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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2023

Filed:

Feb. 23, 2021
Applicant:

Lta Research and Exploration, Llc, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Sergey Brin, Los Altos Hill, CA (US);

Alan Weston, Cocoa Beach, FL (US);

Fan Yang Yang, Mountain View, CA (US);

Franklin Kyle Kepley, Milpitas, CA (US);

Jesus Ricardo Amezquita Zatarain, San Jose, CA (US);

Tsu Han, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

LTA Research and Exploration, LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 5/10 (2017.01); B64B 1/08 (2006.01); F16B 7/04 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B29L 12/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01); B29K 307/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64B 1/08 (2013.01); B64F 5/10 (2017.01); F16B 7/044 (2013.01); B29K 2307/04 (2013.01); B29K 2313/00 (2013.01); B29L 2012/00 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3076 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); F16B 7/0486 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems, apparatuses, and methods for constructing an airship quickly and cost-effectively are described. In one embodiments, a jig for constructing a mainframe of an airship structure may have a first rail and a second rail that are configured to be parallel to each other, the first rail and the second rail each forming an arc, multiple first supporting structures coupled to the first rail, wherein the first supporting structures have non-uniform heights to support a curvature of the arc of the first rail, multiple second supporting structures coupled to the second rail, wherein the second supporting structures have non-uniform heights to support a curvature of the arc of the second rail, wherein the first rail and the second rail are configured to interface with detachable wheels coupled to an outer surface of the mainframe and enable the mainframe to be rotated along its axis on the jig.


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