| US 7,568,656 B2 | ||
| System for controlling the lift of aircraft | ||
| Alan R. Handley, 1 Laburnum Street, Wollaston, Stourbridge DY8 4NX (United Kingdom) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 26, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/115,554. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 0409314.2 (GB), filed on Apr. 27, 2004; application No. 0412220.6 (GB), filed on Jun. 02, 2004; and application No. 0413437.5 (GB), filed on Jun. 16, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0236519 A1, Oct. 27, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. B64B 1/02 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 244—24 [244/30; 244/97; 244/98; 244/99] | 21 Claims |
| 1. A system for controlling a lift force of an aircraft, comprising:
a plurality of inflatable containers, each for containing a gas which is lighter than air;
a plurality of variable displacement compartments containing air, each of said inflatable containers being housed within a
respective variable displacement compartment;
a plurality of receivers each associated with a respective inflatable container, each receiver for receiving and storing the
gas in a compressed condition; and
a plurality of compression systems, each associated with a respective inflatable container and a respective receiver, to compress
and transfer the gas from the associated inflatable container into the associated receiver thus reducing the lift force on
the aircraft, wherein each of the compression systems comprises a diaphragm compressor.
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