Patents by Inventor Massimiliano Amato

Massimiliano Amato 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).

  • MAGNETIC ACTUATORS HAVING A NANOCOMPOSITE MEMBRANE
    Publication number: 20140035708
    Abstract: Magnetic actuators are provided having a substrate, a membrane layer directly or indirectly applied on a surface of the substrate, in which the membrane layer consists of a matrix of elastic polymer material, in which nanoparticles of magnetic material, capable of undergoing a dynamic effect under the action of a magnetic field, are dispersed, and at least one magnetic field generator suitable to generate a magnetic field acting on the membrane layer, in which the magnetic field generator is directly or indirectly arranged on the surface of the substrate, or within the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: FONDAZIONE INSTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA
    Inventors: Athanasia Athanasiou, Massimo De Vittorio, Despina Fragouli, Simona Petroni, Gabriele Nanni, Massimiliano Amato, Daniela Lorenzo, Roberto Cingolani