US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on July 14 for "Mechanical metamaterial passive wireless sensors" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,682,194, issued on July 14, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Mechanical metamaterial passive wireless sensors" was invented by Kenneth Loh (San Diego), Yujin Park (La Jolla, Calif.), Omid Salehi-Abari (Los Angeles) and Vishnu Naidu (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Mechanical metamaterial passive wireless sensors and methods of use thereof are disclosed. An example sensor includes a flexible substrate having multiple extending arms; at least one temperature responsive actuator coupled to the substrate; and an antenna embedded within the substrate and extending along at least a portio...