Caron, CA

Clifford Caron, Ormstown CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20120156326	METHOD FOR EXTENDING MOLD-FREE SHELF LIFE AND IMPROVING FLAVOR CHARACTERISTICS OF BAKED GOODS - The present invention provides a novel method for extending mold-free shelf life and for improving the flavor of baked goods by applying live yeast on the surface of the baked good after baking and cooling before packaging the baked good in closed bags and storing the packaged baked goods at ambient temperature. This method can be used for all kinds of baked goods including breads, rolls, bagels, pizza crusts, wheat flour tortillas, croissants, cakes, muffins, donuts and pita breads. This method can also be used to produce baked goods containing live probiotic yeast (	06-21-2012

Daniel Caron, St-Janvier CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080230187	Lighted Valance - A valance for concealing a headrail, the valance being usable with a light source, a first decorative insert and a second decorative insert, the second decorative insert having a different configuration than the first decorative insert. The valence includes: a headrail attachment bracket for attaching the valance to the headrail; a first compartment for receiving the light source thereinto, the first compartment being mechanically coupled to the headrail attachment bracket, the first compartment defining a window for allowing light emitted by the light source to exit from the first compartment; a second compartment, the second compartment being mechanically coupled to the first compartment with the first compartment located between the headrail attachment bracket and the second compartment; the second compartment including a second compartment housing and a removable panel, the second compartment housing defining a housing aperture and a panel attachment for attaching the removable panel thereto in a manner such that the removable panel extends substantially across the housing aperture; the removable panel defining a removable panel first side and an opposed removable panel second side, the removable panel first and second sides defining respectively a first side insert attachment for selectively attaching the first decorative insert thereto and a second side insert attachment for selectively attaching the second decorative insert thereto; the removable panel being removably attachable to the panel attachment for being used selectively in either one of a first orientation and a second orientation, wherein, in the first orientation, the removable panel first side faces outwardly and the second side insert attachment operatively engages the panel attachment for attaching the removable panel thereto and, in the second orientation, the removable panel second side faces outwardly and the first side insert attachment operatively engages the panel attachment for attaching the removable panel thereto.	09-25-2008

Daniel Caron, Sainte-Therese CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150176300	Pop up shelter for sheltering a neighboring vehicle - A pop up shelter for sheltering a neighboring vehicle has a rectangular base frame adapted to be securely attached to the roof of a vehicle and includes at least one cross support member, an elongated rotating frame having an axis point rotating member attached at a center portion thereof and adapted to be connected to the base frame at a center portion thereof and rotatable thereon. The rotating frame further includes a sleeve and holding member at each opposite end thereof and adapted to hold a plurality of telescoping sheath sections therein. An extendable sheath formed from the plurality of telescoping sheath sections, each having opposite cylindrical insertable end portions that are formed successively smaller in diameter than an adjacent sheath section and adapted to fit within each of the adjacent sheath section to thereby form the sheath, and wherein a first sheath section has end portions that are larger in diameter than the other sheath sections end portions and are adapted to support the other adjacent sheath section end portions.	06-25-2015

Daniel Caron, Mirabel CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150260389	LIGHTING SYSTEM - A lighting system including a substantially elongated and thermally conductive system body, the system body defining a system body outer surface, the system body outer surface defining at least two outer surface mounting sections, each of the at least two outer surface mounting sections extending substantially longitudinally along the system body at different circumferential locations therearound; a LED strip including a substantially elongated strip body defining strip body back and front surfaces and a plurality of LEDs mounted to the strip body front surface; and a substantially elongated heat sink, the heat sink defining a heat sink back surface and a substantially opposed heat sink front surface. The LED strip and the heat sink are each alternatively mountable to any one of the at least two outer surface mounting sections with the strip body back surface and the heat sink back surface abutting against the outer surface mounting sections.	09-17-2015

Daniel Caron, Saint-Jerome CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110007503	Versatile valance light fixture - A versatile valance light fixture having a light emitting member that can be easily removed for maintenance or replacement, as well as being relatively easily customizable in terms of the direction and the color of the light that it is emitting toward its surrounding space. Furthermore, a plurality of versatile valance light fixtures can be easily connected in a daisy chain configuration.	01-13-2011

Eric Caron, Toronto CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140243688	FLUID TEMPERATURE AND FLOW SENSOR APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR CARDIOVASCULAR AND OTHER MEDICAL APPLICATIONS - Apparatus (	08-28-2014
20140249386	APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR MEASURING A BLOOD PRESSURE GRADIENT - An apparatus (	09-04-2014
20160022159	APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR MEASURING A BLOOD PRESSURE GRADIENT - An apparatus, control system and methods are disclosed for directly measuring a blood pressure gradient, i.e. by real-time pressure measurements, with particular application for in situ measurement of transvalvular blood pressure gradients for the aortic valve and other heart valves, using minimally-invasive techniques. The apparatus takes the form of a multi-sensor assembly, enclosed within a micro-catheter or a steerable guidewire, and comprises a plurality of optical pressure sensors arranged along a length of the distal end portion, for measuring pressure simultaneously at each sensor location. For example, four MOMS optical pressure sensors, and optionally, a temperature and/or flow sensor, are incorporated into a distal end portion having a diameter of 0.89 mm or less, and preferably 0.46 mm or less. Beneficially, all sensors are optically coupled, via respective optical fibers, to an optical coupler at the proximal end of the multi-sensor apparatus, without requiring electrical connections.	01-28-2016
20160128583	SYSTEM AND APPARATUS COMPRISING A MULTISENSOR GUIDEWIRE FOR USE IN INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY - A system and apparatus comprising a multisensor guidewire for use in interventional cardiology, e.g. for Transcatheter Valve Therapies (TVT), comprises a plurality of optical sensors for direct measurement of cardiovascular parameters, e.g. transvalvular blood pressure gradients and flow. A conventional outer coil contains a shaped core wire having a cross-section defining helical grooves extending along its length, which accommodate optical fibers and optical sensors within a diameter D	05-12-2016

Felix Caron, Mansonville CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080260451	Lotion dispenser - A container having a body surrounding a cavity and with lotion within the cavity, a mouth formed in the body and communicating with the cavity, and a dispenser located in the mouth. The dispenser comprises a pump base at a bottom end of the dispenser, a foraminous member located in an upper end of the dispenser, a first hollow piston extending from the base and a second hollow piston mounted on the foraminous member and disposed coaxially with respect to the first hollow piston, and a bellows surrounding the second piston and operative to urge away from the first piston upon release of an external actuating force on the foraminous member.	10-23-2008

Francois Caron, Longueuil CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090175732	BLADE UNDER PLATFORM POCKET COOLING - Inlets are provided at a front end of inter-blade cavities for allowing coolant to flow therein to cool down the undersurface of the blade platforms as well as the rim of the disc of a rotor assembly.	07-09-2009
20110078901	RADIAL BALANCING CLIP WEIGHT FOR ROTOR ASSEMBLY - A balancing weight clip with a mass adapted to balance a rotor assembly of a gas turbine engine, includes a weight portion, a first flange engaging portion and a second flange engaging portion extending from the weight portion, each being engageable with a sidewall of at least one recess located on an edge of a flange of a disc of the rotor assembly. Each flange engaging portion is provided with a hook engageable with a mating groove provided on a face of the flange. At least one of the first and second flange engaging portions is resiliently biased so that the first and second flange engaging portions are elastically moveable away from one another to removably secure the balancing weight clip to the flange and engage each hook with the mating groove.	04-07-2011

Frank James Caron, Mississauga CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110263324	VILLAGERS IN A VIRTUAL WORLD WITH UPGRADING VIA CODES - A user interface for a virtual world includes a circular area forming a display for an item in the virtual world, and controls surrounding only a portion of the display for controlling that item.	10-27-2011
20110265041	RADIAL USER INTERFACE AND SYSTEM FOR A VIRTUAL WORLD GAME - A user interface for a virtual world includes a circular area forming a display for an item in the virtual world, and controls surrounding only a portion of the display for controlling that item.	10-27-2011
20110265044	ACHIEVEMENTS FOR A VIRTUAL WORLD GAME - A user interface for a virtual world controls and allows registering new characters and also registering achievement when the user has carried out a number of different items.	10-27-2011

Guillaume Caron, Levis CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20150173654	ACTIVITY, POSTURE AND HEART MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and a method for monitoring activity and posture of a person in correlation with the person's heat activity, comprising a) simultaneously detecting first linear accelerations and first angular speeds of rotation of an upper part of the person's body, second linear accelerations and second angular speeds of rotation of a lower part of the person's body, and the person's electrocardiogram signal; and b) determining the person's activity and posture from the first and second linear accelerations, the first and second angular speeds of rotation, and at least one of: i) a derivation signal, ii) heart rate and iii) a respiratory rate, of the person from the electrocardiogram signal.	06-25-2015

Guy Caron, St-Augustin De Desmaures CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090201916	METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR VERIFYING VALIDITY OF LOCATION INFORMATION IN A PACKET-SWITCHED NETWORK - According to embodiments of the present invention, there are provided a method, system and apparatus for determining validity of location information in a packet-switched network. A method for determining if location information associated with an endpoint in a packet-switched network is valid, the location information having been stored in a memory, comprises obtaining an access device identifier associated with an access device responsible for handling a communication session between the endpoint and the packet-switched network. The access device identifier is then compared with a last known access device identifier associated with the endpoint to enable determining if the location information is valid.	08-13-2009
20140022915	METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR VERIFYING VALIDITY OF LOCATION INFORMATION IN A PACKET-BASED NETWORK - According to embodiments of the present invention, there are provided a method, system and apparatus for determining validity of location information in a packet-switched network. A method for determining if location information associated with an endpoint in a packet-switched network is valid, the location information having been stored in a memory, comprises obtaining an access device identifier associated with an access device responsible for handling a communication session between the endpoint and the packet-switched network. The access device identifier is then compared with a last known access device identifier associated with the endpoint to enable determining if the location information is valid.	01-23-2014

Jean Caron, Saint-Romuald CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100194411	POROUS MEDIUM ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY SENSOR - There is provided a sensor for measuring a quantity, such as the salinity, of the soil solution without requiring continuous calibration. The sensor is based on a porous material which automatically fills up and saturates when the soil is rewet and drains when the soil dries out from plant uptake or from air drying, then being filled up with a solution representative of the quantity to be measured in the soil during plant growth.	08-05-2010
20100263436	POROUS MEDIUM SENSOR - A porous medium sensor apparatus includes a sensing portion at least partially insertable in the porous medium. The sensing portion has a housing with a gas exchange aperture defined therein and a water-repellant membrane mounted in the gas exchange aperture, the water-repellant membrane preventing water communication through the gas exchange aperture. The sensing portion also has a parameter sensor mounted in the housing for measuring a parameter of the porous medium in which the sensing portion is inserted.	10-21-2010
20140053633	POROUS MEDIUM SENSOR - A porous medium sensor comprises: a sensing portion, a gas exchange tubing, a gas permeable protection sleeve, and a water impermeable distal end collar. The sensing portion is at least partially insertable in a porous medium and has a housing with a gas exchange aperture defined therein and a parameter sensor mounted in the housing for measuring a parameter of the porous medium in which the sensing portion is insertable. The gas exchange tubing is in gas communication with the gas exchange aperture of the sensor portion and has a water-repellent membrane inserted therein. The water-repellent membrane prevents water infiltration in the housing through the gas exchange aperture. The gas permeable protection sleeve covers at least a section of the gas exchange tubing. The water impermeable distal end collar covers a distal end of the gas permeable protective sleeve and the water-repellent membrane.	02-27-2014
20150185132	Porous Medium Sensor - A porous medium sensor comprises: a sensing portion, a gas exchange tubing, a gas permeable protection sleeve, and a water impermeable distal end collar. The sensing portion is at least partially insertable in a porous medium and has a housing with a gas exchange aperture defined therein and a parameter sensor mounted in the housing for measuring a parameter of the porous medium in which the sensing portion is insertable. The gas exchange tubing is in gas communication with the gas exchange aperture of the sensor portion and has a water-repellent membrane inserted therein. The water-repellent membrane prevents water infiltration in the housing through the gas exchange aperture. The gas permeable protection sleeve covers at least a section of the gas exchange tubing. The water impermeable distal end collar covers a distal end of the gas permeable protective sleeve and the water-repellent membrane.	07-02-2015

Jean Caron, Saint Eugene De Grantham CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20160111915	INSTALLATION FOR RESTORING POWER TO EQUIPMENT TO BE SUPPLIED WITH POWER, PARTICULARLY AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE - The invention relates to an installation (	04-21-2016

Jean Caron, Granby CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20160107474	SHEET HOLDER - A sheet holder (	04-21-2016

Jean Caron, St-Romuald CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080263948	PLANT POT AND SOIL WATERING SYSTEM - An irrigation system for watering a substrate, comprising a pipe having a longitudinal dimension. A hermetically closeable inlet portion is connected to a water supply. A passageway extends generally throughout the longitudinal dimension and is in fluid communication with the inlet portion such that water can fill the passageway. Openings are in fluid communication with the passageway such that water in the passageway can exit the pipe through the openings. The openings are distributed along the longitudinal dimension of the pipe, the pipe being adapted to be at least partially buried in the substrate with said longitudinal dimension being generally horizontal. Porous members are secured to an outer periphery of the pipe so as to each cover one of the openings and so as to be in contact with the substrate such that water flows out of the passageway through the openings and the porous member and into the substrate as a result of a capillary action of the substrate.	10-30-2008

Jean-Francois Caron, Drummondville CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100300113	ANTI-VORTEX DEVICE FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE COMPRESSOR - An anti-vortex device for use in a compressor rotor assembly of a gas turbine engine is described. Spaced-apart radial passageways extend from an axially extending passage provided in a central area of the device to an outer peripheral rim surface thereof. The radial passageways channel air from the primary gaspath about the rotor assembly to the axially extending passage where the air is directed into a central axial passage of the rotor assembly.	12-02-2010

Louis-Charles Caron, St-Ferreol-Les-Neiges CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20140114975	METHOD, SYSTEM AND AGGREGATION ENGINE FOR PROVIDING STRUCTURAL REPRESENTATIONS OF PHYSICAL ENTITIES - The present disclosure relates to a method a system and an aggregation engine for providing a structural representation of a physical entity. Processing units provide representation of elements composing the physical entity. Processing units comprise a label, which represent the elements, and a state. Links are established between the processing units. By iteration in the aggregation engine, the states and labels of the processing units are updated based on states and labels of linked processing units. A graphical representation of the physical entity is obtained based on the labels, on the states, and on the links.	04-24-2014

Mario Caron, Gatineau CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100230621	PHOTONIC FILTERING OF ELECTRICAL SIGNALS - A filter and a method of filtering a high frequency electrical signal using photonic components is disclosed. The filter has a serially fiber-coupled laser source, a modulator, a filter, and a photodetector. The electrical signal is applied to the modulator. The modulated light propagates through the filter which is constructed to pass not only a modulated sideband, but also at least a fraction of light at the carrier frequency of the laser. The photodetector detects a signal at the beat frequency between the carrier and sideband signals, after both signals have propagated through the filter. As a result, a separate optical branch for light at the carrier frequency is not required, which considerably simplifies the filter construction and makes it more stable and reliable.	09-16-2010
20110064171	MULTI-CARRIER AMPLIFIER LINEARIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - The invention relates to a method and circuit for linearizing amplifiers and other nonlinear circuits for multi-carrier signals. An output signal from the amplifier is sampled, and a correlation matrix of size N×N is computed from the sampled signal, wherein N exceeds the number of multiplexed carriers in the signal. A signal-to-distortion ratio (SDR) is then estimated based on a ratio of one or more largest to one or more smallest eigenvalues of the correlation matrix, and the signal into the amplifier is pre-distorted so as to maximize the SDR.	03-17-2011

Mario Caron, Val-D' Or CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080219775	Bolt assembly - A bolt assembly for insertion into a rock wall including a hole having a diameter an a method thereof are provided. The assembly includes a resilient cylinder for insertion into the hole, a shaft for insertion into the cylinder, a grouting material for retaining the shaft within the cylinder and stiffening the assembly, and coupling means for coupling the extremity of the cylinder to the extremity of the shaft. The cylinder has a diameter which is greater than the diameter of the hole when the cylinder is uncompressed. In this manner, the cylinder is radially compressed when inserted into the hole and thereby frictionally engages the hole. The cylinder has an extremity extending outside the hole when it is inserted therein. The shaft includes an extremity which extends outside the hole when the shaft is inserted into the cylinder in an operating position.	09-11-2008

Mireille Caron, Blainville CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20110081659	SUBSTRATES FOR GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3 ENZYMES AND METHODS OF USE - Methods and compositions for glycogen synthase kinase 3 assays continue to be required for detection of glycogen synthase 3 kinase, assessment of glycogen synthase 3 kinase activity and identification of modulators of glycogen synthase 3 kinase. Methods and compositions for glycogen synthase kinase 3 assays are provided herein based on the discovery of a previously unknown interaction between glycogen synthase 3 kinase and eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E-binding protein 1 which serves as a substrate for glycogen synthase kinase 3-alpha and glycogen synthase kinase 3-beta.	04-07-2011

Normand Caron, St-Paul D'Abbotsford CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20160137120	DRAG WINCH ASSEMBLY FOR A TOW VEHICLE INCLUDING A SLIDABLE BOOM ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A drag winch assembly for a tow vehicle, such as a wrecker, that includes a slidable boom assembly. The drag winch assembly comprises a slidable support connected to the slidable boom assembly in slidable engagement with the main frame of the wrecker and a drag winch mounted on the slidable support. With this configuration, the slidable support is slidable between a first position corresponding to the frontmost position of the slidable boom assembly and a second position corresponding to the rearmost position of the slidable boom assembly, providing advantages existing winch assembly configurations.	05-19-2016

Pierre Caron, Limoges CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20100044372	PORTABLE AND COLLAPSIBLE CHEM./BIO. ISOLATORS - A portable and collapsible isolator is taught for containing radioactive, chemical or biological agents. The isolator is comprised of a collapsible frame, movable between a collapsed transport position and an open operational position, and a flexible and collapsible envelope in the form of an airtight bag attached to the frame to define a cavity. The envelope remains airtight in both the collapsed and open positions. One or more sealable openings are formed in the envelope for insertion and removal of the radioactive, chemical and biological agents into and out of the cavity. The isolator may optionally include at least one glove extending from one or more of said sealable openings into the cavity, for handling said radioactive, chemical and biological agents inside the cavity.	02-25-2010

Ray Caron, Burlington CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20090288812	TURBULIZERS AND METHOD FOR FORMING SAME - Disclosed is a method of forming a heat exchanger turbulizer apparatus including a member having a longitudinal axis, a lateral width and a plurality of strips including first strips and second strips, each strip extending widthwise and being corrugated longitudinally so as to form a plurality of laterally spaced-apart sections connected to one another by bridges projecting from the sections in a common direction, the bridges of the first and second strips extending in the same direction and the corrugations of the second strips being offset laterally from the corrugations of the first strips. The method comprises: crimping longitudinally-corrugated strip material between first and second forming dies to form said apparatus, said dies being adapted such that substantially all lateral movement of strip material in crimping results from strip material being drawn laterally by material that has been displaced in a direction parallel to the direction of die movement.	11-26-2009
20100230085	TURBULIZERS AND METHOD FOR FORMING SAME - Disclosed is a method of forming a heat exchanger turbulizer apparatus including a member having a longitudinal axis, a lateral width and a plurality of strips including first strips and second strips, each strip extending widthwise and being corrugated longitudinally so as to form a plurality of laterally spaced-apart sections connected to one another by bridges projecting from the sections in a common direction, the bridges of the first and second strips extending in the same direction and the corrugations of the second strips being offset laterally from the corrugations of the first strips. The method comprises: crimping longitudinally-corrugated strip material between first and second forming dies to form said apparatus, said dies being adapted such that substantially all lateral movement of strip material in crimping results from strip material being drawn laterally by material that has been displaced in a direction parallel to the direction of die movement.	09-16-2010
20120144891	Turbulizers and Method of Forming Same - Disclosed is a method of forming a heat exchanger turbulizer apparatus including a member having a longitudinal axis, a lateral width and a plurality of strips including first strips and second strips, each strip extending widthwise and being corrugated longitudinally so as to form a plurality of laterally spaced-apart sections connected to one another by bridges projecting from the sections in a common direction, the bridges of the first and second strips extending in the same direction and the corrugations of the second strips being offset laterally from the corrugations of the first strips. The method comprises: crimping longitudinally-corrugated strip material between first and second forming dies to form said apparatus, said dies being adapted such that substantially all lateral movement of strip material in crimping results from strip material being drawn laterally by material that has been displaced in a direction parallel to the direction of die movement.	06-14-2012

Richard Caron, Windsor CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20160117149	Method and System for Generating Random Numbers - A method and apparatus for generating true random numbers is provided which is hardware based, and which uses unpredictable physical noise produced by an optoisolator. Specifically, the noises resulting from one or more of quantum shot, thermal noise, flicker, and the photoelectric effect are used as variable energy sources for subsequent conversion into a bitstream used for random number selection. The apparatus is preferably provided with a through hole prototype design and construction which requires minimal number of components reducing overall costs.	04-28-2016

Serge Caron, St-Basile-Le-Grand CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20130233630	ROBOTIC BALL DEVICE WITH IMPROVED ROBUSTNESS AND A MULTITUDE OF INTERACTIVE AND SENSING CAPABILITIES - A robotic ball device having a center point and an axis of rotation passing through the center point around which the robotic ball device rotates during motion in a forward linear direction includes a housing and a defined pathway located on an inner face of the housing that forms a closed loop around the axis of rotation. A rolling member is contained in the housing and movably disposed on the defined pathway. An actuator is coupled to the rolling member for actuating rotation of the rolling member. A weighted component is operationally coupled to the rolling member, and the weighted component is sufficiently heavy to maintain the rolling member, during a motion in the forward linear direction, at a substantially constant angular position in a forward vertical plane, which dissects the rolling member, relative to an origin in a moving frame of reference that moves with the robotic ball device.	09-12-2013

Serge Caron, Saint Augustin De Desmaures CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080297799	EVANESCENT WAVE MULTIMODE OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND SENSOR WITH HIGH MODE COUPLING - There is provided an evanescent wave multimode optical waveguide sensitive to a chemical species or to a physical parameter. The optical waveguide comprises a core and a cladding having a cladding refractive index lower than that of the core for guiding light to be propagated in the optical waveguide. The cladding defines with the core an optical waveguide providing mode coupling. A chemical indicator is provided in the cladding for causing a variation of the optical absorption of the cladding as a function of the chemical species or the physical parameter. The cladding is interrogated by the evanescent wave of the propagated light. The mode coupling causes unabsorbed light power to be redistributed among the multiple modes while light propagates along the optical waveguide.	12-04-2008
20110091150	EVANESCENT WAVE MULTIMODE OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND SENSOR WITH CONTINUOUS REDISTRIBUTION OF OPTICAL POWER BETWEEN THE MODES - There is provided an evanescent wave multimode optical waveguide sensitive to a chemical species or to a physical parameter. The optical waveguide comprises a core and a cladding having a cladding refractive index lower than that of the core for guiding light to be propagated in the optical waveguide. The cladding defines with the core an optical waveguide providing mode coupling. A chemical indicator is provided in the cladding for causing a variation of the optical absorption of the cladding as a function of the chemical species or the physical parameter. The cladding is interrogated by the evanescent wave of the propagated light. The mode coupling causes unabsorbed light power to be redistributed among the multiple modes while light propagates along the optical waveguide.	04-21-2011
20130105692	FIBER OPTIC RADIOCHROMIC DOSIMETER PROBE AND METHOD TO MAKE THE SAME	05-02-2013

Stephen James Caron, Aurora CA

Patent application number	Description	Published
20080203835	Motor Drive Assembly - An electronic control unit (ECU) for a motor is mounted to a drum housing or the like in a plane parallel to the plane defined by the surface of the drum housing on which the motor is mounted. The housing for the motor includes an aperture window. Power contacts from the ECU mate with contacts from the motor through the window. Hall-effect sensors attached to the ECU can extend through the aperture to be proximate a ring magnet attached to the armature shaft of the motor. Alternatively, flux guides attached to the drum housing to transmit magnetic flux information from the motor to the Hall-effect sensors. Alternatively, optical sensors attached to the ECU can detect rotations of a reflector ring attached to the armature shaft through the window.	08-28-2008
20120125399	SOLAR PANEL SYSTEM - A solar panel assembly having a foundation tube, a rotary actuator mounted in the foundation tube for changing the azimuth of the panel and a linear actuator mounted to the foundation tube for controlling the elevation angle of the panel. The linear actuator utilizes a spindle drive. The rotary actuator includes a motor and gearbox; a drive screw connected to the motor; a spindle screw, one end of which provides an output of the rotary actuator; a drive nut having a first threaded hole for receiving a thread of the drive screw and a second threaded hole for receiving a thread of the spindle screw, the guide nut having a guide fin; and a guide rail interacting with the nut guide fin to constrain the nut from rotating, whereby the rotation of the drive by screw by operation of the motor causes the nut to translate linearly which in turn causes the spindle screw to rotate.	05-24-2012
20120125402	SOLAR CELL MOUNTING SYSTEM - A solar cell assembly includes a light concentrator attached to one face of a solar cell. The solar cell is attached to an electrical connector having an insulating substrate, a first electrically conductive terminal including a flat plate portion mounted to the insulating substrate, and a second electrically conductive terminal mounted to the insulating substrate. The second terminal has a U-shaped plate portion that partially circumscribes the first terminal, including opposing first and second legs and a web interconnecting the first and second legs. Each leg includes a flexibly resilient wing, the two wings being disposed in opposing relationship. The solar cell is interposed between the first terminal and the wings of the second terminal such that the first terminal abuts one face of the solar cell and the wings of the second terminal abut exposed, spaced apart, opposing perimeter areas of the other face of the solar cell, with the wings resiliently coupling the solar cell to the first and second terminals.	05-24-2012
20150019083	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HANDS-FREE OPERATION OF A POWER WINDOW OF A VEHICLE - A method for hands-free operation of a power window of a vehicle, comprising: determining an order of activation of a first sensor and a second sensor, the first sensor and the second sensor being spaced apart and located inside the vehicle proximate the power window; when the first sensor is activated before the second sensor, controlling a window pane of the power window to move toward a first position; when the second sensor is activated before the first sensor, controlling the window pane to move toward a second position; and, when the first sensor and the second sensor are activated simultaneously or approximately simultaneously while the window pane is moving, controlling the window pane to stop moving.	01-15-2015
20160083995	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A CLOSURE PANEL OF A VEHICLE - A method for operating a closure panel of a vehicle, comprising: using a processor, determining whether a first proximity sensor and a second proximity sensor located on a periphery of the vehicle have been sequentially activated to indicate an object moving across the first proximity sensor; and, controlling the closure panel to open or close when the first proximity sensor and the second proximity sensor have been sequentially activated.	03-24-2016