Patents Assigned to E
  • Thinned image sensor with trench-insulated contact terminals
    Patent number: 7998780
    Abstract: The invention relates to the fabrication of thinned substrate image sensors, and notably color image sensors. After the fabrication steps carried out from the front face of a silicon substrate the front face is transferred onto a substrate. The silicon is thinned, and the connection terminals are produced by the rear face. A multiplicity of localized contact holes are opened through the thinning silicon, in the location of a connection terminal. The holes exposing a first conductive layer (24) are formed during the front face steps. Aluminum (42) is deposited on the rear face, in contact with the silicon, with the aluminum penetrating into the openings and coming into contact with the first layer. The aluminum is etched to delimit the connection terminal. Finally, a peripheral trench is opened through the entire thickness of the silicon layer, and this trench completely surrounds the connection terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: E2V Semiconductors
    Inventor: Pierre Blanchard
  • Thermoplastic resin composition having electromagnetic interference shielding properties
    Patent number: 7999018
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition having good electromagnetic shielding properties and high stiffness comprising thermoplastic polymer, metal alloy having a melting point of between about 200° C. and 500° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Yuji Saga
  • Gas-phase process for the synthesis of diaminopyridines from glutaronitriles
    Patent number: 7999057
    Abstract: A gas-phase, continuous process is provided for the manufacture of 2,6-diaminopyridine and related compounds from glutaronitriles, which are used industrially as compounds and as components in the synthesis of a variety of useful materials. The synthesis proceeds by means of a dehydrogenative aromatization process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Keith W. Hutchenson, Aaron Minter, Gregg Sunshine
  • Multiple vortex waste separator apparatus
    Patent number: 7998250
    Abstract: A multiple vortex separator for drawing a substantially moisture-free airstream from a waste stream having an annular channel defining a first vortex flow path for separating liquid and solid waste from this waste stream and an inverted conical cavity between nested inverted cones defining a second vortex flow path that is isolated from the first vortex flow path for separating additional liquid and solid waste from the waste stream before it exits the vortex separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Pondelick, Christopher Hardwick, Derek Vaughan, Thao Hoang, Michael Funk
  • Implantable lead attachment
    Patent number: 8000803
    Abstract: The invention is a lead attachment suitable for implantation in living tissue that enables connection of a wire that is comprised of stainless steel to a tack that in turn is bonded to a titanium swage cup, preferably Ti-6Al-4V. The wire is attached by crimping inside a crimping tube, to assure electrical continuity from the wire to the crimping tube. The tack is bonded by swaging a thinned swage ring and is further sealed by welding to swage cup, which is bonded by brazing to ceramic case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Alfred E. Mann Foundation For Scientific Research
    Inventor: Alfredo Araujo
  • Polyphenylene sulfide spunbond fiber
    Patent number: 7998578
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a spunbond fiber comprising polyphenylene sulfide polymer having a zero shear viscosity at 300° C. of about 21,500 to about 28,000 Pa·s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Paul Ellis Rollin, Jr.
  • Nitrate transport components
    Patent number: 7999093
    Abstract: This invention relates to isolated nucleic acid fragments encoding high affinity nitrate transport components. The invention also relates to the construction of recombinant DNA constructs encoding all or a portion of nitrate transport components, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the recombinant DNA construct may alter levels of the nitrate transport components in a transformed host cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Stephen M. Allen, Kanwarpal Singh Dhugga, Kevin Fengler, Howard P. Hershey, Victor Llaca, Dale Loussaert, Lu Liu, Xiaomu Niu, Haiyin Wang
  • Electrophoretic display apparatus
    Patent number: 8000091
    Abstract: An electrophoretic display apparatus includes a display module and a case. The display module includes a flexible array substrate, a front plane laminate, a driving circuit and a flexible printed circuit board. The flexible array substrate has a display area and a peripheral circuit area adjacent to the display area. The front plane laminate is disposed on the display area. The driving circuit is electrically connected to the flexible array substrate. The flexible printed circuit board is electrically connected to the driving circuit. The case contains the display module and has an opening exposing at least a part of the front plane laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Ted-Hong Shinn, Yu-Sheng Lin, Hung-Pin Su, Yi-Ching Wang
  • Conductive compositions and processes for use in the manufacture of semiconductor devices: Mg-containing additive
    Patent number: 7998371
    Abstract: Described herein are a silicon semiconductor device and a conductive silver paste for use in the front side of a solar cell device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Richard John Sheffield Young, Michael Rose, Kurt Richard Mikeska, Alan Frederick Carroll, Kenneth Warren Hang, Alistair Graeme Prince
  • Treatment of biomass to obtain ethanol
    Patent number: 7998713
    Abstract: Ethanol was produced using biocatalysts that are able to ferment sugars derived from treated biomass. Sugars were obtained by pretreating biomass under conditions of high solids and low ammonia concentration, followed by saccharification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignees: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Alliance for Sustainable Energy LLC
    Inventors: James B. Dunson, Jr., Richard T. Elander, Melvin P. Tucker, III, Susan Marie Hennessey
  • Multicomponent fiber with polyarylene sulfide component
    Patent number: 7998577
    Abstract: This invention relates to a multicomponent fiber having an exposed outer surface, comprising at least a first component of polyarylene sulfide polymer, and at least a second component of a thermoplastic polymer free of polyarylene sulfide polymer, wherein said thermoplastic polymer forms the entire exposed surface of the multicomponent fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Paul Ellis Rollin, Jr., Xun Ma, Bruce A. Yost
  • System, apparatus and method for correcting vision with an adaptive optic
    Patent number: 7997733
    Abstract: An electro-active spectacle lens is disclosed. The disclosed lens includes a first lens optic. The disclosed lens also includes a first electro-active zone positioned in a cooperative relationship with the first lens optic. In certain embodiments, the electro-active lens includes a range finder positioned in a cooperative relationship with the electro-active lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: e-Vision, LLC
    Inventors: Ronald D. Blum, Dwight P. Duston, Dan Katzman
  • Mutant arabinose promoter for inducible gene expression
    Patent number: 7998702
    Abstract: An L-arabinose inducible expression system comprising a mutant arabinose promoter. This system exhibits an increase in heterologous protein production upon induction with L-arabinose and comprises a mutant araB promoter and an AraC transcription binding region. This system retains the tight regulatory control characteristic of the wild type arabinose operon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Tanja Maria Gruber, Lisa L. Huang
  • Low shrinkage, dyeable MPD-I yarn
    Patent number: 7998575
    Abstract: The invention relates to a continuous dry spinning process for preparing a fiber from a polymer solution having concentrations of polymer, salt, solvent and water. After the fiber is extruded and quenched, the fiber is placed in contact with a conditioning solution comprising concentrations of solvent, salt, and water. The conditioning solution acts upon the fiber to plasticize the fiber prior to being drawn. The conditioning solution has concentrations of solvent, salt, and water so that the fiber is plasticized to the extent necessary for drawing but does not plasticize the fiber to such an extent as to re-dissolve the fiber into a polymeric solution. A heat-treated fiber manufactured from this process has improved shrinkage and can be colored to darker shades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Mark H. Headinger, Edgar N. Rudisill, David W. Luckey
  • Method and apparatus for managing a contact list
    Patent number: 8001133
    Abstract: A method of managing a contact list in a communication system includes: a) in response to user manipulation, generating a contact identification (ID) representing a contact person in the communication system, and presenting the contact ID on the contact list; b) keeping track of a contact frequency between the user and the contact person; c) selecting an attribute in accordance with the contact frequency; and d) presenting the attribute on the contact list, such that the attribute is associated with the contact ID. An apparatus for managing a contact list in a communication system is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: E-Ten Information Systems Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Po-Chun Chen
  • Glyphosate-N-acetyltransferase (GAT) genes
    Patent number: 7998703
    Abstract: Proteins are provided herein, including proteins capable of catalyzing the acetylation of glyphosate and other structurally related proteins. Also provided are polynucleotides capable of encoding these proteins, compositions that include one or more of these proteins and/or polynucleotides, recombinant cells and transgenic plants comprising these compounds, diversification methods involving the compounds, and methods of using the compounds. Some of the methods and compounds provided herein can be used to render an organism, such as a plant, resistant to glyphosate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignees: Verdia, Inc., Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., E.I. DuPont De Nemours
    Inventors: Linda A. Castle, Dan Siehl, Lorraine Giver, Jeremy Minshull, Cristina Ivy, Yong Hong Chen, Phillip A. Patten, Rebecca Gorton, Nicholas B. Duck, Billy Fred McCutchen, Roger Kemble
  • Vortex waste separator apparatus
    Patent number: 7998251
    Abstract: A vortex separator for drawing a substantially moisture-free airstream from a waste stream having an annular channel defining a first vortex flow path for separating liquid and solid waste from this waste stream and preferably a filter unit with an inverted conical cavity between nested inverted cones defining a second vortex flow path that is isolated from the first vortex flow path for separating additional liquid and solid waste from the waste stream before it exits the vortex separator. In preferred embodiments, the separator includes a removable filter unit cartridge positioned within the outer cone and a helix isolator to respectively make use of the separator more convenient to use and more efficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Pondelick, Christopher Hardwick, Derek Vaughan, Thao Hoang, Michael Funk
  • Derivatized 3,4-alkylenedioxythiophene monomers, methods of making them, and use thereof
    Patent number: 7999121
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of making derivatized 3,4-alkylenedioxythiophene monomers and methods of using the 3,4-alkylenedioxythiophene monomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Shawn Yeisley, Charles J. Dubois, Che-Hsiung Hsu, Steven W. Shuey, Yulong Shen, Hjalti Skulason
  • Methods for driving electrophoretic displays using dielectrophoretic forces
    Patent number: 7999787
    Abstract: A dielectrophoretic display has a substrate having walls defining a cavity, the cavity having a viewing surface and a side wall inclined to the viewing surface. A fluid is contained within the cavity; and a plurality of particles are present in the fluid. There is applied to the substrate an electric field effective to cause dielectrophoretic movement of the particles so that the particles occupy only a minor proportion of the viewing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventors: Karl R. Amundson, Alexi C. Arango, Joseph M. Jacobson, Thomas H. Whitesides, Michael D. McCreary, Richard J. Paolini, Jr.
  • Oscillatory drive
    Patent number: 7997586
    Abstract: The invention relates to an oscillatory drive having an output shaft that can be driven to perform a rotationally oscillating movement about its longitudinal axis and that comprises a free end, a holding fixture at the free end of the output shaft comprising a contact surface for attachment of a tool, a mounting section on the holding fixture, raised relative to the contact surface, that projects to the outside in the direction of the longitudinal axis and that is designed for form-locking connection with a mounting opening of a tool placed in contact with the contact surface, and having a securement for fixing the tool with its mounting opening on the holding fixture, the securement permitting the tool to yield in axial direction under the action of a torque, against a pre-stress, and the mounting section permitting the tool to rotate by a certain angle of rotation when the tool gives way axially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: C. & E. Fein GmbH
    Inventors: Rolf Ziegler, Uwe Frueh, Adolf Hecht