US 11,897,594 B1 · Aerostat anchoring, deployment, extended duration and recovery apparatus

Abstract

A tethered aerostat with a ground based deployment, extended duration and recovery system to accommodate a weather vaning deployed aerostat while maintaining a supply of a lift gas by having a rotatable tether pipe and a hollow tether. Included is a rotatable tether pipe device assembly with rotor and stator components disposed in an air tight housing assembly to provide a ground based gas maintenance system. An aerostat deployment buoyancy control maintenance and combined recovery platform is provided. The tethered aerostat systems and method increase deployment duration and allow more systems to be controlled and maintained on the ground without interrupting aerostat operational capabilities.

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Dependent claims

An aerostat anchoring device comprising:

(a) an air tight anchoring vessel housing (3) having a removable and sealable top end (90) and a sealable bottom end (17);
(b) a stator (25) having an opening therethrough with a first end connected to the sealable bottom end of the air tight anchoring vessel and a second end of the stator connected to a stator plate (27);
(c) a rotor (75) having an opening therethrough with a first end rotatably and sealably connected to the removable and sealable top end of the air tight anchoring vessel and a second end of the rotor terminating in a rotor plate (77) in slidable contact with the stator plate;
and
(d) a plurality of connector posts disposed on the rotor plate for mating with a plurality of connector posts disposed on the stator plate.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Aerostat anchoring, deployment, extended duration and recovery apparatus

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Aerostat anchoring, deployment, extended duration and recovery apparatus

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Abstract

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