NASA Technology Transfer Opportunity: Piezoelectric Fiber Composite Actuator Portfolio
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY PIEZOELECTRIC FIBER COMPOSITE ACTUATOR PORTFOLIO A UNIQUE PORTFOLIO COMPOSITE ACTUATOR DESIGNS FOR TUNABLE OPTICAL FIBER AND MICRODISPLACEMENT DEVICES
Synopsis – May 07, 2012
General Information
Solicitation Number: N/A
Reference Number: TTO0998
Posted Date: May 07, 2012
FedBizOpps Posted Date: May 07, 2012
Recovery and Reinvestment Act Action: No
Original Response Date: Dec 31, 2012
Current Response Date: Dec 31, 2012
Classification Code: 99 — Miscellaneous
NAICS Code: 927110
Set-Aside Code:
Contracting Office Address
NASA/Langley Research Center, Mail Stop 12, Industry Assistance Office, Hampton, VA 23681-0001
Description
NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA solicits interest from companies interested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture and market the following technology. License rights may be issued on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis and may include specific fields of use.
THE TECHNOLOGY:
NASA Langley has developed a technology portfolio and core competencies around advanced piezoelectric actuator designs. Leveraging NASA-patented macro-fiber composite (MFC) and piezoelectric fiber composite (PFC) actuator technology, NASA Langley has developed a variety of award-winning actuator architectures specifically designed to strain-tune optical fiber sensors; they also hold potential as microdisplacement devices. The NASA portfolio includes curved piezoelectric actuators for stretching optical fibers (CASF), interdigitated electrode actuators for straining optical fibers (IDEAS), and cylindrical shaped macro-fiber composite (CMFC) actuators. NASA has refined these actuators to enable high-speed straintuning of Bragg-grating-based fiber lasers. The versatility of the NASA electroactive actuator designs may be broadly applied to numerous applications requiring high-speed response, large displacement, and a small, lightweight profile.
To express interest in this opportunity, please respond to Sean Sullivan, Research Triangle International (RTI), at: NASA Langley Research Center, Strategic Relationships Office (SRSO), 17 West Taylor St., Mail Stop 218, Building 1212, Room 110 Hampton, Virginia, E-mail: Sean.D.Sullivan@NASA.gov, or phone: 757-864-5055. Please indicate the date and title of the FBO notice and include your company and contact information.
RTI is responsible for aggregating and acknowledging all responses. These responses are provided to members of NASA Langley’s Innovative Partnerships Office within the SRO for the purpose of promoting public awareness of our technology products, and conducting preliminary market research to determine public interest in and potential for future licensing opportunities. If direct licensing interest results from this posting, SRO will follow the formal licensing process of posting in the Federal Register as required. No follow-on procurement is expected to result from responses to this Notice.
Point of Contact
Name: Sean Sullivan
Title: Technology Transfer Liaison
Phone: 757-864-5055
Fax: 757-864-8101
Email: sean.d.sullivan@nasa.gov
