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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2015
Applicant:
X Development Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Daniel Henry Fourie, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kevin Roach, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
Assignee:
X Development LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64B 1/40 (2006.01); B64B 1/58 (2006.01); B64F 5/00 (2017.01); B64F 5/10 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64B 1/40 (2013.01); B64B 1/58 (2013.01); B64F 5/0009 (2013.01); B64F 5/10 (2017.01);
Abstract
A method for constructing a balloon assembly includes inserting balloon envelope material which will become an apex of a balloon envelope into a platen opening of a platen; flaring the balloon envelope material outward over the top surface of the platen; positioning a termination plate over the platen opening and within the apex opening; and folding at least some of the balloon envelope that overlies the platen onto the termination plate. The balloon envelope material further includes an apex opening.