Patents by Inventor Jacob Thelen

Jacob Thelen 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).

  • Ion conducting fluoropolymer carbonates for alkali metal ion batteries
    Patent number: 9755273
    Abstract: Liquid or solid electrolyte compositions are described that comprise a homogeneous solvent system and an alkali metal salt dissolved in said solvent system. The solvent system may comprise a fluoropolymer, having one or two terminal carbonate groups covalently coupled thereto. Batteries containing such electrolyte compositions are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignees: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Joseph M. DeSimone, Ashish Pandya, Dominica Wong, Nitash P. Balsara, Jacob Thelen, Didier Devaux
  • Method for manufacturing fluidic structures
    Patent number: 9437922
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a fluidic structure is disclosed. A cavity that defines a shape of an element of the fluidic structure within a material is formed. The cavity is filled with liquid metal. The cavity is sealed. The fluidic structure behaves as an antenna. A fluidic antenna includes a material that defines a shape of the fluidic antenna by a cavity filled with liquid metal formed within the material, where the material further defines at least one mechanical property of the fluidic antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Michael David Dickey, Gianluca Lazzi, Ju-Hee So, Jacob Thelen, Amit Qusba, Gerard James Hayes
  • REVERSIBLY DEFORMABLE AND MECHANICALLY TUNABLE FLUIDIC ANTENNAS
    Publication number: 20150207215
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a fluidic structure is disclosed. A cavity that defines a shape of an element of the fluidic structure within a material is formed. The cavity is filled with liquid metal. The cavity is sealed. The fluidic structure behaves as an antenna. A fluidic antenna includes a material that defines a shape of the fluidic antenna by a cavity filled with liquid metal formed within the material, where the material further defines at least one mechanical property of the fluidic antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Michael David Dickey, Gianluca Lazzi, Ju-Hee So, Jacob Thelen, Amit Qusba, Gerard James Hayes
  • Reversibly deformable and mechanically tunable fluidic antennas
    Patent number: 8950266
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a fluidic structure is disclosed. A cavity that defines a shape of an element of the fluidic structure within a material is formed. The cavity is filled with liquid metal. The cavity is sealed. The fluidic structure behaves as an antenna. A fluidic antenna includes a material that defines a shape of the fluidic antenna by a cavity filled with liquid metal formed within the material, where the material further defines at least one mechanical property of the fluidic antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Michael David Dickey, Gianluca Lazzi, Ju-Hee So, Jacob Thelen, Amit Qusba, Gerard James Hayes
  • REVERSIBLY DEFORMABLE AND MECHANICALLY TUNABLE FLUIDIC ANTENNAS
    Publication number: 20140137657
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a fluidic structure is disclosed. A cavity that defines a shape of an element of the fluidic structure within a material is formed. The cavity is filled with liquid metal. The cavity is sealed. The fluidic structure behaves as an antenna. A fluidic antenna includes a material that defines a shape of the fluidic antenna by a cavity filled with liquid metal formed within the material, where the material further defines at least one mechanical property of the fluidic antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Michael David Dickey, Gianluca Lazzi, Ju-Hee So, Jacob Thelen, Amit Qusba, Gerard James Hayes
  • Reversibly deformable and mechanically tunable fluidic antennas
    Patent number: 8587493
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a fluidic structure is disclosed. A cavity that defines a shape of an element of the fluidic structure within a material is formed. The cavity is filled with liquid metal. The cavity is sealed. The fluidic structure behaves as an antenna. A fluidic antenna includes a material that defines a shape of the fluidic antenna by a cavity filled with liquid metal formed within the material, where the material further defines at least one mechanical property of the fluidic antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Michael David Dickey, Gianluca Lazzi, Ju-Hee So, Jacob Thelen, Amit Qusba, Gerard James Hayes
  • REVERSIBLY DEFORMABLE AND MECHANICALLY TUNABLE FLUIDIC ANTENNAS
    Publication number: 20120075069
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a fluidic structure is disclosed. A cavity that defines a shape of an element of the fluidic structure within a material is formed. The cavity is filled with liquid metal. The cavity is sealed. The fluidic structure behaves as an antenna. A fluidic antenna includes a material that defines a shape of the fluidic antenna by a cavity filled with liquid metal formed within the material, where the material further defines at least one mechanical property of the fluidic antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Michael David Dickey, Gianluca Lazzi, Ju-Hee So, Jacob Thelen, Amit Qusba, Gerard James Hayes