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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2012
Applicant:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Clifford Biffle, Berkeley, CA (US);
Richard Wayne DeVaul, Mountain View, CA (US);
Joshua Weaver, San Jose, CA (US);
Anton Valdemar Staaf, San Jose, CA (US);
Eric Teller, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael Cassidy, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64B 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64B 1/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
A balloon is provided having a balloon envelope, a payload positioned beneath the balloon envelope, and a drag plate positioned beneath the balloon envelope and attached to the payload, and a control system configured to initiate a process to cause the balloon envelope to no longer provide lift to the payload, wherein the drag plate serves to slow the descent of the payload to the earth.