Inventor

DEVAUL RICHARD WAYNE

US72 patents

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DEVAUL RICHARD WAYNE

GOOGLE INC

Balloon power sources with a buoyancy trade-off

Valuation of and marketplace for inter-network links between balloon network and terrestrial network

Drag disk, small

Altitude control via adjustment to mass of air in bladder within lift-gas filled envelope

Methods and systems for altitude control of balloons to improve wind data

Hot air balloon with solar collector and heat-engine-driven fuel cell

Reactionary mass balloon envelope for a balloon and other balloon components

Altitude control via rotation of balloon to adjust balloon density

Wind-powered vessel for removal of carbon dioxide from seawater

Integration of antenna structures into balloon envelopes

Methods and systems for turning an envelope into a parachute

Drag plate for controlled descent of balloon

Power generation via a solar montgolfier balloon

Balloon envelope adapted to direct sunlight towards payload

Collapsible envelope for descent of balloon with envelope still attached

Superpressure balloon with ballonet cut from contiguous gores

Dynamically adjusting width of beam based on altitude

Location aware profiles in an aerial network

Balloon network with free-space optical communication between super-node balloons and RF communication between super-node and sub-node balloons

Airborne rigid kite with on-board power plant for ship propulsion

Integration of antenna structures into balloon envelopes

Balloon-based positioning system and method

Airborne rigid kite with on-board power plant for ship propulsion

Thermal regulation of balloon payload using electronic ink

Internal toroid balloon

Valuation of and marketplace for inter-network links between balloon network and terrestrial network

X DEV LLC

Extending the distance range of near-field wireless power delivery

Interfaces for service requests in a balloon network

Mobile hybrid transmit/receive node for near-field wireless power delivery

Wireless power delivery over medium range distances using magnetic, and common and differential mode-electric, near-field coupling

Balloon-based positioning system and method

Negative pressure vessel

Airborne rigid kite with on-board power plant for ship propulsion

Solar Montgolfier balloon with a fuel cell

DEVAUL RICHARD WAYNE

Balloon power sources with a buoyancy trade-off

Balloon network with free-space optical communication between super-node balloons and RF communication between super-node and sub-node balloons

Relative positioning of balloons with altitude control and wind data

Balloon altitude control using density adjustment and/or volume adjustment

Combined balloon shipping container and deployment system

Altitude control via rotation of balloon to adjust balloon density

Display device with image depth simulation

TELLER ERIC

Expandable antenna structure

Virtual pooling of local resources in a balloon network

Battery flywheel for a high-altitude balloon

Location-aware profiles in a balloon network

Recovery of balloon materials

Location-aware “ghost” caching in a balloon network

LOON LLC

Interfaces for service requests in a balloon network

Dynamic balloon network coverage map

BIFFLE CLIFF

Balloon envelope with integrated receiver