Patents by Inventor Stephanie Deschanel

Stephanie Deschanel 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).

  • Pattern production and recovery by transformation
    Patent number: 8747989
    Abstract: A transformative periodic structure includes a plurality of elastomeric or elasto-plastic periodic solids that experiences a transformation in the structural configuration upon application of a critical macroscopic stress or strain. The transformation alters the geometric pattern changing the spacing and the shape of the features within the transformative periodic structure. For the case of elastomeric periodic structures upon removal of the critical macroscopic stress or strain, the transformative periodic solids are recovered to their original form. For the case of elasto-plastic periodic structures upon removal of the critical macroscopic stress or strain, the new pattern is retained. Polymeric periodic solids can be recovered to their original form by heating or plasticizing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Mary C. Boyce, Tom Mullin, Stephanie Deschanel, Katia Bertoldi
  • PATTERN PRODUCTION AND RECOVERY BY TRANSFORMATION
    Publication number: 20100009120
    Abstract: A transformative periodic structure includes a plurality of elastomeric or elasto-plastic periodic solids that experiences a transformation in the structural configuration upon application of a critical macroscopic stress or strain. The transformation alters the geometric pattern changing the spacing and the shape of the features within the transformative periodic structure. For the case of elastomeric periodic structures upon removal of the critical macroscopic stress or strain, the transformative periodic solids are recovered to their original form. For the case of elasto-plastic periodic structures upon removal of the critical macroscopic stress or strain, the new pattern is retained. Polymeric periodic solids can be recovered to their original form by heating or plasticizing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventors: Mary C. Boyce, Tom Mullin, Stephanie Deschanel, Katia Bertoldi