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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 30, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Giuseppe Aurilio, Arlington, MA (US);
James M Berrigan, Merrimack, NH (US);
Albert G Hurd, Bedford, MA (US);
Assignee:
Visidyne, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
244 / ; 244 31 ; 244 63 ; 244 98 ;
Abstract
A radiosonde balloon launching system including a silo for housing an array of radiosonde balloon modules and for sheltering radiosonde balloons during inflation, a base for containing radiosonde balloon inflation and launch apparatus and a device for shielding the silo until the radiosonde balloons are ready to be launched.