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Metamorphic Hybrid Compliant Mechanisms (Case No. 2025-038)

Summary: Researchers in the Mechanical Engineering Department at UCLA have developed a compliant technique that can be utilized for a wide array of industries, including next-generation joint reconstruction surgeries, precision manufacturing, robotics, aerospace transportation, and automation applications. Background: Bearings are commonly used to...

Published: 3/13/2025 | Inventor(s): Tyler Clites, Cameron Taylor, He Kai Lim, Jonathan Hopkins

Keywords(s): Aeronautics, Aerospace Engineering, Automation, biomedical implantation, compliant mechanisms, constraint design, Energy Efficiency, flexure systems, Implant (Medicine), multi-degrees of freedom (DOF), Orthopaedics, Orthopedics and Prosthetics (O & P), Robotics

Category(s): Mechanical > Aeronautics & Aerospace, Mechanical > Robotics, Mechanical > Manufacturing, Mechanical > Instrumentation, Mechanical > Mechanical Systems, Medical Devices > Prosthetics, Medical Devices > Surgical Tools, Therapeutics > Orthopaedics, Materials, Therapeutics > Musculoskeletal Disease

2022-151 Improved Electrospray Propulsion Device

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Physics and Astronomy have developed an improved electrospray propulsion device for satellites and other aerospace applications. Background: The application of electromagnetic principles for jet propulsion has been an ongoing area of research in aeronautical engineering. In particular, electric propulsion...

Published: 2/14/2025 | Inventor(s): James Rosenzweig, Victor Shichen Yu, Gerard Lawler

Keywords(s): Aeronautics, Aerospace, Aerospace Engineering, Propulsion, Spacecraft

Category(s): Materials > Nanotechnology, Mechanical > Aeronautics & Aerospace

2021-217 Air-Breathing Electric Thruster

SUMMARY: UCLA researchers in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering have developed air-breathing electric thrusters that would allow satellites to operate in very low Earth orbit (VLEO) for a wide array of applications. BACKGROUND: The majority of spacecraft operate in low Earth orbit (LEO) due to the many advantages of operating...

Published: 2/14/2025 | Inventor(s): Richard Wirz, Patrick Crandall

Keywords(s): Aerospace Engineering, Atmospheric Entry, Communications Satellite, Drag (Physics), Propulsion, Spacecraft, Telecommunication, Transportation

Category(s): Mechanical, Energy & Environment > Water Monitoring & Treatment, Mechanical > Aeronautics & Aerospace

2021-051 Dynamic Flash Vapor Chamber Cooling

SUMMARY: UCLA researchers in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering developed an innovative thermal management system that can efficiently cool transient thermal spikes in high-power, pulsed devices. BACKGROUND: Proper thermal management is critical for electronic devices that require high power consumption. They often generate large...

Published: 2/14/2025 | Inventor(s): Timothy Fisher

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Category(s): Energy & Environment > Thermal, Mechanical > Aeronautics & Aerospace, Electrical > Wireless

2020-943 GENERATION OF PLASMA REPRESENTATIVE OF THOSE SURROUNDING RE-ENTRY VEHICLES

SUMMARY: UCLA researchers in the Department of Physics and Astronomy have developed an innovative benchtop method to generate plasmas similar to those enveloping aerial vehicles during reentry. BACKGROUND: When reentering Earth’s atmosphere at hypersonic speeds, aerial vehicles often lose communication with ground operations. This communication...

Published: 2/14/2025 | Inventor(s): Seth Putterman, John Koulakis, Seth Pree

Keywords(s): Atmospheric Entry, Communication & Networking, Plasma (Physics), Radio Frequency, Telecommunication

Category(s): Mechanical > Instrumentation, Electrical > Quantum Computing, Mechanical > Aeronautics & Aerospace

Advanced Electrospray Emitter

UC Case No. 2019-862SUMMARYUCLA researchers in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering have developed a novel electrospray emitter with improved emitter geometry, extended operational stability, and improved thrust efficiencies.BACKGROUNDElectrospray devices use electricity to disperse charged molecules for a variety of applications including...

Published: 2/14/2025 | Inventor(s): Richard Wirz, Peter Wright

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Category(s): Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors, Materials > Fabrication Technologies, Mechanical > Aeronautics & Aerospace

2019-039 Active Omnidirectional Wheel

SUMMARY:UCLA researchers in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering have developed an active omnidirectional wheel with a transmission design that simultaneously actuates all rollers.BACKGROUND:Omnidirectional wheels are wheels with small, passive rollers around the circumference, perpendicular to the spinning direction. This allows the...

Published: 2/14/2025 | Inventor(s): Dennis Hong

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Category(s): Mechanical > Robotics, Mechanical > Aeronautics & Aerospace

2019-352 HIGH-THROUGHPUT RADIOCHEMISTRY SYSTEM

Non-Confidential DescriptionINTRO SENTENCE: UCLA researchers in the Departments of Bioengineering and Medical and Molecular Pharmacology have developed a novel high throughput microscale radiosynthesizer capable of optimizing radiolabeling of bioactive molecules for the purpose of cancer imaging or drug development. TITLE: High-throughput Radiochemistry...

Published: 2/14/2025 | Inventor(s):

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Category(s): Mechanical > Mechanical Systems, Mechanical > Aeronautics & Aerospace, Mechanical > Micro-Electromechanical Systems (Mems)

2013-207 Hypersonic Laminar Flow Control using Surface Roughness

Summary: Dr. Xiaolin Zhong and colleagues in the UCLA Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering have developed a method of maintaining laminar flows over air transportation vehicles and space reentry vehicles at high supersonic and hypersonic speeds by strategically applying surface roughness. Background: The transition of boundary-layer...

Published: 2/14/2025 | Inventor(s): Xiaolin Zhong, Kahei Danny Fong, Xiaowen Wang

Keywords(s): Aeronautics, Robotics

Category(s): Mechanical > Aeronautics & Aerospace