Patents Assigned to Windcrafter, Inc.
  • Airship
    Patent number: 7097135
    Abstract: An airship (100) for conveyance through a fluid medium in a selected direction of travel. The airship includes a hull adapted to contain a lifting medium therein, wherein the hull (108) includes a first section having a width which varies along the selected direction of travel, the width increasing from a bow of the hull to a maximum width and decreasing from the maximum width to a tail section of the first section; and a second section coupled to the first section and having a width which varies along the selected direction of travel, the width increasing from a leading edge of the second section to a maximum width and decreasing from the maximum width to a stern of the hull.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Windcrafter, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Swearingen, Therin Laney
  • Airship
    Publication number: 20050279881
    Abstract: An airship (100) for conveyance through a fluid medium in a selected direction of travel. The airship includes a hull adapted to contain a lifting medium therein, wherein the hull (108) includes a first section having a width which varies along the selected direction of travel, the width increasing from a bow of the hull to a maximum width and decreasing from the maximum width to a tail section of the first section; and a second section coupled to the first section and having a width which varies along the selected direction of travel, the width increasing from a leading edge of the second section to a maximum width and decreasing from the maximum width to a stern of the hull.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Applicant: Windcrafter, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Swearingen, Therin Laney
  • Airship
    Patent number: 6837458
    Abstract: An airship (100) for conveyance through a fluid medium in a selected direction of travel. The airship includes a hull adapted to contain a lifting medium therein, wherein the hull (108) includes a first section having a width which varies along the selected direction of travel, the width increasing from a bow of the hull to a maximum width and decreasing from the maximum width to a tail section of the first section; and a second section coupled to the first section and having a width which varies along the selected direction of travel, the width increasing from a leading edge of the second section to a maximum width and decreasing from the maximum width to a stern of the hull.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Windcrafter, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Swearingen, Therin Laney