Patents by Inventor Johan Zaar

Johan Zaar 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).

  • REVERSE BALLOON
    Publication number: 20090050234
    Abstract: A rapidly deployable camouflage device for concealing recognizable signatures of military objects, comprising a camouflage balloon and a deployment and undeployment device, the latter being equipped with a housing and a fan for inflating the balloon arranged on an opening in the housing. According to the invention, the balloon can be pulled into the housing by means of pull lines secured at one end to the inside of the balloon opposite the opening, and at the other end to a motor-driven winding device inside the housing. The balloon is thus pulled in in such a way that it is reversed inside the housing, from which state if can then be blown out unreversed as rapidly deployable camouflage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2005
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventor: Johan Zaar
  • Reverse balloon
    Patent number: 6873283
    Abstract: A rapidly deployable camouflage device for concealing recognizable signatures of military objects, comprising a camouflage balloon (1) and a deployment and undeployment device, the latter being equipped with a housing (2) and a fan (3) for inflating the balloon (1) arranged on an opening (4) in the housing. According to the invention, the balloon can be pulled into the housing by means of pull lines (7) secured at one end to the inside of the balloon opposite the opening (4), and at the other end to a motor-driven winding device inside the housing (2). The balloon is thus pulled in in such a way that it is reversed inside the housing, from which state if can then be blown out unreversed as rapidly deployable camouflage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: SAAB Barracuda AB
    Inventor: Johan Zaar
  • Reverse balloon
    Publication number: 20040108950
    Abstract: A rapidly deployable camouflage device for concealing recognizable signatures of military objects, comprising a camouflage balloon (1) and a deployment and undeployment device, the latter being equipped with a housing (2) and a fan (3) for inflating the balloon (1) arranged on an opening (4) in the housing. According to the invention, the balloon can be pulled into the housing by means of pull lines (7) secured at one end to the inside of the balloon opposite the opening (4), and at the other end to a motor-driven winding device inside the housing (2). The balloon is thus pulled in in such a way that it is reversed inside the housing, from which state if can then be blown out unreversed as rapidly deployable camouflage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventor: Johan Zaar