ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,142, issued on July 29, was assigned to LTAG SYSTEMS LLC (Bow, N.H.).
"Remote generation of lifting gas" was invented by Jonathan T. Slocum (Bow, N.H.) and Alexander H. Slocum (Bow, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one aspect, a system for launching an aerostat may include an inflatable structure defining a volume having a neck, a reactor defining a chamber, a coupling releasably secured in fluid communication between the chamber and the neck, and a drain valve within the volume, the drain valve in a first position away from the neck to receive a lifting gas from the chamber into the volume via the coupling, the drain...