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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2012
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 ...
B64F 5/00 (2006.01); B64B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64B 1/00 (2013.01); B64F 5/0045 (2013.01); B64F 5/0081 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49718 (2015.01);
Abstract
A system for airship hull reinforcement and in-situ repair includes a sensor for detecting a leak in the airship hull of a lighter-than-air airship and a repair mechanism inside lighter-than-air airship for dispensing repair material to seal the leak. A durable airship hull includes an inner gas barrier, an outer gas barrier, and a microlattice layer sandwiched between the inner gas barrier and the outer gas barrier.