Patents by Inventor Elisa M. LINK

Elisa M. LINK 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).

  • Humidity sensor
    Patent number: 11204321
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device that includes a light source, a detector; and a film having a first surface that includes a transition metal dichalcogenide, where the film is configured to interact with a volume of gas containing a concentration of water vapor, the light source is configured to shine a first light onto the first surface, the film is configured, as a result of the first light, to emit from the first surface a second light, the detector is configured to receive at least a portion of the second light, and the detector is configured to generate a signal proportional to an intensity of the second light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Hanyu Zhang, Elisa M. Link
  • HUMIDITY SENSOR
    Publication number: 20210055220
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device that includes a light source, a detector; and a film having a first surface that includes a transition metal dichalcogenide, where the film is configured to interact with a volume of gas containing a concentration of water vapor, the light source is configured to shine a first light onto the first surface, the film is configured, as a result of the first light, to emit from the first surface a second light, the detector is configured to receive at least a portion of the second light, and the detector is configured to generate a signal proportional to an intensity of the second light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Hanyu ZHANG, Elisa M. LINK