IP Library Granted Patent US 12,428,124
Granted Patent B1
US 12,428,124 · App. 18/590,501 · Granted Sep 30, 2025

Midair deployment of aerostats

Inventors: Jonathan T. Slocum (Bow, NH); Alexander H. Slocum (Bow, NH)
Assignee: LTAG SYSTEMS LLC
B64B1/62B64D1/12
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Patent No.
US 12,428,124
App. No.
18/590,501
Granted
Sep 30, 2025
Kind
B1
Abstract

According to one aspect, a system for midair deployment of an aerostat may include an inflatable structure including a balloon at least partially defining a volume, a reaction vessel defining a chamber in fluid communication with the volume, a fuel package disposed in the chamber, the fuel package including a container and water-reactive aluminum, the container fluidically isolating the water-reactive aluminum from an environment of the chamber, and an actuator actuatable to release the water-reactive aluminum from the container into the environment of the chamber.

Claims (8)

1. A controller for midair deployment of an aerostat, the controller comprising:

a processing unit; and

one or more non-transitory computer storage media in electrical communication with the processing unit, the one or more non-transitory computer storage media having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, cause the processing unit to carry out operations including

sending a first actuation signal to an actuator coupled to a container, disposed in a chamber defined by a reaction vessel, to release water-reactive aluminum from within the container into an environment of the chamber, and

sending a second actuation signal to a disengagement mechanism to release the reaction vessel from an inflatable structure including a balloon at least partially defining a volume in fluid communication with the chamber of the reaction vessel.

2. The controller of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further include instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, cause the processing unit to carry out operations including receiving a user input signal from a remote user interface, wherein at least one of sending the first actuation signal or sending the second actuation signal is based on the user input signal received from the remote user interface.

3. The controller of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further include instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, cause the processing unit to carry out operations including receiving a sensor signal, wherein the sensor signal is indicative of altitude of the inflatable structure, wherein sending the second actuation signal to release the disengagement mechanism is based on the sensor signal.

4. The controller of claim 3 , wherein receiving the sensor signal includes determining buoyancy of the inflatable structure, and sending the second actuation signal to release the disengagement mechanism when the buoyancy of the inflatable structure is neutral or positive.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2024
From: SLOCUM, JONATHAN T.; SLOCUM, ALEXANDER H.
To: LTAG SYSTEMS LLC
Reel/Frame 066618/0892 →
Continuity (2)
Division 17535008 · Nov 24, 2021
Provisional Application 63118255 · Nov 25, 2020
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