Patents Assigned to UNIVERSITY TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
  • Publication number: 20250145470
    Abstract: This application relates to the development and use of lignin-based carbon materials which can be used for energy storage and environmental applications. Included are methods of preparing microporous activated carbon having a controlled, often high surface area and a controlled often high mesopore ratio, and a method of preparing carbon dots, for example carbon quantum dots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Lu YU, David Paul Harper, David Keffer
  • Patent number: 12294294
    Abstract: A power conversion system including a triple active bridge (TAB) is provided. The system includes a power factor correction (PFC) module and a three port converter (TPC) module, with no post-regulation or additional stages required. The TPC module includes an OBC full-bridge and an APM full-bridge, each being inductively coupled to the output of the PFC full-bridge, thereby forming the TAB. The OBC full-bridge is adapted to convert an AC input into a high-voltage DC output for a high-voltage battery, and the APM full-bridge is adapted to convert an AC input into a low-voltage DC output for a low-voltage battery. The power conversion system can accept a single-phase AC input and a three-phase AC input, has a lower current stress as compared to prior art TPCs, and freely transfers power from among any ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignees: Hella Corporate Center USA, Inc., University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Liyan Zhu, Alan W. Brown, Hua Bai, Lukas Michael Keuck
  • Patent number: 12289872
    Abstract: Approaches, techniques, and mechanisms are disclosed for packaging electric power components. A power module comprises: a three-dimensional (3D) cooling structure that has a plurality of planar sides; a first set of mountable power components that are mounted on a first planar side in the plurality of planar sides of the 3D cooling structure; a second set of mountable power components that are mounted on a second planar side in the plurality of planar sides of the 3D cooling structure. The second planar side represents an opposing side, of the 3D cooling structure, to the first planar side. The 3D cooling structure includes an interior space containing one or more cooling channels in which cooling fluid is to flow. The interior space of the 3D cooling structure is spatially surrounded by other planar sides in the plurality of planar sides in combination with the first and second planar sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignees: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Rüdiger Kusch, Yue Sun, Hua Bai, Hendrik Gerth
  • Publication number: 20250127160
    Abstract: Stable nanoemulsions of a terpene-rich cannabidiol by-product (TP) and/or its distillate (DTP) can be used to effectively make pesticides, herbicides, and other bioactive products. A terpene-rich by-product (TP) can be provided, suitably by isolation from a commercial cannabidiol production process. The enriched terpene distillate (DTP) can be obtained from steam distillation of some or all of the TP. The TP and/or DTP can be combined with a surfactant to form an emulsion, which can then be sonicated to form the stable nanoemulsion. It has been discovered that the formulation of stable nanoemulsions using the terpene by-products as the lipophilic phase can effectively deliver desired levels of bioactivity while overcoming or mitigating the known drawbacks of high lipophilicity, high volatility, and propensity to thermal and oxidative degradation, all of which can lead to reduced efficacy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Tong Wang, Kimberly D. Gwinn, Tao Fei, Zachariah R. Hansen, Duy Trinh
  • Publication number: 20250118481
    Abstract: A coil structure for near-field wireless power transfer, integrating the traditional inductor and external capacitor structure into one single coil and forming a series resonance. The series resonance is achieved by a terminal connection and layering method. The electric field is canceled via a distributed turn-to-turn interleaving structure. With the integrated capacitor, the costs and space of a resonant capacitor can be saved. With the canceled electric field, the interference with neighboring components, such as touch-screen, can be reduced. Other benefits can include low-profile and fabrication convenience based on RGB technology. This coil can be useful for both consumer electronics and electric vehicle wireless charging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Daniel Jes Costinett, Jie Li, Ruiyang Qin
  • Patent number: 12270958
    Abstract: Scintillating glass ceramics are disclosed. The scintillating glass ceramics may be used as an x-ray conversion layer (screen) for a flat panel imager (FPD) and as part of an imaging system. The FPD may have a single screen or a dual screen. The scintillating glass ceramics may be used for either a front screen or a back screen. The scintillating glass ceramics may be used for high energy x-ray applications including for energies of about 0.3 to about 20 MeV. A build-up layer may be attached to the scintillating glass ceramics for high energy applications. The scintillating glass ceramics may include a glass matrix hosting luminescent centers and light scattering centers. The materials used for the luminescent centers and light scattering centers may be the same or different. The scintillating glass ceramics may be coated onto a glass substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignees: THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anthony R. Lubinsky, Adrian Howansky, Jacqueline Johnson, Meredith Brooke Beckert, Charles Bond, Russell Lee Leonard
  • Patent number: 12264195
    Abstract: Provided herein are modified immunoglobulins comprising an amyloid reactive peptide joined to an antibody, as well as humanized antibodies that bind to human amyloid fibrils and antibody-peptide fusion proteins. Also provided herein are methods of treating amyloid-based diseases by administering a modified immunoglobulin, humanized antibody, or antibody-peptide fusion protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignees: Attralus, Inc, University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Jonathan S. Wall, James S. Foster, Spencer Guthrie
  • Publication number: 20250102686
    Abstract: Codoped sodium-doped cesium iodide scintillators are described. The codoping can alter one or more optical and/or scintillation property of the scintillator material. For example, the codoping can increase scintillation light yield and/or decrease scintillation decay time. Radiation detectors comprising the scintillators, methods of detecting high energy radiation using the radiation detectors, and methods of altering one or more scintillation and/or optical properties of a cesium iodide scintillator are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Everett Michael Cavanaugh, Charles L. Melcher, Kimberly Shay Pestovich, Luis Manuel Stand Stracuzzi
  • Publication number: 20250091254
    Abstract: A process of preparing carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) intermediate products is described wherein carbon fiber tows, such >50 K or 100K textile grade carbon fiber tows, are spread and contacted with a sheet of molten polymer resin. Also described is a system for preparing CFRP intermediate products, such as continuous tapes, and the CFRP intermediate products themselves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Uday Kumar Vasant Vaidya, Joseph Michael Gauspohl, Saurabh Prakash Pethe, George Ervin Husman Ervin Husman
  • Patent number: 12252826
    Abstract: A method of preparing an electret by saturating a nonwoven fabric with a liquid, such as water, and removing the liquid via suction to generate charges by friction between the fabric fibers and the liquid is described. The saturating can be carried out, for example, by impinging the bottom side of the fabric with a jet or jets of water while the fabric is being pulled under a solid roller. Excess water can also be applied during a water quenching step of a meltblowing or spunbonding process. An apparatus for preparing an electret according to the presently disclosed methods is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventor: Peter Ping-Yi Tsai
  • Patent number: 12247272
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of an Al—Ce—Cu alloy for use in additive manufacturing. The disclosed alloy embodiments provide fabricated objects, such as bulk components, comprising a heterogeneous microstructure and having good mechanical properties even when exposed to conditions used during the additive manufacturing process. Methods for making and using alloy embodiments also are disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignees: UT-Battelle, LLC, Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc., University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Sumit Bahl, Ryan R. Dehoff, Hunter B. Henderson, Scott McCall, Ryan Ott, Alexander J. Plotkowski, Orlando Rios, Amit Shyam, Zachary C. Sims, Kevin D. Sisco, David Weiss, Ying Yang
  • Publication number: 20250051503
    Abstract: ?-Olefin maleic acid copolymers and ?-olefin-co-maleimide copolymers have the CH2—CH of the ?-olefin in the backbone of the copolymer with the maleic acid or maleimide and the remainder thereof extending from the backbone. The ?-olefin having the formula CH2— CH—(CH2)X-R1, and x being in the range of 1 to 19, y and z have a ratio in a range of 0.25: 1 to 8: 1, and n R1 yields a copolymer having an average molecular weight of less than 500 kg/mol. R1 (and R2 in the case of the ?-olefin-co-maleimide copolymers) is/are selected from a diverse group of moieties. The ?-olefin maleic acid copolymers and ?-olefin-co-maleimide copolymers each form lipid particles where the lipid can be from a galactolipid rich membrane of a cyanobacterium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Brian LONG, Nathan G. BRADY, Barry D. BRUCE, Cameron Edward Workman
  • Patent number: 12215086
    Abstract: This invention is directed to pyrrole, pyrazole, imidazole, triazole, and morpholine based selective androgen receptor degrader (SARD) compounds including heterocyclic anilide rings and their synthetic precursors. R-isomers, and non-hydroxylated and/or non-chiral propenamides, and pharmaceutical compositions and uses thereof in treating prostate cancer, advanced prostate cancer, castration resistant prostate cancer, triple negative breast cancer, other cancers expressing the androgen receptor, androgenic alopecia or other hyperandrogenic dermal diseases, Kennedy's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), and uterine fibroids, and to methods for reducing the levels of androgen receptor-full length (AR-FL) including pathogenic to or resistance mutations, AR-splice variants (AR-SV), and pathogenic polyglutamine (polyQ) polymorphisms of AR in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Ramesh Narayanan, Duane D. Miller, Thamarai Ponnusamy, Dong-Jin Hwang, Yali He
  • Patent number: 12205739
    Abstract: A method for producing a bonded magnet, comprising: (i) low-shear compounding of a thermoplastic polymer and magnetic particles to form an initial homogeneous mixture thereof; (ii) feeding the initial homogeneous mixture into a plasticator comprising a low-shear single screw rotating unidirectionally toward a die orifice and housed within a heated barrel to result in heating of the initial homogeneous mixture until the thermoplastic polymer melts and forms a further homogeneous mixture, wherein said further homogeneous mixture is transported within threads of the single screw towards the die orifice and exits the die orifice as a solid pellet; (iii) conveying the solid pellet into a mold and compression molding the pellet in the mold, to form the bonded magnet, wherein the bonded magnet possesses a magnetic particle loading of at least 80 vol % and exhibits one or more magnetic properties varying by less than 5% throughout the bonded magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignees: UT-Battelle, LLC, University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Uday Kumar Vaidya, Mariappan Parans Paranthaman, Vlastimil Kunc, Ahmed A. Hassen
  • Patent number: 12202815
    Abstract: This invention is directed to selective androgen receptor degrader (SARD) compounds including heterocyclic rings and pharmaceutical compositions and uses thereof in treating prostate cancer, advanced prostate cancer, castration resistant prostate cancer, triple negative breast cancer, other cancers expressing the androgen receptor, androgenic alopecia or other hyperandrogenic dermal diseases, Kennedys disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), and uterine fibroids, and to methods for reducing the levels of androgen receptor-full length (AR-FL) including pathogenic or resistance mutations, AR-splice variants (AR-SV), and pathogenic polyglutamine (polyQ) polymorphisms of AR in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Ramesh Narayanan, Duane D. Miller, Yali He, Dong-Jin Hwang, Thamarai Ponnusamy
  • Publication number: 20250023059
    Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter relates to devices, systems, and methods for fabricating a solid polymer electrolyte electrode assembly are provided. One or more electrode for a solid polymer electrolyte electrode assembly includes a porous substrate configured as a liquid/gas diffusion layer and an ionomer-free catalyst coated on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Feng Yuan Zhang, Lei Ding, Kui Li, Zhiqiang Xie, Weitian Wang, Shule Yu
  • Patent number: 12187720
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds having anti-cancer activity, methods of making these compounds, and their use for treating cancer and drug-resistant tumors, e.g. melanoma, metastatic melanoma, drug resistant melanoma, prostate cancer and drug resistant prostate cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Wei Li, Duane D Miller, Kinsie E. Arnst, Dong-Jin Hwang
  • Publication number: 20240421599
    Abstract: In examples, provided are decentralized control methods and apparatus for controlling an output of an inverter. Also provided are decentralized control methods and apparatus for controlling demand in islanded microgrids operating with an insufficient distributed energy resource system (DER) power supply. The provided control methods and apparatus can include a power regulator and a voltage-frequency regulator configured to generate supplementary inputs to control the inverter. The power regulator can control an output of the inverter according to a real-time capacity constraint of the DER. The voltage-frequency regulator can control the output of the inverter in a manner that mitigates a voltage-frequency deviation, such as by leveraging load sensitivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Fangxing Li, Buxin She, Jinning Wang, Hantao Cui, Rui Bo
  • Patent number: 12157765
    Abstract: Provided herein are modified immunoglobulins comprising an amyloid reactive peptide joined to an antibody, as well as humanized antibodies that bind to human amyloid fibrils and antibody-peptide fusion proteins. Also provided herein are methods of treating amyloid-based diseases by administering a modified immunoglobulin, humanized antibody, or antibody-peptide fusion protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignees: Attralus, Inc., UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jonathan S. Wall, James S. Foster, Spencer Guthrie
  • Patent number: D1071046
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventor: Erkan Kaplanoglu