Patents by Inventor Michael Bernardi

Michael Bernardi 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).

  • SMALL MOLECULE INHIBITORS OF THE MITOCHONDRIAL PERMEABILITY TRANSITION PORE (mtPTP)
    Publication number: 20240067600
    Abstract: The present technology relates to compounds of any one of Formula I, II, IIa, III, IV, and/or V as described herein and their tautomers and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, compositions, and methods of uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, Oregon Health & Science University
    Inventors: Sudeshna ROY, Paolo BERNARDI, Michael FORTE, Frank SCHOENEN, Justina SILEIKYTE
  • THERMOPHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM HAVING A SELF-ADJUSTING GAP
    Publication number: 20160142005
    Abstract: A thermophotovoltaic system for generating energy can include a photovoltaic cell, a radiator separated from the photovoltaic cell by a vacuum gap having a distance of less than 10 micrometers, and an actuator operably connected with at least one of the photovoltaic cell and the radiator to adjust the gap distance. A method of thermophotovoltaic energy conversion can include heating a radiator to produce infrared radiation, irradiating a photovoltaic cell with the infrared radiation to produce an electric current, maintaining a vacuum gap between the radiator and the photovoltaic cell with a gap distance of less than 10 micrometers, and dynamically adjusting the gap distance during irradiating based on a temperature of at least one of the radiator and the photovoltaic cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Bernardi, Mathieu Francoeur