Patent ID: 11919615
Assignee: WINDBORNE SYSTEMS INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 6:
7. An apparatus, comprising:
a) a balloon having an opening, the opening not being located at a bottom of the balloon;
b) a venting system, the venting system comprising:
i) an inner platform, an outer platform and a clamp, the inner platform to be positioned on an inner surface of the balloon and shaped to reside outside the opening, the outer platform to be positioned on an outer surface of the balloon and shaped to reside outside the opening, wherein the inner and outer platforms are shaped as respective O-rings, where, a first of the O-rings fits inside a second of the O-rings, the clamp to be aligned with the opening, the clamp to press the inner platform against the outer platform within the opening;
ii) a fluidic channel that is coupled to the opening when the clamp is pressing the inner platform against the outer platform the opening; and,
iii) an electro-mechanical valve apparatus, the electro-mechanical valve apparatus to open the fluidic channel so that gas within the balloon escapes the balloon when a valve of the electro-mechanical valve apparatus is open and to close the fluidic channel so that gas remains within the balloon when the valve is closed.