Patents by Inventor Richard V. Beblo

Richard V. Beblo 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).

  • Reconfigurable skin system based on spatially targeted activation of shape memory polymers
    Patent number: 9709040
    Abstract: Reconfigurable skin systems may include a multi-cellular structure, in which individual cells are filled with a shape memory polymer having conductive chains of conductive particles embedded or dispersed therein. The systems are configured such that application of a stimulus to selected cells causes the shape memory polymer to undergo a phase change in the selected cells and impart a textured surface to one side of the multi-cellular structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Inventors: Richard V. Beblo, John P. Puttmann, Gregory W. Reich, Brian M. Smyers, James J. Joo
  • RECONFIGURABLE SKIN SYSTEM BASED ON SPATIALLY TARGETED ACTIVATION OF SHAPE MEMORY POLYMERS
    Publication number: 20150101325
    Abstract: Reconfigurable skin systems may include a multi-cellular structure, in which individual cells are filled with a shape memory polymer having conductive chains of conductive particles embedded or dispersed therein. The systems are configured such that application of a stimulus to selected cells causes the shape memory polymer to undergo a phase change in the selected cells and impart a textured surface to one side of the multi-cellular structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Richard V. Beblo, John P. Puttmann, Gregory W. Reich, Brian M. Smyers, James J. Joo