Patents by Inventor Elizabeth Beard

Elizabeth Beard 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).

  • Patent number: 11964994
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes a perovskite of A2BX4, where A includes an R-form of a chiral molecule of at least one of and/or an S-form of the chiral molecule, B includes a cation, X includes an anion, R1 includes a first carbon chain having between 2 and 5 carbon atoms, R2 includes at least one of a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a carboxylic acid group, an alkoxy group, and/or a second carbon chain, and R3 includes a third carbon chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Duke University
    Inventors: Matthew C. Beard, Haipeng Lu, Annalise Elizabeth Maughan, Joseph Jonathan Berry, Zeev Valentine Vardeny, Chuanxiao Xiao, Volker Wolfgang Blum, David Brian Mitzi
  • Patent number: 8191560
    Abstract: An upper rack vertical adjustment system for a dishwasher, including an upper rack first portion, and an upper rack second portion rotatably attached to the first portion to selectively create an opening in the bottom of the rack to provide clearance for items placed in the lower rack. For adjusting the height of the upper rack, a slidable member has two elongated arms extending therefrom each having a wheel attached at an end of the arms is provided on each side of the rack. For each slidable member, a plate is mounted to a portion of the upper rack and the said slidable member is pivotally mounted to the plate. A locking mechanism locks the slidable member in one of several predetermined positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Brian L. Mallory, Errin Whitney Gnadinger, Rajdeep Das, Vasudev Mallur, Elizabeth Beard, Srinivasan Ramakrishnan
  • Publication number: 20100314977
    Abstract: An upper rack vertical adjustment system for a dishwasher, including an upper rack first portion, and an upper rack second portion rotatably attached to the first portion to selectively create an opening in the bottom of the rack to provide clearance for items placed in the lower rack. For adjusting the height of the upper rack, a slidable member has two elongated arms extending therefrom each having a wheel attached at an end of the arms is provided on each side of the rack. For each slidable member, a plate is mounted to a portion of the upper rack and the said slidable member is pivotally mounted to the plate. A locking mechanism locks the slidable member in one of several predetermined positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Brian L. Mallory, Errin Whitney Gnadinger, Rajdeep Das, Vasudev Mallur, Elizabeth Beard, Srinivasan Ramakrishnan