Wichita State University Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160048124 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SIMULATING MACHINING AND OTHER FORMING OPERATIONS - A method includes obtaining information associated with a forming operation involving a manufacturing machine having a tool that contacts material. The method also includes simulating deformation of the material based on the information. Simulating the deformation of the material includes using discontinuity layout optimization to evaluate combinations of shear planes within an initial structure of the material, predict a mode of deformation comprising one or more of the shear planes along which the initial structure of the material will likely deform, and calculate a deformed shape of the material after an increment of deformation along the predicted mode of deformation. Simulating the deformation of the material also includes repeating the discontinuity layout optimization with the deformed shape of the material as the initial structure. | 02-18-2016 |
20130341375 | END EFFECTOR FOR FORMING SWEPT FRICTION STIR SPOT WELDS - An apparatus includes a connector and is configured to mount to a machine having multiple axes of control. A control signal on the connector determines a path of a rotating tool holder. | 12-26-2013 |
20120265001 | COMPOSITE MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLE DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM - A composite magnetic nanoparticle drug delivery system provides targeted controlled release chemotherapies for cancerous tumors and inflammatory diseases. The magnetic nanoparticle includes a biocompatible and biodegradable polymer, a magnetic nanoparticle, the biological targeting agent human serum albumin, and a therapeutic pharmaceutical composition. The composite nanoparticles are prepared by oil-in-oil emulsion/solvent evaporation and high shear mixing. An externally applied magnetic field draws the magnetic nanoparticles to affected areas. The biological targeting agent draws the nanoparticles into the affected tissues. Polymer degradation provides controlled time release delivery of the pharmaceutical agent. | 10-18-2012 |
20110301208 | VIRAL AND FUNGAL INHIBITORS - Novel classes of viral and fungal inhibitors are disclosed. These compounds are useful in treating, preventing, and/or ameliorating viral infections such as, for example, Hepatitis C Virus, West Nile Virus, Dengue Virus, and Japanese Encephalitis Virus, and fungal infections such as, for example, candidiasis. | 12-08-2011 |
20110251193 | 1,2-BENZISOTHIAZOLINONE AND ISOINDOLINONE DERIVATIVES - Novel classes of 1,2-benzisothiazolinone and isoindolinone compounds and compositions are disclosed. These compounds and compositions are useful in treating, preventing, and/or ameliorating viral, yeast, and fungal infections such as, for example, Hepatitis C Virus, Flavivirus infections, | 10-13-2011 |
20100200642 | END EFFECTOR FOR FORMING SWEPT FRICTION STIR SPOT WELDS - An apparatus includes a connector and is configured to mount to a machine having multiple axes of control. A control signal on the connector determines a path of a rotating tool holder. | 08-12-2010 |
20090123458 | Protective Antigen Having Fluorinated Histidine Residues - The unnatural amino acid analogue 2-fluorohistidine (2-FHis) was incorporated into protective antigen to produce a protein which resists protonation at physiological pH by reducing the side-chain pKa. The protein structure was unperturbed by the incorporation of fluorinated histidine residues, and the heptameric (2-FHisPA | 05-14-2009 |