LIGHT-ACTIVATED ACOUSTIC RESONATOR AND ASSOCIATED METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20240290314A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-29

    申请号:US18113341

    申请日:2023-02-23

    IPC分类号: G10K11/172

    CPC分类号: G10K11/172 G01J1/4204

    摘要: A light-activated acoustic resonator and associated methods are described herein. One embodiment measures the level of ambient light in the environment of the light-activated acoustic resonator; causes a moveable member of an electromagnet disposed within a Helmholtz resonator of the light-activated acoustic resonator to be in an extended position that places the Helmholtz resonator in a first acoustic state, when the level of ambient light is less than a predetermined amount; and causes the moveable member to be in a retracted position that places the Helmholtz resonator in a second acoustic state different from the first acoustic state, when the level of ambient light is at least the predetermined amount.

    PRESSURE SENSOR FOR AN INFLATABLE STRUCTURE
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240280426A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-22

    申请号:US18133076

    申请日:2023-04-11

    IPC分类号: G01L9/08 G01L9/00 G01L9/06

    CPC分类号: G01L9/08 G01L9/0022 G01L9/06

    摘要: Systems described herein relate to sensing pressure. In one arrangement, a pressure sensor is disclosed. The pressure sensor includes a circuit including a resistor, an inductor, and a capacitor. The circuit generates an electrical resonance. The resistor is an elastomer having a resistance and connected to an outer surface of an inflatable. The pressure sensor also includes a resonator connected to the circuit. The resonator generates a mechanical resonance coupling with the electrical resonance to create a detuning frequency having a sublinear dependence on the resistance of the elastomer. A pressure of the inflatable correlates with the detuning frequency.

    NEAR-FIELD RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20230280114A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-07

    申请号:US18104607

    申请日:2023-02-01

    IPC分类号: F28F13/00 G02B1/00

    摘要: Embodiments described herein relate a tunable heat transfer system. The tunable heat transfer system includes a controller, a first body, and a second body. The first body is communicatively coupled to the controller. The second body is communicatively coupled to the controller and spaced apart from the first body. The second body has a plurality of semimetal layers and a dielectric portion positioned between each of the plurality of semimetal layers. Each of the dielectric portions has a thickness to define a gap between each the plurality of semimetal layers in an expanded state and permitting each of the plurality of semimetal layers to abut each other in a contracted state. The controller is configured to change a near-field radiative heat transfer between the first body and the second body by changing the thickness of each of the dielectric portions between the expanded state and the contracted state.