Patents by Inventor SOFYA A. SUNTSOVA

SOFYA A. SUNTSOVA 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).

  • Vibration-harvesting, variable-stiffness system and method
    Patent number: 10065731
    Abstract: A system for modifying a stiffness of a structure of a vehicle using vibrational energy of the vehicle includes a variable-stiffness layer, having a selectively controllable Young's modulus, attached to the structure, and a conversion layer, coupled to the variable-stiffness layer, the conversion layer configured to convert vibrational energy from the structure into electrical energy, and to supply the electrical energy to the variable-stiffness layer to adjust a stiffness of the variable-stiffness layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Sofya A. Suntsova, Christopher J. Felker
  • Multilayer system having reconfigurable dynamic structure reinforcement using nanoparticle embedded supramolecular adhesive and method
    Patent number: 9557479
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatuses are disclosed comprising a tunable multilayered array reinforcement system having a supramolecular adhesive embedded with nanoparticles that are reoriented on-demand in response to or in advance of vibrational effects in a moving or stationary structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Sofya A Suntsova, Christopher J Felker
  • Multilayer System Having Reconfigurable Dynamic Structure Reinforcement Using Nanoparticle Embedded Supramolecular Adhesive and Method
    Publication number: 20160363727
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatuses are disclosed comprising a tunable multilayered array reinforcement system having a supramolecular adhesive embedded with nanoparticles that are reoriented on-demand in response to or in advance of vibrational effects in a moving or stationary structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Sofya A. Suntsova, Christopher J. Felker
  • VIBRATION-HARVESTING, VARIABLE-STIFFNESS SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20160312847
    Abstract: A system for modifying a stiffness of a structure of a vehicle using vibrational energy of the vehicle includes a variable-stiffness layer, having a selectively controllable Young's modulus, attached to the structure, and a conversion layer, coupled to the variable-stiffness layer, the conversion layer configured to convert vibrational energy from the structure into electrical energy, and to supply the electrical energy to the variable-stiffness layer to adjust a stiffness of the variable-stiffness layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: SOFYA A. SUNTSOVA, CHRISTOPHER J. FELKER