Patents by Inventor Bruce Bryant

Bruce Bryant has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Use of the irritating principal oleocanthal in olive oil, as well as structurally and functionally similar compounds
    Patent number: 8586632
    Abstract: The invention provides oleocanthal analogs and methods of using oleocanthals in various formulations including, food additives; pharmaceuticals; cosmetics; animal repellants; and discovery tools for mammalian irritation receptor genes, gene products, alleles, splice variants, alternate transcripts and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignees: Monell Chemical Senses Center, The Trustees of The University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Catherine Peyrot Des Gachons, Jeffrey B. Sperry, Bruce Bryant, Paul A. S. Breslin, Amos B. Smith, III, Gary K. Beauchamp
  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR STIMULATING A FELIDAE T1R RECEPTOR
    Publication number: 20130209625
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods for stimulating the T1R1/T1R3 receptor comprising contacting the receptor with pyrophosphate and one or more amino acids. Also provided, is a Felidae food product comprising pyrophosphate and one or more amino acids. Methods for determining the pyrophosphate-augmented activity of a test compound on the T1R1/T1R3 receptor are also described, as well as methods for adjusting the food formulation for Felidae.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicants: MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER, SPECIALITES PET FOOD
    Inventors: Joseph G. Brand, Bruce Bryant
  • Control unit heat management
    Patent number: 8206204
    Abstract: A method of cooling an engine control unit (ECU) coupled to an engine in a vehicle having a cabin climate control system, comprising operating the vehicle cabin climate control system according to a customer-based climate control setting during a first operating condition, and overriding said customer-based setting during a second operating condition including an ECU over-temperature condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Bruce Bryant, Suresh Sureshbabu, Michiel J. van Nieuwstadt
  • USE OF THE IRRITATING PRINCIPAL OLEOCANTHAL IN OLIVE OIL, AS WELL AS STRUCTURALLY AND FUNCTIONALLY SIMILAR COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20110020424
    Abstract: The invention provides oleocanthal analogs and methods of using oleocanthals in various formulations including, food additives; pharmaceuticals; cosmetics; animal repellants; and discovery tools for mammalian irritation receptor genes, gene products, alleles, splice variants, alternate transcripts and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Catherine Peyrot Des Gachons, Jeffrey B. Sperry, Bruce Bryant, Paul A.S. Breslin, Amos B. Smith, III, Gary K. Beauchamp
  • Control Unit Heat Management
    Publication number: 20080076342
    Abstract: A method of cooling an engine control unit (ECU) coupled to an engine in a vehicle having a cabin climate control system, comprising of operating the vehicle cabin climate control system according to a customer-based climate control setting during a first operating condition, and overriding said customer-based setting during a second operating condition including an ECU over-temperature condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventors: Bruce Bryant, Suresh Sureshbabu, Michiel J. van Nieuwstadt
  • Heat management for control unit
    Patent number: 7240660
    Abstract: A method of reducing heat generated in a fuel injector driver controlled by an engine control unit (ECU) of a vehicle engine, the injector coupled to the engine, the method comprising of varying a number of fuel injector injections in an engine cycle as a temperature of the ECU varies, where during a first ECU temperature condition said injector performs a first number of injections in an engine cycle, said first number being at least two injections, and during a second temperature condition higher than said first temperature condition said injector performs a second number of injections less than said first number of injection in an engine cycle, said second number being at least one injection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Bruce Bryant, Michiel J. van Nieuwstadt, Suresh Sureshbabu