210results about "Balloon aircrafts" patented technology

Described herein are features for a high altitude lighter-than-air (LTA) system and associated methods. The LTA may include one or more super-pressure balloons (SPB). One or more of the SPB's may include one or more interior volumes. One or more of the interior volumes may be configured to receive an LTA gas therein to supplement the free lift of the LTA system. There may be an adjustable valve or vent to release the LTA gas. One or more of the interior volumes may be configured to receive ambient air to provide a variable downward force. The SPB may use a compressor to pump in ambient air. The compressor or another valve may release ambient air to decrease the downward force. A zero-pressure balloon (ZPB) may be attached with the one or more SPB's. The ZPB may supplement lift for the system.

The invention comprises an apparatus, method for using the apparatus and system for balloon altitude control by in-situ characterization and active energy management. The invention presented enables transportation, autonomous operation and use of a balloon beyond the limits of conventional high-altitude ballooning to the edge of the atmosphere, or about 100 km above the surface of the Earth. The apparatus comprises at least: an envelope containing lift-gas; an envelope and lift-gas characterizer; an altitude control system operated using active energy addition and lift-gas transfer or ambient air introduction into the system; and an external payload component. The invention is capable of operating in ascent, descent, or stationary mode; the altitudinal movement of the balloon is caused by measuring in-situ envelope and lift-gas characteristics, identifying the change in the lift-gas energy needed, and facilitating the required energy change for altitude control.

The invention relates to the technical field of aerostat control, and discloses an aerostat control method and system, and the method comprises the steps: S1, collecting the internal state data, external environment data and environment parameters of an aerostat through a multi-source sensor; s2, processing the data acquired in the S1, and constructing a state and disturbance observer to obtain an aerostat state estimation value and an environmental wind disturbance estimation value; s3, based on the state estimation value and the wind disturbance estimation value of the aerostat, a self-adaptive control algorithm is adopted, a control instruction used for controlling the height and the horizontal position of the aerostat is generated, and the control instruction comprises a feedforward component used for actively compensating wind disturbance; and S4, distributing the control instruction to a channel power system of the aerostat and executing the control instruction. An integrated control architecture with state estimation, disturbance observation and adaptive control capabilities is constructed, three technical bottlenecks of weak control robustness, poor anti-interference capability and low intelligent level of a traditional aerostat in outdoor application are effectively solved, and the positioning precision and stability are improved.

This invention introduces a suspended telecommunications system utilizing gas-lift hydrogen-filled balloons for global internet access and secure encrypted communication analysis. Utilizing this gas-lift technology, it deploys an airborne antenna platform stabilized by lightweight carbon fiber structures and secured by ground-based cables. The system integrates various antennas, including parabolic and Starlink dishes, dynamically adjusting for optimal signal reception from terrestrial and satellite sources. a high-frequency amplifier-dissipator and an AI-enhanced ground processing center facilitate the interception and decryption of encrypted communications, filtering potential security threats. The platform features motorized rotating plates, efficient power management, and GSM / Wi-Fi modules for enhanced connectivity. Constructed with composite materials for durability and minimal weight, it includes built-in lighting for visibility and emergency signaling. The system presents an innovative, cost-effective, and scalable solution for global telecommunication coverage and secure communication monitoring, addressing national and social security concerns while ensuring reliable access to digital information worldwide.

The invention belongs to the technical field of agricultural engineering and intellectualization, and particularly relates to a buoyancy air bag rapid adjusting device and a wind resistance cooperative control method thereof.The buoyancy air bag rapid adjusting device comprises a buoyancy providing original module and a flight control module, the buoyancy providing original module comprises an inner balloon, an outer balloon and a hot-air balloon, and the inner cambered surface of the inner balloon and the inner cambered surface of the outer balloon are provided with inflation cavities; a rope is connected to the bottoms of the outer cambered surfaces of the inner and outer balloons and the hot-air balloon, one end of the rope is connected with a frame in a penetrating manner, and a burner assembly is fixedly mounted on the upper surface of the frame; wind power is sensed in real time through an anemograph and a monitoring sensor, in combination with cooperative response of a flight control module, a buoyancy module and a connection adjusting module, measures of posture fine adjustment, height avoidance and safe landing are adopted in the gentle breeze, stroke and strong wind environments, so that the device keeps precision operation below multiple wind levels, safe risk avoiding is achieved in the strong wind, and the safety and reliability of the device are improved. The problems that a traditional aerostat is poor in wind resistance and prone to being out of control are solved.

The invention discloses an inflatable aerial carrying platform and a flying method, and relates to the field of aerostats, and the key point of the technical scheme is that the inflatable aerial carrying platform comprises a platform main body cabin with an annular structure, a spherical auxiliary balance cabin arranged above the platform main body cabin and connected through a cable, and a balance control system. A plurality of groups of partition sheets are arranged in the platform main body cabin, the platform main body cabin is uniformly divided into a plurality of independent air chambers which are symmetrically arranged, and each air chamber is provided with an independent inflation and deflation hole, so that fine air pressure regulation and control and high-altitude attitude stability are realized. The auxiliary balance cabins form a composite buoyancy system through upper and lower layered layout, and the gravity center control and anti-instability capacity of the whole platform under load fluctuation or airflow disturbance is improved. According to the invention, the fault resistance, the safety and the pneumatic stability of the aerial platform are obviously improved.

A system enabling safe manned and unmanned operations at extremely high altitudes (above 70,000 feet). The system utilizes a balloon launch system and parachute and / or parafoil recovery.

The invention provides flight wind energy unit equipment, a flight acting device, a flight control device, a flight connection assembly and a flight control method. The flying wind turbine equipment (1000) comprises a floating device (1100) and a transmission cable (1300). The floating device (1100) is used to lift off so as to lift the flight crew equipment (1000) to a predetermined height. The transmission rope (1300) is arranged around the upper pulleys (1500-1, 1500-3) close to the side of the floating device (1100) and the lower pulleys (1500-2, 1500-4) close to the side of the fixed base structure (2000). The flying wind turbine arrangement (1000) further comprises a first and a second flying work device (1400-1, 1400-2) fixedly connected to the transmission cable (1300) on both sides, respectively. The first flight acting device (1400-1) and the second flight acting device (1400-2) are arranged to be capable of alternately flying up and down in a reciprocating mode so as to drive the transmission rope (1300) to move in a reciprocating mode. The flying wind turbine assembly (1000) of the present invention enables continuous work in any wind direction and transmits mechanical work to the fixed base structure (2000).

The invention comprises an apparatus, method for using the apparatus and system for balloon altitude control by in-situ characterization and active energy management. The invention presented enables transportation, autonomous operation and use of a balloon beyond the limits of conventional high-altitude ballooning to the edge of the atmosphere, or about 100 km above the surface of the Earth. The apparatus comprises at least: an envelope containing lift-gas; an envelope and lift-gas characterizer; an altitude control system operated using active energy addition and lift-gas transfer or ambient air introduction into the system; and an external payload component. The invention is capable of operating in ascent, descent, or stationary mode; the altitudinal movement of the balloon is caused by measuring in-situ envelope and lift-gas characteristics, identifying the change in the lift-gas energy needed, and facilitating the required energy change for altitude control.

A method for boosting telecommunication signals is used to mitigate a pre-determined adverse event. The method includes disposing a signal booster in a location where the telecommunication signals are intermittent or below a pre-determined threshold, monitoring the telecommunication signals in the location, detecting, in response to monitoring and based at least on a status of the monitored telecommunication signals, the pre-determined adverse event, elevating, using air lift and in response to detecting the pre-determined adverse event, the signal booster to an elevated height, receiving and re-broadcasting, by the signal booster from the elevated height, the telecommunication signals, and mitigating, based at least on the re-broadcasted telecommunication signals, the pre-determined adverse event.

The present invention provides a lighter-than-air (LTA) vehicle interceptor for neutralizing and / or capturing a non-cooperative LTA vehicle, such as a spy balloon. Embodiments of the interceptor may be equipped with various subsystems useful in missions to intercept, neutralize and ideally capture a threat payload attached to the non-cooperative LTA vehicle, even at stratospheric altitudes. Such subsystems may include an imaging device, severing effector, grasping effector, puncturing effector, weight-bearing apparatus, power subsystem, navigation subsystem, communication subsystem and propulsion.

The utility model discloses a stable self-adaptive meteorological balloon recovery device, which comprises a detection device main body and a positioning assembly, the outer wall of the top of the detection device main body is provided with a storage groove, and the positioning assembly used for preventing the detection device main body from moving is installed in the storage groove. The positioning assembly comprises a baffle, a spiral drill bit, a small motor, a movable plate and sliding groove columns, the spiral drill bit is arranged in the middle of the baffle, the small motor is installed at the top of the spiral drill bit, the movable plate is fixedly installed at the bottom of the small motor, and the sliding groove columns are formed in the two ends of the movable plate; a shaft rod is arranged at the end, close to the detection device body, of the baffle, and the outer wall of the shaft rod is sleeved with a strong torsional spring. The stable self-adaptive meteorological balloon recovery device not only can prevent the device from being moved by external force after landing, but also can reduce the impact force on internal parts after the detection device body lands.

A sunshade device and sunshade management system for mitigating the effects of climate change and direct and prolonged exposure to the sun, the sunshade device including a canopy attached to a collapsible web or frame structure. The frame structure can be collapsed or opened by operation of an electric motor. The sunshade device is positioned above the ground by electrically powered lifting devices that are powered by a battery system that is charged by solar cells. A sunshade management system controls the status of the sunshade device, and can collapse the frame and activate the lifting devices to position the sunshade in the sky, and open the frame and deactivate the lifting devices to allow the sunshade device to slowly descend while providing shade to areas below the sunshade device.

The present invention provides a flying object. In a flying object having an airbag, the risk of damage to the airbag skin is reduced by fastening components arranged on the inner and outer sides of the airbag skin. The component (14) has an annular middle component (141), and the portion around the opening of the airbag in the skin (111) is folded back after passing through the inner opening of the middle component from the back side to the front side. A front component (142) having an annular front sealing component (143) mounted on the back side is arranged in a manner that contacts the front side of the middle component covered by the folded back skin. In addition, a back component (144) having an annular back sealing component (145) mounted on the front side is arranged in a manner that contacts the back side of the middle component covered by the folded back skin. The front side component and the back side component are fastened in a direction toward each other by means of bolts (1461) and nuts (1462), thereby mounting the assembly on the airbag.

The embodiment of the invention provides a mounting device for mounting an auxiliary tool on an aerostat and the aerostat. In one specific implementation mode, the mounting device comprises a tool base plate used for mounting an auxiliary tool, a heating assembly and a heat release adhesive layer arranged on the side, away from a mounting position of the auxiliary tool, of the tool base plate. The heating assembly is used for heating the heat release glue layer so that the installation device can fall off from the skin of the aerostat. According to the embodiment, the viscosity of the heat release adhesive layer is reduced through the heating assembly, so that the tool base plate can fall off from the skin of the aerostat without damage, and repeated use is facilitated. The method is simple to operate, facilitates safety of field or high-altitude operation, has no residue after stripping, and avoids garbage in the air. The gluing structure does not need to be perforated, the skin is kept complete, stress is uniform, the reliability of the aerostat is improved, and the service life of the aerostat is prolonged.

The invention provides an aerial unmanned charging and battery replacing method which comprises the following steps: during battery replacing, a pesticide applying unmanned aerial vehicle flies to a battery replacing platform of an operation and maintenance platform which is driven by a helium balloon to rise to a certain height, and a mechanical arm module takes out a first unmanned aerial vehicle battery on the pesticide applying unmanned aerial vehicle and places the first unmanned aerial vehicle battery in an empty slot position of a battery storage cabinet; taking out the fully charged unmanned aerial vehicle battery I pushed out by the automatic push-out mechanism from the battery storage cabinet, and putting the unmanned aerial vehicle battery I into a battery jar on the pesticide applying unmanned aerial vehicle; during charging, the charging unmanned aerial vehicle flies to the position above the pesticide applying unmanned aerial vehicle, and a charging connector II at the bottom of the charging unmanned aerial vehicle is in magnetic attraction butt joint with a power supply connector at the top of the pesticide applying unmanned aerial vehicle, so that a charging contact II of the charging unmanned aerial vehicle is connected with a power supply contact of the pesticide applying unmanned aerial vehicle; a second unmanned aerial vehicle battery on the charging unmanned aerial vehicle supplies power to all electric devices in the pesticide applying unmanned aerial vehicle. The working efficiency of forest pesticide application work is improved, the cost of building a fixed unmanned aerial vehicle base station is reduced, and the problem that the endurance of an unmanned aerial vehicle in forestry pest control is short is solved.

A floating craft control system that controls floating craft floating in the atmosphere. [Solution] This is a floating machine control system that controls a floating machine floating in the atmosphere. The floating machine has a power generation device that generates electricity using solar power, a power storage device that stores the electricity generated by the power generation device, a levitation device with balloons that use gas lighter than the atmosphere on the ground, and a propulsion device that uses the power from the power storage device to propel the machine through the air. Furthermore, the floating machine control system has a navigation control system that controls the levitation device and propulsion device and uses air currents in the atmosphere to move the machine to its destination.

This invention introduces a suspended telecommunications system utilizing gas-lift hydrogen-filled balloons for global internet access and secure encrypted communication analysis. Utilizing this gas-lift technology, it deploys an airborne antenna platform stabilized by lightweight carbon fiber structures and secured by ground-based cables. The system integrates various antennas, including parabolic and Starlink dishes, dynamically adjusting for optimal signal reception from terrestrial and satellite sources. a high-frequency amplifier-dissipator and an AI-enhanced ground processing center facilitate the interception and decryption of encrypted communications, filtering potential security threats. The platform features motorized rotating plates, efficient power management, and GSM / Wi-Fi modules for enhanced connectivity. Constructed with composite materials for durability and minimal weight, it includes built-in lighting for visibility and emergency signaling. The system presents an innovative, cost-effective, and scalable solution for global telecommunication coverage and secure communication monitoring, addressing national and social security concerns while ensuring reliable access to digital information worldwide.

The invention discloses a captive balloon lifting type suspension cable transportation device and method, and relates to the technical field of suspension cable transportation. The suspension cable is fixedly connected with the lifting appliance; the first take-up and pay-off mechanism is arranged at the first loading and unloading point and connected with one end of the suspension cable; the second take-up and pay-off mechanism is arranged at the second loading and unloading point and connected with the other end of the suspension cable; the captive balloon is connected with the ground through a first mooring rope and a second mooring rope; and the third retracting and releasing mechanism is connected with the captive balloon and is connected with the lifting appliance through a third mooring rope. The captive balloon can bear the weight of materials, the burden of traditional transportation equipment is relieved, meanwhile, frequent lifting of the captive balloon is not needed in the transportation link, the transportation efficiency is effectively improved, and the transportation requirements of complex terrains in mountainous areas are met.

To provide an inflatable aircraft that can regulate pressure more efficiently. [Solution] An inflatable aircraft comprises a pressure regulating device for adjusting the internal pressure of the inflatable aircraft, a pressure sensor for acquiring information on the internal pressure of the inflatable aircraft, and an altitude sensor for acquiring altitude information. The pressure regulating device adjusts the pressure to fill the internal pressure deficit according to the difference between a set pressure, which is set to decrease as the altitude decreases based on the altitude information obtained from the altitude sensor, and the internal pressure obtained from the pressure sensor.

The present invention discloses a high-safety hot air balloon, which includes a balloon, a temperature flag mechanism, and a burner. A balloon cavity is formed inside the balloon. The temperature flag mechanism includes a mounting plate, two heat-sensitive clips, and a temperature flag. The mounting plate is fixedly arranged in the balloon cavity near the inner surface of the balloon. The two heat-sensitive clips are fixedly arranged on both sides of the mounting plate, and a clamp is formed between the bottoms of the two heat-sensitive clips. The temperature flag is clamped in the clamp. By adding the temperature flag mechanism to the balloon cavity, when the temperature in the balloon cavity reaches the maximum continuous operating temperature of the balloon, the clamp opens and releases the temperature flag to alert the pilot. After the pilot notices the falling temperature flag, he turns off the burner and lands the hot air balloon, avoiding damage to the balloon due to excessive temperature, thereby improving the safety of the hot air balloon.

The invention relates to a suspension flight control aluminum film balloon. The technical problems that the hang time is short and the low-speed flight is unstable due to high energy consumption in the mobile flight and hovering state of the existing unmanned aerial vehicle, and meanwhile, the hanging and releasing device is difficult to release light and handy loads in batches are solved. Comprising an aluminum film balloon, the aluminum film balloon is provided with a balloon power device and a pod suspension device, and the balloon power device and the pod suspension device are both connected with a balloon power control panel and controlled by the balloon power control panel. The device has the advantages that the balloon power device and the aluminum film balloon are beneficially combined, on the basis that high-maneuverability flight is achieved, the aluminum film balloon is ingeniously used for providing part of lift force in the flight process, flight energy consumption is reduced, and long-time hang flight and hovering under low energy consumption can be achieved.

A supply system for connecting a first vehicle has a platform, a first vehicle, a bendable connection element with one end connected with the first vehicle and another end connected with the platform and at least one floating unit for lifting the bendable connection element at least partly over a minimum floating height. The at least one floating unit is attachable to the bendable connection element distant from the first vehicle.

The present invention discloses a rapid deployment suspension device and a multi-task execution method, which mainly comprise components such as floating air balloons, multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicles, quick-release mechanisms, gas source systems, semi-open balloon cabins, central controllers, power cabins, and suspension mission cabins. This device can achieve rapid deployment at any altitude and method, achieve on-site mooring while rapidly deploying, balance rapid deployment while achieving long-term suspension, and finally can return with mission equipment; at the same time, this device can achieve conventional deployment to ensure the smooth recovery of mission equipment in the event of balloon or mooring rope failure during the processes of launching, suspension, or recovery. In addition, the present invention also discloses a design and folding method for floating air balloons under rapid deployment conditions, thereby achieving self-straightening and replacing complex parachute drop straightening.

Aspects of the disclosure relate to envelopes for aerial vehicle. The aerial vehicle 200 may include an envelope 210 including a plurality of gores 210A, 210B. The aerial vehicle may also include a seal 230, 232 arranged between a pair of the plurality of gores, the seal including six layers of envelope material 310, 320, 330, 340, 350, 360 heat-sealed together.

The invention discloses a high-load and high-stability composite aircraft, relates to the technical field of aircrafts, and aims to overcome the technical defects that an existing multi-rotor aircraft is low in load capacity, and a lifting body aircraft is poor in wind resistance and prone to unbalance during unloading. The composite aircraft comprises a lifting body, a multi-rotor system and a connecting structure, the lifting body and the multi-rotor system are in flexible connection, and net lifting force provided by the lifting body corresponds to 80%-100% of the weight (after loads are removed) of a multi-rotor empty aircraft; the multi-rotor system adopts a scene-divided power dynamic adjusting mechanism, the multi-rotor system provides lift force accounting for 0%-20% of the weight of the multi-rotor air aircraft to maintain balance in the no-load state, the multi-rotor system bears all the load weight in the heavy load state, and the balance of the whole composite aircraft system is maintained by rapidly reducing the power to 0%-20% of the weight of the multi-rotor air aircraft in the unloading state. By means of the three-in-one collaborative design of the structure, the strategy and the mechanism, the loading capacity of the multiple rotors is improved by 50%-150%, the large load, the control flexibility and the wind resistance stability are all considered, the multi-rotor multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle can be widely applied to large-load hoisting scenes such as plateau material transportation and mountainous area engineering hoisting, and the market blank is filled.

To provide an equipment mounting tool for a flying object, a flying object and an equipment mounting method for the flying object capable of easily mounting equipment for the flying object inside the flying object and regulating the movement of the equipment for the flying object in spite of a compact and lightweight structure.SOLUTION: The jig 1 comprises a base member 2 fixed inside the flying object and provided with an opening 21, a ring-shaped bracket 3 mounted on the outer peripheral surface of the flying object device 11 and attachable to the opening 21, and a first direction regulating means 4 regulating the movement of the ring-shaped bracket 3 in a first direction along the circumferential direction of the opening 21 and a second direction regulating means 5 regulating the movement of the ring-shaped bracket 3 in a second direction orthogonal to the opening surface of the opening 21.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

The invention comprises an apparatus, method for using the apparatus and system for balloon altitude control by in-situ characterization and active energy management. The invention presented enables transportation, autonomous operation and use of a balloon beyond the limits of conventional high-altitude ballooning to the edge of the atmosphere, or about 100km above the surface of the Earth. The apparatus comprises at least: an envelope containing lift-gas; an envelope and lift-gas characterizer; an altitude control system operated using active energy addition and lift-gas transfer or ambient air introduction into the system; and an external payload component. The invention is capable of operating in ascent, descent, or stationary mode; the altitudinal movement of the balloon is caused by measuring in-situ envelope and lift-gas characteristics, identifying the change in the lift-gas energy needed, and facilitating the required energy change for altitude control.

The utility model discloses a meteorological sonde balloon blasting device, and relates to the technical field of meteorological observation, the meteorological sonde balloon blasting device comprises a sonde, the upper end of the sonde is fixedly connected with a connecting line, the upper end of the connecting line is fixedly connected with a balloon, the side wall of the balloon is fixedly connected with a blasting mechanism, the blasting mechanism comprises a fixing box, and the fixing box is fixedly connected with the connecting line. A motor is fixedly connected in the fixed box, a timing power supply is fixedly connected in the fixed box, a gear set is arranged at the upper end in the fixed box, the motor can drive the gear set, the output end of the gear set is fixedly connected with a swing arm, and the end part of the swing arm is fixedly connected with a puncture needle; the meteorological sonde is a balloon blasting device. Through the arrangement of the blasting mechanism, after the balloon flies into the air and the sonde acquires required data, the balloon still continues to fly, the balloon is punctured through the blasting mechanism at the moment, then the sonde falls off, and the situation that the balloon flies continuously and is not beneficial to monitoring is avoided.

The application discloses a stratosphere area residence resistance type vertical axis power generation system and an application method thereof, and relates to the field of power generation. The system comprises a high altitude balloon, a fixed length connecting rope, an adjustable connecting rope, a connecting rope adjusting device and a resistance type vertical axis wind turbine. The high altitude balloon is connected with the fixed length connecting rope through a flange plate. The fixed length connecting rope suspends the connecting rope adjusting device. The upper end of the adjustable connecting rope is connected with a roller of the connecting rope adjusting device. The resistance type vertical axis wind turbine is suspended through the adjustable connecting rope. The application combines the function of a floatation device with the resistance type vertical axis wind turbine to form a double floatation device system. The high altitude balloon is connected with a high altitude wind power generation device through the connecting rope. The east-west direction aerodynamic forces of the two are in opposite directions and are offset to each other, so that the area residence is realized and the working height of the resistance type vertical axis wind turbine is effectively improved.