Balloon Aircrafts TRIZ Cases

A tethered sail and balloon use wind shear lift to hold altitude and direction without ballast drop or gas venting.

Wind-based intent prediction and health-aware AI help a UAS avoid low-maneuverability aircraft without exhausting battery or overstressing components.

Wind shear between a balloon and sail generates controllable lift, holding altitude longer without dropping ballast or releasing gas.

Actively controlled tethers, control surfaces, and propulsors automate aerostat launch, flight, and landing without continuous crew.

Actively controlled tethers, sensors, and propulsors automate aerostat launch, flight, and landing to cut crew risk and round-the-clock operating cost.

Actively controlled tethers, control surfaces, and propulsors automate aerostat launch, flight, and landing while removing routine crew exposure.

In-situ gas characterization and active heating let a balloon adjust buoyancy without ballast or fuel, enabling controlled flight up to 100 km.

A zero-pressure balloon paired with a variable-air super-pressure balloon improves high-altitude stability through controlled lift and ballast adjustment.

In-situ gas characterization and active heating let a balloon adjust buoyancy for altitude control in extreme upper-atmosphere conditions.

A conical stabilizer with apertures admits water to raise hydrodynamic drag, damping rebound and softening aerospace water landings.

A primary and secondary termination device provide redundant communication and controlled gas expulsion for rapid descent while preserving the balloon envelope.

A water-floating structure and gas-fed balloon provide long-term, high-resolution atmospheric vertical weather measurements.

This case uses cable severing and capture effectors to separate and recover LTA payloads without uncontrolled falls.

A reactor, releasable coupling, and movable drain valve support rapid aerostat inflation while controlling condensate.

Explore primary and secondary termination devices that vent lift gas rapidly while preserving the envelope for reuse.

A balloon altitude control system uses suspended particles to switch optical transmissivity for precise position management.

Rotating a non-symmetrical envelope adjusts solar heating to manage buoyancy, solving the trade-off between coverage area and infrastructure complexity.

A rotorcraft positions an extendable pole at a desired height using floating force.

Integrating tendon sleeves with balloon membrane eliminates separate manufacturing steps, reducing material waste and device complexity.

Segmenting lift and ballast into zero-pressure and super-pressure balloons enables rapid altitude changes up to 20,000 feet per hour.

A spheroid ballonet adjusts gas volume to stabilize balloon altitude, enabling reliable data connectivity in remote areas without ground infrastructure.

Active material on flexible substrate changes surface area via electrical stimuli, reducing payload weight and launch cost for lighter-than-air devices.