Patents Assigned to E
-
Patent number: 9926430Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of mixtures of monoesters and diesters as coalescing agents. Monoesters and diesters according to the present invention were obtained by ethoxylation of fatty acids, and/or by direct esterification of fatty acids with monoethylene glycol or polyethylene glycol. Fatty acids used in the present invention have 4 to 22 carbon atoms and can be saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched. In particular, the invention is directed to a composition of coalescing agents comprising: (i) mixtures of (RCOO(EO)nH) monoesters and diesters; and, (ii) mixtures of (RCOO(EO)nH) monoesters and diesters obtained from the ethoxylation of fatty acids, and/or direct esterification of fatty acids with ethylene glycol derivatives, and/or transesterification, wherein the monoesters are present in an amount of 90 to 10 mass % and diesters are present in an amount of 10 to 90 mass %.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2012Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: OXITENO S.A. INDUSTRIA E COMERCIOInventors: Juliane Pereira Santos, Flavio Fumio Nakashima, Fabio Rosa, Nadia Andrade Armelin, Andre Luis Conde Da Silva, Gilberto Alberto Silva
-
Patent number: 9919461Abstract: The use of thermoplastic polymers for the preparation of injection-molded articles and the resulting articles are described. Also described, is the use of a lubricated polyamide, obtained by means of the addition of at least one lubricant during the polyamide polymerization method, for the preparation of injection-molded articles.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2011Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: RHODIA POLIAMIDA E ESPECIALIDADES LTDAInventors: Gisela Perez Gesteira, Olivier Chaubet, Thomas Canova, Guainumbi Medeiros, Suzana Kupidlowski
-
Patent number: 9919575Abstract: A device for reversing chiller airflow in an aircraft galley includes an air bypass port connected between a supply airflow duct and a return airflow duct, and an air recirculation bypass flap is movable between a closed position allowing normal airflow circulation through the supply airflow duct and an open position blocking the supply airflow duct and diverting chilled supply airflow to the return airflow duct for recirculation. The air recirculation bypass flap is electrically actuated by a solenoid responsive to a bay door position detector.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2014Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.Inventor: Peter John Leslie Burd
-
Patent number: 9922603Abstract: The invention relates to electrophoretic layers containing at least five different particles, and to driving methods for displaying at least five, and in some embodiments, six different colors at each pixel or sub-pixel.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: E INK CALIFORNIA, LLCInventor: Craig Lin
-
Patent number: 9920414Abstract: A method for producing a ceramic layer on a surface formed from a Ni base alloy, includes the following steps: producing on the surface a ceramic layer containing ZrO2 as a main constituent; producing a gas phase having a temperature in the range from 400 to 900° C., in which a vapor formed from a salt melt with the components alkali chloride, alkali sulphate and ZnCl2 is contained in a carrier gas formed from an inert gas with an addition from 0.5 to 10% by weight HCl; and bringing the ceramic layer into contact with the gas phase for a period of time that is sufficient for an intermediate layer having a thickness of at least 0.1 ?m to form between the ceramic layer and the surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2013Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E. V.Inventors: Karl Thomas Fehr, Yaping Ye, Gerhard Wolf
-
Patent number: 9919021Abstract: The present application presents novel peptidomimetic substituted hydroxyethylene compounds, which are inhibitors of beta amyloid cleavage enzyme, capable to permeate the brain and to achieve therapeutic concentrations in the target organ, the brain. These compounds are incorporated in pharmaceutical compositions and applied in the treatment or prophylaxis of neurological disorders or conditions and also other disorders or conditions including Down's syndrome and diabetes.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: IBET—INSTITUTO DE BIOLOGIA EXPERIMENTAL E TECNOLÓGICAInventors: Helder Joao Ferreira Vila Real, Ana Luisa Ferreira Simplicio, Olga Iranzo Casanova, Christopher David Maycock
-
Patent number: 9920316Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided which employ a silencing element that, when ingested by a pest, such as a Coleopteran plant pest or a Diabrotica plant pest, decrease the expression of a target sequence in the pest. In specific embodiments, the decrease in expression of the target sequence controls the pest and thereby the methods and compositions are capable of limiting damage to a plant. The present invention provides various target polynucleotides set forth in any one of SEQ ID NOS: disclosed herein, (but not including the forward and reverse primers.) or active variants and fragments thereof, or complements thereof, wherein a decrease in expression of one or more of the sequences in the target pest controls the pest (i.e., has insecticidal activity). Further provided are silencing elements which when ingested by the pest decrease the level of the target polypeptide and thereby control the pest. In specific embodiments, the pest is D. virgifera virgifera, D. barberi, D. virgifera zeae, D. speciosa, D.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignees: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC., E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: Xu Hu, James Presnail, Nina Richtman, Scott Diehn, Michelle Van Allen, Lisa Procyk
-
Patent number: 9920834Abstract: A park lock having an actuator assembly for pivoting a pawl relative to a dog ring. The actuator assembly has a first linear actuator, a locking mechanism, a first biasing spring and a second linear actuator. The first linear actuator has a first output member that is movable along a movement axis that is parallel to a pivot axis of the pawl. The locking mechanism is configured to selectively couple the first output member and a cam for common movement along the movement axis. The first biasing spring is configured to move the cam along the movement axis relative to the first output member when the locking mechanism decouples the cam from the first output member. The second linear actuator is configured to move the cam along the movement axis and against the first biasing spring when the cam is decoupled from the first output member.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: e-AAM Driveline Systems ABInventors: Erik J. Sten, Tomas Bäfver
-
Patent number: 9919172Abstract: Systems and methods for determining the accuracy of a foam addition system on a firefighting vehicle are disclosed. The methods may include measuring the amount of a test water stream flowing through a foam metering device.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: E-One, Inc.Inventors: Leroy C. Stephens, Rickie W. White, Jr.
-
Patent number: 9921422Abstract: Various types of edge seals for protecting electro-optic displays against environmental contaminants are described. In one type of seal, the electro-optic layer is sandwiched between a backplane and a protective sheet and a sealing material extends between the backplane and the protective sheet. In other seals, the protective sheet is secured to the backplane or to a second protective sheet adjacent the backplane. The electro-optic layer can also be sealed between two layers of adhesive or between one layer of adhesive and the backplane. Other seals make use of flexible tapes extending around the periphery of the display.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: E Ink CorporationInventors: Guy M. Danner, Shamus Ford Patry, Charles Howie Honeyman, Thomas H. Whitesides, Michael D. McCreary, Gregg M. Duthaler
-
Patent number: 9920030Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formulae 1, 1A, 1B and 1C including all geometric and stereoisomers, N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R4a1, R4a2, A, Aa, G, M, W, Z1, Z3, X, J, J1 and n are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling plant disease caused by a fungal pathogen comprising applying an effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: Robert James Pasteris, Mary Ann Hanagan
-
Patent number: 9922862Abstract: A device for detaching a first substrate from a second substrate in a detaching direction (L) with: at least two elements guided crosswise to the detaching direction (L) and in a radial direction (R) to the first substrate for clamping the first substrate crosswise to the detaching direction (L), a substrate holding device for holding the second substrate, and detaching means for detaching the first substrate from the second substrate by moving the first substrate, attached by the clamping elements, in the detaching direction (L) and/or by moving the substrate holding device opposite to the detaching direction (L). In addition, this invention relates to a corresponding method.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2014Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: EV GROUP E. THALLNER GMBHInventor: Andreas Fehkuhrer
-
Patent number: 9918485Abstract: Soy protein products obtained from high oleic soybeans, wherein such products, have improved whiteness, reduced viscosity and reduced gel-strength, are described. Use of such products in food, beverage and animal feed are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: Susan Knowlton, Charles T Blaisdell
-
Patent number: 9921835Abstract: The present solution targets independent or inter-dependent resource management scenarios such as multi-sensor and other scenarios of possible process/component sharing, intended for individual or group synchronized core task management as part of a flexible long-term solution for monitoring, self-calibration, built-in self-testing, measurements and/or group synchronization dependant strategies. An extension to I2C compatible instruments is described. Disclosed is a module comprising an interpreter sub-module, for receiving and responding to I2C sequences and a register bank module comprising a plurality of registers for storing values. The disclosed module and method of operation can be used for initialization, measurement, and resource management through mixed-signal analog bus scheduling, synchronization and group addressing for built-in calibration strategies for example.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: INESC TEC—INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA DE SISTEMAS E COMPUTADORES, TECNOLOGIA E CIÃ?NCIAInventors: José Alberto Peixoto Machado Da Silva, Miguel Fernando Paiva Velhote Correia, António José Salazar Escobar
-
Patent number: 9919801Abstract: Disclosed is a foot well divider for adjacent parallel passenger seats, having a movable structure adapted to be hinged to a static structure positioned between first and second adjacent parallel passenger suites, the movable structure configured to pivot between a first position separating foot well space of the first suite from foot well space of the second suite, and a second position connecting the foot well spaces of the first and second suites. In certain aspects, the movable structure is a foot well divider in an aircraft foot well.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.Inventors: Jayson C. Simeon, Nathan E. Careless, Steven K. Brown, Nathan P. Wang, Mark W. Foohey, Heather D. Benoit, Daniel J. Yee, Jens P. Johnson, Terry L. Branson
-
Patent number: 9919803Abstract: In a preferred embodiment, an aircraft passenger seat base frame can include spaced left and right spreaders supporting a seat pan and a seatback. Additionally, a front transverse structural member and a rear transverse structural member can each interconnect with the left and right spreaders. An in-flight entertainment component compartment defined in the seat pan at least in part by placement of the front transverse structural member and the rear transverse structural member can enclose an in-flight entertainment component, wherein the front transverse structural member is positioned for aligning in a vertical plane with at least a portion of the in-flight entertainment component, and the rear transverse structural member is positioned for aligning in a horizontal plane with at least a portion of the in-flight entertainment component.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: B/E AEROSPACE, INC.Inventors: Alexander Nicholas Pozzi, Benjamin D. Stephens, Mark A. Kruse, Francis X. Garing
-
Patent number: 9921451Abstract: An electrophoretic medium comprises a fluid, a first, light scattering particle (typically white) and second, third and fourth particles having three subtractive primary colors (typically magenta, cyan and yellow); at least two of these colored particles being non-light scattering. The first and second particles bear polymer coatings such that the electric field required to separate an aggregate formed by the third and the fourth particles is greater than that required to separate an aggregate formed from any other two types of particles. Methods for driving the medium to produce white, black, magenta, cyan, yellow, red, green and blue colors are also described.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: E Ink CorporationInventors: Stephen J. Telfer, Stephen Bull, Jennifer M. Morrison, Luke M. Slominski, David Darrell Miller, Olga Vladimirovna Barykina-Tassa, Lee Yezek, Brandon MaCDonald, Kosta Ladavac, Craig A. Herb
-
Patent number: 9920559Abstract: An adjustable sliding privacy screen for a premium class passenger suite may include a guide rail mounted to a wall partition. The adjustable sliding privacy screen may also include a yaw and roll adjustment bracket slidingly attached to the guide rail and to the screen. The yaw and roll adjustment bracket may include a flanged adjustment screw for adjusting the yaw and roll of the screen and a locking screw for securing the yaw and roll adjustment of the screen. The screen may also include a ball joint adjustment bracket slidingly attached to the guide rail and to the screen. The ball joint adjustment bracket may include a ball joint and adjustment screw for adjusting the pitch of the screen and a locking nut for securing the pitch adjustment of the screen. The device of the present invention thus allows for the adjustment of the yaw, roll, and pitch of the screen.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.Inventors: David J. Druckman, Ian L. Frost
-
Patent number: 9920039Abstract: The present invention relates to new oxazolidinone compounds of general formula (I) having antibiotic activity even against multiresistant bacterial strains (I).Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2014Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignees: UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO—BICOCCA, ISTITUTO EURO MEDITERRANEO DI SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIAInventors: Rosario Musumeci, Clementina Elvezia Anna Cocuzza, Cosimo Gianluca Fortuna, Andrea Pace, Antonio Palumbo Piccionello
-
Patent number: 9919553Abstract: The present invention is directed to an embossing tool having a microstructure on its surface wherein the surface of the embossing tool has a thin layer of gold or an alloy thereof. Such an embossing tool not only can reduce adhesion between the surface of the embossing tool and a cured material, but also does not cause any significant change to the profile of the microstructure.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: E INK CALIFORNIA, LLCInventors: Yih-Ming Kang, Du Quy Le, Hanan Liu, Yu Li, Donald A. Schultz