Patents by Inventor Nicolas A. Gay

Nicolas A. Gay 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).

  • SELF-POWERED RFID SENSING SYSTEM FOR STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING
    Publication number: 20120068827
    Abstract: An RFID-based sensing system includes a piezoelectric arrangement mountable at least partially on a structure, an RFID transponder connected to the piezoelectric arrangement, and an antenna connected to the RFID transponder and/or being integrated into the RFID transponder. The piezoelectric arrangement and/or the RFID transponder are adapted to convert kinetic energy provided by the structure into electrical energy usable for powering the RFID transponder and to generate sensing information with respect to a state of the structure. The RFID-based sensing system also includes an RFID reader.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Jia Yi, Nicolas A. Gay, Qiuyun Fu, Bernd Frankenstein, Wolf-Joachim Fischer, Norbert Meyendorf