US Patent Issued to BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY on May 20 for "Ionic liquid-based piezoelectric apparatus and related methods" (Michigan, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,765, issued on May 20, was assigned to BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY (East Lansing, Mich.).

"Ionic liquid-based piezoelectric apparatus and related methods" was invented by Gary J. Blanchard (Okemos, Mich.), Md. Iqbal Hossain (Lafayette, Ind.) and Marcos Dantus (Okemos, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to piezoelectric apparatus containing ionic liquids. The piezoelectric apparatus includes a chamber defining an internal volume containing an ionic liquid therein. The ionic liquid can generate a voltage or current upon application of force to the chamber or cell, thus exhibiting a piezoelect...