Patents Assigned to University of North Florida Board of Trustees
  • Patent number: 11836291
    Abstract: Described herein relates to an apparatus and method for developmental and/or rehabilitative sensory substitution to augment at least one low-functioning and/or non-functioning senses in at least one user. The apparatus may include an input module that may allow the user to perform various tasks designed to enhance development of or sensory recognition by the user. The apparatus may be capable of multiple different proportional controls and of being used across ages, sizes, and developmental stages. For example, the apparatus may include at least one joystick, button, lever, and accelerometer, such that a sensory feedback response (e.g., haptic/tactile, visual, and/or auditory) may be provided to the user across a plurality of exercises. Additionally, the apparatus may provide a new standard of care for individuals with special needs and/or those recovering from a traumatic physical and/or mental injury, regardless of ability level and age.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: University of North Florida Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Juan Aceros, Matthew Cantwell, John Prisco
  • Patent number: 11786418
    Abstract: A modular ride-on is provided that is adjustable based on the needs of the operator. The modular ride-on offers children and young adults with disabilities a higher degree of freedom and comfort over traditional mobility devices—such as wheelchairs. The modular ride-on includes a chassis configured to removably couple a plurality of adjustable modules. The independently adjustable modules include a front-end module, first and second drive modules, a seating module, a harness module, an armrest module, a footrest module, a leg support, module, a body module, and a control module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: University of North Florida Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Juan Aceros, Matthew Cantwell, John Prisco
  • Patent number: 11274251
    Abstract: Methods for increasing soil stabilization utilizing an anionic surfactant and a solution. Varying amounts of the anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate (“SDS”) is added to soils along with a solution of calcium chloride. A mixing procedure is then used to mix the SDS-soil matrix with the calcium chloride solution. The micelles surround the soil particles, creating a matrix, and then the calcium ions of the calcium chloride solution bonds the micelle complex together. The resulting calcium dodecyl sulfate (“CDS”) complex is very hard, relatively insoluble, and very strong. This process can be reversed by exposing the CDS complex to seawater. The sodium ions of the seawater exchange with the calcium ions of the CDS complex reforming the SDS surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: University of North Florida Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Raphael Crowley, Matthew Davies, Nick Hudyma, Joshua Sasser
  • Patent number: 11208980
    Abstract: A closed dual-bladder wave energy system that is capable of capturing a continuous supply of energy derived from wave movements for nearshore implementations. Rather than employing an onshore bladder in communication with an offshore bladder, and rather than focusing on capturing more incremental potential energy derived from tidal movement, the system accomplishes continuous captures potential energy from waves via a dual-bladder system employed offshore. Fluid within the system translates between a first offshore bladder and a second offshore bladder based on a pressure differential between a crest and a trough of a wave external to the system. By utilizing compliant bladders, the system is capable of capturing energy even during inclement weather conditions without the risk of faults resulting from strong waves. As such, the system provides for the efficient and effective capture of potential energy from waves in any weather condition and in any water environment that experiences waves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: University of North Florida Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Donald Thomas Resio, Brian Thomas Kopp, Abdallah Walid Mohamed Kamal El Safty
  • Patent number: 11174831
    Abstract: A wave energy collection and conversion system that uses a compliant capture mechanism to enable the collection of wave energy over extensive distances without introducing damaging forces onto the collection structure. The system includes a flexible membrane in contact with or submerged under water, a plurality of power generation devices positioned on a sea floor, and lines that connect the flexible membrane to the power generation devices. The power generation devices each include a self-reeling mechanism and a turbine. As wave energy pushes the flexible membrane, the lines are reeled into and out of the corresponding power generation device(s). Rotation of the shaft, in turn, rotates a gear and rotator of the turbine, thus harnessing energy derived from the wave motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: University of North Florida Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Donald Thomas Resio, Abdallah Walid Mohamed Kamal El Safty, Michelle Ann Vieira, Ashley Norton, Brian Thomas Kopp, William R. Dally
  • Patent number: 11117907
    Abstract: Novel CUR— and CUR—BF2 compounds as well as novel bis and mono-NSAID/CUR—BF2 and NSAID/CUR hybrids exhibiting anti-tumor properties are presented. CUR compounds bearing fluorinated moieties with selective fluorine introduction into the ?-carbonyl moiety as well as CUR—BF2 adducts and CURs with diverse substitution patterns in the phenyl rings including fluorinated substituents (SCF3, OCF3, and F) and/or bulky activating groups (OMe, OAc, and OBz) are presented. Fluorinated aryl-pyrazoles and isoxazoles as well as novel CUR and CUR—BF2 compounds with monocyclic aromatic and bicyclic-heteroaromatic lateral rings, bearing fluorine(s), OCF3, CF3, and SCF3 groups, and their alpha-carbonyl-fluorinated analogs, as well as their pyrazole and isoxazole derivatives are presented. The CUR-pyrazoles embody analogs that are fluorinated at the phenyl-pyrazole moiety. The hybrids, compounds, and their derivatives exhibited exceptional cytotoxic and anti-proliferative activity against several cancer cell-lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: University of North Florida Board of Trustees
    Inventor: Kenneth K. Laali
  • Patent number: 11034069
    Abstract: A problem exists of prohibitively high costs associated with molds for small run, legacy, or prototype injection molded parts. Further, the lead time on molds is currently on the order of about two weeks. A mold is provided that is formed from three-dimensional printing. The mold includes a series of air and/or water cooling channels to limit thermal stresses to the mold. Additionally, a series of coatings is added to the surface of a 3D printed mold to extend the lifetime of the mold and increase the performance of the mold. The coatings perform a function other than to define a shape of an injection cavity, such as improving thermal conductivity, providing a thermal barrier between the injection material and the mold body, or improving the detachment of the final mold product from the mold body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: University of North Florida Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Stephen P. Stagon, Tuan Tran
  • Publication number: 20210087208
    Abstract: Novel CUR- and CUR-BF2 compounds as well as novel bis and mono-NSAID/CUR-BF2 and NSAID/CUR hybrids exhibiting anti-tumor properties are presented. CUR compounds bearing fluorinated moieties with selective fluorine introduction into the ?-carbonyl moiety as well as CUR-BF2 adducts and CURs with diverse substitution patterns in the phenyl rings including fluorinated substituents (SCF3, OCF3, and F) and/or bulky activating groups (OMe, OAc, and OBz) are presented. Fluorinated aryl-pyrazoles and isoxazoles as well as novel CUR and CUR-BF2 compounds with monocyclic aromatic and bicyclic-heteroaromatic lateral rings, bearing fluorine(s), OCF3, CF3, and SCF3 groups, and their alpha-carbonyl-fluorinated analogs, as well as their pyrazole and isoxazole derivatives are presented. The CUR-pyrazoles embody analogs that are fluorinated at the phenyl-pyrazole moiety. The hybrids, compounds, and their derivatives exhibited exceptional cytotoxic and anti-proliferative activity against several cancer cell-lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: University of North Florida Board of Trustees
    Inventor: Kenneth K. Laali
  • Patent number: 10934241
    Abstract: Novel CUR— and CUR—BF2 compounds exhibiting anti-tumor properties are presented. CUR compounds bearing fluorinated moieties with selective fluorine introduction into the ?-carbonyl moiety as well as CUR—BF2 adducts and CURs with diverse substitution patterns in the phenyl rings including fluorinated substituents (SCF3, OCF3, and F) and/or bulky activating groups (OMe, OAc, and OBz) are presented. Fluorinated aryl-pyrazoles and isoxazoles as well as novel CUR and CUR—BF2 compounds with monocyclic aromatic and bicyclic-heteroaromatic lateral rings, bearing fluorine(s), OCF3, CF3, and SCF3 groups, and their alpha-carbonyl-fluorinated analogs, as well as their pyrazole and isoxazole derivatives are presented. The CUR-pyrazoles embody analogs that are fluorinated at the phenyl-pyrazole moiety. The compounds and their derivatives exhibited exceptional cytotoxic and anti-proliferative activity against several cancer cell-lines. Deuterated CUR—BF2 and CUR compounds were also synthesized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: University of North Florida Board of Trustees
    Inventor: Kenneth K. Laali
  • Patent number: 10828816
    Abstract: A problem exists of prohibitively high costs associated with molds for small run, legacy, or prototype injection molded parts. Further, the lead time on molds is currently on the order of about two weeks. A mold is provided that is formed from three-dimensional printing. The mold includes a series of air and/or water cooling channels to limit thermal stresses to the mold. Additionally, a series of coatings is added to the surface of a 3D printed mold to extend the lifetime of the mold and increase the performance of the mold. The coatings perform a function other than to define a shape of an injection cavity, such as improving thermal conductivity, providing a thermal barrier between the injection material and the mold body, or improving the detachment of the final mold product from the mold body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignees: University of North Florida Board of Trustees, The Document Experts Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen P. Stagon, Peter Cerreta, Ryan Scherzer
  • Patent number: 10823690
    Abstract: A sensor for sensing gaseous chemicals includes a substrate, a variable resistance nanocrystalline ITO thin film formed on the substrate, and electrodes electrically coupled to the thin film. A sensor array assembly includes a sensor slide and a perforated interface circuit. The interface circuit abuts and electrically couples the sensor slide. The sensor slide includes several spaced apart ITO film strips formed on a slide substrate. A common electrode is electrically coupled to a common portion of each ITO film strip providing an electrically conductive path across the common portions of each of the plurality of spaced apart ITO film strips. A discrete electrode is electrically coupled to a discrete portion of each ITO film strip. The interface circuit is configured to abut and electrically couple to the sensor slide. A conductive discrete electrode pad electrically couples each of the plurality of discrete electrodes of the sensor slide to discrete terminals on the interface circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: The University of North Florida Board of Trustees
    Inventor: Nirmalkumar G. Patel
  • Patent number: 10801466
    Abstract: A closed system that captures energy derived from the head differential rather than open-water flows velocities while reducing potential environmental damages and costly maintenance due to bio-fouling. The continuously derived energy system utilizes an offshore bladder in communication with both a primary onshore bladder and a supplemental onshore bladder. Tidal energy is captured by turbines as fluid is transferred between the bladders. In addition, the system continuously extracts energy by diverting fluid to and from the supplemental onshore bladder during periods of near-high-ride and near-low-tide, during which the pressure differential between the offshore bladder and the primary onshore bladder becomes inefficient for energy production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: University of North Florida Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Donald Thomas Resio, William T. Fletcher, Michelle Ann Vieira
  • Patent number: 10767619
    Abstract: A closed system that captures energy derived from the head differential rather than open-water flows velocities while reducing potential environmental damages and costly maintenance due to bio-fouling. This energy density available in a tidal range is increased substantially via convergent “nozzles” to produce an optimal speed for power generations with the turbine sections, thereby significantly increasing the tidal energy captured by this system, even at sites where tidal energy is low (e.g., small to medium tide ranges, such as found along the East and Gulf Coasts of the United States).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: University of North Florida Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Brian Thomas Kopp, Donald Thomas Resio, Michelle Ann Vieira, Abdallah Walid Mohamed Kamal El Safty
  • Publication number: 20200200142
    Abstract: A closed system that captures energy derived from the head differential rather than open-water flows velocities while reducing potential environmental damages and costly maintenance due to bio-fouling. This energy density available in a tidal range is increased substantially via convergent “nozzles” to produce an optimal speed for power generations with the turbine sections, thereby significantly increasing the tidal energy captured by this system, even at sites where tidal energy is low (e.g., small to medium tide ranges, such as found along the East and Gulf Coasts of the United States).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: University of North Florida Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Brian Thomas Kopp, Donald Thomas Resio, Michelle Ann Vieira, Abdallah Walid Mohamed Kamal El Safty
  • Patent number: 10646964
    Abstract: Bonded surfaces are formed by adhering first nanorods and second nanorods to respective first and second surfaces. The first shell is formed on the first nanorods and the second shell is formed on the second nanorods, wherein at least one of the first nanorods and second nanorods, and the first shell and the second shell are formed of distinct metals. The surfaces are then exposed to at least one condition that causes the distinct metals to form an alloy, such as eutectic alloy having a melting point below the temperature at which the alloy is formed, thereby bonding the surfaces upon which solidification of the alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignees: Northeastern University, University of North Florida Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Stephen Peter Stagon, Hanchen Huang, Paul Robert Elliott
  • Patent number: 10514020
    Abstract: A closed system that captures energy derived from the head differential rather than open-water flows velocities while reducing potential environmental damages and costly maintenance due to bio-fouling. The continuously derived energy system utilizes an offshore bladder in communication with both a primary onshore bladder and a supplemental onshore bladder. Tidal energy is captured by turbines as fluid is transferred between the bladders. In addition, the system continuously extracts energy by diverting fluid to and from the supplemental onshore bladder during periods of near-high-ride and near-low-tide, during which the pressure differential between the offshore bladder and the primary onshore bladder becomes inefficient for energy production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: University of North Florida Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Donald Thomas Resio, William T. Fletcher, Michelle Ann Vieira
  • Publication number: 20190263039
    Abstract: A problem exists of prohibitively high costs associated with molds for small run, legacy, or prototype injection molded parts. Further, the lead time on molds is currently on the order of about two weeks. A mold is provided that is formed from three-dimensional printing. The mold includes a series of air and/or water cooling channels to limit thermal stresses to the mold. Additionally, a series of coatings is added to the surface of a 3D printed mold to extend the lifetime of the mold and increase the performance of the mold. The coatings perform a function other than to define a shape of an injection cavity, such as improving thermal conductivity, providing a thermal barrier between the injection material and the mold body, or improving the detachment of the final mold product from the mold body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: University of North Florida Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Stephen P. Stagon, Tuan Tran
  • Publication number: 20180362433
    Abstract: Novel CUR- and CUR-BF2 compounds exhibiting anti-tumor properties are presented. CUR compounds bearing fluorinated moieties with selective fluorine introduction into the ?-carbonyl moiety as well as CUR-BF2 adducts and CURs with diverse substitution patterns in the phenyl rings including fluorinated substituents (SCF3, OCF3, and F) and/or bulky activating groups (OMe, OAc, and OBz) are presented. Fluorinated aryl-pyrazoles and isoxazoles as well as novel CUR and CUR-BF2 compounds with monocyclic aromatic and bicyclic-heteroaromatic lateral rings, bearing fluorine(s), OCF3, CF3, and SCF3 groups, and their alpha-carbonyl-fluorinated analogs, as well as their pyrazole and isoxazole derivatives are presented. The CUR-pyrazoles embody analogs that are fluorinated at the phenyl-pyrazole moiety. The compounds and their derivatives exhibited exceptional cytotoxic and anti-proliferative activity against several cancer cell-lines. Deuterated CUR-BF2 and CUR compounds were also synthesized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: University of North Florida Board of Trustees
    Inventor: Kenneth K. Laali
  • Publication number: 20170291448
    Abstract: A sprag one-way clutch (OWC) used within a cassette driver of the rear hub assembly of a bicycle. The new cassette driver delivers improved performance the reduction of rotation of the crank arm required before engagement within the cassette driver when the cyclist applies force to the pedals. Additionally, the sprag clutch smooth engagement minimizes friction loss during free-wheeling, therefore increasing drivetrain efficiency. These enhancements provide both safety and performance benefits by giving the cyclist greater control in moving between pedaling and free-wheeling. The current cassette driver design utilizes a sprag OWC for engagement without any modifications to current bicycle designs. A sprag cage may be used to provide a framework to support and properly position the sprags.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: University of North Florida Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Ryan Miller, Marcus Polito, Ryan Rillstone
  • Publication number: 20170153199
    Abstract: A sensor for sensing gaseous chemicals includes a substrate, a variable resistance nanocrystalline ITO thin film formed on the substrate, and electrodes electrically coupled to the thin film. A sensor array assembly includes a sensor slide and a perforated interface circuit. The interface circuit abuts and electrically couples the sensor slide. The sensor slide includes several spaced apart ITO film strips formed on a slide substrate. A common electrode is electrically coupled to a common portion of each ITO film strip providing an electrically conductive path across the common portions of each of the plurality of spaced apart ITO film strips. A discrete electrode is electrically coupled to a discrete portion of each ITO film strip. The interface circuit is configured to abut and electrically couple to the sensor slide. A conductive discrete electrode pad electrically couples each of the plurality of discrete electrodes of the sensor slide to discrete terminals on the interface circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: University of North Florida Board of Trustees
    Inventor: Nirmalkumar G. Patel