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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2020
Lta Research and Exploration, Llc, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Franklin Kyle Kepley, Milpitas, CA (US);
Robert Everett Smith, San Mateo, CA (US);
Daniel Alejandro Ziperovich, San Mateo, CA (US);
Richard Austin Salle, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Viet Quoc Le, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jesus Ricardo Amezquita Zatarain, San Jose, CA (US);
David Andrew Sanchez, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);
Tsu Kuang Han, San Jose, CA (US);
Benjamin Eric Loveless, San Francisco, CA (US);
Marlon Fernando Perez, San Jose, CA (US);
LTA Research and Exploration, LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
In an embodiment, a system for synchronizing the rotation of multiple mainframes of an airship includes multiple belt drive systems configured to mechanically rotate the mainframes, a central control system for sending a timing instruction to cause the mainframes to rotate synchronously about their respective rotational axis, wherein the mainframes are axis-aligned about their respective rotational axes and the timing instruction specifies a desired angular displacement of the mainframes, and multiple control units for controlling the belt drive systems to rotate the mainframes, respectively, wherein, for each mainframe, the associated control unit is configured to: receive the timing instruction from the central control system; determine, according to the timing instruction, a rotation instruction based on a size of the mainframe and the desired angular displacement; and instruct the belt drive system controlled by the control unit to rotate the mainframe based on the rotation instruction.