Patents by Inventor Nathan Cermak

Nathan Cermak 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).

  • Patent number: 11143548
    Abstract: Systems and Methods for controlling one or more mechanical resonators and determining information from resonant shift of the resonator(s) behavior, including at least one mechanical resonator, an excitation element for driving the resonator(s), a sensor for monitoring the motion of the resonator(s), at least one phase locked loop (PLL) in feedback between the excitation and monitoring elements, wherein each PLL is configured to operate at or near a different resonant mode of the resonator(s), and a processor for determining information from PLL internal signals indicative of a resonator frequency shift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Nathan Cermak, Selim Olcum, Steven Charles Wasserman, Scott R. Manalis
  • Publication number: 20180245972
    Abstract: Systems and Methods for controlling one or more mechanical resonators and determining information from resonant shift of the resonator(s) behavior, including at least one mechanical resonator, an excitation element for driving the resonator(s), a sensor for monitoring the motion of the resonator(s), at least one phase locked loop (PLL) in feedback between the excitation and monitoring elements, wherein each PLL is configured to operate at or near a different resonant mode of the resonator(s), and a processor for determining information from PLL internal signals indicative of a resonator frequency shift.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Nathan Cermak, Selim Olcum, Steven Charles Wasserman, Scott R. Manalis
  • Publication number: 20170117905
    Abstract: Systems and Methods for controlling one or more mechanical resonators and determining information from resonant shift of the reonator(s) behavior, including at least one mechanical resonator, an excitation element for driving the resonator(s), a sensor for monitoring the motion of the resonator(s), at least one phase locked loop (PLL) in feedback between the excitation and monitoring elements, wherein each PLL is configured to operate at or near a different resonant mode of the resonator(s), and a processor for determining information from PLL internal signals indicative of a resonator frequency shift.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Nathan Cermak, Selim Olcum, Steven Charles Wasserman, Scott R. Manalis
  • Publication number: 20150285784
    Abstract: Serial suspended microchannel resonator sensor array. The array includes a plurality of resonator cantilevers in fluid communication with one another and a plurality of delay channels in fluid communication with, and disposed between, the resonator cantilevers. An object introduced into the array will flow in one direction and be measured by each of the cantilevers in turn after a selected delay in the delay channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Francisco Feijó Delgado, Nathan Cermak, Selim Olcum, Scott Manalis
  • Patent number: 9134295
    Abstract: Serial suspended microchannel resonator sensor array. The array includes a plurality of resonator cantilevers in fluid communication with one another and a plurality of delay channels in fluid communication with, and disposed between, the resonator cantilevers. An object introduced into the array will flow in one direction and be measured by each of the cantilevers in turn after a selected delay in the delay channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Francisco Feijó Delgado, Nathan Cermak, Selim Olcum, Scott Manalis