Patents by Inventor Benjamin Doty

Benjamin Doty 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).

  • Wireless acoustic-electric feed-through for power and signal transmission
    Patent number: 7902943
    Abstract: An embodiment provides electrical energy from a source on one side of a medium to a load on the other side of the medium, the embodiment including a first piezoelectric to generate acoustic energy in response to electrical energy from the source, and a second piezoelectric to convert the received acoustic energy to electrical energy used by the load. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Stewart Sherrit, Yoseph Bar-Cohen, Xiaoqi Bao, Benjamin Doty, Mircea Badescu, Zensheu Chang
  • Wireless acoustic-electric feed-through for power and signal transmission
    Publication number: 20080258841
    Abstract: An embodiment provides electrical energy from a source on one side of a medium to a load on the other side of the medium, the embodiment including a first piezoelectric to generate acoustic energy in response to electrical energy from the source, and a second piezoelectric to convert the received acoustic energy to electrical energy used by the load. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Stewart Sherrit, Yoseph Bar-Cohen, Xiaoqi Bao, Benjamin Doty, Mircea Badescu, Zensheu Chang