US Patent Issued to VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES on March 24 for "Triboelectric fibers, generators, and sensors" (Virginia, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,165, issued on March 24, was assigned to VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES INC. (Blacksburg, Va.).

"Triboelectric fibers, generators, and sensors" was invented by Ziang Feng (Blacksburg, Va.), Shuo Yang (Blacksburg, Va.), Anbo Wang (Blacksburg, Va.), Xiaoting Jia (Blacksburg, Va.), Lei Zuo (Blacksburg, Va.) and Li Yu (Woodbury, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of triboelectric fibers and methods of manufacture of the fibers are described. In one example, a method of manufacture of a fiber for generating energy using the triboelectric effect includes forming a preform tube, heating the preform tube in a furnace, feedi...