Patents by Inventor Francisco A. Moura

Francisco A. Moura 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).

  • Sheath-core fibers for superelastic electronics, sensors, and muscles
    Patent number: 11217366
    Abstract: Superelastic conductive fibers, and more particularly, sheath-core fibers for superelastic electronics, sensors, and muscles, and a process for fabricating of highly stretchable sheath-core conducting fibers by wrapping fiber-direction-oriented conductive nanofiber sheets on stretched rubber fiber cores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Ray H. Baughman, Zunfeng Liu, Shaoli Fang, Francisco A. Moura, Nan Jiang, Dong Qian, Hongbing Lu, Xavier N. Lepro, Carter S. Haines
  • SHEATH-CORE FIBERS FOR SUPERELASTIC ELECTRONICS, SENSORS, AND MUSCLES
    Publication number: 20190096540
    Abstract: Superelastic conductive fibers, and more particularly, sheath-core fibers for superelastic electronics, sensors, and muscles, and a process for fabricating of highly stretchable sheath-core conducting fibers by wrapping fiber-direction-oriented conductive nanofiber sheets on stretched rubber fiber cores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Ray H. Baughman, Zunfeng Liu, Shaoli Fang, Francisco A. Moura, Nan Jiang, Dong Qian, Hongbing Lu, Xavier N. Lepro, Carter S. Haines