Patents Assigned to Dynapods, Inc.
  • Autonomous variable density aircraft
    Patent number: 4012016
    Abstract: A variable density aircraft is formed of at least one variable volume container such as a balloon, gas cell, or collapsible hinged panel hull which is supplied with a gas for container expansion and comtraction by an aircraft carried reversible, fluid expansion/contraction system. The variation of the volume of such containment device without a commensurate variation of mass results in a densemetric variation in the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1977
    Assignee: Dynapods, Inc.
    Inventor: Arthur Clyde Davenport