Thomas Donald Vaughn

US Patent:

20040097430, May 20, 2004

Filed:

Jun 20, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/601314

Inventors:

Jian Zhao - Irvine CA, US
Rui Zhou - Shanghai, CN
Hu Chen - Shanghai, CN
Thomas Vaughn - Franklin TN, US

International Classification:

A61K031/7048
A61K031/353
C07D311/74
C07H017/00

US Classification:

514/027000, 514/456000, 536/008000, 549/403000

Abstract:

The present invention discloses methods of making a mixture of theaflavin, theaflavin-3-gallate, theaflavin-3′-gallate and theaflavin 3,3′-digallate, pharmaceutical compositions of the above mixture of theaflavins, diet supplement compositions of the above mixture of theaflavins and methods for using the above mixtures of theaflavin and pharmaceutical compositions thereof to treat or prevent various diseases. The present invention also discloses methods of making theaflavin, theaflavin-3-gallate, theaflavin-3′-gallate and theaflavin 3,3′-digallate, each as a separate compound, pharmaceutical compositions of the above compounds, diet supplement compositions of the above compounds and methods for using the above compounds to treat or prevent various diseases.

US Patent:

41505794, Apr 24, 1979

Filed:

Apr 11, 1977

Appl. No.:

5/786572

Inventors:

Thomas R. Vaughn - San Pedro CA

Assignee:

Northrop Corporation - Los Angeles CA

International Classification:

G01C 1902

US Classification:

74 5R

Abstract:

A fluid floated inertial platform is inertially stabilized by means of a plurality of hydraulic torquers which operate in response to electrical stabilization signals which may be generated in response to gyro pickoffs on stabilizing gyros for each of the three stabilization axes. Each of these hydraulic torquer devices comprises a deflector member, which may be in the form of a section of a cylinder, this deflector member being supported on a base member mounted in the surface of the platform. The deflector is supported on the base member by means of flexible strips or tapes which permit rotatable motion of the deflector in response to torquing signals. Such rotatable torquing of the deflector is provided by means of an armature mounted on the deflector which operates in conjunction with an electrical torquer on the base member which receives electrical torquing signals from the stabilization system. One or more fluid jets are fed from one or more nozzles at the surface of the platform against the body of the deflector. With the deflector in its "neutral" position, each jet is split into a pair of equal force jets which impinge against the casing in which the platform is supported, equally but oppositely, such as to effectively cancel each other out.