Patents by Inventor Onoriu Puscasu
Onoriu Puscasu 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).
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Publication number: 20180163410Abstract: The invention provides a sensor surface-covering material sensor surface-covering material comprising a layer of synthetic material and a sensor layer which detects a change in an electrical property wherein the sensor layer comprises at least one electrically conductive layer and wherein the electrical property is resistance and/or capacitance; and a sensor surface-covering system comprising a sensor surface-covering material according to the invention and an electrical component housing for processing a signal generated by the sensor material.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2017Publication date: June 14, 2018Applicant: Altro LimitedInventors: Richard John Peace, Ioannis Patsavellas, Nimra Jalali, Onoriu Puscasu, Mohammad Reza Herfatmanesh, Rodney Day
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Publication number: 20180123484Abstract: The invention provides an energy generator comprising energy generator comprising an energy harvesting material which generates energy when moved from a pre-selected first position to a second position wherein the energy generator comprises one or more deflection aids which comprise a moveable clamp wherein each deflection aid biases the energy harvesting material to the first position and wherein the first position of the energy harvesting material is pre-selected using the moveable clamp; an energy harvesting layer comprising one or more of the energy generators according to the invention; an energy harvesting flooring material comprising a layer of synthetic material and the energy harvesting layer according to the invention; and an energy harvesting system comprising (a) the energy generator according to the invention, the flooring material according to the invention and/or the energy harvesting layer according to the invention; (b) a power management system and (c) an electrical storage device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Applicant: Altro LimitedInventors: Richard John Peace, Ioannis Patsavellas, Onoriu Puscasu, Mohammad Reza Herfatmanesh, Rodney Day
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Patent number: 9698707Abstract: A device for converting thermal power into electric power includes many conversion cells arranged inside and on top of a substrate. Each conversion cell includes a curved bimetal strip and first and second diodes coupled to the bimetal strip. The diodes are arranged in a semiconductor region of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignees: STMICROELECTRONICS (CROLLES 2) SAS, Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique et aux Energies AlternativesInventors: Stephane Monfray, Arthur Arnaud, Thomas Skotnicki, Onoriu Puscasu, Sebastien Boisseau
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Patent number: 9303630Abstract: A device for converting thermal energy into electric energy intended to be used in combination with a hot source including: a capacitor of variable capacitance, including two electrodes separated by an electrically-insulating material, one of these electrodes being deformable and being associated with an element forming a bimetallic strip, said bimetallic strip including at least two layers of materials having different thermal expansion coefficients, said bimetallic strip being free to deform when it is submitted to the heat of said hot source; a second capacitor having a first electrode connected to a first electrode of said capacitor of variable capacitance; a harvesting circuit electrically connected between the second electrode of the capacitor of variable capacitance and the second electrode of the second capacitor, said harvesting circuit being capable of conducting the current flowing between said second electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2013Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SASInventors: Thomas Skotnicki, Onoriu Puscasu, Stéphane Monfray
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Patent number: 9276503Abstract: An energy harvester including first and second sheets; and a plurality of walls, each wall being sandwiched between the first and second sheets and surrounding a cavity, wherein each cavity houses at least one curved plate adapted to change from a first shape to a second shape when its temperature reaches a first threshold and to return to the first shape when its temperature falls to a second threshold lower than said first threshold.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2013Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SASInventors: Stéphane Monfray, Thomas Skotnicki, Christophe Maitre, Onoriu Puscasu
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Publication number: 20150300328Abstract: An electrical generator is composed of a bi-layer membrane enabling the conversion of a thermal energy into electrical energy. The bi-layer membrane is deformable and includes at least two layers having different thermal expansion coefficients. The membrane moves between positions in a reversible fashion in response to heat dissipation and as a function of two flexing temperatures. A magnetic structure associated with the membrane functions to set the flexing temperatures as a function of ambient temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2015Publication date: October 22, 2015Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS (CROLLES 2) SASInventors: Onoriu Puscasu, Stephane Monfray, Thomas Skotnicki, Christophe Maitre
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Publication number: 20150042205Abstract: A device for converting thermal power into electric power includes many conversion cells arranged inside and on top of a substrate. Each conversion cell includes a curved bimetal strip and first and second diodes coupled to the bimetal strip. The diodes are arranged in a semiconductor region of the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2014Publication date: February 12, 2015Applicants: STMICROELECTRONICS (CROLLES 2) SAS, Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique et aux Energies AlternativesInventors: Stephane Monfray, Arthur Arnaud, Thomas Skotnicki, Onoriu Puscasu, Sebastien Boisseau
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Patent number: 8951425Abstract: A method of forming at least one curved plate having first and second layers, the first layer being formed of a first material and the second layer being formed of a second material, the method including forming one or more blocks of a fusible material on a surface of a substrate; baking the one or more blocks to deform their shape; and depositing the first and second materials over the one or more deformed blocks to form the first and second layers.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2013Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SASInventors: Stéphane Monfray, Thomas Skotnicki, Onoriu Puscasu, Christophe Maitre
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Publication number: 20130292952Abstract: A device for converting thermal energy into electric energy intended to be used in combination with a hot source including: a capacitor of variable capacitance, including two electrodes separated by an electrically-insulating material, one of these electrodes being deformable and being associated with an element forming a bimetallic strip, said bimetallic strip including at least two layers of materials having different thermal expansion coefficients, said bimetallic strip being free to deform when it is submitted to the heat of said hot source; a second capacitor having a first electrode connected to a first electrode of said capacitor of variable capacitance; a harvesting circuit electrically connected between the second electrode of the capacitor of variable capacitance and the second electrode of the second capacitor, said harvesting circuit being capable of conducting the current flowing between said second electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2013Publication date: November 7, 2013Applicant: STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SASInventors: Thomas Skotnicki, Onoriu Puscasu, Stéphan Monfray
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Publication number: 20130257219Abstract: An energy harvester including first and second sheets; and a plurality of walls, each wall being sandwiched between the first and second sheets and surrounding a cavity, wherein each cavity houses at least one curved plate adapted to change from a first shape to a second shape when its temperature reaches a first threshold and to return to the first shape when its temperature falls to a second threshold lower than said first threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2013Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SASInventors: Stéphane MONFRAY, Thomas Skotnicki, Christophe Maitre, Onoriu Puscasu