Patents by Inventor Andrew Zakrajsek

Andrew Zakrajsek 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).

  • DYNAMIC LOAD-ABSORBING MATERIALS AND ARTICLES
    Publication number: 20190315023
    Abstract: A compound for protection of an object from a blast or shock wave. The compound include a matrix material and at least a first and second sets of inclusions in the matrix material that differ in size, quantity, shape and/or composition in a direction through the impact-absorbing material, the combination of which contributes to the ability of the material to exhibit at least one property that changes as the inclusions are deformed in response to a blast or shock wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Eric Nauman, Anne Dye Zakrajsek, Andrew Zakrajsek, Steven Forrest Son, Evan Louis Breedlove
  • Method of making a blast or shock wave mitigating material
    Patent number: 10183423
    Abstract: A compound for protection of an object from a blast or shock wave. The compound include a matrix material and at least a first and second sets of inclusions in the matrix material that differ in size, quantity, shape and/or composition in a direction through the impact-absorbing material, the combination of which contributes to the ability of the material to exhibit at least one property that changes as the inclusions are deformed in response to a blast or shock wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Eric Nauman, Anne Dye Zakrajsek, Andrew Zakrajsek, Steven Forrest Son, Evan Louis Breedlove
  • DYNAMIC LOAD-ABSORBING MATERIALS AND ARTICLES
    Publication number: 20150202806
    Abstract: A compound for protection of an object from a blast or shock wave. The compound include a matrix material and at least a first and second sets of inclusions in the matrix material that differ in size, quantity, shape and/or composition in a direction through the impact-absorbing material, the combination of which contributes to the ability of the material to exhibit at least one property that changes as the inclusions are deformed in response to a blast or shock wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Eric NAUMAN, Anne Dye ZAKRAJSEK, Andrew ZAKRAJSEK, Steven Forrest SON, Evan Louis BREEDLOVE
  • Dynamic load-absorbing materials and articles
    Patent number: 9056983
    Abstract: A compound for protection of an object from a blast or shock wave. The compound include a matrix material and at least a first and second sets of inclusions in the matrix material that differ in size, quantity, shape and/or composition in a direction through the impact-absorbing material, the combination of which contributes to the ability of the material to exhibit at least one property that changes as the inclusions are deformed in response to a blast or shock wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Eric Nauman, Anne Dye Zakrajsek, Andrew Zakrajsek, Steven Forrest Son, Thomas Michael Talavage, Evan Louis Breedlove
  • DYNAMIC LOAD-ABSORBING MATERIALS AND ARTICLES
    Publication number: 20140073734
    Abstract: A compound for protection of an object from a blast or shock wave. The compound include a matrix material and at least a first and second sets of inclusions in the matrix material that differ in size, quantity, shape and/or composition in a direction through the impact-absorbing material, the combination of which contributes to the ability of the material to exhibit at least one property that changes as the inclusions are deformed in response to a blast or shock wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Eric Nauman, Anne Dye Zakrajsek, Andrew Zakrajsek, Steven Forrest Son