Patents Assigned to E
  • Video monitoring device
    Patent number: 7202904
    Abstract: A video monitoring device is constructed to include a casing formed of a hollow bottom shell and a top cover, which covers the bottom shell and is horizontally rotatable on the bottom shell, a camera turnable about a horizontal pivot at the top cover, and a driver mounted inside the bottom shell and controlled to rotate the top cover and the camera horizontally on the bottom shell and to turn the cameral vertically about the horizontal pivot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: E-Benk Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: David Wei
  • Fragrance emitting compositions and products
    Patent number: 7202201
    Abstract: Compositions and products for emitting fragrance include at least one fragrance, perlite, and sodium silicate or water glass. Compositions used to make urinal blocks and other products may further include at least one of: lime (calcium oxide), gypsum, enzymes and colorant agents. Chlorophyl and alfalfa may also be included, as well as calcium chloride, sodium chloride, potassium chloride, bicarbonate of soda, sodium sulfate, sodium talloate, nonionic surfactants, ethyl alcohol, hexylene glycol (1-hexene) ethylene glycol, propylene glycol and isopropyl alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: H. E. Dan Bunch
    Inventor: Thomas L. Williams
  • Chalcone synthase
    Patent number: 7202397
    Abstract: An isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a chalcone synthase is disclosed. Construction of a recombinant DNA construct encoding all or a portion of the chalcone synthase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the recombinant DNA construct results in production of altered levels of the chalcone synthase in a transformed host cell are also discussed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Alexandre da Silva Conceicao, Leslie T. Harvell
  • Lighting apparatus
    Publication number: 20070076415
    Abstract: The present invention provides a lighting apparatus with an elongated housing which accommodates a light source. The housing may be pivoted to rotate between a stored position and a deployed position. The housing may be maintained at a plurality of desired positions within its range of rotation. In addition, according to a feature of the invention, the elongated housing may be relatively rigid, yet also articulated, so that it can flex transversely in response to an applied force. In an embodiment, the housing may be provided with a swivel portion that can be used to change the direction of the light. Various electrical features may be provided as well, such as a brightness control feature and an auto-off feature that switches off the light in the stowed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Applicant: B/E AEROSPACE, INC.
    Inventors: John Chou, Glenn Schmidt, Samuel Zeng, Amy Grumet-Avallone, Thomas Greenfield, Jennifer Gloisten
  • Light fixture for an LED-based aircraft lighting system
    Patent number: 7198387
    Abstract: A light fixture for housing LED units is provided. The light fixture has a housing that has a substantially H-shaped cross section. The housing has a crossbar with a series of mesas defined on its upper surface. A group of LED units is attached to each of the series of mesas, each LED unit being attached with a thin layer of adhesive. The LED units are electrically insulated from the housing by either the adhesive, which may be electrically insulating, or by an electrically insulating coating on the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer L. Gloisten, Tolek Pawelko
  • Optical fiber
    Patent number: 7200310
    Abstract: Optical fiber capable of controlling attenuation losses caused by microbending on the signal transmitted thereby. The optical fiber comprises: a) an internal glass portion; b) a first coating layer of a first polymeric material surrounding said glass portion; and c) a second coating layer of a second polymeric material surrounding said first coating layer, wherein said first polymeric material has a hardening temperature lower than ?10° C., an equilibrium tensile modulus lower than 1.5 MPa, wherein said first coating layer has a thickness of from 18 ?m to 28 ?m and wherein said second coating layer has a thickness of from 10 ?m to 20 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Prysmian Cavi e Sistemi Energia S.r.l.
    Inventors: Giacomo Stefano Roba, Lidia Terruzzi, Sabrina Fogliani, Marco Arimondi, Sandra Joanna Nagelvoort, Johannes Adrianus Van Eekelen, Adrianus Gijsbertus Maria Abel, Gouke Dirk Jan Geus, Duurt Pleter Willem Alklma
  • Preparation of ()- and ()-2-methyl-2-butenoic acids
    Patent number: 7198926
    Abstract: A method has been developed to prepare (E)- and (Z)-2-methyl-2-butenoic acids (2M2BA) from a mixture of (E,Z)-2-methyl-2-butenenitriles (2M2BN) by the regioselective hydrolysis of (E)-2M2BN to (E)-2-methyl-2-butenoic acid (2M2BA) using enzyme catalysts having either a nitrilase activity or a combination of nitrile hydratase and amidase activities. The method provides high yields without significant conversion of (Z)-2M2BN to (Z)-2M2BA. The regioselective hydrolysis of (E)-2M2BN to (E)-2M2BA makes possible the facile separation of (E)-2M2BA from (Z)-2M2BN or (Z)-2-methyl-2-butenamide (2M2BAm), and the subsequent conversion of (Z)-2M2BN or (Z)-2M2BAm to (Z)-2M2BA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Michael G. Bramucci, Robert Dicosimo, John E. Gavagan, Mark S. Payne, Robert D. Fallon, Sarita Chauhan
  • Electroluminescent iridium compounds with fluorinated phenylpyridines, phenylprimidines, and phenylquinolines and devices made with such compounds
    Patent number: 7199392
    Abstract: The present invention is generally directed to electroluminescent Ir(III) compounds, the substituted 2-phenylpyridines, phenylpyrimidines, and phenylquinolines that are used to make the Ir(III) compounds, and devices that are made with the Ir(III) compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Vladimir Grushin, Viacheslav A. Petrov, Ying Wang, Daniel David Lecloux
  • Geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthases
    Patent number: 7199283
    Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase in a transformed host cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Rebecca E. Cahoon, Mark E. Williams
  • Liquid phase synthesis of methylene lactones using novel catalyst
    Patent number: 7199254
    Abstract: Process for converting certain lactones to their alpha-methylene derivatives in the liquid phase with both high conversion and selectivity using easily recoverable novel heterogeneous catalysts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Keith W. Hutchenson, Kostantinos Kourtakis, Leo Ernest Manzer
  • Chlorophyllases
    Patent number: 7199284
    Abstract: This invention relates to isolated polynucleotides encoding chlorophyllases. The invention also relates to the construction of recombinant DNA fragments comprising all or a portion of the isolated chlorophyllase-encoding polynucleotides, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the recombinant DNA fragment results in production of altered levels of chlorophyllase in a transformed host cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Edgar B. Cahoon, Rebecca E. Cahoon, Catherine J. Thorpe
  • Toughened thermoplastic polyamide compositions
    Patent number: 7199188
    Abstract: The present invention is a composition useful as an impact modifier for polyamide compositions. In one embodiment, impact modifiers of the present invention are ethylene maleic anhydride copolymers having at least 3% maleic anhydride functionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Richard T. Chou
  • Enzymatic production of glycolic acid
    Patent number: 7198927
    Abstract: Various methods are provided for the enzymatic production of glycolic acid from glycolonitrile. These methods include: 1) use of Acidovorax facilis 72W nitrilase mutants having improved nitrilase activity for converting glycolonitrile to glycolic acid, and 2) methods to improve catalyst stability and/or productivity. The methods to improve catalyst stability/productivity include use of reaction stabilizers, running the reactions under substantially oxygen free conditions, and controlling the concentration of substrate in the reaction mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Robert DiCosimo, Mark S. Payne, Anna Panova, Jeffrey Thompson, Daniel P. O'Keefe
  • Phosphorescent material
    Patent number: 7198730
    Abstract: A luminescent organometallic complex composition of matter, a method of preparing this composition of matter, and an electronic device built with this composition of matter. The composition includes: at least one transition metal that produces phosphorescent emission at room temperature, at least one first monoanionic bidentate ligand coordinated through a nitrogen on a heteroaromatic ring and a carbon, and at least one second ligand selected from a hydride and a ligand coordinated through a carbon atom which is part of an aromatic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Norman Herron, Nora Sabina Radu, Eric Maurice Smith, Ying Wang
  • Two component coating compositions containing highly branched copolyester polyol
    Patent number: 7199194
    Abstract: This invention relates to rapid curing coating compositions that are particularly useful for automotive OEM and refinish applications. The coating composition includes a binder component that contains a novel highly branched copolyester polyol, and a crosslinking component that contains conventional crosslinking agents, such as polyisocyanate and melamine. This invention is also directed to a process for producing coatings from the rapid curing coating compositions. These compositions are especially useful in providing for mar resistant and flexible coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Robert John Barsotti, Carl Brent Douglas, Laura A. Lewin, Isao Nagato, Lech Wilczek
  • Process for producing activated carbon
    Patent number: 7199080
    Abstract: A method of producing activated carbon comprising the steps of a) pyrolysing corn derivatives to generate char and b) activating the char to produce activated corn carbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignees: Ensyn Renewables, Inc., A E Staley Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Barry Freel, Gin Liaw, Cameron Ferguson
  • Method and apparatus for pricing a commodity
    Patent number: 7200572
    Abstract: A method of pricing a commodity involving selecting a predetermined market factor, determining at a first time period a first market condition, and providing a formula capable of comparing a predetermined market factor to a market condition to determine the existence of a favorable pricing condition. The method prices a first portion of the commodity when the application of the formula to the predetermined market factor and the first market condition indicates the existence of a first favorable pricing condition. The method prices a second portion of the commodity when the application of the formula to the predetermined market factor and a second market condition indicates the existence of a second favorable pricing condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: E-Markets, Inc.
    Inventor: Frank Beurskens
  • Horizontal rotary hook for sewing machine
    Patent number: 7197994
    Abstract: The present invention is a horizontal rotary hook for a sewing machine includes an inner bobbin case holder, an outer rotating hook made of a synthetic resin, a sliding surface formed on the rotating hock so as to be slid relative to the bobbin case holder with rotation of the rotating hook while an outer periphery of the bobbin case holder is placed on the rotating hook, an opening defined in an outer peripheral wall of the rotating hook so that a needle thread passes through the opening, and a beak mounted on an outer peripheral wall of the rotating hook for seizing a loop of the needle thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignees: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masakazu Takahashi, Shin Ota, Katsuhiro Kitajima, Toshio Abe
  • Structure for an adjustable support of monitor
    Patent number: 7198240
    Abstract: A structure for an adjustable support of monitor including a main body connected to a monitor at a front and a positioning apparatus on an inside for controlling up and down movements of the monitor; and a connecting device pivotally connected with the main body on a front and coupled at a rear to a fastening device connected to a car. The positioning device includes a positioning member for positioning the monitor; and a stop member for releasing the positioning member to make the positioning member to move.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: E-Lead Electronic Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tonny Chen
  • diacylglycerol acyltransferase for alteration of polyunsaturated fatty acids and oil content in oleaginous organisms
    Patent number: 7198937
    Abstract: An acyltransferase is provided, suitable for use in the manufacture of microbial oils enriched in omega fatty acids in oleaginous organisms. Specifically, the gene encoding diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT2) has been isolated from Mortierella alpina. This gene encodes an enzyme that participates in the terminal step in oil biosynthesis in fungi and yeast and is expected to play a key role in altering the quantity of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids produced in oils of oleaginous organisms. Most desirably, the substrate specificity of the instant DGAT2 will be particularly useful to enable accumulation of long-chain PUFAs having chain lengths equal to or greater than C20 in oleaginous yeast, such as Yarrowia lipolytica.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Zhixiong Xue, Narendra S. Yadav, Daniel Joseph Macool