Chase R Haegele

US Patent:

20210053274, Feb 25, 2021

Filed:

Aug 21, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/547150

Inventors:

- Mountain View CA, US
Chaokun Gong - Sunnyvale CA, US
Chase Haegele - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

B29C 63/00
B64B 1/40
B64B 1/58
B29C 65/78
B29C 63/02

Abstract:

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.

US Patent:

20190217969, Jul 18, 2019

Filed:

Jan 24, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/256465

Inventors:

- Mountain View CA, US
Olivia Hatalsky - San Jose CA, US
John Frederick Udall - Redwood City CA, US
Chase R. Haegele - San Francisco CA, US
Daniel Patrick Bowen - Palo Alto CA, US
C. O. Lee Boyce, JR. - Mountain View CA, US
Shane Washburn - Oakland CA, US
Keegan Gartner - San Jose CA, US

Assignee:

LOON LLC - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

B64F 1/04
B64B 1/58
B64F 1/36
B64B 1/00
B64F 1/14
B64B 1/40

Abstract:

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.

US Patent:

20170267376, Sep 21, 2017

Filed:

May 26, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/165616

Inventors:

- Mountain View CA, US
Olivia Hatalsky - San Jose CA, US
John Frederick Udall - Redwood City CA, US
Chase R. Haegele - San Francisco CA, US
Daniel Patrick Bowen - Palo Alto CA, US
Shane Washburn - Oakland CA, US
Keegan Gartner - San Jose CA, US

International Classification:

B64F 1/04
B64F 1/36
B64B 1/58

Abstract:

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.