Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for transporting a payload to a target location, and related hybrid airship
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Application No.: US16763602Application Date: 2017-11-13
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Publication No.: US11753135B2Publication Date: 2023-09-12
- Inventor: François Hervé Kuhlmann
- Applicant: TOTAL SA , FLYING WHALES
- Applicant Address: FR Courbevoie
- Assignee: TOTAL SA,FLYING WHALES
- Current Assignee: TOTAL SA,FLYING WHALES
- Current Assignee Address: FR Courbevoie; FR Suresnes
- Agency: TROUTMAN PEPPER HAMILTON SANDERS LLP
- International Application: PCT/IB2017/001544 2017.11.13
- International Announcement: WO2019/092471A 2019.05.16
- Date entered country: 2020-05-13
- Main IPC: B64B1/34
- IPC: B64B1/34 ; B64B1/22 ; B64D9/00 ; G05D1/10

Abstract:
The method for transporting a payload to a target location, comprises the following steps of providing a hybrid airship comprises a buoyancy enclosure, a gondola carried by the buoyancy enclosure and a payload carrier, and at least one propeller; flying the hybrid airship carrying the payload to a target location, flying the hybrid airship carrying the payload comprising generating a lift force with the at least one propeller. Flying the hybrid airship carrying the payload comprises tilting the longitudinal axis of the buoyancy enclosure to a positive pitch to generate an aerodynamic lift force when the hybrid airship carrying the payload moves longitudinally.
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