supported and stabilized aeronautically, and anchored to the planet. The apparatus's elevation is not supported by transferring forces to the surface through the inertia of precision-guided high velocity components, thus these components are not necessarily exposed to seismic activity, weather, or anomalous air traffic.