Patents Assigned to division
  • Method for forming internally helixed high temperature superconductor assembly
    Patent number: 5248657
    Abstract: A superconducting conductor assembly using high temperature materials. A double-walled tubular structure has at least one helical strip of superconductive material on the inner wall of the inside tube. Brittle, non-ductile superconducting materials may be used. A coolant, typically liquid nitrogen, is circulated between the tubes to maintain the superconductor below the critical temperature of the superconductor. A buffer layer is preferably included between tube wall and superconductor. A plurality of alternating layers of buffer and superconductor may be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1993
    Assignee: General Dynamics Corporation, Space Systems Division
    Inventors: Richard E. Bailey, Foster M. Kimball, Eddie M. Leung, Robert D. McConnell
  • Starches with an improved flavor
    Patent number: 5246718
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for improving the flavor of starch by incubating the starch with an enzymatically active peptidase containing cell preparation under such conditions that enzymatic peptidolysis of a substantial amount of oligopeptides in the starch is the result, which incubation is, optionally, preceded or followed by a non-enzymatic purification step such as steam stripping or solvent extraction. The starch is suited for incorporation into food products, such as spreads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1993
    Assignee: Van den Bergh Foods Co., Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Petrus G. M. Haring, Petrus M. T. De Kok, Ronald P. Potman, Johannes J. Wesdorp
  • Fragrance microcapsules for fabric conditioning
    Patent number: 5246603
    Abstract: Composite microcapsules and a method of making the microcapsules, as well as a tumble drier article incorporating the microcapsules are described. The microcapsules comprise particles made of a emulsifiable mixture of a wax material and a fragrance oil which are embedded in a water soluble polymer. The microcapsules have a diameter of less than about 100 microns and are useful for incorporation in tumble drier articles to control the release of fragrance in the drier and prevent loss of fragrance during processing and storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1993
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Liang S. Tsaur, Samuel Lin
  • Shampoo composition
    Patent number: 5246694
    Abstract: A shampoo composition comprises:(a) a surfactant which is chosen from anionic, nonionic or amphoteric surfactants or mixtures thereof;(b) an aqueous emulsion of a solution of highly viscous silicone in volatile solvent; and(c) a cationic conditioning polymer which is a cationic derivative of guar gum;wherein the average particle size of the highly viscous silicone in the composition is less than 2 .mu.m in diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1993
    Assignee: Chesebrough-Pond's USA Co., Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: David H. Birthwistle
  • Bleach activation by manganese-based coordination complexes
    Patent number: 5246621
    Abstract: Novel bleach and oxidation catalysts, a method of bleaching substrates using these catalysts and bleaching (detergent) compositions containing the catalysts are reported.The catalysts are manganese complexes of formula:[L.sub.n Mn.sub.m X.sub.p ].sup.z Y.sub.qwherein Mn is manganese or iron or mixtures thereof, which can be in the II, III, IV or V oxidation state or mixtures thereof; n and m are independent integers from 1-4; X represents a co-ordination or bridging species; p is an integer from 0-12; Y is a counter-ion, the type of which is dependent upon the charge z of the complex which can be positive, zero or negative; q=z/[charge Y]; and L is a ligand being a macrocylic organic molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1993
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas L. F. Favre, Ronald Hage, Karin Van der Helm-Rademaker, Jean H. Koek, Rudolf J. Martens, Ton Swarthoff, Marten R. P. van Vliet
  • Machine dishwashing composition containing peroxygen bleach, manganese complex and enzymes
    Patent number: 5246612
    Abstract: A machine dishwashing composition containing a peroxygen compund as the bleaching agent and having improved bleaching action combined with excellent starch removing properties is disclosed. The compositioncontains a dinuclear manganese complex having the general formula. ##STR1## As defined in the description, as bleach catalyst and starch removing additive, in an amount corresponding to a Mn-content of from 0.0001 to about 1.0% by weight.A preferred Mn-complex is:[(Mn-TACN)Mn.sup.IV (.mu.-O).sub.3 Mn.sup.IV (Me-TACN)].sup.2+ (PF.sub.6.sup.-).sub.2 Best results are obtained when amylolytic is present in the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1993
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Willem R. Van Dijk, Ton Swarthoff
  • Apparatus for producing striated soap bars of comparable aesthetic quality on both inner and outer log faces for soap bars produced in a dual extrusion process
    Patent number: 5246361
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel eyeplate apparatus which permits logs to be extruded in a dual extrusion process whereby the aesthetic quality of the inner and outer log faces of the extruded logs is comparable. In a preferred embodiment, the eyeplate is used in combination with upper and lower eyeplate baffles in the nosecone of a plodder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1993
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Cesare Marchesani
  • Adhesive bond degradation monitor
    Patent number: 5245293
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting changes in the structural strength of bonded joint. Changes in one or more dielectric properties of the bonding adhesive, such as resistance and capacitance, are monitored by a microdielectrometer. A change in a bond dielectric measurement is indicative of a moisture intrusion in the bond and a corresponding weakening of the structural integrity of the bond. A warning or indication of the bond degradation is provided in response to such changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1993
    Assignee: Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical, Division of Teledyne Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Jack A. Runner
  • Passive nonlinear interface strut (PNIS)
    Patent number: 5244170
    Abstract: A passive load limiting strut particularly useful in limiting loads between a spacecraft and an upper stage during booster first stage operation and thereby permit the launching of heavier spacecraft. The strut operates on the principle of snap through buckling of bar linkages. A tension shaft is telescoped into a compression shaft within a housing. A plurality of bar linkages are connected between each of the shafts and the housing, the bars being oriented at an acute angle in the direction of the tension shaft. In tension, the bar linkages connected to the tension shaft progressively buckle, absorbing tension loads. In compression, the bars connected to the compression shaft progressively buckle, absorbing compression loads. A compression spring intermediate the ends of the shafts further aids in load relief. Collars on the shafts prevent the shafts moving beyond preselected locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1993
    Assignee: General Dynamics Corporation, Space Systems Division
    Inventor: Vinod Shekher
  • Bleach activation multinuclear manganese-based coordination complexes
    Patent number: 5244594
    Abstract: Novel bleach and oxidation catalysts, a method of bleaching substrates using these catalysts and bleaching (detergent) compositions containing the catalysts are reported.The catalysts are a manganese-based co-ordination complex of the general formula:[L.sub.n Mn.sub.m X.sub.p ].sup.z Y.sub.qwherein Mn is manganese in the IV-oxidation state; n and m are independent integers from 2-8; X represents a co-ordination or bridging species; p is an integer from 0-32; Y is a counter-ion, the type of which is dependent on the charge z of the complex which can be positive, zero or negative; q=z/[charge Y]; and L is a ligand which is an organic molecule containing a number of hetero-atoms selected from N, P, O, and S, which co-ordinates via all or some of its hetero-atoms and/or carbon atoms to the Mn.sup.(IV) -center(s), which latter are anti-ferromagnetically coupled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1993
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas L. F. Favre, Ronald Hage, Karin Van der Helm-Rademaker, Jean H. Koek, Rudolf J. Martens, Ton Swarthoff, Marten R. P. van Vliet
  • Cosmetic composition
    Patent number: 5244665
    Abstract: A composition suitable for topical application to human skin for reducing the damaging effects of ultra-violet light on skin comprises:(a) an effective amount of a triester of citric acid having the structure (1): ##STR1## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2, and R.sup.3 each independently represent a branched or unbranched alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, alkylaryl or arylalkyl group, each said group being optionally substituted and having from 1 to 18 carbon atoms,R.sup.4 represents --H, or a branched or unbranched saturated or unsaturated acyl, alkyl, aryl, alkylaryl or arylalkyl group, each said group beingoptionally substituted and having from 1 to 18 carbon atoms; and(b) a cosmetically acceptable vehicle for the citric acid ester; and(c) an effective amount of a sunscreen agent, with the proviso that in the case where the sunscreen agent is an inorganic sunscreen, it has an average particle size of less than 100 .mu.m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1993
    Assignee: Chesebrough-Pond's USA Co., Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Collur V. Natraj, Govindarajan Raman
  • Fat-containing dispersion and method of preparing such dispersion
    Patent number: 5244688
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a stable edible dispersion comprising 95 to 86% by weight of an aqueous phase and 5 to 14% by weight of a continuous fat phase having and N.sub.20 -value of at least 5. It is surprising that, provided suitable processing conditions are applied and a seeding component is employed, stable dispersions containing less than 14% by weight of a continuous fat phase having an N.sub.20 -value of at least 5, and more than 86% by weight of an aqueous phase can be prepared. Another aspect of the present invention is a method of preparing a dispersion comprising 95 to 86% of an aqueous phase and 5 to 14% by weight of a continuous fat phase having an N.sub.20 -value of at least 5, said method comprising cooling and working an emulsion of oil and water, the oil comprising 0.1-4%, by weight of the oil, of a solid seeding component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1993
    Assignee: Van den Bergh Foods Co., Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Ian T. Norton
  • Curtain rod with lockable fitting
    Patent number: 5242065
    Abstract: A lockable fitting for a curtain rod of the type having lengthwise extending rod flanges, the lockable fitting including a latch body movable along the rod and a latch member having first and second pairs of fingers with the fingers of each pair disposed at relatively opposite sides of a respective one of the rod flanges. The latch member is mounted on the body for movement between a release position in which the fingers of each pair loosely receive the associated rod flange and a lock position in which the fingers of each pair grip the associated rod flange means therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1993
    Assignee: Springs Window Fashions Division, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael B. Hoban
  • Dual liquid dispensing system
    Patent number: 5242081
    Abstract: A dual dispensing system for delivering aliquots of a liquid product comprising a housing, two collapsible reservoirs for the liquid product, two manually operated pumps, each of which is connected to one of the collapsible reservoirs and a means to switch over from one pump to another. The switch over means is automatically activated by the vacuum in one of these collapsible reservoirs when the liquid product therein is exhausted and it is fully collapsed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1993
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Lambertus G. van der Heyden, Robert E. Tiepel, Gerrit K. Bunschoten
  • Direct-sequence spread-spectrum communication system with asynchronous despreading
    Patent number: 5243622
    Abstract: A direct-sequence spread-spectrum communication system having a receiver that despreads a received signal that has been modulated with a pseudonoise code generated by a linear feedback shift register. The receiver despreads the received signal by multiplying it with a limited number of delayed replicas of the received signal. Despreading is thus performed without need for a locally generated pseudonoise code or a synchronizing clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1993
    Assignee: General Dynamics Corporation, Electronics Division
    Inventors: Paul A. Lux, Jeffrey M. Fischer
  • Corrosion monitor by creating a galvanic circuit between an anode wire and a test structure
    Patent number: 5243298
    Abstract: A corrosion monitoring system having one or more anode elements made of a suitable anodic material that corrodes preferentially with respect to the structure being protected. The resistance of each anode wire is continuously or periodically monitored. The presence of moisture between an anode and the structure being monitored creates a current path and causes galvanic corrosion. The anode wire will begin to corrode, but the structural members will remain uncorroded until the anode has been completely consumed. The monitoring system uses the rate of change in anode resistance to extrapolate a prediction of the time remaining before the structure being protected begins to corrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1993
    Assignee: Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical, Division of Teledyne Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Jack A. Runner
  • Water-dispersible copolymer containing UVA and UVB light-absorbing monomers
    Patent number: 5243021
    Abstract: The invention is concerned with novel water-dispersible or water-soluble copolymers which contain at least one UVA light-absorbing monomer, one UVB light-absorbing monomer, one hydrophilic monomer, and optionally one hydrophobic monomer component. The UVA light-absorbing monomer absorbs at .lambda.max ultraviolet light in the 320-400 nm range. The UVB light-absorbing monomer absorbs at .lambda.max ultraviolet light in the 290-320 nm range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1993
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew E. Langer, Ferial Khorshahi, Katherine Lee
  • Peroxyacids
    Patent number: 5241077
    Abstract: Cationic peroxycarboxylic acids having the general formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are each independently a C.sub.1 -C.sub.7 alkyl group or C.sub.1 -C.sub.7 substituted alkyl group, n is an integer of from 2 to 10 and X is a counter anion. The peroxycarboxylic acids may be used in bleaching and detergent compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1993
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: John Oakes, David W. Thornthwaite
  • Infusion packet
    Patent number: D338769
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1993
    Assignee: Thomas J. Lipton Co., Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Geoffrey W. Vernon, Michael J. Cahill
  • Infusion packet
    Patent number: D338770
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1993
    Assignee: Thomas J. Lipton Co., Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Geoffrey W. Vernon, Michael J. Cahill