Patents by Inventor Annick Sauve

Annick Sauve 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).

  • Carbon nanotubes based sensing elements and system for monitoring and mapping force, strain and stress
    Patent number: 8943897
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an element for sensing strain, stress or force. The sensing element comprises a substrate, a pair of electrodes on the substrate, and a network of carbon nanotubes for sensing the strain, stress or force within a structure. The network of carbon nanotubes defines at least in part an electrical path between the electrodes of the pair, and the electrical path has a resistance which is altered by the sensed strain, stress or force. Combining a plurality of sensing elements coupled to a common substrate forms a sensing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Societe de Commercialisation des Produits de la Recherche Appliquee—Socpra-Sciences et Genie S.E.C.
    Inventors: Jacques Beauvais, Patrick Boissy, Jonathan Genest, Annick Sauve
  • CARBON NANOTUBES BASED SENSING ELEMENTS AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING AND MAPPING FORCE, STRAIN AND STRESS
    Publication number: 20130031987
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an element for sensing strain, stress or force. The sensing element comprises a substrate, a pair of electrodes on the substrate, and a network of carbon nanotubes for sensing the strain, stress or force within a structure. The network of carbon nanotubes defines at least in part an electrical path between the electrodes of the pair, and the electrical path has a resistance which is altered by the sensed strain, stress or force. Combining a plurality of sensing elements coupled to a common substrate forms a sensing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Inventors: Jacques Beauvais, Patrick Boissy, Jonathan Genest, Annick Sauve