Hydrogen lighter-than-air craft structure
OwnerRinaldo Brutocoinventor
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Abstract
A system for efficiently transporting hydrogen from where it can be economically made to where it is most needed including an airship having an exoskeleton made up of equal length spokes and equal sized hubs with six spokes terminating at each hub forming a set of hexagons. This set of connected hexagons forms the 3-dimensional shape of the ship by allowing various spokes to flex to different radii. A skin is attached external to the exoskeleton.
Claims20
An airship comprising:
- a cigar-shaped exoskeleton formed from a plurality of spokes, each of identical length and identical diameter coupled to a plurality of identical hubs, each hub connecting six of said spokes in an equiangular configuration, said spokes and hubs forming a plurality of polygons that are interconnected to form a three-dimensional shape of said airship;
- a skin attached at a plurality of points to said exoskeleton such that said skin is entirely external to said exoskeleton.
A lighter-than-air craft comprising an exoskeleton formed from a plurality of spokes, each of identical length and identical diameter, coupled to a plurality of identical hubs, each hub connecting six of said spokes in an equiangular configuration, said spokes and hubs forming a plurality of equilateral triangles that are interconnected to form a three-dimensional shape of said craft, said craft having a skin attached to said exoskeleton.
A lighter-than-air ship having a cigar-shaped fuselage with a nose and tail, said lighter-than-air ship including an exoskeleton made up of a plurality of ribs, each rib being of identical length and identical diameter, and a plurality of identical hubs where each hub terminates in a plurality of ribs so that said ribs and hubs form a plurality of polygons, and where said polygons form a three-dimensional fuselage shape with a single identical hub at said nose and a single identical hub at said tail.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.