Patents by Inventor Lluís Manosa Carrera

Lluís Manosa Carrera 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).

  • Use of barocaloric materials and barocaloric devices
    Patent number: 11230656
    Abstract: Described herein is the use of organic materials in methods of barocaloric cooling. The barocaloric effects may be exhibited where the organic material is near a non-isochoric phase transition, such as a non-isochoric first-order phase transition. The organic material has one or more carbon atoms and may be an organic compound or a salt thereof. In some cases that organic material is a soft matter material, such as a plastic crystal or a liquid crystal. The methods may be adapted for use of the organic material as a heating agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignees: Cambridge Enterprise Limited, Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, Universitat de Barcelona
    Inventors: Javier Eduardo Moya Raposo, Alexander Avramenko, Lluís Manosa Carrera, Josep Lluís Tamarit Mur, Pol Marcel Lloveras Muntané
  • Use of Barocaloric Materials and Barocaloric Devices
    Publication number: 20200123426
    Abstract: Described herein is the use of organic materials in methods of barocaloric cooling. The barocaloric effects may be exhibited where the organic material is near a non-isochoric phase transition, such as a non-isochoric first-order phase transition. The organic material has one or more carbon atoms and may be an organic compound or a salt thereof. In some cases that organic material is a soft matter material, such as a plastic crystal or a liquid crystal. The methods may be adapted for use of the organic material as a heating agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Javier Eduardo Moya Raposo, Alexander Avramenko, Lluís Manosa Carrera, Josep Lluís Tamarit Mur, Pol Marcel Lloveras Muntané