Patents by Inventor Zahra Katbay

Zahra Katbay 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).

  • Patent number: 11404917
    Abstract: A system, method, and device that provides power to an electrical unit such as an Internet of Things (IoT) device that includes a transmitter that provides electrical power through electromagnetic waves, a receiver, an array that includes a plurality of metamaterial elements, such that the electrical power passes wirelessly from the transmitter to the array, and a controller that applies selective phase shifts to each of the plurality of metamaterial elements such that the electrical power is transmitted from the transmitter, reflected off the array, and is received in phase at the receiver that converts the electromagnetic waves to an electric current to power the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Wayne State University
    Inventors: Dimitrios Sounas, Zahra Katbay, Mohammed Ismail Elnaggar
  • Publication number: 20220037930
    Abstract: A system, method, and device that provides power to an electrical unit such as an Internet of Things (IoT) device that includes a transmitter that provides electrical power through electromagnetic waves, a receiver, an array that includes a plurality of metamaterial elements, such that the electrical power passes wirelessly from the transmitter to the array, and a controller that applies selective phase shifts to each of the plurality of metamaterial elements such that the electrical power is transmitted from the transmitter, reflected off the array, and is received in phase at the receiver that converts the electromagnetic waves to an electric current to power the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Dimitrios Sounas, Zahra Katbay, Mohammed Ismail Elnaggar