Patents by Inventor Samuel Loercher

Samuel Loercher 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).

  • Damage self-reporting polymer materials having at least two phases
    Patent number: 8809452
    Abstract: A synthetic material (22), a sensor comprising the synthetic material (22) and a method for making the synthetic material (22) and the sensor, respectively, as well as the use of this synthetic material (22) as a construction material and/or a high performing material, especially in the areas of aeronautics, aerospace, automotive, wind turbines and sporting goods. The synthetic material (22) comprising at least two phases (2, 9) and an optical detectable component (26, 16), wherein at least one of said phases is a solid phase building a matrix (20) of the synthetic material (22), and wherein the optical detectable component (26, 16) changes its optical properties (symbol 5, 7) when its intact structure is perturbed (8/26?), said optical detectable component (26, 16) is bond to both phases (2, 9) of the synthetic material (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Inventors: Nico Bruns, Samuel Loercher
  • DAMAGE SELF-REPORTING POLYMER MATERIALS HAVING AT LEAST TWO PHASES
    Publication number: 20130079467
    Abstract: A synthetic material (22), a sensor comprising the synthetic material (22) and a method for making the synthetic material (22) and the sensor, respectively, as well as the use of this synthetic material (22) as a construction material and/or a high performing material, especially in the areas of aeronautics, aerospace, automotive, wind turbines and sporting goods. The synthetic material (22) comprising at least two phases (2, 9) and an optical detectable component (26, 16), wherein at least one of said phases is a solid phase building a matrix (20) of the synthetic material (22), and wherein the optical detectable component (26, 16) changes its optical properties (symbol 5, 7) when its intact structure is perturbed (8/26?), said optical detectable component (26, 16) is bond to both phases (2, 9) of the synthetic material (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF BASEL
    Inventors: Nico Bruns, Samuel Loercher