Lenticular Airship and Associated Controls
Asking Price: TBD
Lead Inventor: Pierre Balaskovic Current Assignee: LTA Corporation Contact David Wanetick dwanetick@incrementaladvantage.com
Description
A system for controlling yaw associated with an airship may include one or more vertical control surfaces associated with the airship, a first power source and a second power source, each configured to provide a thrust associated with the airship, and a yaw control configured to receive an input indicative of a desired yaw angle. The system may further include a controller communicatively connected to the yaw control, the one or more vertical control surfaces, and the first and second power sources. The controller may be configured to receive an output signal from the yaw control corresponding to the desired yaw angle and to generate a control signal configured to modify a state associated with at least one of the one or more vertical control surfaces, the first power source, and the second power source, such that the airship substantially attains the desired yaw angle.
- Primary Patent Number: 8616503
- Number of Continuations: 0
- Number of Divisionals: 0
- Number of Foreign Patent Filings: 10
Commercial Information
Is the patent jointly owned? No
What is compelling about this patent?
Listed below are indicia that there may be a resurgence of deployments of airships . In fact, Allied Market Research has stated that the global airships market reached $349.2 million in 2021, and is projected to rise to $608.1 million by 2031, growing at a CAGR of 6% from 2022 to 2031.
• Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV), in Great Britain, has a buyer for its Airlander 10 hybrid airship. The Spanish airline Air Nostrum wants to buy ten of them. HAV built a prototype Airlander 10 a decade ago, and it flew test flights for a few years before it self-destructed (as a safety feature) in an accident. The airline plans to start its passenger airship operations in 2026.
• LTA Research and Exploration, funded by Google co-founder Sergey Brin, used to be rather secretive. It has been regularly making news lately, including spectacular photos of what they’re building in the giant Airdock in Akron, Ohio. They’re working on the Pathfinder 1 in California, expected to fly later this year, and the larger Pathfinder 3, due to fly next year in Ohio.
• Flying Whales has been raising more capital: 122 million euros from fundraising backed the French government, and $55 million from Quebec.
• Sceye is testing airships over the New Mexican desert. These stratospheric airships are aimed at surveillance and communications roles. They have just announced a 35 million Euro installation investment in Spain.
• The US military is “quietly transitioning high altitude balloon [airship] projects to the military services.”
Which industries would be interested in purchasing / licensing the patent?
Military
Shipping
Humanitarian/Disaster Relief
Drone
Delivery Services
Are you most interested in licensing, selling or asserting your patent? Selling
To what extent, if any, are your patents encumbered?
Not encumbered
To what extent, if any, can your patent portfolio be expanded by way of continuations?
Too late.
Have you procured a Patent Valuation Report? Yes
If so, what value did the Patent Valuation Report place on your patents? Can’t Disclose
If so, when was the Patent Valuation Report prepared? July 15, 2023
If so, was the preparer of the Patent Valuation Report a Certified Patent Valuation Analyst in good standing? Yes
Infringement Information
Do you believe your patents are being infringed? Not Sure
If so… In which countries do you believe your patents are being infringed?
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Patent URLs:
https://patents.google.com/patent/US8616503B2/en?oq=8616503+31-Dec-2013+07-Aug-2028Issued-InacLTA+CORPORATION