Patents by Inventor Kenneth John Harrison

Kenneth John Harrison 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).

  • Publication number: 20020011588
    Abstract: A liquid crystalline compounds:
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2001
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Inventors: Kenneth Johnson Toyne, John William Goodby, Alexander Seed, George William Gray, Damien Gerad McDonnel, Edward Peter Raynes, Sally Elizabeth Day, Kenneth John Harrison, Michael Hird
  • Patent number: 6291034
    Abstract: Liquid crystal compounds of formula (I) are described, where formula (I) is given as R1—A—(X)m—(B)n—R2 where A is selected from naphthyl, fluorinated naphthyl, brominated naphthyl, B is selected from phenyl, methylated phenyl, brominated phenyl, fluorinated phenyl, thiophene, pyrimidine and pyridine. R1 and R2 are independently selected from alkyl, alkoxy, akynyl, thioalkyl, Br, CN, SCN, NCS, perfluoroalkyl, perfluoroalkoxy and hydrogen, X is selected from C≡C, COO and C≡C, m is 0 or 1, n is 0 or 1 where m is 1 and n is 0 where m is 0; provided that where A is naphthyl, n is 1 and m is 0 then B is selected from methylated phenyl, brominated phenyl, thiophene, pyrimidine and pyridine; and further provided that where A is naphthyl, X is C≡C, m is 1 and n is 1, then B is selected from thiophene, pyrimidine and pyridine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: The Secretary of State for Defence in Her Britannic Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    Inventors: Kenneth Johnson Toyne, John William Goodby, Alexander Seed, George William Gray, Damien Gerad McDonnel, Edward Peter Raynes, Sally Elizabeth Day, Kenneth John Harrison, Michael Hird
  • Patent number: 5888421
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: The Secretary of State for Defence in her Britannic Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    Inventors: Kenneth Johnson Toyne, John William Goodby, Alexander Seed, George William Gray, Damien Gerad McDonnel, Edward Peter Raynes, Sally Elizabeth Day, Kenneth John Harrison, Michael Hird
  • Patent number: 5820781
    Abstract: R.sub.1 --A--(X).sub.m --(B).sub.n --R.sub.2 (I)R.sub.3 --J--(Y).sub.p --(Z).sub.q --R.sub.4 (II)Liquid crystal compounds of formula (I) are described, where formula (I) is given as R.sub.1 --A--(X).sub.m --(B).sub.n --R.sub.2 where A is selected from nathyl, fluorinated naphthyl, brominated naphthyl, B is selected from phenyl, methylated phenyl, brominated phenyl, fluorinated phenyl, thiophene, pyrimidine and pyridine, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are independently selected from alkyl, alkoxy, alkynyl, thioalkyl, Br, CN, SCN, NCS, perfluoroalkyl, perfluoroalkoxy and hydrogen, X is selected from C.tbd.C, COO and C.tbd.C, m is 0 or 1, n is 0 or 1 where m is 1 and n is 0 where m is 0; provided that where A is naphthyl, n is 1 and m is 0 then B is selected from methylated phenyl, brominated phenyl, thiophene, pyrimidine and pyridine; and further provided that where A is naphthyl, X is C.tbd.C, m is 1 and n is 1, then B is selected from thiophene, pyrimidine and pyridine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignee: The Secretary of State for Defence in her Britannic Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland
    Inventors: Kenneth Johnson Toyne, John William Goodby, Alexander Seed, George William Gray, Damien Gerad McDonnel, Edward Peter Raynes, Sally Elizabeth Day, Kenneth John Harrison, Michael Hird
  • Patent number: 3974087
    Abstract: A range of eutectic mixtures containing at least three compounds having the formula ##SPC1##Where X.sup.1 is an alkyl group, an alkoxy group or a substituted phenyl group ##SPC2##Where R is an alkyl or alkoxy group, are described. The eutectic mixtures extend the temperature ranges over which their constituent compounds exhibit liquid crystal properties and are thus useful in liquid crystal devices operating in those temperature ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1974
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1976
    Assignee: The Secretary of State for Defence in Her Britannic Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    Inventors: George William Gray, Kenneth John Harrison, David Sanderson Hulme, Edward Peter Raynes
  • Patent number: 3947375
    Abstract: A novel liquid crystal material contains a compound having a molecular structure such that the material exhibits a liquid crystal phase, the molecular structure of the compound being ##SPC1##Or an orthosubstituted derivative thereof, where X and Y are different parasubstituents of the kind which promote liquid crystal behaviour, where the para substituent is a group selected from the following list; an alkyl group, an acyloxy group, an unsaturated group or an alkoxy group having more than one carbon atom; and where the para-substituent Y is a group selected from the following list; a cyano group, a nitro group, a group which includes a terminal cyano group, a group which includes a terminal nitro group and an acyloxy group. The material may be the said compound or it may be a multi-component solution or mixture containing it. The liquid crystal material may be nematic, smectic or cholesteric depending on the selection of the substituents X and Y.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1973
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1976
    Assignee: Secretary of State for Defence in Her Britannic Majesty's Govt. of U.K. of Gt. Britain and Northern Ireland
    Inventors: George William Gray, Kenneth John Harrison