Patents Assigned to E
  • Voice-enabled mobile phone fixed line conversion apparatus
    Publication number: 20040097198
    Abstract: A voice-enabled mobile phone fixed line conversion apparatus and particularly a conversion apparatus that enables a fixed line telephone to use mobile phones and has calling identification function mainly includes a conversion device connecting respectively to a fixed telephone line and a mobile phone. The conversion device consists of a microprocessor, a fixed line/mobile phone switch unit, a DTMF decoding unit, a caller identification voice unit, a fixed line detection unit and a mobile phone communication interface. The apparatus allows a fixed line telephone to take phone calls from mobile phones and hear the telephone number of the incoming phone calls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2002
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Applicant: E-Lead Electronic Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Stephen Chen
  • ELECTROPHORETIC MEDIA CONTAINING SPECULARLY REFLECTIVE PARTICLES
    Publication number: 20040094422
    Abstract: An electrophoretic medium (100) comprises at least one type of particle (108) suspended in a suspending fluid (106) and capable of moving therethrough on application of an electric field to the medium, the particles (108) including at least one electrophoretically mobile specularly reflective particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Applicant: E INK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anthony Edward Pullen, Gregg M. Duthaler, Karl R. Amundson, Benjamin Max Davis
  • Anti-theft and two-way communication apparatus for vehicles
    Publication number: 20040095229
    Abstract: An anti-theft and two-way communication apparatus for vehicles and particularly an apparatus capable of examining incoming phone numbers to prevent vehicle theft. The apparatus mainly consists of a communication module and a vehicle anti-theft module. A fixed line or wireless telephone with a preset phone number may be dialed to the communication module to set or release the vehicle anti-theft module thereby to greatly reduce vehicle theft. The signals of the incoming phone number are generated by communication systems thus cannot be forged or replicated illegitimately, and can prevent replication by burglars during the remote control operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2002
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Applicant: E-Lead Electronic Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Stephen Chen
  • Fragrant ornament
    Publication number: 20040096603
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fragrant ornament that releases fragrance only when people who use the ornament change the shape of the ornament by pulling, kneading and squashing. Also, the present invention comprises a fragrant ornament having a fragrance container, which is made of elastic material and has fragrance release pores that completely or approximately hold the aromatic substance inside and generally release fragrance when the shape of the fragrance container is changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Applicant: e-anthree systems INC.
    Inventor: Yasushi Enguchi
  • Passenger seat meal tray assembly and passenger seat
    Publication number: 20040094998
    Abstract: A meal tray assembly including a meal tray for being mounted for movement between a stowage position flush against a seat back and a lowered, horizontal use position. A latch access port extends through the meal tray from the top side to the bottom side thereof. A latch is carried on the seat back for cooperation with the latch access port in the meal tray. The latch is mounted for movement between a release position wherein the latch is extendable through the latch access port for permitting movement of the meal tray to and from the stowage position and the use position, and a locking position wherein the latch locks the meal tray in the stowage position against the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Applicant: B/E AEROSPACE, INC.
    Inventors: John Williamson, John H. Pratt
  • Titanium chelate dispersions
    Patent number: 6737485
    Abstract: A composition and a process for producing the composition are disclosed. The composition comprises a titanium chelate polymer and a stabilizer. The process can comprise (1) contacting a tetraalkyl titanate with a chelating agent to produce a product mixture comprising a titanium chelate and an alcohol; (2) contacting the product mixture with water under a condition effective to produce a dispersion of a titanium chelate polymer; (3) optionally reducing the alcohol content of the dispersion; and (4) contacting the dispersion with a stabilizing amount of a stabilizer to produce a stable dispersion of titanium chelate polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Jerry Dale St. Clair, Thomas W. DelPesco
  • Glass laminates having improved structural integrity against severe impacts
    Patent number: 6737151
    Abstract: This invention comprises a glazing element having a transparent laminate secured to a structural support, and a process for preparing the same. The laminate comprises at least one layer of glass having self-adhered directly to the layer of glass a layer of thermoplastic polymer having low haze, wherein the layer of thermoplastic polymer is attached to the structural support along the edges of the laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Charles Anthony Smith
  • Low gloss powder coatings
    Patent number: 6737467
    Abstract: Powder coating compositions containing 5 to 60 wt % of spherical or near spherical particles having a median diameter of greater than 10, and most preferably of greater than 15 microns exhibit lower gloss without undesirable side effects such as loss of coating flow or creation of an “orange peel” effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Owen H. Decker, M. Aaron Sparks
  • Aminonitrile production
    Patent number: 6737540
    Abstract: Provided is a selective hydrogenation process for producing aminonitriles by contacting the corresponding dinitriles with a hydrogen-containing fluid in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst, a solvent and a fluoride additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: E. I. Dupont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Alex Sergey Ionkin
  • Hitless tunable wavelength filters
    Patent number: 6738543
    Abstract: A hitless wavelength selective optical device includes a first thermo-optic switch (TOS), a second TOS, a first waveguide, a second waveguide, a third waveguide, a heating element and a control unit. The first TOS includes receives a wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) signal at a first port of the first TOS. The second TOS provides at least one channel of the WDM signal at a first port of the second TOS. The first waveguide is coupled between second ports of the first and second TOS. The second waveguide includes a tunable filter that reflects a selected channel from the received WDM signal and coupled between the third ports of the first and second TOS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Karl W. Beeson, Lawrence W. Shacklette, Manish Sharma, Han Zou
  • Multiple threat penetration resistant articles
    Patent number: 6737368
    Abstract: The present invention relates to multiple threat penetration resistant articles. The articles include, in order, fabric layers, polymer impregnated fabric layers, and woven fabric layers. The articles can additionally include tightly woven fabric layers which define the strike face of the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Minshon J. Chiou
  • Method for electrophoretically immersion-enameling substrates that have edges
    Patent number: 6736950
    Abstract: Method of electro-dipcoating while reducing edge migration on stoving by 1) electro-deposition of a coating layer from an electrically depositable coating composition containing a heat-curable binder system having a content of olefinically unsaturated double bonds that are radically polymerisable under UV irradiation, on an electrically conductive substrate having edges, 2) UV irradiation of at least part of the electrically deposited coating layer, avoiding complete curing, 3) complete curing of the electrically deposited coating layer by stoving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Klausjörg Klein, Walter Kühhiri, Siegfried Kuphal
  • Miniature implantable connectors
    Patent number: 6738672
    Abstract: The invention discloses methods of making electrical connections in living tissue between an electrically conductive wire and an implantable miniature device. The device may either stimulate muscles or nerves in the body or detect signals and transmit these signals outside the body or transmit the signals for use at another location within the body. The device is comprised of an electrically insulating or electrically conductive case with at least one electrode for transmitting electrical signals. The electrodes and the wire-electrode connections are protected from the aggressive environment within the body to avoid corrosion of the electrode and to avoid damage to the living tissue surrounding the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research
    Inventors: Joseph H. Schulman, Kate E. Fey, Charles L. Byers, Yitzhak Zilberman, Robert D. Dell
  • Stretch slipcovers
    Patent number: 6736453
    Abstract: Upholstery stretch slipcovers are constructed from fabric having sufficient elastic recovery force so that the covers require no additional fabric to hold the slipcovers in place or to maintain a substantial absence of wrinkles in the slipcovers. The stretch slipcovers are particularly useful for chairs having separate back and seat cushions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co.
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Chambers, John Gorcyca, Geoffrey D. Hietpas
  • Polyhydroxyalkanoate levels as an indicator of bioreactor health
    Patent number: 6737263
    Abstract: A method has been developed to monitor the health of an activated sludge environment in a wastewater process comprising monitoring the levels of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) produced and correlating those levels with various selected sample parameters. In general, levels of PHA in excess of about 15% to about 20% dry weight of the biomass is an indication that the biocatalytic efficiency of the wastewater treatment process is impaired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Dominic A. Dragotta, Vasantha Nagarajan, Stuart M. Thomas
  • Microencapsulated electrophoretic electrostatically addressed media for drawing device applications
    Patent number: 6738050
    Abstract: A display includes an encapsulated display media, a rear electrode, and a movable electrode. The encapsulated display media comprises a plurality of capsules, each capsule comprising a plurality of particles dispersed in a fluid. The display media has a first surface and a second surface. The rear electrode is disposed adjacent the second surface of the display media. The movable electrode and the rear electrode apply an electric field across the display media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventors: Barrett Comiskey, Jonathan D. Albert, Joseph M. Jacobson, Russell J. Wilcox, Paul Drzaic
  • Ester-modified dicarboxylate polymers
    Patent number: 6737481
    Abstract: A polymer comprising poly(alkylene-co-dianhydrosugar ester) dicarboxylate and its preparation by reacting an alkylene diol, terephthalic acid, and a moiety of formula 1 X-Ia-(A-I)n-Ab-X  Formula 1 wherein: A is the ester residue from an anhydrosugar alcohol or dianhydrosugar alcohol, I is the ester residue from a diacid or its dialkyl esters, X is H when linked to an A residue, OH when linked to an I residue derived from a dibasic acid, and OR when linked to an I residue derived from a dialkyl ester of the dibasic acid, R is a C1-C4 straight or branched chain alkyl group, a and b are independently 0 or 1, and n is 1 to 10 is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Joseph V. Kurian, Yuanfeng Liang
  • Phosphonite ligands and their use in hydrocyanation
    Patent number: 6737539
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are processes for hydrocyanation and isomerization of olefins by using at least one multidentate phosphonite ligands, including organometallic phosphonite ligands with a Group VIII metal or Group VIII metal compound, and optionally, a Lewis acid promoter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: E. I. DuPont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Christian P. Lenges, Helen S. M. Lu, Joachim C. Ritter
  • Fluid mixing unit, particularly for mixing diagnostic or medical fluids along biomedical lines
    Publication number: 20040092905
    Abstract: A fluid mixing unit insertable along conveyance and/or distribution lines, particularly for mixing diagnostic or medical fluids or the like along biomedical lines, comprising a body that is internally hollow and is provided with at least one pair of intake ports for introducing two fluids to be mixed, which are associable with respective feeder devices, and a discharge port for discharging the mixture of the two fluids, which is associable with an outflow device, and a duct for the flow and mixing of the two fluids that is formed in the body and is connected to the intake ports and to the discharge port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Applicant: SIDAM DI AZZOLINI GRAZIANO E C.S.A.S.
    Inventor: Graziano Azzolini
  • Rear electrode structures for electrophoretic displays
    Publication number: 20040090415
    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: November 5, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Applicant: E-Ink Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Albert, Barret Comiskey, Joseph Jacobson