Landing and anchoring mechanism for an airship

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5516065
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08255001

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A landing and anchoring mechanism for an airship takes advantage of the ship's supporting frame that has a row of cross-ribs interconnected by lengthwise beams arranged between neighboring ribs. In order to make it possible to land on any landing field even without conventional and costly apparatus, and to anchor the airship against the effects of wind and weather, a bi-pod landing gear is combined with an anchoring device. The landing gear is articulately connected to the supporting frame on the one hand and to the airship gondola by respective landing gear lateral rocker arms on the other hand. The bi-pod landing gear is arranged in a crosswise plane in front of the aerodynamic center of wind pressure of the airship. At least a portion of the anchoring device is provided on the floor of the airship gondola in the area of the attachment of the landing gear lateral rocker arms to the gondola floor. The anchoring device is provided for connecting the airship with a mooring on the ground, whereby another portion of the anchoring device may be located on the ground.

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LUFTSCHIFFBAU ZEPPELIN GMBHFRIEDRICHSHAFEN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hagenlocher, Klaus Friedrichshafen, DE 4 83

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