Patents by Inventor Kyle D. Schulze

Kyle D. Schulze 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).

  • Valve incorporating temporary phase change material
    Patent number: 11964422
    Abstract: Described herein are various embodiments of a valve that may be opened and closed using a thixotropic or “stress yield” material, or other material that temporarily changes phase upon application of energy to the material. More particularly, some embodiments may include a valve that is opened and closed using a granular gel that is a temporary phase change material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Muse, Meghan Hughes, Carl David Crane, Thomas Ettor Angelini, Kyle D. Schulze, Tapomoy Bhattacharjee, Wallace Gregory Sawyer, Curtis Taylor
  • VALVE INCORPORATING TEMPORARY PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20210245420
    Abstract: Described herein are various embodiments of a valve that may be opened and closed using a thixotropic or “stress yield” material, or other material that temporarily changes phase upon application of energy to the material. More particularly, some embodiments may include a valve that is opened and closed using a granular gel that is a temporary phase change material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Joshua Muse, Meghan Huges, Carl David Crane, Thomas Ettor Angelini, Kyle D. Schulze, Tapomoy Bhattacharjee, Wallace Gregory Sawyer, Curtis Taylor
  • Valve incorporating temporary phase change material
    Patent number: 11027483
    Abstract: Described herein are various embodiments of a valve that may be opened and closed using a thixotropic or “stress yield” material, or other material that temporarily changes phase upon application of energy to the material. More particularly, some embodiments may include a valve that is opened and closed using a granular gel that is a temporary phase change material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Muse, Meghan Hughes, Carl David Crane, Thomas Ettor Angelini, Kyle D. Schulze, Tapomoy Bhattacharjee, Wallace Gregory Sawyer, Curtis Taylor
  • Mesh size control of lubrication in gemini hydrogels
    Patent number: 10723842
    Abstract: A device comprises a surface that is a hydrogel having a targeted mesh size that permits a low-speed friction coefficient near or lower that that typically reported for cartilage of 0.01 to 0.02, a transition. The device can be a contact lens to sit on the cornea where, during a blink, eyelid slides past the eye surface at about 100 mm s?1. The hydrodynamic lubrication of the hydrogel of the device separates the contact lens surface from the surfaces of the tarsal conjunctiva and marginal conjunctiva of the eyelid. Other devices that can comprise the hydrogel of a targeted mesh size are those that can contact cartilage of articulating joints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Wallace G. Sawyer, Angela A. Pitenis, Juan Manuel Uruena, Ryan M. Nixon, Kyle D. Schulze, Thomas E. Angelini
  • VALVE INCORPORATING TEMPORARY PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20190070765
    Abstract: Described herein are various embodiments of a valve that may be opened and closed using a thixotropic or “stress yield” material, or other material that temporarily changes phase upon application of energy to the material. More particularly, some embodiments may include a valve that is opened and closed using a granular gel that is a temporary phase change material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: JOSHUA MUSE, MEGHAN HUGHES, CARL DAVID CRANE, THOMAS ETTOR ANGELINI, KYLE D. SCHULZE, TAPOMOY BHATTACHARJEE, WALLACE GREGORY SAWYER, CURTIS TAYLOR
  • Mesh Size Control of Lubrication in Gemini Hydrogels
    Publication number: 20180030209
    Abstract: A device comprises a surface that is a hydrogel having a targeted mesh size that permits a low-speed friction coefficient near or lower that that typically reported for cartilage of 0.01 to 0.02, a transition. The device can be a contact lens to sit on the cornea where, during a blink, eyelid slides past the eye surface at about 100 mm s?1. The hydrodynamic lubrication of the hydrogel of the device separates the contact lens surface from the surfaces of the tarsal conjunctiva and marginal conjunctiva of the eyelid. Other devices that can comprise the hydrogel of a targeted mesh size are those that can contact cartilage of articulating joints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Wallace G. Sawyer, Angela A. Pitenis, Juan Manuel Uruena, Ryan M. Nixon, Kyle D. Schulze, Thomas E. Angelini