Patents by Inventor MARIA CLARA WRIGHT

MARIA CLARA WRIGHT 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).

  • Self-repairing metal alloy matrix composites, methods of manufacture and use thereof and articles comprising the same
    Patent number: 11781206
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composite comprising a metal alloy matrix; where the metal alloy matrix comprises aluminum in an amount greater than 50 atomic percent; a first metal and a second metal; where the first metal is different from the second metal; and where the metal alloy matrix comprises a low temperature melting phase and a high temperature melting phase; where the low temperature melting phase melts at a temperature that is lower than the high temperature melting phase; and a contracting constituent; where the contracting constituent exerts a compressive force on the metal alloy matrix at a temperature between a melting point of the low temperature melting phase and a melting point of the high temperature melting phase or below the melting points of the high and low temperature melting phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., United States Of America As Represented By The Administrator of NASA
    Inventors: Michele Viola Manuel, Charles Robert Fisher, Maria Clara Wright
  • SELF-REPAIRING METAL ALLOY MATRIX COMPOSITES, METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USE THEREOF AND ARTICLES COMPRISING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20220259709
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composite comprising a metal alloy matrix; where the metal alloy matrix comprises aluminum in an amount greater than 50 atomic percent; a first metal and a second metal; where the first metal is different from the second metal; and where the metal alloy matrix comprises a low temperature melting phase and a high temperature melting phase; where the low temperature melting phase melts at a temperature that is lower than the high temperature melting phase; and a contracting constituent; where the contracting constituent exerts a compressive force on the metal alloy matrix at a temperature between a melting point of the low temperature melting phase and a melting point of the high temperature melting phase or below the melting points of the high and low temperature melting phases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: MICHELE VIOLA MANUEL, CHARLES ROBERT FISHER, MARIA CLARA WRIGHT
  • Self-repairing metal alloy matrix composites, methods of manufacture and use thereof and articles comprising the same
    Patent number: 11390937
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composite comprising a metal alloy matrix; where the metal alloy matrix comprises aluminum in an amount greater than 50 atomic percent; a first metal and a second metal; where the first metal is different from the second metal; and where the metal alloy matrix comprises a low temperature melting phase and a high temperature melting phase; where the low temperature melting phase melts at a temperature that is lower than the high temperature melting phase; and a contracting constituent; where the contracting constituent exerts a compressive force on the metal alloy matrix at a temperature between a melting point of the low temperature melting phase and a melting point of the high temperature melting phase or below the melting points of the high and low temperature melting phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignees: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF NASA
    Inventors: Michele Viola Manuel, Charles Robert Fisher, Maria Clara Wright
  • SELF-REPAIRING METAL ALLOY MATRIX COMPOSITES, METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USE THEREOF AND ARTICLES COMPRISING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20200239988
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composite comprising a metal alloy matrix; where the metal alloy matrix comprises aluminum in an amount greater than 50 atomic percent; a first metal and a second metal; where the first metal is different from the second metal; and where the metal alloy matrix comprises a low temperature melting phase and a high temperature melting phase; where the low temperature melting phase melts at a temperature that is lower than the high temperature melting phase; and a contracting constituent; where the contracting constituent exerts a compressive force on the metal alloy matrix at a temperature between a melting point of the low temperature melting phase and a melting point of the high temperature melting phase or below the melting points of the high and low temperature melting phases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: MICHELE VIOLA MANUEL, CHARLES ROBERT FISHER, MARIA CLARA WRIGHT
  • Self-repairing metal alloy matrix composites, methods of manufacture and use thereof and articles comprising the same
    Patent number: 10597761
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composite comprising a metal alloy matrix; where the metal alloy matrix comprises aluminum in an amount greater than 50 atomic percent; a first metal and a second metal; where the first metal is different from the second metal; and where the metal alloy matrix comprises a low temperature melting phase and a high temperature melting phase; where the low temperature melting phase melts at a temperature that is lower than the high temperature melting phase; and a contracting constituent; where the contracting constituent exerts a compressive force on the metal alloy matrix at a temperature between a melting point of the low temperature melting phase and a melting point of the high temperature melting phase or below the melting points of the high and low temperature melting phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Michele Viola Manuel, Charles Robert Fisher, Maria Clara Wright
  • SELF-REPAIRING METAL ALLOY MATRIX COMPOSITES, METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USE THEREOF AND ARTICLES COMPRISING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20170121800
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composite comprising a metal alloy matrix; where the metal alloy matrix comprises aluminum in an amount greater than 50 atomic percent; a first metal and a second metal; where the first metal is different from the second metal; and where the metal alloy matrix comprises a low temperature melting phase and a high temperature melting phase; where the low temperature melting phase melts at a temperature that is lower than the high temperature melting phase; and a contracting constituent; where the contracting constituent exerts a compressive force on the metal alloy matrix at a temperature between a melting point of the low temperature melting phase and a melting point of the high temperature melting phase or below the melting points of the high and low temperature melting phases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: MICHELE VIOLA MANUEL, CHARLES ROBERT FISHER, MARIA CLARA WRIGHT