Transformable stratospheric airship

A transformable stratospheric airship includes an upper shell, a lower shell, a foldable hull, and a plurality of cable control mechanisms provided on the upper shell and the lower shell. The foldable hull includes a sealed body, a plurality of guide holes arranged outside the sealed body and a cabl...

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Main Authors Ju, Jinbiao, Zhou, Meng, Yuan, Junxing, Xu, Zhongxin, Li, Qi, Tan, Baihe
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 04.10.2022
Subjects
AIRCRAFT
AVIATION
COSMONAUTICS
LIGHTER-THAN AIR AIRCRAFT
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:A transformable stratospheric airship includes an upper shell, a lower shell, a foldable hull, and a plurality of cable control mechanisms provided on the upper shell and the lower shell. The foldable hull includes a sealed body, a plurality of guide holes arranged outside the sealed body and a cable which passes through the guide holes according to a predetermined order. The cable is configured to keep a shape of the sealed body and connected to the cable control mechanisms to fix the sealed body to the upper shell and the lower shell. The foldable hull is foldable and extendable along a vertical direction of the transformable stratospheric airship by controlling a length of the cable via the cable control mechanisms.
Bibliography:Application Number: US202017015247