Patents by Inventor Gopal Ravi

Gopal Ravi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Anti-tilt assembly for balloons
    Patent number: 10793246
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide anti-tilt assemblies for reducing the strain of an air ballast when used to change the direction of a high altitude balloon. For instance, in one example, a balloon includes a balloon envelope having an air ballast and a plurality of support tendons and a payload assembly. The balloon also includes an anti-tilt assembly arranged between the balloon envelope and the payload assembly. The anti-tilt assembly includes a support structure having a plurality of line connections arranged at a top end of the support structure and a connection member at a bottom end of the support structure. The connection member is attached to the payload assembly. The anti-tilt assembly also includes a plurality of support lines connected at to one of the support tendons and to the connection member. In addition, each support line is arranged to pass through a corresponding one of the line connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Loon LLC
    Inventors: John Cromie, Gopal Ravi
  • Anti-tilt assembly for balloons
    Patent number: 9902480
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide anti-tilt assemblies for reducing the strain of an air ballast when used to change the direction of a high altitude balloon. For instance, in one example, a balloon includes a balloon envelope having an air ballast and a plurality of support tendons and a payload assembly. The balloon also includes an anti-tilt assembly arranged between the balloon envelope and the payload assembly. The anti-tilt assembly includes a support structure having a plurality of line connections arranged at a top end of the support structure and a connection member at a bottom end of the support structure. The connection member is attached to the payload assembly. The anti-tilt assembly also includes a plurality of support lines connected at to one of the support tendons and to the connection member. In addition, each support line is arranged to pass through a corresponding one of the line connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventors: John Cromie, Gopal Ravi
  • Process for the preparation of fluid catalytic cracking catalyst additive composition
    Patent number: 6355591
    Abstract: A fluid catalytic cracking additive composition to obtain enhanced yield of Liquified Petroleum Gas in catalytic cracking of high boiling petroleum feed stocks comprising 4 to 20 wt. % aluminum phosphate composite, 1-40 wt. % crystalline molecular sieve Zeolites from the group selected from mordenite ZSM-5, Beta and mixtures thereof and 40-90 wt. % clay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Indian Oil Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Mohan Prabhu Kuvettu, Gopal Ravi Chandran, Sanjay Kumar Ray, Kamlesh Gupta, Ganga Shankar Misra, Venkatachalam Krishnan, Mitra Bhanu Patel, Satish Makhija, Sobhan Ghosh