Patents by Inventor Kurt Hallamask

Kurt Hallamask 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).

  • Enhanced Accuracy for Tracking Tethered Airborne Vehicles
    Publication number: 20160005159
    Abstract: Wind energy systems, such as an Airborne Wind Turbine (“AWT”), may be used to facilitate conversion of kinetic energy to electrical energy. An AWT may include an aerial vehicle that flies in a path to convert kinetic wind energy to electrical energy. The aerial vehicle may be tethered to a ground station with a tether that terminates at a tether termination mount system. In one aspect, the tether termination mount system may include a tether termination unit configured in one or more gimbals that allow for the tether termination unit to rotate about one or more axes while tracking the aerial vehicle in flight. In a further aspect, the tether termination mount system may include an imaging device configured for imaging the aerial vehicle during flight in order to enhance tracking accuracy over that which is performed by angular motion of the tether termination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Kurt Hallamask, Brian Hachtmann, Rob Nelson, Corwin Hardham, Kenny Jensen, Elias Wolfgang Patten
  • Enhanced accuracy for tracking tethered airborne vehicles
    Patent number: 9214022
    Abstract: Wind energy systems, such as an Airborne Wind Turbine (“AWT”), may be used to facilitate conversion of kinetic energy to electrical energy. An AWT may include an aerial vehicle that flies in a path to convert kinetic wind energy to electrical energy. The aerial vehicle may be tethered to a ground station with a tether that terminates at a tether termination mount system. In one aspect, the tether termination mount system may include a tether termination unit configured in one or more gimbals that allow for the tether termination unit to rotate about one or more axes while tracking the aerial vehicle in flight. In a further aspect, the tether termination mount system may include an imaging device configured for imaging the aerial vehicle during flight in order to enhance tracking accuracy over that which is performed by angular motion of the tether termination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt Hallamask, Brian Hachtmann, Rob Nelson, Corwin Hardham, Kenny Jensen, Elias Wolfgang Patten