Patents by Inventor Serdar Gorumlu

Serdar Gorumlu 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).

  • Methods and systems for making tilted and curved structures with high aspect ratios
    Patent number: 12330347
    Abstract: A method, system, and apparatus for an improved gripping device comprises a substrate and a curved microplate formed on the substrate. In certain embodiments, the system further comprises an array of curved microplates formed on the substrate further comprising a plurality of aligned rows of the curved microplates formed on the substrate and a plurality of aligned columns of the curved microplates formed on the substrate. The curved microplate has a gripping direction, being substantially opposite the direction of the curve in the curved microplate and the curved microplate has a releasing direction, substantially in line with the direction of the curve in the curved microplate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
    Inventors: Serdar Gorumlu, Burak Aksak
  • Vibration energy harvesting using a base mounted piezoelectric transducer
    Patent number: 11271497
    Abstract: An energy harvester apparatus, system and method. A cantilevered beam resonator includes a cantilever beam and a base defined by the ends of the cantilever beam. The cantilevered beam resonator further includes a piezoelectric transducer composed of one or more piezoelectric components. The piezoelectric transducer is generally mounted beneath the base of the cantilevered beam resonator. In some example embodiments, the piezoelectric component can be configured in a split electrode configuration composed of a single split arrangement or more than one split (e.g., two splits, three splits, four splits, and so on).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Inventors: Burak Aksak, Robert Koven, Serdar Gorumlu
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MAKING TILTED AND CURVED STRUCTURES WITH HIGH ASPECT RATIOS
    Publication number: 20210347092
    Abstract: A method, system, and apparatus for an improved gripping device comprises a substrate and a curved microplate formed on the substrate. In certain embodiments, the system further comprises an array of curved microplates formed on the substrate further comprising a plurality of aligned rows of the curved microplates formed on the substrate and a plurality of aligned columns of the curved microplates formed on the substrate. The curved microplate has a gripping direction, being substantially opposite the direction of the curve in the curved microplate and the curved microplate has a releasing direction, substantially in line with the direction of the curve in the curved microplate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Serdar GORUMLU, Burak AKSAK
  • VIBRATION ENERGY HARVESTING USING A BASE MOUNTED PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCER
    Publication number: 20180367066
    Abstract: An energy harvester apparatus, system and method. A cantilevered beam resonator includes a cantilever beam and a base defined by the ends of the cantilever beam. The cantilevered beam resonator further includes a piezoelectric transducer composed of one or more piezoelectric components. The piezoelectric transducer is generally mounted beneath the base of the cantilevered beam resonator. In some example embodiments, the piezoelectric component can be configured in a split electrode configuration composed of a single split arrangement or more than one split (e.g., two splits, three splits, four splits, and so on).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Burak Aksak, Robert Koven, Serdar Gorumlu