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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2011
Applicant:
Stephen Heppe, Hood River, OR (US);
Inventor:
Stephen Heppe, Hood River, OR (US);
Assignee:
Stratospheric Airships, LLC, Hood River, OR (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64B 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system for lifting gas replenishment in a tethered airship system includes an upper airship with a first end of a tether attached to the upper airship. A balloon is configured to travel up the tether toward the upper airship carrying a payload of lifting gas. A method for gas replenishment of an airship is also provided.