Patents Assigned to Foundation
  • Patent number: 10127956
    Abstract: A magnetic memory device may include tunnel junction unit cells, each including a pinned magnetic layer, an insulating layer, and a free magnetic layer which are sequentially stacked, a conductive line structure configured to supply an in-plane current to the unit cells and to include an antiferromagnetic layer, which is provided adjacent to the free magnetic layer, and a ferromagnetic layer, which is provided adjacent to the antiferromagnetic layer and has an in-plane magnetic anisotropy, and a voltage applying unit configured to independently apply a selection voltage to each of the tunnel junction unit cells. Each of the tunnel junction unit cells may have a magnetization direction that is selectively changed by the in-plane current and the selection voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Kyung Jin Lee, Hyun Woo Lee, Byong Guk Park
  • Patent number: 10128530
    Abstract: The high thermal conduction resistances of a lithium-ion battery (LIB) severely limit the effectiveness of a conventional external thermal management system (TMS). A method for a new thermal management system for lithium-ion batteries that utilizes a multi-functional electrolyte (MFE) to remove heat locally inside the cell by evaporating a volatile component of the MFE is disclosed. These new electrolyte mixtures comprise a high vapor pressure co-solvent. The characteristics of a previously unstudied high vapor pressure co-solvent HFE-7000 (65 kPa at 25° C.) in an MFE (1 M LiTFSI in 1:1 HFE-7000/EMC), and other possible MFE compositions that can be utilized in a custom electrolyte boiling facility, are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Colorado State University Research Foundation
    Inventor: Todd Bandhauer
  • Patent number: 10128978
    Abstract: Provided is a method for eliminating an interference operating on a receiver of a transmitter in a communications system, which includes transmitting at least one user signal; changing user phase information to be separated from interference phase information by a preset difference, when receiving the user phase information of the user signal and the interference phase information of an interference signal from at least one receiver; and transmitting at least one other user signal according to the changed user phase information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Dongguk University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Jongsoo Choi, Byoung Jo Choi, Seung Hoon Hwang, Eun Sun Hwang
  • Patent number: 10123517
    Abstract: Immunocompetent animal models having immunological tolerance to a xenograft and methods of producing the same. The animal models are tolerized to the xenograft in the pre-immune, fetal or embryonic stage, followed by transplanting the xenograft into the animal in the post-natal stage, such that the post-natal animal is immunologically tolerant to the xenograft, while remaining immunocompetent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Kansas State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Deryl Troyer, Duane Davis, Stefan Bossmann
  • Patent number: 10128486
    Abstract: A current interrupt device, method thereof, and battery assembly suitable for reducing the likelihood of an overcharge of the battery. The battery assembly includes a busbar electrically connecting an anode of a first battery cell and a cathode of a second battery cell of the battery assembly. The busbar is configured to interrupt the flow of electrical current between the anode and cathode in response to a mechanical impact load, for example an automobile crash.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Waterloo Tsutsui, Hangjie Liao, Thomas Heinrich Siegmund, Weinong Wayne Chen
  • Patent number: 10127719
    Abstract: A method of creating a real time synthetic model tracking a dynamic physical entity, comprising: a) Receiving multiple points extracted from a sequence of 3D information depicting a dynamic physical entity, each point is associated with position and photometric information. b) Identifying, within the multiply of points, a cloud point which includes multiple entity representative points which portray a surface of the dynamic physical entity. c) Generating a points-surface for a synthetic model by creating spatial presentation of the entity representative points through calculation of principal curvatures for each entity representative point according to the respective position information. d) Generating a continuous surface for the synthetic model by texturing ellipsoidal shapes created for each entity representative point according to the respective photometric information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited
    Inventors: Miriam Reiner, Tatiana Gelfeld
  • Patent number: 10125601
    Abstract: Colloidal-crystal quantum dots as tracers are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method comprises injecting a solution of quantum dots into a subterranean formation, and monitoring a flow of the quantum dots from the subterranean formation to determine a property of the subterranean formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Peter E. Rose, Michael H. Bartl
  • Patent number: 10125832
    Abstract: A disc brake for a vehicle, in particular for a commercial vehicle, includes a brake carrier which receives at least two brake pads in respective clamping side and rear side pad slots, with the at least one brake pad on the clamping side being held in its pad slot in a form-fitting manner. The at least one brake pad on the clamping side is provided with at least one pad retaining spring which is supported at least on a brake carrier horn of the pad slot of the brake carrier. The at least one clamping spring exerts a tensile force acting radially outward on the brake pad. A brake pad set for the disc brake is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignees: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH, Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake LLC
    Inventors: Josef Schropp, Manfred Schoenauer, Wolfgang Pahle, Markus Bartel, Tobias Fischl, Johann Baumgartner, Andreas Petschke, Markus Bohmann, Richard Lantz, Robert Tekesky
  • Patent number: 10126436
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a scintillator, a method for manufacturing the same, and an application for the same. The scintillator according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a matrix material including, as a main component, thallium, lanthanum, and a halogen element; and an activator doped onto the matrix material. The scintillator according to an embodiment of the present invention has a formula TlaLabXc:yCe, and in the formula: X is a halogen element; a=1, b=2, c=7, or a=2, b=1, c=5, or a=3, b=1, c=6; and y>0 and y?0.5. The scintillator according to an embodiment of the present invention has a high efficiency of detecting radiations, a greater light yield, and an excellent fluorescence decay time characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Kyungpook National University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Hong Joo Kim, Hwanbae Park, Sunghwan Kim, Gul Rooh
  • Patent number: 10125116
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof, which are useful as inhibitors of IMPDH. In certain embodiments, a compound of the invention selectively inhibits a parasitic IMPDH versus a host IMPDH. Further, the invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more compounds of the invention. The invention also relates to methods of treating various parasitic and bacterial infections in mammals. Moreover, the compounds may be used alone or in combination with other therapeutic or prophylactic agents, such as anti-virals, anti-inflammatory agents, antimicrobials and immunosuppressants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignees: Brandeis University, University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc., The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
    Inventors: Lizbeth K. Hedstrom, Gregory D. Cuny, Deviprasad R. Gollapalli, Sivapriya Kirubakaran, Sushil K. Maurya, Boris Striepen, Suresh K. Gorla, Corey R. Johnson, Mandapati Kavitha, Jihan Khan
  • Patent number: 10125059
    Abstract: Improved methods of oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH) of short chain alkanes or ethylbenzene to the corresponding olefins, and improved methods of oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) to ethylene and/or ethane, are disclosed. The disclosed methods use boron- or nitride-containing catalysts, and result in improved selectivity and/or byproduct profiles than methods using conventional ODH or OCM catalysts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Ive Hermans, William Peter McDermott, Joseph Thomas Grant, Juan Maricio Venegas, Somphonh Peter Phivilay
  • Patent number: 10123718
    Abstract: The present disclosure discuses systems and methods for detecting and recording bioelectric signals, and specifically bioelectrical signals generated by abdominal organs, such as the uterus. The disclosure discusses area electrodes and arrays of area electrodes. The area electrodes are defined in a metal layer and include an inner and outer diameter. The area electrodes are configured to detect electrical signals generated substantially perpendicular to a surface of the area electrode while rejecting electrical signals generated substantially parallel to the surface of the area electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: University of Tenessee Research Foundation
    Inventor: Roger Charles Young
  • Patent number: 10125423
    Abstract: A vapor deposition apparatus efficiently performs a deposition process to form a thin film with improved characteristics on a substrate, and a method manufactures an organic light-emitting display apparatus by using such vapor deposition apparatus. The vapor deposition apparatus includes a body including an upper member and a lateral member coupled to the upper member; a receiving portion disposed to face one side of the lateral member; a stage disposed in the receiving portion and supporting the substrate; a plurality of first injection portions disposed in the lateral member and injecting at least one gas into a space between the lateral member and the upper member; a second injection portion disposed in the upper member and injecting at least one gas into the space between the lateral member and the upper member; and a plasma generating portion including a coil and a power source connected to the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University ERICA Campus
    Inventors: Sang-Joon Seo, Jae-Eung Oh
  • Patent number: 10127835
    Abstract: A capacitive touch sensor is provided, The capacitive touch sensor includes a plate having an upper surface and lying in a plate plane. A generally planar, first electrode is spaced from the plate along an axis generally perpendicular to the upper surface of the plate. The first electrode movable with respect to the plate in response to a force. A plurality of second electrodes are interconnected to the plate and circumferentially spaced about the axis. Each of the plurality of the second electrodes has a corresponding differential capacitance with the first electrode. The differential capacitances between the first electrode and the plurality of second electrodes vary in the response to the movement of the first electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Wisonsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Hongrui Jiang, Jayer A. Fernandes
  • Patent number: 10123904
    Abstract: A BAK removal device is constructed as a plug of microparticles of a hydrophilic polymeric gel that displays a hydraulic permeability greater than 0.01 Da. The polymer hydrophilic polymeric gel comprises poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (pHEMA). The particles are 2 to 100 ?m and the plug has a surface area of 30 mm2 to 2 mm2 and a length of 2 mm to 25 mm and wherein the microparticles of a hydrophilic polymeric gel has a pore radius of 3 to 60 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Anuj Chauhan, Kuan-Hui Hsu
  • Patent number: 10126466
    Abstract: A multifunctional dielectric gradient metasurface optical device has a layer of nanoscale dielectric gradient metasurface optical antenna elements deposited on a substrate layer, arranged with spatially varying orientations, shapes, or sizes in the plane of the device such that the optical device has a spatially varying optical phase response capable of optical wavefront shaping. The spatially varying optical phase response is a spatial interleaving of multiple distinct phase profiles corresponding to multiple optical sub-elements, thereby providing multifunctional wavefront shaping in the single optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignees: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Technion Research and Development Foundation Limited
    Inventors: Dianmin Lin, Mark L. Brongersma, Erez Hasman, Pieter G. Kik, Aaron L. Holsteen
  • Patent number: 10125454
    Abstract: Described are methods for pretreating lignocellulosic biomass that comprise thermally conditioning the biomass by flow processing an aqueous slurry of the biomass through an outer passage(s) of one or more heat exchange devices while circulating a heat exchange fluid through an inner passage(s) of the heat exchange device(s). Also described are methods for producing fermentation products, especially ethanol, from the pretreated biomass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignees: Purdue Research Foundation, Bowen Engineering Corporation
    Inventors: Michael R. Ladisch, Brian Stater, Bradley Spindler
  • Patent number: 10123896
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for inducing weight loss using blood flow control are described herein. The apparatus and methods operate by controlling blood flow to the stomach and/or small bowel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Gianrico Farrugia, Paul A. Friedman, Elizabeth Rajan, Charles J. Bruce, Samuel J. Asirvatham, Michael J. Levy, Louis-Michel Wong Kee Song, Juliane Bingener-Casey, Navtej S. Buttar
  • Patent number: 10124160
    Abstract: Technology for deep brain stimulating including devices, systems, computer circuitry, and associated methods is provided. A deep brain stimulating device (100) can include a semiconductor substrate, an array of electrodes (140) coupled to the semiconductor substrate, and circuitry operable to control the array of electrodes (140). Each electrode (142) can be operable to function as an anode, a cathode, a common, or a float independent of other electrodes in the array to create highly configurable electric fields (122, 124).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Alan Dale Dorvall, II, Andrew Colin Willsie
  • Patent number: PP29824
    Abstract: The new and distinct sweet orange tree described herein originated as a ‘Valencia’ somaclone tree regenerated from protoplasts isolated from an embryogenic suspension culture of standard ‘Valencia’ (Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck). ‘Florida EV2’ is a true ‘Valencia’ sweet orange with an altered maturity date that allows for harvest 8-12 weeks earlier than traditional ‘Valencia’ trees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Florida Foundation Seed Producers, Inc.
    Inventor: Jude W. Grosser