Patents by Inventor Baihe TAN

Baihe TAN has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Transformable stratospheric airship
    Patent number: 11459080
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: The 38th Research Institute of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation
    Inventors: Meng Zhou, Baihe Tan, Zhongxin Xu, Jinbiao Ju, Qi Li, Junxing Yuan
  • TRANSFORMABLE STRATOSPHERIC AIRSHIP
    Publication number: 20210155335
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Meng ZHOU, Baihe TAN, Zhongxin XU, Jinbiao JU, Qi LI, Junxing YUAN