Patents by Inventor Monica Cristina Toma

Monica Cristina Toma 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).

  • Active seal architectures
    Patent number: 8789314
    Abstract: Active seal architectures adapted for producing a variable sealing and/or closing force between a closure panel and perimeter, includes a mounting clip, a flexible outer layer fixedly connected to the clip, defining an interior space, and longitudinally extending along the perimeter; and an interior structure comprising and reconfigurable by an active material disposed within the space, and operable to impart differing first and second forces upon the layer and panel when the material is activated and deactivated respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignees: GM Global Technology Operations LLC, The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Paul W. Alexander, Diann Brei, Jonathan E. Luntz, Monica Cristina Toma, Alan L. Browne, Nancy L. Johnson
  • ACTIVE SEAL ARCHITECTURES
    Publication number: 20090255187
    Abstract: Active seal architectures adapted for producing a variable sealing and/or closing force between a closure panel and perimeter, includes a mounting clip, a flexible outer layer fixedly connected to the clip, defining an interior space, and longitudinally extending along the perimeter; and an interior structure comprising and reconfigurable by an active material disposed within the space, and operable to impart differing first and second forces upon the layer and panel when the material is activated and deactivated respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicants: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC., THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    Inventors: Paul W. Alexander, Diann Brei, Jonathan E. Luntx, Monica Cristina Toma, Alan L. Browne, Nancy L. Johnson