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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
May. 21, 2014
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Kevin Roach, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
Peter Isaac Capraro, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jeffrey Neri, Gardnerville, NV (US);
Kyle Brookes, Redwood City, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for securing a plurality of tendons to a balloon includes a first and second plate and a cable long enough to extend around a circumference of the first plate. The first plate has a plurality of slots and one more mating ports. Each slot is configured to allow a given tendon from the plurality of tendons to extend through the first plate by inserting a tendon within the slot. The second plate has a surface with one or more mating members attached. Each mating member is configured to connect the first and second plates together by mating with at least one of the one or more mating ports. The cable is configured to pass between the first and second plates so as to couple with each tendon within the plurality of slots in order to secure the tendons to a balloon structure.