Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Umbrella valves to inflate bladder in balloon envelope
- Patent Title (中): 伞形气门气囊充气囊
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Application No.: US13903462Application Date: 2013-05-28
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Publication No.: US08998128B2Publication Date: 2015-04-07
- Inventor: Daniel Ratner
- Applicant: Google Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP.
- Main IPC: B64B1/58
- IPC: B64B1/58 ; B64B1/62

Abstract:
A balloon having a bladder positioned within a balloon envelope, a plate having a port, a housing secured to the plate, an impeller positioned within the housing, the port providing a passageway from an inside of the housing to an inside of the bladder, wherein a passive valve having a periphery is positioned over the port, a control system configured, upon receiving a signal to increase the amount of air within the bladder, to cause the passive valve to move from a first, closed position where a seal is provided by the engagement of the periphery of the passive valve and a periphery of the port to a second, open position where the periphery of the passive valve is disengaged from the periphery of the port to open the passageway between the housing and the bladder and to allow air to be forced into the bladder.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140353424A1 Umbrella Valves to Inflate Bladder in Balloon Envelope Public/Granted day:2014-12-04
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