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US 11,492,092 B2Granted
Aircraft having supporting structure and gas-filled envelope
AssigneeHybrid-Airplane Technologies GmbH
InventorCsaba Singer
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Abstract
An aircraft has a supporting structure and a shell that can be filled with a gas and which is tensioned by the supporting structure. The supporting structure includes a plurality of rod or tube-shaped sections which define a circular, oval or polygonal main clamping plane for the shell.
Claims13
An aircraft comprising:
- a supporting structure;
- and
- an envelope that is tensioned by the supporting structure and can be filled with a gas,
- wherein the supporting structure comprises a plurality of rod or tube portions which define a circular, oval or polygonal main tension plane for the envelope, and
- wherein the envelope comprises two envelope halves that are configured to be interconnected by a first zipper and a second zipper,
- wherein when at least one of the first zipper and the second zipper are opened, the two envelope halves are securely interconnected at a connection region at an end region of the first zipper and the second zipper and can be folded apart in a shell-like manner, and
- wherein when the first zipper and the second zipper are closed, a tunnel is formed between the first zipper and the second zipper, which tunnel receives the rod or tube portions of the supporting structure defining the main tension plane of the envelope.
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