SENSORS INCORPORATED INTO BUILDING MATERIALS TO DETECT PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTIC CHANGES

    公开(公告)号:US20230019088A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-19

    申请号:US17940246

    申请日:2022-09-08

    Applicant: Lyten, Inc.

    Abstract: A disclosed construction structure unit may include at least one split-ring resonator, which may be embedded within a material. The split ring resonator may be formed from a three-dimensional (3D) monolithic carbonaceous growth and may detect an electromagnetic ping emitted from a user device. The split ring resonator may generate an electromagnetic return signal in response to the electromagnetic ping. The electromagnetic return signal may indicate a state of the material in a position proximate to a respective split ring resonator. In some aspects, the split-ring resonator may resonate at a first frequency in response to the electromagnetic ping when the material is in a first state, and may resonate at a second frequency in response to the electromagnetic ping when the material is in a second state. A resonant frequency of the 3D monolithic carbonaceous growth may be based on physical characteristics of the material.

    Electromagnetic state sensing devices

    公开(公告)号:US11537806B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-27

    申请号:US17693649

    申请日:2022-03-14

    Applicant: LytEn, Inc.

    Abstract: A container includes a surface and a first resonance portion. The surface defines a volume of the container, and the first resonance portion includes an assembly of three-dimensional (3D) carbon-containing structures printed on the surface of the container using one or more first carbon-based inks. The first resonance portion is configured to indicate a presence of an item within the container by resonating at one or more predetermined frequencies in response to an electromagnetic radiation ping associated with a user device located a distance from the container. In some implementations, the container may include a second resonance portion including an assembly of 3D carbon-containing structures printed on the surface of the container using one or more second carbon-based inks, the one or more second carbon-based inks being different than the one or more first carbon-based inks.

    Tuned radio frequency (RF) resonant materials

    公开(公告)号:US11472233B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-18

    申请号:US16829385

    申请日:2020-03-25

    Applicant: Lyten, Inc.

    Abstract: This disclosure provides a tire formed of a body having multiple plies and a tread that surrounds the body. In some implementations, the plies and/or the tread include a resonator that generates a resonant signal in response to being activated by locally generated power or by an externally generated excitation signal. Multiple resonators formed of carbon-containing materials are distributed in the plies and/or tread to respond to changes to the tire by altering a characteristic of the resonant signal. Such alterations include frequency shifting of the resonant signal and/or attenuation of the resonant signal. The resonator can be configured to resonate at a first frequency when a structural characteristic of a respective ply or tread is greater than a level, and to resonate at a second frequency different than the first frequency when the structural characteristic of the respective ply or tread is not greater than the level.

    TRANSPARENT PRESSURE BARRIER FOR MICROWAVE PLASMA PROCESSING

    公开(公告)号:US20200287258A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-10

    申请号:US16847967

    申请日:2020-04-14

    Applicant: Lyten, Inc.

    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a reactor including an energy source configured to generate a microwave in a direction of propagation. A reaction chamber is coupled to the energy source. A waveguide disposed in the reactor includes a window positioned at an angle, such as being misaligned, relative to the direction of propagation of the microwave such that an average dielectric constant experienced by the microwave increases over a region where the window occupies a greater fraction of a cross-sectional area of the waveguide. The window includes one or more dielectric materials that have respective dielectric constants that increase along the propagation direction in a first region that is adjacent to a first face of the window, and decrease in a second region that is adjacent to a second face of the window. The dielectric materials have a mass density that varies based on one or more pores formed therein.

    COMPOSITE MATERIALS SYSTEMS
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200172705A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-04

    申请号:US16784146

    申请日:2020-02-06

    Applicant: Lyten, Inc.

    Abstract: Methods include producing tunable carbon structures and combining carbon structures with a polymer to form a composite material. Carbon structures include crinkled graphene. Methods also include functionalizing the carbon structures, either in-situ, within the plasma reactor, or in a liquid collection facility. The plasma reactor has a first control for tuning the specific surface area (SSA) of the resulting tuned carbon structures as well as a second, independent control for tuning the SSA of the tuned carbon structures. The composite materials that result from mixing the tuned carbon structures with a polymer results in composite materials that exhibit exceptional favorable mechanical and/or other properties. Mechanisms that operate between the carbon structures and the polymer yield composite materials that exhibit these exceptional mechanical properties are also examined.

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