Patents by Inventor Debbie EELTINK

Debbie EELTINK 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).

  • Patent number: 12018526
    Abstract: A variable thermal insulation assembly includes a plurality of sheets of film, wherein each sheet is bonded to an adjacent sheet along a plurality of longitudinally extending regions to form a plurality of longitudinally extending cavities, wherein the plurality of flexible sheets of each of the thermal cell arrays are formed of an electrically insulative material that is coated on one side with an electrically conductive material, a controller electrically coupled to the plurality of flexible sheets and configured to apply an electric potential difference between electrically conductive material of each pair of flexible sheets such that the electrically conductive coatings of the pair of flexible sheets attract each other to cause the thermal cell array to transition from an expanded state to a compressed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: The University of British Columbia
    Inventors: Lorne Whitehead, Michele Mossman, Jon Scott, Namamrta Musterer, Wesley Bowley, Debbie Eeltink, Laura Megan Ogilvie
  • Publication number: 20210285282
    Abstract: A variable thermal insulation assembly includes at least one array comprising a plurality of sheets of film, wherein the plurality of sheets are in a stacked arrangement and each sheet is bonded to an adjacent sheet along a plurality of longitudinally extending regions such that each pair of adjacent sheets form a plurality of longitudinally extending cavities between adjacent regions of the adjacent sheets, a support frame comprising end elements, wherein the support frame frames the plurality of sheets, wherein support frame is coupled to the array to support the array such that the array may transition between an expanded state in which the array is expanded, and a compressed state in which the array is compressed, within the plane of the frame along the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis such that the longitudinally extending cavities are expanded or compressed, wherein in the expanded state, the front edge conforms to one of the second end of the support frame or a second front edge of a se
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Lorne WHITEHEAD, Michele MOSSMAN, Jon SCOTT, Namamrta MUSTERER, Wesley BOWLEY, Debbie EELTINK, Laura Megan OGILVIE
  • Publication number: 20180274289
    Abstract: A variable thermal insulation assembly includes at least one array comprising a plurality of sheets of film, wherein the plurality of sheets are in a stacked arrangement and each sheet is bonded to an adjacent sheet along a plurality of longitudinally extending regions such that each pair of adjacent sheets form a plurality of longitudinally extending cavities between adjacent regions of the adjacent sheets, a support frame comprising end elements, wherein the support frame frames the plurality of sheets, wherein support frame is coupled to the array to support the array such that the array may transition between an expanded state in which the array is expanded, and a compressed state in which the array is compressed, within the plane of the frame along the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis such that the longitudinally extending cavities are expanded or compressed, wherein in the expanded state, the front edge conforms to one of the second end of the support frame or a second front edge of a se
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Lorne WHITEHEAD, Michele MOSSMAN, Jon SCOTT, Namamrta MUSTERER, Wesley BOWLEY, Debbie EELTINK, Laura Megan OGILVIE