Patents by Inventor Jennifer L. Morris

Jennifer L. Morris 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).

  • Method of joining a shape-memory metal to a non-shape-memory metal with ultrasonic additive manufacturing
    Patent number: 11850675
    Abstract: Various implementations include a method of manufacturing one or more devices. The method includes obtaining a base portion of a non-shape-memory metal, disposing one or more shape-memory metal portions along the base portion, and joining at least a first layer of the non-shape-memory metal to the base portion using ultrasonic additive manufacturing. The shape-memory metal portions are disposed along a first base surface of the base portion. The shape-memory metal portions have a first portion contacting the base portion and a second portion spaced apart from the first portion and extending from the base portion. The first layer is joined to the base portion using ultrasonic additive manufacturing and has a first layer surface that is joined to the first base surface. The first layer surface contacts the shape-memory metal portions when the first layer is joined to the base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Ohio State Innovation Foundation
    Inventors: Boyd Panton, Marcelo J. Dapino, Leon M. Headings, Mark Bryant Gingerich, Jennifer L. Morris
  • METHOD OF JOINING A SHAPE-MEMORY METAL TO A NON-SHAPE-MEMORY METAL WITH ULTRASONIC ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
    Publication number: 20210069788
    Abstract: Various implementations include a method of manufacturing one or more devices. The method includes obtaining a base portion of a non-shape-memory metal, disposing one or more shape-memory metal portions along the base portion, and joining at least a first layer of the non-shape-memory metal to the base portion using ultrasonic additive manufacturing. The shape-memory metal portions are disposed along a first base surface of the base portion. The shape-memory metal portions have a first portion contacting the base portion and a second portion spaced apart from the first portion and extending from the base portion. The first layer is joined to the base portion using ultrasonic additive manufacturing and has a first layer surface that is joined to the first base surface. The first layer surface contacts the shape-memory metal portions when the first layer is joined to the base portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Boyd Panton, Marcelo J. Dapino, Leon M. Headings, Mark Bryant Gingerich, Jennifer L. Morris