Patents by Inventor Fatma Goktepe

Fatma Goktepe 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).

  • Actuating textiles containing polymer fiber muscles
    Patent number: 11773516
    Abstract: A smart (intelligent) textile that can control its porosity, shape, texture, loft, stiffness, or color by temperature change or moisture absorption by using polymer fiber torsional and tensile actuators. This temperature change can be due to a change in ambient temperature or by an external stimulus, such as electrothermal heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Özer Göktepe, Fatma Göktepe, Na Li, Shaoli Fang, Ray H. Baughman, Marcio Dias Lima, Carter S. Haines
  • ACTUATING TEXTILES CONTAINING POLYMER FIBER MUSCLES
    Publication number: 20210198817
    Abstract: A smart (intelligent) textile that can control its porosity, shape, texture, loft, stiffness, or color by temperature change or moisture absorption by using polymer fiber torsional and tensile actuators. This temperature change can be due to a change in ambient temperature or by an external stimulus, such as electrothermal heating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Özer Göktepe, Fatma Göktepe, Na Li, Shaoli Fang, Ray H. Baughman, Marcio Dias Lima, Carter S. Haines
  • Coiled and non-coiled twisted polymer fiber torsional and tensile actuators
    Patent number: 9903350
    Abstract: Actuators (artificial muscles) comprising twist-spun nanofiber yarn or twist-inserted polymer fibers generate torsional and/or tensile actuation when powered electrically, photonically, chemically, thermally, by absorption, or by other means. These artificial muscles utilize non-coiled or coiled yarns and can be either neat or comprising a guest. Devices comprising these artificial muscles are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: The Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Na Li, Carter S. Haines, Marcio D. Lima, Monica Jung De Andrade, Shaoli Fang, Jiyoung Oh, Mikhail E. Kozlov, Fatma Goktepe, Ozer Goktepe, Dongseok Suh, Ray H. Baughman
  • COILED AND NON-COILED TWISTED POLYMER FIBER TORSIONAL AND TENSILE ACTUATORS
    Publication number: 20150219078
    Abstract: Actuators (artificial muscles) comprising twist-spun nanofiber yarn or twist-inserted polymer fibers generate torsional and/or tensile actuation when powered electrically, photonically, chemically, thermally, by absorption, or by other means. These artificial muscles utilize non-coiled or coiled yarns and can be either neat or comprising a guest. Devices comprising these artificial muscles are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: The Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Na Li, Carter S. Haines, Marcio D. Lima, Monica Jung DeAndrade, Shaoli Fang, Jiyoung Oh, Mikhail Kozlov, Fatma Goktepe, Ozer Goktepe, Dongseok Suh, Ray H. Baughman