Patents by Inventor Kuangyu Shen

Kuangyu Shen 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).

  • Stretchable thermal radiation modulation system via mechanically tunable surface emissivity
    Patent number: 11718078
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a thermal radiation modulation system comprising a first low emissivity layer comprising a plurality of distributed, strain-dependent cracks, the first low emissivity layer comprising a first polymer composite layer and a first mirror-like metal layer with low emissivity covering a surface of the first polymer composite layer; a first elastomer layer bonded to the first low emissivity layer opposite to the mirror-like metal layer; and optionally a first stretchable heater, the first stretchable heater is attached to the first elastomer layer opposite to the first low emissivity layer, wherein a top surface of the first low emissivity layer comprising the mirror-like metal layer has a lower emissivity relative to the first elastomer layer. Methods of making and use of the system are further described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
    Inventors: Luyi Sun, Songshan Zeng, Kuangyu Shen
  • STRETCHABLE THERMAL RADIATION MODULATION SYSTEM VIA MECHANICALLY TUNABLE SURFACE EMISSIVITY
    Publication number: 20210213718
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a thermal radiation modulation system comprising a first low emissivity layer comprising a plurality of distributed, strain-dependent cracks, the first low emissivity layer comprising a first polymer composite layer and a first mirror-like metal layer with low emissivity covering a surface of the first polymer composite layer; a first elastomer layer bonded to the first low emissivity layer opposite to the mirror-like metal layer; and optionally a first stretchable heater, the first stretchable heater is attached to the first elastomer layer opposite to the first low emissivity layer, wherein a top surface of the first low emissivity layer comprising the mirror-like metal layer has a lower emissivity relative to the first elastomer layer. Methods of making and use of the system are further described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Luyi Sun, Songshan Zeng, Kuangyu Shen