Patents by Inventor Burcak Karaguzel

Burcak Karaguzel 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).

  • Sensor device for real-time monitoring or relative movement using capacitive fabric sensors
    Patent number: 7712373
    Abstract: A capacitive sensor device, including electrode materials carried by fabric substrates, is provided for monitoring relative movement of an expanding and/or contracting structure, such as the mammalian chest and/or torso, corresponding to a performance parameter related, for example, to respiratory function. Some embodiments include non-woven fabric substrates comprising compliant portions configured to stretch only in a selected direction and non-compliant portions upon which electrode materials are disposed. In some embodiments, layers of fabric substrates, carrying corresponding first and second electrode materials, are configured to cooperate to form a parallel plate capacitive sensor having a variable capacitance corresponding to a relative motion of the fabric substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Inventors: H. Troy Nagle, Tae-Ho Kang, Carey Merritt, Burcak Karaguzel, Behnam Pourdeyhimi, Edward Grant
  • Methods and Devices for Providing Flexible Electronics
    Publication number: 20090286055
    Abstract: Methods and devices for providing flexible electronics are described. In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a conductive ink is applied to a nonwoven substrate. More particularly, the exemplary embodiment provides a nonwoven substrate with a general depth in the z-direction and a conductive ink carried by the nonwoven substrate on the surface of the substrate and at least partially but no more than 50% within the nonwoven substrate in the z-direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Inventors: Behnam Pourdeyhimi, Edward Grant, H. Troy Nagle, Carey Reid Merritt, Burcak Karaguzel, Tae-Ho Kang, John Michael Wilson
  • SENSOR DEVICE FOR REAL-TIME MONITORING OF RELATIVE MOVEMENT USING CAPACITIVE FABRIC SENSORS
    Publication number: 20080000304
    Abstract: A capacitive sensor device, including electrode materials carried by fabric substrates, is provided for monitoring relative movement of an expanding and/or contracting structure, such as the mammalian chest and/or torso, corresponding to a performance parameter related, for example, to respiratory function. Some embodiments include non-woven fabric substrates comprising compliant portions configured to stretch only in a selected direction and non-compliant portions upon which electrode materials are disposed. In some embodiments, layers of fabric substrates, carrying corresponding first and second electrode materials, are configured to cooperate to form a parallel plate capacitive sensor having a variable capacitance corresponding to a relative motion of the fabric substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventors: H. Nagle, Tae-Ho Kang, Carey Merritt, Burcak Karaguzel, Behnam Pourdeyhimi, Edward Grant