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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: 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: 7/22/2025   |   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: 7/17/2025   |   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: 7/17/2025   |   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