 Despite not owning the original incarnation of the ride, HUSS was issued the patent.Although Schwarzkopf was the first to build the more standard Enterprise, the overall design was actually predated by another ride, the "Passat", which first opened in 1964.This is only considered to a precursor, however, as the mechanism used to lift the arm up and down as well as the over all look of the ride is much different from a typical Enterprise.