Patents by Inventor University of Maryland, College Park Office of Technology Commercialization

University of Maryland, College Park Office of Technology Commercialization 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).

  • HEAT AND FIRE PROTECTIVE ITEMS
    Publication number: 20130239308
    Abstract: A method and devices are described, in which a transformable fiber at a first crystal structure is shaped from its pre-determined configuration into a new shaped configuration. The new shaped configuration of the transformable fiber is inserted into a cavity of a heat and fire protective item. The new shaped configuration of the transformable fiber is heated to above its transformation temperature to a second crystal structure. The heating transforms the new shaped configuration to its pre-determined configuration, wherein the pre-determined configuration forms an air pocket within the heat and fire protective item. The transformable fiber is cooled below its transformation temperature to revert the transformable fiber back to the new shaped configuration at the first crystal structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: University of Maryland, College Park Office of Technology Commercialization
    Inventor: University of Maryland, College Park Office of Technology Commercialization