US Patent Issued to Purdue Research Foundation on Sept. 23 for "Magnetorheological fluid cell systems and methods" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,016, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, Ind.).

"Magnetorheological fluid cell systems and methods" was invented by Mo Rastgaar (West Lafayette, Ind.) and Gabriel Andres Torres Rivera (Lafayette, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetorheological apparatus includes a flexible body formed of an elastomer material, a plurality of cell cavities defined by the flexible body, a magnetorheological (MR) fluid disposed within each cell cavity of the plurality of cell cavities, and a magnetic field inductor positioned adjacent to at least one of the cell cavities. Each cell cavity of the plur...