Patents Assigned to E
  • METHOD FOR PROVIDING NANOWEB COMPOSITE MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20090047498
    Abstract: One aspect of the invention is a method for making a composite material comprising a porous support and a porous nanoweb comprising: (a) providing a porous support; (b) providing a gelling mixture comprising one or more solvent(s) and one or more organogelator(s); (c) applying the gelling mixture to the porous support; (d) inducing said organogelator(s) to form a nanoweb gel; and (e) removing the solvent(s) from the nanoweb gel to provide a dry porous nanoweb coating on said porous support; wherein the one or more solvent(s) is a supercritical fluid. Preferably the supercritical fluid is carbon dioxide. Other embodiments of the invention include a nanoweb composite provided by the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: E. I. duPont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Keith Ward Hutchenson, Matthew Arthur Page, Anilkumar Raghavanpillai, Stefan Reinartz, Cheryl Marie Stancik, Judith Johanna Van Gorp
  • ROUTING WITH VIRTUAL CHANNELS
    Publication number: 20090046727
    Abstract: An approach to introducing adaptive routing into a communication approach for passing messages between nodes over links between the nodes includes forming virtual channels over the links of the system and defining a deterministic routing function over the virtual channels such that the deterministic routing function is deadlock free. Adaptive routing is then permitted at nodes using the existing virtual channels by introducing a constraint on the available virtual channels used to forward communication that arrives at a node for a particular destination. The constraint on the virtual channels is such that the adaptive system is also deadlock free.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: D. E. Shaw Research, LLC
    Inventor: Brian Patrick Towles
  • ELECTROWETTING DISPLAYS
    Publication number: 20090046082
    Abstract: The performance of electro-wetting displays can be improved by: (a) providing a concealment member (112) which conceals the moving fluid (108) when that fluid (108) is confined to a small area; (b) using the moving fluid to cover one or more sections of a filter or reflector having differently-colored sections; (c) moving the moving fluid between the rear surface and a side surface of a microcell; (d) using as a substrate for a moving fluid a substrate resistant to wetting by the fluid but pierced by multiple conductive vias capped with a material wetted by the fluid; and (e) coloring the moving fluid with pigments or nanoparticles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: E INK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph M. Jacobson, Thomas H. Whitesides, Michael D. McCreary, Richard J. Paolini, JR., Richard M. Webber
  • PARTITION FOR ROOMS
    Publication number: 20090044468
    Abstract: Partition for rooms comprising a perimetral profile which can be rigidly secured by means of screws to the masonry work of the section inside which the partition is to be inserted and a base profile which can be fixed inside a seat of the perimetral profile. This base profile is symmetrical with respect to a longitudinal mid-plane and has at least two longitudinal channels arranged in mirror symmetry. Several accessory profiles are envisaged, said profiles being provided with feet which can be inserted into the longitudinal channels and can be fixed to the base profile by means of screws. The retaining portions of two profiles joined together define a central groove inside which a panel is fixed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2007
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: BOSCA ARREDI S.n.c. di Scapin Antonio e F.IIi
    Inventor: Luca Scapin
  • Method and apparatus for maintaining a uniform temperature in a refrigeration system
    Publication number: 20090044547
    Abstract: A refrigeration apparatus includes an air chiller, a storage enclosure defining a compartment, a duct system, and a valve system. The air chiller blows chilled air into the duct system. The compartment has a first and a second opening, each of which is coupled to the duct system. The valve system has valves that can be moved to route the chilled air so that it enters into the first opening and exits the second opening, or vice versa. In one implementation, the first opening is at the top of the compartment and the second opening is at the bottom of the compartment, and the valve system is controlled by a control circuit that periodically switches the valves (via an actuator) to change the direction of the chilled air. This effectively maintains a relatively uniform temperature throughout the compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventor: Ian Oswald
  • Rollers For Use With Watercraft Ports and Lifts
    Publication number: 20090044739
    Abstract: A roller for a floating watercraft port or lift is generally circular in radial cross-section and defines a diameter which decreasing from an axial center of the rollers to opposite ends of the rollers; such that the rollers are variable diameter rollers. In a variation, the rollers include circumferential grooves through which watercraft chines can glide. The rollers are received in roller sockets in the watercraft port or lift. The rollers rotate about an axle in the socket, and the sockets includes axle receiving channels which receive the roller axles. The roller axles and roller socket axle channels are sized and shaped such that the roller axles can be snap fitted into the axle channel to allow for removal of the roller from the socket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: E-Z-DOCK, INC.
    Inventors: Dustin Imel, Curtis Downs
  • Multi-layer light modulator
    Patent number: 7492497
    Abstract: A light modulator comprises a plurality of discrete variable transmission electro-optic layers arranged so that light will pass successively through the plurality of layers; the light modulator has a higher transmission range than any of the individual electro-optic layers separately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventors: Richard J. Paolini, Jr., Shamus Ford Patry
  • Mobile robotic device capable of collision detection
    Patent number: 7491112
    Abstract: A mobile robotic device capable of collision detection includes a base frame, two connecting rods pivotably mounted to the base frame for contact with the switches, two gearboxes slidably mounted at bilateral sides of the base frame respectively, two driving mechanisms connected with the gearboxes, two switches mounted to the base frame for generating signals, two springy members connected with the base frame and the connecting rods for keeping the gearboxes rebounding backward, two wheels mounted to the two gearboxes respectively, and a control system mounted to the base frame for receiving the signals from the switches and driving the driving mechanisms and thus driving clockwise or counterclockwise rotation of the wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: E-Supply Insternational Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hung-Kai Chen
  • Fibers and ribbons for use in the manufacture of solar cells
    Patent number: 7491442
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a process for the fabrication of features on a silicon wafer utilizing ribbons comprising organic polymer and inorganic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Alan Frederick Carroll, Christopher John Roach, Che-Hsiung Hsu
  • Enhanced electro-active lens system
    Patent number: 7490936
    Abstract: A lens system and optical devices that provide enhanced vision correction are disclosed. The lens system includes an electro-active layer that provides correction of at least one higher order aberration. The higher order correction changes dynamically based on a user of the lens system's needs, such as a change by the user's gaze distance, pupil size, or changes in tear film following blinking, among others. Optical devices are also described that use these and other lens systems to provide correction of higher order aberrations. An optical guide is also described that guides the user's line of sight to see through a lens region having a correction for a higher order aberration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: E-Vision LLC
    Inventors: Ronald Blum, William Kokonaski, Dwight P. Dusion
  • Two-piece type optical imaging lens
    Patent number: 7492528
    Abstract: A two-piece type optical imaging lens that includes a first lens element with positive refractive power, a second lens element with positive refractive power, an IR cut-off filter and an image sensor arranged along an optical axis in order from an object side. The first lens element and the second lens element are both meniscus aspherical molded glass lens while a convex surface of the first lens element is on the object side and a convex surface of the second lens is on the image side. The two-piece type optical imaging lens satisfies following conditions: 0.4f?d<0.9f, 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: E-Pin Optical Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: San-Woei Shyu
  • Methods for driving bistable electro-optic displays
    Patent number: 7492339
    Abstract: A bistable electro-optic display having at least one pixel is driven using a waveform V(t) such that: J = ? 0 T ? V ? ( t ) ? M ? ( T - t ) ? ? t (where T is the length of the waveform, the integral is over the duration of the waveform, V(t) is the waveform voltage as a function of time t, and M(t) is a memory function that characterizes the reduction in efficacy of the remnant voltage to induce dwell-time-dependence arising from a short pulse at time zero) is less than about 1 volt sec.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventor: Karl R. Amundson
  • MULTI-COLOR ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAYS AND MATERIALS FOR MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20090040594
    Abstract: Novel addressing schemes for controlling electronically addressable displays include a scheme for rear-addressing displays, which allows for in-plane switching of the display material. Other schemes include a rear-addressing scheme which uses a retroreflecting surface to enable greater viewing angle and contrast. Another scheme includes an electrode structure that facilitates manufacture and control of a color display. Another electrode structure facilitates addressing a display using an electrostatic stylus. Methods of using the disclosed electrode structures are also disclosed. Another scheme includes devices combining display materials with silicon transistor addressing structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: E INK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Albert, Barrett Comiskey, Joseph M. Jacobson, Libing Zhang, Andrew Loxley, Robert D. Feeney, Paul S. Drzaic, Ian D. Morrison
  • PYRROLYL COMPLEXES OF COPPER FOR COPPER METAL DEPOSITION
    Publication number: 20090042041
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of ligands and copper complexes useful in the deposition of copper via Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) and Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD), and the use of the copper complexes in ALD and CVD processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: E. I. duPont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Vladimir Grushin
  • LED device and back panel of liquid crystal display
    Publication number: 20090040418
    Abstract: A LED device of the present invention includes a substrate comprising a Cu and/or Al; a diamond-like carbon layer disposed on the substrate; an electric circuit formed on the diamond-like carbon layer; and a LED chip electrically connected to the electric circuit. The LED can be used as a light source of back light of liquid crystal display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: E. I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Shin-Ming Kao, Yu-Cheng Lin, Jaw-Shin Cheng
  • Electrode paste for plasma display panel and black bus electrode for plasma display panel
    Publication number: 20090039781
    Abstract: Described is an electrode paste for plasma display panel, which has a black pigment, a glass frit, an organic binder and a solvent, wherein the black pigment contains cobalt oxide (Co3O4) and copper-chromium-cobalt composite oxide (Cr—Cu—Co—O).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: E. I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Kazushige Ito, Ji-Yeon Lee, Hisashi Matsuno, Yong-Woo Cho
  • System and method for modeling market structures and processing market structure transactions over an electronic network
    Patent number: 7490060
    Abstract: A system for processing transaction data associated with a market transaction is provided that includes a pre-processor module configured to receive transaction data and to create objects associated with the transaction data, a marketspace module connected to the pre-processor module and configured to hold the objects, and an execution engine connected to the marketspace module and configured to retrieve the objects from the marketspace module and to match at least one object to at least another object (based upon the pluggable algorithm).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: IT&e Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Brown, Angela Chen, Thomas N. DeSouza
  • Solutions server
    Patent number: 7490061
    Abstract: Method and system for providing solutions to problems including generating problem definitions for problems, receiving environmental information required for generating solutions for the problems, generating solutions for the problems dependent upon the environmental information and the problem definitions, and communicating solutions to clients before the solutions are disclosed. A solution server comprising a processor coupled to at least one source of environmental information and coupled to at least one client, the processor programmed to generate problem definitions for problems, receive environmental information required for generating solutions for the problems, generate solutions for the problems dependent upon the environmental information and the problem definitions, and communicate solutions to clients before the solutions are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: E*Trade Financial Corporation
    Inventors: Omar Kathwari, Michael Bundy, Vladimir Goldfeld, Randy Prager
  • Copper(I) complexes and processes for deposition of copper films by atomic layer deposition
    Patent number: 7488435
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 1,3-diimine copper complexes and the use of 1,3-diimine copper complexes for the deposition of copper on substrates or in or on porous solids in an Atomic Layer Deposition process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Kyung-Ho Park
  • Multi-layer sheet having a weatherable surface layer
    Patent number: 7488399
    Abstract: A multi-layer sheet and a process for producing the sheet are disclosed. The sheet can comprise a first polymer layer comprising a weatherable film of polyvinyl fluoride (PVF) or polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) having an adhesive coating on one side; second pigmented polymer layer extruded onto the adhesive coating of the first polymer layer; and optionally a third extruded thermoformable polymer backing layer. The process can comprise combining a pigmented polymer onto the adhesive coating surface of the weatherable film of PVF or PVDF, passing the resulting structure into a nip of two rolls under pressure and subsequently an optional third thermoformable polymer backing layer is extruded or laminated onto the pigmented polymer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Benjamin Andrew Smillie