TU Delft Patent portfolio

The IP Portal is your entrance to several of TU Delft’s Intellectual Property. Search patents covering all research areas, read descriptions, reviews and/or full patent application texts.

Haptic feedback system

As cars have become technically ever safer over the decades,drivers have remained largely the same. It can even be argued that technology has negatively affected driving behaviour, read more...

Porous network concrete

A new healing process for concrete enables autonomous repairs and can greatly expand the service life of concrete structures. Read more...

Chemical separation of Molybdenum

A new method for producing molybdenum-99 without the need for enriched uranium can bring an end to potential shortages of medical isotopes. Nuclear imaging is a valuable medical diagnostic tool. Read more... 

Biofuel - used in diesel, petrol or kerosene engines

A new process using a strain of Clostridium bacteria can successfully convert biomass into butyl butyrate. This offers opportunities to make road haulage and aviation greener; read more... 

Self-healing concrete - materials that can repair itself

Prevention is better than cure, and that applies to the construction industry too. Buildings, however, are exposed to the elements for years, even centuries, on end. Air, changes in temperature and, especially, read more...

Detection method for squats

Damage to the rails on railways often occurs as a result of the contact between the moving wheels and the rail surface, a phenomenon known as rolling contact fatigue, or RCF. Read more...

Sensor Tag - The sensitive tag that keeps track for you

Cards with chips come in all shapes and sizes, from library membership cards to hotel room keys. They use RFID (radio-frequency identification) technology. The Sensor Tag combines RFID technology with sensor technology – it is, read more...

Vario-scale maps smoothen your zoom

Maps are the oldest form of recorded human knowledge. The earliest maps go back 6 000 years and thus pre-date written text. After millennia of clay tablets, papyrus, and paper maps, the 20th century brought us digital maps, read more...

Balloon that stems blood

The abdominal cavity balloon can stop haemorrhaging during abdominal surgery, minimising the risk of infection, eliminating the need for further operations,and ultimately save lives. Read more...

Generic March Element based Memory BIST

Embedded memories take up ever more of the System-on-chip area. Memory Builtin-Self-Test (MBIST) is the most efficient method to test and diagnose problems with embedded memories. Read more...

Endocultivator: grow your own replacement joints

The endocultivator device can help the growth of new joints within the human body itself. The use of such in-vivo grown replacements would bypass the risks involved in the transplant of artificial joints. Read more...

Less is more with new system for treating wastewater

High concentrations of phosphate and nitrate in surface water can lead to an excessive growth of algae and oxygen deficiency, which are harmful to the quality of swimming and drinking water and to biodiversity. Read more...

Force Balanced Delta Robot shakes up robotics industry

A shaking force balancer for Delta robots uses counterbalancing to minimize motioninduced vibrations. This enables Delta robots to perform highly accurate tasks and eliminates the need for a bulky cage. Read more...

Flexible building method with sheets of mouldable material

This new building method makes it possible to build quickly and flexibly, often with the help of locally available materials. The method consists of two processes: the production of sheets of mouldable construction material and the building process itself. Read more...

A new process for the separation of zirconium and hafnium

From old-fashioned flashbulbs to newfangled body jewelry, zirconium can be found in many forms. As zirconium dioxide it is used for the synthesis of cubic zirconia, an alternative for (industrial) diamonds. Read more...