US010443976B2 (12 ) United States Patent ( 10 ) Patent No. : US 10 , 443 ,976 B2 Chin et al. (45 ) Date of Patent: Oct . 15, 2019 ( 54 ) CARRIAGE FOR ROCKET LAUNCH ( 56 ) References Cited SYSTEM U . S . PATENT DOCUMENTS ( 71 ) Applicants : Howard M . Chin , Kingston ( JM ) ; 1 , 812 , 955 A 7 / 1931 Horni Kimberly A . Carraha , Weston , FL 2 , 807 , 194 A * 9 / 1957 Cammin -Christy .. F41F 1 /085 (US ) 89 / 1 . 815 (72 ) Inventors : Howard M . Chin , Kingston ( JM ) ; (Continued ) Kimberly A . Carraha , Weston , FL FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS (US ) S52118799 A 10 / 1977 ( * ) Notice : Subject to any disclaimer , the term of this JP H0321592 A 1 / 1991 patent is extended or adjusted under 35 (Continued ) U . S . C . 154 (b ) by 19 days. (21 ) Appl. No. : 15 /627 , 558 OTHER PUBLICATIONS “ Rockoons, ” JP Aerospace [online ], Dec . 7 , 2009 [retrieved Aug . (22 ) Filed : Jun . 20 , 2017 31, 2011 from the Internet ] < URL : http : / /web .archive .org / web / (65 ) Prior Publication Data 20091207004730 /http :/ /www . jpaerospace . com / rockoons. US 2017 / 0284768 A1 Oct . 5 , 2017 (Continued ) Related U . S . Application Data Primary Examiner — Richard R . Green Assistant Examiner - Michael A . Fabula (62 ) Division of application No . 13/ 577 , 813 , filed as (74 ) Attorney , Agent, or Firm — Walter | Haverfield LLP ; application No. PCT/ US2011 /000237 on Feb . 10 , D . Peter Hochberg ; Sean F . Mellino 2011 , now Pat . No . 9 ,739 , 567 . ( Continued ) ( 57 ) ABSTRACT A carriage for use in a rocket launch system for cooperating (51 ) Int. Ci. with an electromotive cableway traction drives conveyed B64G 1 / 00 (2006 . 01) beneath a two axis pivot anchored to the earth , elevated into F41F 3 /06 ( 2006 .01 ) a co - axial transfer tube leading to three primary tether cables (Continued ) whose weight is offset by balloons. The carriage has traction (52 ) U . S . CI. drives which grip cables from which they derive power and CPC . .. F41F 3 / 06 (2013 . 01 ) ; B64G 1 / 005 rotate to drive the carriage from the low altitude to the high (2013 .01 ) ; B64G 6 / 00 ( 2013 .01 ) ; F41F 3 /04 altitude . The traction drives rotate in the opposite direction (2013 .01 ) ; B646 2001/ 643 (2013 .01 ) as the carriage descends the cable following the launch of a (58 ) Field of Classification Search rocket under gravitational force . The kinetic energy of the CPC . .. B64D 1 / 00 ; B64D 7 /00 ; B64D 7 /08 ; B64F traction drive is converted to electrical energy which is fed 1 /04 ; B64F 1 /32 ; B64F 3 /00 ; B64F 3 /02 ; back to the cables during descent of the carriage . 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