Patent SG-11201903319T-A (SG)
Title: A lighter-than-air vehicle with a hull, a laminate for such hull and a method of production of such laminate
Inventor: VESTERGAARD FRANDSEN MIKKEL
IPC: B32B27/30
Filed: 2017-10-23
Abstract: International Patent Classification: B64B 1/58 (2006.01) B32B 27/08 (2006.01) B32B 5/02 (2006.01) B32B 27/12 (2006.01) B32B 7/04 (2006.01) B32B 27/28 (2006.01) B32B 7/12 (2006.01) B32B 27/30 (2006.01) B32B 27/06 (2006.01) B32B 27/36 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 03 May 2018 (03.05.2018) WIP0 I PCT olimion °nolo mon mEmo Homo oimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/077806 Al PCT/EP2017/077009 (22) International Filing Date: 23 October 2017 (23.10.2017) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 62/411,764 24 October 2016 (24.10.2016) US (71) Applicant: SCEYE SARL [CH/CH]; Place Saint-Francois 1, c/o Disease Control Textiles Sark 1003 Lausanne (CH). (72) Inventors: VESTERGAARD FRANDSEN, Mikkel; Rue de Mercerie 14, 1003 Lausanne (CH). KIM, David; 2605 Tanglewood Dr, Durham, North Carolina 27705 (US). BRADFORD, Philip David; 1308 Padstone Drive, Apex, North Carolina 27502 (US). SEYAM, Abdel-Fattah Mo- hamed; 202 Smokemont Drive, Cary, North Carolina 27513 (US). VALLABH, Rahul; 1540 Lilley Ct, Apt 0-7, Raleigh, North Carolina 27606 (US). LI, Ang; 638 Centen- nial View Lane, Raleigh, North Carolina 27606 (US). (74) Agent: PATRADE A/S; Fredens Tory 3A, 8000 Aarhus C (DK). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) (54) Title: A LIGHTER-THAN-AIR VEHICLE WITH A HULL, A LAMINATE FOR SUCH HULL AND A METHOD OF PRO- DUCTION OF SUCH LAMINATE Weathering Layer Adhesive + Gas Barrier Layer Im 0' Load Bearing Layers (FR) 4-ifuti +1 14 . 1 4 - 1 -zsatri+t-i-V , I Adhesive + Gas Barrier Layer li I 'EPP Primary Gas Barrier Layer 00 FIG. 1 O el (57) : A lighter than air vehicle with a hull, a laminate for such hull and a method of production of such laminate A lighter- than-air vehicle comprising a hull of a laminate material with a reinforcing fibre layer, for example Zylon®, and a first, and optionally t second, Ethylene Vinyl Alcohol film melt-bonded into the fibre layer. A weathering layer protects the fibres against UV degradation.