Aerostar International, Inc.

Loon LLC

Chase Haegele

Kevin Roach

Raymond Louis Gradwohl

Wei Li

Shane Fitzgibbons

Andre Azari

Chaokun Gong

Sampson Moore

Joe Benedetto

Keegan Gartner

Shane Washburn

Olivia Hatalsky

C O Lee Boyce, Jr

Joseph Charles Benedetto

Daniel Bowen

John Frederick Udall

Liang-Shian Chen

The technology relates to a heat sealing system (). For instance, the heat sealing system may include a sealer assembly () including a pair of heat sealing bars () configured to generate heat seals. The heat sealing system may also include a positioning () assembly including a platform () and a motor (). The sealer assembly may be mounted to the positioning assembly, and the motor may be configured to move the sealer assembly towards and away from an edge of a table ().

Heat sealing system

Aspects of the disclosure relate to envelopes for aerial vehicle. The aerial vehicle may include an envelope including a plurality of gores. The aerial vehicle may also include a seal arranged between a pair of the plurality of gores, the seal including six layers of envelope material heat-sealed together.

Seals for aerial vehicles

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.

Portable balloon launch rig

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