Wichita State Patents
Recent Submissions
-
Rapid setting composite article
(United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2022-03-22)A fiber-reinforced composite article useful in supporting or immobilizing an injured body part is disclosed. The composite is a multi-layer, flexible precursor including fiber reinforcement plies, which can be rapidly cured ... -
Retrofit winglets for wind turbines
(United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2022-01-04)A winglet is provided for retrofitting to a wind turbine. Aerodynamic and centrifugal forces for winglets having a range of configurations including winglet height, taper ratio, twist, and cant angle are modeled, wherein ... -
Non-invasive biofeedback system
(United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2022-02-22)A method, system, and computer program for non-invasively monitoring a physiological parameter and providing biofeedback. The method, system, and computer program provide for the non-invasive detection of a physiological ... -
Multilayer coverings to protect surfaces from lightning strikes
(United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2021-11-16)A multilayer protective covering can protect a surface from lightning strikes. The covering includes a bottom conductive layer affixed to the surface and having a first opening that is aligned with a grounding connection ... -
Small molecule therapeutic inhibitors against picornaviruses, caliciviruses, and coronaviruses
(United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2021-05-25)Antiviral protease inhibitors are disclosed, along with related antiviral dipeptidyl compounds, macrocyclic derivatives thereof and methods of using the same to treat or prevent viral infection and disease from coronaviruses, ... -
Protease transition state inhibitor prodrugs
(United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2021-06-15)Disclosed herein are protease transition state inhibitor/analogue prodrug compounds selected from the group consisting of esters, carbamates, ester phosphates, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Compositions ... -
Virtual reality driver training and assessment system
(United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2020-11-03)A virtual reality (VR) based driving simulation system and method provides hazard perception training and testing. Some embodiments use a personal computing device (e.g., smartphone), a head-mounted VR headset, and a ... -
Hexaferrite slant and slot MIMO antenna element
(United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2017-07-18)A MIMO antenna for mobile devices has a system board, and two or more microstrip lines extending along a top surface of the system board. The MIMO antenna additionally includes a ground plane extending along a bottom surface ... -
Adapter for finger appendage of brass instrument
(United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2020-06-02)An adapter for the finger appendage of a brass instrument has an adapter body. An outboard side and an inboard side of the adapter body are spaced apart along a width. The adapter includes a fitting portion defining the ... -
Compounds for inhibiting bacterial growth via phosphatidylglycerol binding
(United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2020-06-02)Antibacterial small molecule compounds, termed liptins, bind to phosphatidylglycerol in bacterial plasma membranes. The small molecule compounds comprise a three-dimensional complementary binding pocket for phosphatidylglycerol, ... -
Internet-based remote control and monitoring system for commercial doors using mobile devices
(United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2020-06-23)A remote control door closure operating system is based on a central server with a backend database identifying a collection of controllable doors and a plurality of authorized users and corresponding credentials. A door ... -
Beacon-based indoor wayfinding system with automated beacon placement
(United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2020-05-19)An automated process designs an indoor wayfinding system using wireless beacons interacting with a mobile smartphone to guide a user to a destination. Image processing and computational geometric techniques extracting ... -
Basketball shooting aid
(United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2020-03-17)A basketball shooting aid includes a sidewall having an upper surface, a lower surface, an inner surface, and an outer surface. The upper surface of the sidewall defines an upper orifice and the lower surface of the sidewall ... -
Apparatus and method for simulating machining and other forming operations
(United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2020-03-17)A method includes obtaining information associated with a forming operation involving a manufacturing machine having a tool that contacts material and simulating deformation of the material based on the information. ... -
Autonomously guiding vehicles through orifices
(United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2020-02-25)This document generally describes a safe-passage guidance strategy developed in a relative velocity framework to enable a generic aerial robot execute a precision three-dimensional maneuver through a narrow orifice in a ... -
Composite magnetic nanoparticle drug delivery system
(United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2017-10-10)A composite magnetic nanoparticle drug delivery system provides targeted controlled release chemotherapies for cancerous tumors and inflammatory diseases. The magnetic nanoparticle includes a biocompatible and biodegradable ... -
System and method for generating exact symbol error rates of frequency-hopped signals
(United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2017-08-22)A system and method for transmitting data over a wireless communication network. The method broadly includes generating a frequency hopping pattern spanning a plurality of time hops and a plurality of signal frequencies; ... -
System and method for recycling of pre-impregnated composite fibers
(United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2017-10-03)An apparatus for recycling of fibers pre-impregnated with resin may include a container configured to receive a predetermined amount of solvent and a predetermined amount of fibers pre-impregnated with resin. The apparatus ... -
Apparatus and method for simulating machining and other forming operations
(United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2018-04-03)A method includes obtaining information associated with a forming operation involving a manufacturing machine having a tool that contacts material. The method also includes simulating deformation of the material based on ... -
Computer program, system, and method for observation and communication for mobile settings, mobile applications, and wearable mobile devices
(United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2018-01-09)A system including at least first and second wearable mobile devices and optionally one or more smartphones or other computing devices for allowing a wearable mobile device wearer, an on-site observer, and a remote observer ...
RSS 1.0