Patents by Inventor Amanda Schrand

Amanda Schrand 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).

  • Temperature and pressure sensors and methods
    Patent number: 10845211
    Abstract: Temperature sensors, pressure sensors, methods of making the same, and methods of detecting pressures and temperatures using the same are provided. In an embodiment, the temperature sensor includes a ceramic coil inductor having a first end plate and a second end plate, wherein the ceramic coil inductor is formed of a ceramic composite that comprises carbon nanotubes or, carbon nanofibers, or a combination of carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers thereof dispersed in a ceramic matrix; and a thin film polymer-derived ceramic (PDC) nanocomposite disposed between the first and the second end plates, wherein the thin film PDC nanocomposite has a dielectric constant that increases monotonically with temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Chengying Xu, Amanda Schrand, Reamonn Soto
  • TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE SENSORS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20200363234
    Abstract: Temperature sensors, pressure sensors, methods of making the same, and methods of detecting pressures and temperatures using the same are provided. In an embodiment, the temperature sensor includes a ceramic coil inductor having a first end plate and a second end plate, wherein the ceramic coil inductor is formed of a ceramic composite that comprises carbon nanotubes or, carbon nanofibers, or a combination of carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers thereof dispersed in a ceramic matrix; and a thin film polymer-derived ceramic (PDC) nanocomposite disposed between the first and the second end plates, wherein the thin film PDC nanocomposite has a dielectric constant that increases monotonically with temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Chengying Xu, Amanda Schrand, Reamonn Soto
  • Polymeric ceramic precursors, apparatuses, systems, and methods
    Patent number: 10384393
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of manufacturing a ceramic article. The methods may include providing a liquid-state pre-ceramic polymer component, disposing the liquid-state pre-ceramic polymer component on a support, curing the liquid-state pre-ceramic polymer component, and subjecting the pre-ceramic polymer to pyrolysis. Apparatuses and systems for manufacturing a ceramic article also are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Chengying Xu, Amanda Schrand
  • TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE SENSORS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20180195879
    Abstract: Temperature sensors, pressure sensors, methods of making the same, and methods of detecting pressures and temperatures using the same are provided. In an embodiment, the temperature sensor includes a ceramic coil inductor having a first end plate and a second end plate, wherein the ceramic coil inductor is formed of a ceramic composite that comprises carbon nanotubes or, carbon nanofibers, or a combination of carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers thereof dispersed in a ceramic matrix; and a thin film polymer-derived ceramic (PDC) nanocomposite disposed between the first and the second end plates, wherein the thin film PDC nanocomposite has a dielectric constant that increases monotonically with temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Chengying Xu, Amanda Schrand
  • Polymeric Ceramic Precursors, Apparatuses, Systems, and Methods
    Publication number: 20170341297
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of manufacturing a ceramic article. The methods may include providing a liquid-state pre-ceramic polymer component, disposing the liquid-state pre-ceramic polymer component on a support, curing the liquid-state pre-ceramic polymer component, and subjecting the pre-ceramic polymer to pyrolysis. Apparatuses and systems for manufacturing a ceramic article also are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Chengying Xu, Amanda Schrand