Patents by Inventor Darel Hodgson

Darel Hodgson 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).

  • METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ABSORBING ENERGY
    Publication number: 20230407937
    Abstract: A damping device includes a superelastic element made of an austenitic shape memory alloy and an energy-absorbing element adjacent to the superelastic element, wherein the energy-absorbing element is made of a material selected from a shape memory alloy, a malleable metal or alloy, and a viscoelastic polymer, and wherein deformation of the energy-absorbing element is restrained by the superelastic element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: William Marsh Rice University
    Inventors: Darel Hodgson, Mohammad Salehi, Reginald Desroches