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Patent Inventor Names
Michael Eglington0
Matthew Knoll0
Date of Patent
May 14, 2024
0Patent Application Number
178207340
Date Filed
August 18, 2022
0Patent Citations
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Aspects of the disclosure provide for controlling orientation of a payload of a balloon through a despin mechanism. In one instance, a system may include a flexible coupling configured to reduce effects of a balloon envelope tilting on a payload, a sensor configured to measure rotational displacement of the flexible coupling, a despin mechanism including a motor configured to rotate the payload, and a controller. The controller may be configured to use receive the measured rotational displacement and to use the despin mechanism to rotate the payload towards a preferred orientation based on the measured rotational displacement.
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