US 12,296,940 B2
Lifting gas generation
Jonathan T. Slocum, Bow, NH (US); and Alexander Slocum, Bow, NH (US)
Assigned to LTAG SYSTEMS LLC, Bow, NH (US)
Filed by LTAG SYSTEMS LLC, Bow, NH (US)
Filed on Oct. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/967,818.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/256,624, filed on Oct. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0159149 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. B64B 1/62 (2006.01); F16L 37/18 (2006.01); A63H 27/10 (2006.01); B01J 19/00 (2006.01); B64B 1/40 (2006.01); G01W 1/08 (2006.01)
CPC B64B 1/62 (2013.01) [F16L 37/18 (2013.01); A63H 2027/1033 (2013.01); B01J 19/0053 (2013.01); B64B 1/40 (2013.01); G01W 1/08 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A reactor for generating lifting gas, the reactor comprising:
a first port;
a second port;
a coupling releasably securable in fluid communication with an aerostat;
a tank including a base and a crown defining at least a portion of a chamber therebetween, the first port and the coupling each supported on the crown, the second port supported on the tank away from the crown, the chamber in fluid communication with each one of the first port, the second port, and the coupling, the chamber expandable between the crown and the base from an uninflated state to an inflated state and, with the tank in the inflated state, a maximum height of the chamber less than a maximum dimension of the base; and
a support extending from the coupling into the chamber wherein, with the chamber in the uninflated state, the support spaces at least a portion of the crown from the base.