Patents by Inventor Adeline Emily WIHARDJA

Adeline Emily WIHARDJA 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).

  • Internally tensioned inflatable structure that is posable in multiple positions
    Patent number: 11614083
    Abstract: An inflatable structure includes a top end cap, a bottom end cap, a bladder, a nozzle, a loop, and a first tether. The bladder is attached to the top and bottom end caps and is configured to hold pressurized fluid therebetween. The nozzle is configured to allow fluid to enter and exit the bladder. The loop is attached to one of the top and bottom end caps. A tether is disposed within the bladder, coupled to the other one of the top and bottom end caps, and extends through the at least one loop. The top end cap assumes a first position when the bladder is inflated. When the top end cap is adjusted from the first position to a second position, the first tether is configured to maintain the top end cap in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignees: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    Inventors: Wonhee M. Kim, Paul W. Alexander, Jonathan E. Luntz, Diann Brei, Laura Alejandra Giner Munoz, Kunj P. Patel, Adeline Emily Wihardja, Noah Luntzlara
  • Skin constrained inflatable bellows
    Patent number: 11572949
    Abstract: An incrementally assembled skin-constrained inflatable bellows system includes a top end cap, a bottom end cap, and a bellows attached to and separating the top end cap and the bottom end cap and configured to hold pressurized fluid between the top and bottom end caps. The system further includes a nozzle configured to allow fluid to enter and exit the bellows, and an inextensible skin attached to each of the top end cap, the bottom end cap, and to the bellows. The top end cap assumes a first position when the bellows is inflated via the nozzle and, when the top end cap is adjusted from the first position to a second position, the skin is configured to maintain the top end cap in the second position and constrains the bellows into a predefined rigid three-dimensional shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Wonhee Michael Kim, Paul W. Alexander, Diann Brei, Jonathan E. Luntz, Laura Alejandra Giner Munoz, Koray Benli, Adeline Emily Wihardja, Evan Millison
  • Internally Tensioned Inflatable Structure That Is Posable In Multiple Positions
    Publication number: 20210071659
    Abstract: An inflatable structure includes a top end cap, a bottom end cap, a bladder, a nozzle, a loop, and a first tether. The bladder is attached to the top and bottom end caps and is configured to hold pressurized fluid therebetween. The nozzle is configured to allow fluid to enter and exit the bladder. The loop is attached to one of the top and bottom end caps. A tether is disposed within the bladder, coupled to the other one of the top and bottom end caps, and extends through the at least one loop. The top end cap assumes a first position when the bladder is inflated. When the top end cap is adjusted from the first position to a second position, the first tether is configured to maintain the top end cap in the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Wonhee M. KIM, Paul W. ALEXANDER, Jonathan E. LUNTZ, Diann BREI, Laura Alejandra GINER MUNOZ, Kunj P. PATEL, Adeline Emily WIHARDJA, Noah LUNTZLARA