-
公开(公告)号：US10317963B1
公开(公告)日：2019-06-11
申请号：US14941136
申请日：2015-11-13
Applicant: X Development LLC
Inventor： Richard Wayne DeVaul , Brian John Adolf , Raj B. Apte
Abstract: A computer system includes at least one power transmitter that includes a first resonator to generate an oscillating field at a resonant frequency in response to receiving power from a power source. The at least one power transmitter provides a wireless power delivery system within a spatial bound. The computer system also includes a plurality of modular computer components. Each modular computer component includes a power receiver that includes a second resonator to be wirelessly coupled to the at least one power transmitter. The second resonator resonates at the resonant frequency in response to the oscillating field generated by the first resonator. Each modular component also includes a wireless communication interface. The respective wireless communication interfaces of the plurality of modular computer components provide a wireless data communication network that allows each modular computer component to communicate data with at least another of the plurality of modular computer components.
-
公开(公告)号：US10283971B2
公开(公告)日：2019-05-07
申请号：US15853909
申请日：2017-12-25
Applicant: X Development LLC
Inventor： Brian John Adolf , Richard Wayne DeVaul
Abstract: Embodiments described herein may relate to a system comprising a power source configured to provide a signal at an oscillation frequency; a transmitter coupled to the power source, wherein the transmitter comprises at least one transmit resonator; one or more receivers, wherein the at least one receive resonator is operable to be coupled to the transmit resonator via a wireless resonant coupling link; one or more loads, wherein each of the one or more loads is switchably coupled to one or more respective receive resonators. The system includes a controller configured to determine an operational state of the system, wherein the operational state comprises at least one of three coupling modes (common mode, differential mode, and inductive mode), and is configured to cause the transmitter to provide electrical power to each of the one or more loads via the wireless resonant coupling link according to the determined operational state.
-
Patent Agency Ranking
公开(公告)号：US10162044B2
公开(公告)日：2018-12-25
申请号：US15019772
申请日：2016-02-09
Applicant: X Development LLC
Inventor： Richard Wayne DeVaul , Waleed Kadous , Eric Teller , Cliff Biffle , Edward Allen Keyes
IPC: G01S5/04 , G01S1/02 , G01S1/04 , G01S1/20 , G01S5/02 , G01S19/03 , G01S19/24 , G01S5/00 , G01S5/12 , G01S5/14 , G01S5/16
Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a balloon-based positioning system and method. In one example embodiment, a system includes at least three balloons, with each balloon including a position-determining module (PDM) and a position-broadcasting module (PBM). Each PDM is configured for determining a position of the respective balloon and each PBM is configured for broadcasting a balloon signal containing balloon-positioning data of the respective balloon. The balloon-positioning data includes the determined position of the respective balloon and a corresponding time of broadcast.
-
公开(公告)号：US10153644B2
公开(公告)日：2018-12-11
申请号：US14941017
申请日：2015-11-13
Applicant: X Development LLC
Inventor： Richard Wayne DeVaul , Brian John Adolf
Abstract: A transmitter includes a first resonator to generate an oscillating field at a resonant frequency in response to receiving power from a power source. The transmitter includes a first communication interface and a first controller to control the first resonator and to communicate data via the first communication interface. One of a plurality of receivers includes a second resonator to be wirelessly coupled to the first resonator. The second resonator resonates at the common mode resonant frequency in response to the oscillating field. The one receiver includes a second communication interface to establish wireless side-channel communications with the first communication interface and to communicate the data with the first communication interface via the wireless side-channel communications. The first controller identifies the one receiver from the plurality of receivers according to the communicated data, and in response, the first resonator transfers the power to the second resonator.
-
25.发明授权公开(公告)号：US10045223B2
公开(公告)日：2018-08-07
申请号：US15679145
申请日：2017-08-16
Applicant: X Development LLC
Inventor： Eric Teller , Richard Wayne DeVaul , Clifford L. Biffle , Joshua Weaver , Anton Valdemar Staaf
Abstract: Embodiments relate to a marketplace for inter-network links between a high-altitude network and a terrestrial data network. An example method may involve a computer-based purchasing agent: (i) determining a demand for inter-network bandwidth between a high-altitude network and a terrestrial data network, (ii) determining one or more offers to provide an inter-network link, wherein the inter-network link provides inter-network bandwidth between the high-altitude network and the terrestrial data network, and wherein each offer is associated with a corresponding client device, (iii) based at least in part on a comparison of: (a) the demand for inter-network bandwidth and (b) the one or more offers to provide an inter-network link, selecting one or more of the offers to provide an inter-network link, and (iv) initiating a process to establish an inter-network link at each client device that corresponds to one of the one or more selected offers.
-
公开(公告)号：US09866039B2
公开(公告)日：2018-01-09
申请号：US14940762
申请日：2015-11-13
Applicant: X Development LLC
Inventor： Brian John Adolf , Richard Wayne DeVaul
Abstract: Embodiments described herein may relate to a system comprising a power source configured to provide a signal at an oscillation frequency; a transmitter coupled to the power source, wherein the transmitter comprises at least one transmit resonator; one or more receivers, wherein the at least one receive resonator is operable to be coupled to the transmit resonator via a wireless resonant coupling link; one or more loads, wherein each of the one or more loads is switchably coupled to one or more respective receive resonators. The system includes a controller configured to determine an operational state of the system, wherein the operational state comprises at least one of three coupling modes (common mode, differential mode, and inductive mode), and is configured to cause the transmitter to provide electrical power to each of the one or more loads via the wireless resonant coupling link according to the determined operational state.
-
公开(公告)号：US09511844B1
公开(公告)日：2016-12-06
申请号：US14010012
申请日：2013-08-26
Applicant: X Development LLC
Inventor： Richard Wayne DeVaul
CPC classification number: B64B1/44 , B64B1/62 , B64D2041/005 , Y02T90/36
Abstract: Example embodiments may facilitate altitude control by a balloon in a balloon network. An example method involves: (a) operating a balloon in a first mode, wherein the balloon includes an envelope and a fuel cell, (b) while the balloon is operating in the first mode: (i) drawing ambient air from outside the envelope into the envelope through a first opening, (ii) using solar energy to heat the air in the envelope such that a buoyancy of the balloon is increased, and (iii) releasing air from inside the envelope to outside the envelope through a second opening such that the buoyancy of the balloon is decreased; (c) transitioning to operating the balloon in a second mode; and while operating the balloon in the second mode, using a portion of power generated by the fuel cell to heat the air in the envelope such that the buoyancy of the balloon is increased.
Abstract translation: 示例性实施例可以促进气球网络中的气球的高度控制。 示例性方法包括：（a）以第一模式操作气球，其中所述球囊包括外壳和燃料电池，（b）当气球以第一模式操作时：（i）从外壳外部抽取环境空气 通过第一开口进入信封，（ii）使用太阳能来加热信封中的空气，使得气球的浮力增加，和（iii）通过第二开口将空气从壳体内部释放到外壳外部 气球的浮力减小; （c）以第二模式转换到操作气球; 并且在第二模式中操作气球的同时，使用由燃料电池产生的一部分功率来加热外壳中的空气，使得球囊的浮力增加。
-
-
-
-
-
-
Search Results
27
records
(took 0.042 seconds)
