Patents by Inventor Jeffrey CATTERLIN

Jeffrey CATTERLIN 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).

  • 3D-printable artificial muscles based on microfluidic microcapacitors
    Patent number: 11881359
    Abstract: A microcapacitor array for providing artificial muscles is described. The microcapacitor array includes a dielectric body with electrode chambers, positive electrodes in positive electrode chambers, the positive electrodes being connected by a first set of channels in the dielectric frame; negative electrodes in negative electrode chambers, the negative electrodes being connected by a second set of channels in the dielectric frame. The first and second set of channels are arranged so that application of a voltage differential between the positive electrodes and the negative electrodes generates an attractive force between each set of adjacent positive and negative electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Emil Paskalev Kartalov, Michelangelo Coltelli, Jeffrey Catterlin
  • 3D-Printable Artificial Muscles Based on Microfluidic Microcapacitors
    Publication number: 20220016760
    Abstract: A microcapacitor array for providing artificial muscles is described. The microcapacitor array includes a dielectric body with electrode chambers, positive electrodes in positive electrode chambers, the positive electrodes being connected by a first set of channels in the dielectric frame; negative electrodes in negative electrode chambers, the negative electrodes being connected by a second set of channels in the dielectric frame. The first and second set of channels are arranged so that application of a voltage differential between the positive electrodes and the negative electrodes generates an attractive force between each set of adjacent positive and negative electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Emil Paskalev KARTALOV, Michelangelo COLTELLI, Jeffrey CATTERLIN