This inventor holds 1 USPTO granted patent. Top assignee: Duke University. Active years: 2026.
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Company Filing History:
Years Active: 2026
Title: Boran Ma and Adaptive Textile Innovation.
Introduction
Boran Ma is an inventor based in Durham, North Carolina, and is associated with Duke University. His work includes a patent for a textile system designed to adapt to changing thermal conditions.
Latest Patents
Ma is named on one patent, “Multimodal Metallization Systems for Thermoregulation and Methods Thereof.” The invention describes an adaptive textile with moisture-responsive flaps made from a nylon-and-metal heterostructure. In response to perspiration vapor, the textile can regulate convection, sweat evaporation, and mid-infrared emission to tune heat transfer.
The metal layer supports low-emissivity radiative heating and improves the flaps’ bimorph actuation. By combining these mechanisms without electricity or other energy input, the textile is designed to expand the thermal comfort zone beyond that offered by static or single-mode adaptive fabrics. Ma’s listed patent total is 1 patent.
Career Highlights
Ma’s patent work is associated with Duke University. The disclosed technology brings together materials engineering and thermoregulation in a textile intended to respond to the wearer’s perspiration.
Collaborations
The provided information lists Po-Chun Hsu and Xiuqiang Li as Ma’s coworkers. Their names are associated with the collaborative research context for this textile innovation.
Conclusion
Boran Ma’s patent presents a passive, multimodal approach to personal thermal comfort, using a responsive metal-and-nylon textile to adjust heat transfer as perspiration conditions change.
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