Patent GB-1895-25050
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Cybernetic compass navigation
A complex and long patent describing a multi-compartment rigid aluminum balloon, and a battery-powered steering system with cybernetic corrections to direction and altitude based on the readings of a compass and barometer. Envisions abundant space for passengers and cargo.
Inventor location: Racine, Wisconsin
Sources
- Neilson, 1910, p.20, 72
- Aeronautical Journal, Vol. 1., No. 3, July 1897, pp. 21–22.
- espacenet
| Year filed | 1895 |
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| Year granted | 1896 |
| Office | GB |
| Patent number | 25050 |
| Inventors | Edward Joel Pennington |
| Inventor country | US |
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| Applicant type | INDIV |
| Applicant is inventor? | Yes |
| Original title | Automatically controlled vertical and horizontal rudders |
| English title | Automatically controlled vertical and horizontal rudders |
| Tech fields | navigation, rudder, LTA, rigid, aluminum, hydrogen, propulsion, propeller, electronics, instrument, barometer, compass, electricity, stability, passenger, cargo, meteorology, cybernetics |
| Filing date | December 31, 1895 |
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| Grant date | March 14, 1896 |
| Granted? | Yes |
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| Related to aircraft? | Yes |
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| Patent agent | Haseltine, Lake & Co. |
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| Family year | 1895 |
| First filing? | No |
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| Number of text pages | 16 |
| Number of diagram pages | 25 |
| Number of figures | 54 |
| Number of claims | 69 |
