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Open Metal-Organic Frameworks With Exceptional Pore Apertures for Inclusion of Large Molecules (Case No. 2012-216)

Summary UCLA researchers have developed metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)/isoreticular MOFs (IRMOFs) that have exceptionally large pore apertures, enabling improved capacity and performance in gas storage, separation, and related applications. Background MOFs are porous crystalline materials made of metal nodes and organic linkers; large aperture pores...

Published: 9/22/2025 | Inventor(s): Omar Yaghi, Hiroyasu Furukawa, Hexiang Deng

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Category(s): Materials, Materials > Metals, Materials > Functional Materials, Materials > Fabrication Technologies, Materials > Nanotechnology, Mechanical, Mechanical > Manufacturing

Contact Status and Position Sensing System for Mechanical Structures (Case No. 2025-275)

Contact Status and Position Sensing System for Mechanical Structures Potential applications: manufacturing, aerospace, biomechanical devices, robotics, defense. Please reach out to our office for more information.

Published: 9/16/2025 | Inventor(s): Tyler Clites, Dean Chen

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Category(s): Mechanical, Mechanical > Sensors, Mechanical > Robotics, Materials, Mechanical > Manufacturing

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: 6/25/2025 | 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

Free Silicone Aspirator (Case No. 2020-490)

Summary: Researchers in the Department of Plastic Surgery at UCLA have developed a new and improved drainage system for the removal of silicone from ruptured breast implants. Background: The removal of ruptured silicone breast implants has become increasingly common. Free silicone, a sticky and gelatinous substance, tends to adhere to tissue, making...

Published: 8/21/2025 | Inventor(s): Jaco Festekjian

Keywords(s): Aesthetic Medicine, Biological nutrient removal, biomedical implantation, Implant (Medicine), Silicon

Category(s): Therapeutics > Aesthetic Medicine, Medical Devices > Surgical Tools, Medical Devices > Prosthetics, Mechanical > Manufacturing

Latching Intelligent Modular Mobility System (LIMMS) (UCLA Case Nos. 2023-170 and 2023-171)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering have designed a modular robotic system termed the Latching Intelligent Modular Mobility System (LIMMS) for the manipulation of a typical last-mile delivery. TITLE: Latching Intelligent Modular Mobility System (LIMMS) for Logistics and Last-Mile Delivery Background: The...

Published: 8/20/2025 | Inventor(s): Dennis Hong, Taoyuanmin Zhu, Gabriel Fernandez

Keywords(s): 6 degrees of freedom (DoF), Amazon, appendage-like robot, automated delivery, delivery optimization, delivery system, general purpose delivery, last-mile delivery, latching mechanism, modular robotic system, rotational latching mechanism, self-aligning rotational mechanism

Category(s): Mechanical, Mechanical > Robotics, Mechanical > Mechanical Systems, Mechanical > Manufacturing

2021-223 Manufacturing of Oxide-Dispersion Strengthened Alloys by Liquid Metallurgy

SUMMARY: UCLA researchers in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Department of Materials Science and Engineering have developed a method for manufacturing oxide-dispersion strengthened (ODS) steel and alloys through liquid metallurgy, to achieve bulk ODS steels and other high temperature alloys with uniformly dispersed small...

Published: 8/5/2025 | Inventor(s): Shiqi Zheng, Xiaochun Li

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Category(s): Mechanical > Manufacturing, Materials > Metals

2020-770 Apparatus and Method for Changing the Functionality of an Integrated Circuit Using Charge Trap Transistors

SUMMARYUCLA researchers in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have developed a method to overcome manufacturing defects in semiconducting wafers through post-production calibration of integrated circuits by threshold voltage tuning using charge trap transistors. BACKGROUNDComplementary metal-oxide-semiconductors (CMOS) are utilized...

Published: 7/17/2025 | Inventor(s): Subramanian Iyer

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Category(s): Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors, Mechanical > Manufacturing, Chemical, Materials > Fabrication Technologies