Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Internal toroid balloon
- Patent Title (中): 内环形气球
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Application No.: US14041637Application Date: 2013-09-30
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Publication No.: US09174718B1Publication Date: 2015-11-03
- Inventor: Kevin Roach , Nlkhil Singh Kohli , Richard Wayne DeVaul , Sameera Sylvia Ponda
- 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 ; B64B1/40

Abstract:
A balloon having a balloon envelope that is fillable with a first lifting gas, a top plate arranged at a top of the balloon envelope, an outlet port that provides a passageway from an inside of the balloon envelope to the atmosphere, an inner bladder positioned within the balloon envelope and positioned at the top of the balloon envelope and coupled to the top plate, wherein the inner bladder is fillable with a second lifting gas, wherein the outlet port is configured to vent the first lifting gas to the atmosphere while keeping the second lifting gas in the inner bladder.
Public/Granted literature
- US2204678A Continuous manifolding book Public/Granted day:1940-06-18
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