Patents by Inventor Gergo P. Szakmany

Gergo P. Szakmany 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).

  • Mono-metallic thermocouples
    Patent number: 9577173
    Abstract: Nanoscale thermocouples are made of a single material and are shape-engineered to contain one or more variations in their width along their length. The mono-metallic nanowire junctions resulting from the width variation(s) exploit a difference in the Seebeck coefficient that is present at these size scales. Such devices have a wide variety of uses and can be coupled with an antenna in order to serve as an infrared detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: University of Notre Dame du Lac
    Inventors: Wolfgang Porod, Gary H. Bernstein, Alexei Orlov, Gergo P. Szakmany
  • MONO-METALLIC THERMOCOUPLES
    Publication number: 20140338712
    Abstract: Nanoscale thermocouples are made of a single material and are shape-engineered to contain one or more variations in their width along their length. The mono-metallic nanowire junctions resulting from the width variation(s) exploit a difference in the Seebeck coefficient that is present at these size scales. Such devices have a wide variety of uses and can be coupled with an antenna in order to serve as an infrared detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: University of Notre Dame du Lac
    Inventors: Wolfgang Porod, Gary H. Bernstein, Alexei Orlov, Gergo P. Szakmany