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公开(公告)号：US09745040B1
公开(公告)日：2017-08-29
申请号：US14838498
申请日：2015-08-28
Applicant: X Development LLC
Inventor： Michael Hall-Snyder , Sandeep Kumar Giri , Shane Washburn , Joseph Charles Benedetto , Keegan Gartner
Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to techniques for launching high-altitude balloons. In one aspect, a balloon launching system is provided. The balloon has a balloon envelope, a payload attached to the balloon envelope and a launching projection. The launching system includes a releasable restraint attached to the balloon between an apex and bottom of the balloon envelope. The releasable restraint is arranged to temporarily hold the balloon envelope. The launching system also includes a payload positioning assembly. The payload positioning assembly is configured to position the payload during launch of the balloon and includes a member configured to attach to the launching projection. When attached, the member is also configured to maintain the position of the payload relative to the balloon while the releasable restraint is temporarily holding the balloon envelope.
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公开(公告)号：US09914521B1
公开(公告)日：2018-03-13
申请号：US15601113
申请日：2017-05-22
Applicant: X Development LLC
Inventor： Michael Hall-Snyder , Sandeep Kumar Giri , Shane Washburn , Joseph Charles Benedetto , Keegan Gartner
Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to techniques for launching high-altitude balloons. In one aspect, a balloon launching system is provided. The balloon has a balloon envelope, a payload attached to the balloon envelope and a launching projection. The launching system includes a releasable restraint attached to the balloon between an apex and bottom of the balloon envelope. The releasable restraint is arranged to temporarily hold the balloon envelope. The launching system also includes a payload positioning assembly. The payload positioning assembly is configured to position the payload during launch of the balloon and includes a member configured to attach to the launching projection. When attached, the member is also configured to maintain the position of the payload relative to the balloon while the releasable restraint is temporarily holding the balloon envelope.
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公开(公告)号：US20170267376A1
公开(公告)日：2017-09-21
申请号：US15165616
申请日：2016-05-26
Applicant: X Development LLC
Inventor： Joseph Charles Benedetto , Olivia Hatalsky , John Frederick Udall , Liang-Shian Chen , Chase R. Haegele , Daniel Patrick Bowen , C.O. Lee Boyce, JR. , Shane Washburn , Keegan Gartner
CPC classification number: B64F1/04 , B64B1/005 , B64B1/40 , B64B1/58 , B64C2201/022 , B64C2201/088 , B64C2201/122 , B64F1/14 , B64F1/36
Abstract: A portable launch rig (PLR) may include a support structure including two side supports defining an interior space for lifting and filling a balloon envelope of a balloon. Wheels on each of the side supports enable the PLR to be moved in various directions in order to prepare the PLR for launching the balloon. The side supports are connected by a lateral support beam having a pair of cranes arranged thereon. Each crane has an arm arranged over the interior space that is connected to a spreader beam. The spreader beam includes a lift assembly configured to lift and inflate the balloon envelope within the interior space. The PLR includes a platform and perch for supporting and moving the balloon envelope. A door assembly of the PLR includes a plurality of hangar doors configured to block wind from a respective direction of each hangar door entering the interior space.
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