US Patent Issued to THE BOEING on May 20 for "Metamaterial-based substrate for piezoelectric energy harvesters" (Washington, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,244, issued on May 20, was assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY (Arlington, Va.).

"Metamaterial-based substrate for piezoelectric energy harvesters" was invented by Saman Farhangdoust (Miami), Gary E. Georgeson (Tacoma, Wash.) and Jeong-Beom Ihn (Bellevue, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metamaterial-based substrate (meta-substrate) for piezoelectric energy harvesters. The design of the meta-substrate combines kirigami and auxetic topologies to create a high-performance platform including preferable mechanical properties of both metamaterial morphable structures. The creative design of the meta-substrate can improve strain-induced v...