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Alexandre Pain, Longueuil CA
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20130017053 | Depalletizing ToolAANM Forget; Jean-FrancoisAACI MontrealAACO CAAAGP Forget; Jean-Francois Montreal CAAANM Metivier; RegisAACI MontrealAACO CAAAGP Metivier; Regis Montreal CAAANM Morency; Sylvain-PaulAACI LavalAACO CAAAGP Morency; Sylvain-Paul Laval CAAANM Pain; AlexandreAACI LongueuilAACO CAAAGP Pain; Alexandre Longueuil CA - A tool and a method for depalletizing piles of objects separated by sheets are described herein. The tool comprises a plate assembly for insertion between the highest pile from the piles of objects and the next separator sheet. The plate assembly has a fixed portion and a tip provided at a distal end thereof and is movable between a detecting position, wherein an upward displacement of the tip is allowed relative to the fixed portion, and a depalletizing position, wherein the tip is immobilized relative to the fixed portion. The tool further comprises a plate sensor for detecting the displacement of the tip relative to the fixed portion and for generating a first detection signal responsive to said displacement, and a pressure assembly that defines a gripper with the plate assembly for receiving the highest pile of objects and for selectively applying pressure thereon. When the plate assembly is in the detecting position, the controller detects one of the separated sheets when the tip is displaced upwardly relative to the fixed portion following a downward movement of the tool. | 01-17-2013 |
Andrew Pain, Bedfordshire GB
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20100108451 | SUITCASE - A suitcase comprises a body and a frame, said frame movable from a first position contained within said suitcase when said suitcase is closed, to a second position extending from said suitcase when said suitcase is open, said frame including a shield portion supporting a canopy, said canopy movably mounted on said shield portion. | 05-06-2010 |
Anthony Pain, Moncoutant FR
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20140039706 | CONTROL INSTALLATION MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO CONTROL THE ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLY FOR A PLURALITY OF DC ELECTRICAL UNITS - A control installation includes a DC power supply ( | 02-06-2014 |
Bedabrata Pain, Los Angeles, CA US
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20090065819 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE FOR AN IMAGER STARTING MATERIAL - An imager apparatus and associated starting material are provided. Such starting material includes a first silicon layer and an oxide layer disposed adjacent to the first silicon layer. Further included is a first doped layer disposed adjacent to the oxide layer with a first doping, and a second doped layer disposed adjacent to the first doped layer with, a second doping that is less than the first doping layer. | 03-12-2009 |
20090122169 | HIGHLY MINIATURIZED, BATTERY OPERATED, DIGITAL WIRELESS CAMERA USING PROGRAMMABLE SINGLE CHIP ACTIVE PIXEL SENSOR (APS) DIGITAL CAMERA CHIP - A miniaturized camera which is programmable and provides low power consumption. An active pixel image sensor used in the highly miniaturized camera provides improved imaging functionality as well as reduced power consumption, extending the possible life time of the camera system. The spread spectrum nature of transmission and reception improves data integrity as well as data security. The ability of the highly miniaturized wireless camera to receive commands as well as transmit image data provides improved functionality and a variable rate of power consumption to be set according to the application and needs of the situation. | 05-14-2009 |
20090152681 | NANO-MULTIPLICATION REGION AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES AND ARRAYS - An avalanche photodiode with a nano-scale reach-through structure comprising n-doped and p-doped regions, formed on a silicon island on an insulator, so that the avalanche photodiode may be electrically isolated from other circuitry on other silicon islands on the same silicon chip as the avalanche photodiode. For some embodiments, multiplied holes generated by an avalanche reduces the electric field in the depletion region of the n-doped and p-doped regions to bring about self-quenching of the avalanche photodiode. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 06-18-2009 |
20090309648 | SINGLE PHOTON DETECTION WITH SELF-QUENCHING MULTIPLICATION - A photoelectronic device and an avalanche self-quenching process for a photoelectronic device are described. The photoelectronic device comprises a nanoscale semiconductor multiplication region and a nanoscale doped semiconductor quenching structure including a depletion region and an undepletion region. The photoelectronic device can act as a single photon detector or a single carrier multiplier. The avalanche self-quenching process allows electrical field reduction in the multiplication region by movement of the multiplication carriers, thus quenching the avalanche. | 12-17-2009 |
20110018079 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE FOR DEPOSITING A COMPOSITE ANTI-REFLECTION LAYER ON A SILICON SURFACE - An apparatus and associated method are provided. A first silicon layer having at least one of an associated passivation layer and barrier is included. Also included is a composite anti-reflection layer including a stack of layers each with a different thickness and refractive index. Such composite anti-reflection layer is disposed adjacent to the first silicon layer. | 01-27-2011 |
20110226936 | PIXELS, IMAGERS AND RELATED FABRICATION METHODS - Pixels, imagers and related fabrication methods are described. The described methods result in cross-talk reduction in imagers and related devices by generating depletion regions. The devices can also be used with electronic circuits for imaging applications. | 09-22-2011 |
20130175430 | SPARSELY-BONDED CMOS HYBRID IMAGER - A method and device for imaging or detecting electromagnetic radiation is provided. A device structure includes a first chip interconnected with a second chip. The first chip includes a detector array, wherein the detector array comprises a plurality of light sensors and one or more transistors. The second chip includes a Read Out Integrated Circuit (ROIC) that reads out, via the transistors, a signal produced by the light sensors. A number of interconnects between the ROIC and the detector array can be less than one per light sensor or pixel. | 07-11-2013 |
20140048689 | PIXELS, IMAGERS AND RELATED FABRICATION METHODS - Pixels, imagers and related fabrication methods are described. The described methods result in cross-talk reduction in imagers and related devices by generating depletion regions. The devices can also be used with electronic circuits for imaging applications. | 02-20-2014 |
20140098266 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING ALIASING IN IMAGES CAPTURED BY ANARRAY CAMERA FOR USE IN SUPER RESOLUTION PROCESSING USING PIXEL APERTURES - Imager arrays, array camera modules, and array cameras in accordance with embodiments of the invention utilize pixel apertures to control the amount of aliasing present in captured images of a scene. One embodiment includes a plurality of focal planes, control circuitry configured to control the capture of image information by the pixels within the focal planes, and sampling circuitry configured to convert pixel outputs into digital pixel data. In addition, the pixels in the plurality of focal planes include a pixel stack including a microlens and an active area, where light incident on the surface of the microlens is focused onto the active area by the microlens and the active area samples the incident light to capture image information, and the pixel stack defines a pixel area and includes a pixel aperture, where the size of the pixel apertures is smaller than the pixel area. | 04-10-2014 |
20140240529 | THIN FORM FACTOR COMPUTATIONAL ARRAY CAMERAS AND MODULAR ARRAY CAMERAS - Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention implement modular array cameras using sub-array modules. In one embodiment, an X×Y sub-array module includes: an X×Y arrangement of focal planes, where X and Y are each greater than or equal to 1; and an X×Y arrangement of lens stacks, the X×Y arrangement of lens stacks being disposed relative to the X×Y arrangement of focal planes so as to form an X×Y arrangement of cameras, where each lens stack has a field of view that is shifted with respect to the field-of-views of each other lens stack so that each shift includes a sub-pixel shifted view of the scene; and image data output circuitry that is configured to output image data from the X×Y sub-array module that can be aggregated with image data from other sub-array modules so that an image of the scene can be constructed. | 08-28-2014 |
Bedabrato Pain, Los Angeles, CA US
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20120012748 | ARCHITECTURES FOR IMAGER ARRAYS AND ARRAY CAMERAS - Architectures for imager arrays configured for use in array cameras in accordance with embodiments of the invention are described. One embodiment of the invention includes a plurality of focal planes, where each focal plane comprises a two dimensional arrangement of pixels having at least two pixels in each dimension and each focal plane is contained within a region of the imager array that does not contain pixels from another focal plane, control circuitry configured to control the capture of image information by the pixels within the focal planes, where the control circuitry is configured so that the capture of image information by the pixels in at least two of the focal planes is separately controllable, and sampling circuitry configured to convert pixel outputs into digital pixel data. | 01-19-2012 |
Bernard Pain, Monistrol Sur Loire FR
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20100305582 | APPARATUS FOR PLACING STITCH TURNS RESULTING FROM A SHAPE-MEMORY METAL THREAD - The device comes in the form of a gun with a body, a grip handle and a control component. The body has coaxially a hollow protruding aiming rod equipped, at its free end, with a cylinder containing the threads. The rod is capable, under the action of the control component, of allowing a thread ejection needle to move so that a loop is formed on emergence from the cylinder. The cylinder is mounted at the end of a fixed translation axis and engaged inside the rod; the other end of said axis engaging with a mechanism capable of partially rotating it and the cylinder, when said control component is released, in order to position another thread opposite said ejection needle. | 12-02-2010 |
20160045315 | Device For Carrying Out A Transapical Mitral Valve Annuloplasty - The device is intended to be positioned in a sealed introducer arranged in the thoracic cavity between two ribs in order to penetrate into the left ventricle, passing through the apex of the heart. According to the invention, the device includes a body having a handle and at least one control member capable of acting on an assembly for installing and securing a braid to the mitral annulus by means of suturing elements, the assembly has a mechanism capable of enabling the extraction of a suture through the mitral valve while also being capable of enclosing the braid and becoming anchored to the periphery of the mitral annulus under the clamping effect of the suture, exerting two opposing pressure-bearing forces. | 02-18-2016 |
20160073932 | Device For Measuring The Diameter Of An Aortic Valve - The device includes a body having the general shape of a cylinder so as to be engaged in a trocar that is introduced into the aortic duct, the body having, at one of its ends that is accessible from outside the trocar, a maneuvering member secured to a measuring means which is present at the other end of the body and which is able to be deployed diametrically under the effect of an action exerted on the maneuvering member in order to come into contact with the wall of the aortic valve. | 03-17-2016 |
Bernard Pain US
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20160045315 | Device For Carrying Out A Transapical Mitral Valve Annuloplasty - The device is intended to be positioned in a sealed introducer arranged in the thoracic cavity between two ribs in order to penetrate into the left ventricle, passing through the apex of the heart. According to the invention, the device includes a body having a handle and at least one control member capable of acting on an assembly for installing and securing a braid to the mitral annulus by means of suturing elements, the assembly has a mechanism capable of enabling the extraction of a suture through the mitral valve while also being capable of enclosing the braid and becoming anchored to the periphery of the mitral annulus under the clamping effect of the suture, exerting two opposing pressure-bearing forces. | 02-18-2016 |
Christophe Pain, Fleury-Les-Aubrais FR
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20150252400 | GLYCOCONJUGATE SYNTHESIS - The invention relates to a method for producing a glycoconjugate comprising an oligosaccharide part covalently linked to a non-sugar moiety selected from the group consisting of amino acids, peptides, proteins, lipids, longer alkyl groups, polyethylene glycols, α,β-unsaturated amido group and polyvinyl alcohols, using a genetically modified cell. | 09-10-2015 |
Christopher Pain, Berkshire GB
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20080306692 | Method and Apparatus for Determining the Permeability of Earth Formations - A method and apparatus for determining the fluid permeability of an earth formation is described. An instrument comprising an acoustic source and acoustic and electrokinetic sensors is located in a borehole at a site of interest. The acoustic source is fired and the resulting variations in pressure and electric field generated are measured and recorded. The Biot equation, and an equation for the streaming potential coupled to fluid displacement terms, is solved using finite element analysis to give an expected pressure waveform and electrokinetic waveform based on estimated earth formation properties. By comparison of the measured waveforms and those calculated from the equations, the actual permeability of the earth formation can be deduced. | 12-11-2008 |
David Pain, Epping GB
David Pain, London GB
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20130000169 | MOUNT FOR ARTWORK - An image mounting system that comprises a mounting element and an image carrying element. The mounting element is a blank of foldable material with a substantially main portion that has at least one foldable extension to provide, in use, a three-dimensional mounting structure. An image carrying element that is larger than the main portion and is adhered to the main portion of the blank such that the image carrying element extends onto at least one foldable extension of the main portion. | 01-03-2013 |
David J. Pain, Essex GB
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20150140250 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CORRUGATED BOARD - A method of manufacturing corrugated board with an integrated adhesive layer on one side overlaid by a peelable release-liner comprising the steps of constructing a laminate comprising a liner stock suitable for adhesive bonding to a cardboard medium, an adhesive layer and a peelable release liner; and applying the laminate to at least one side of a corrugated medium. | 05-21-2015 |
Eric E. Pain, Sterling Heights, MI US
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20100059009 | ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN AIR INTAKE RUNNER - An assembly for controlling an air intake runner of an air intake manifold. The assembly includes a cartridge including a plurality of compartments. Each of the compartments has a plurality of that are joined to define a central opening and an outer perimeter. Adjacent compartments are spaced apart to define a groove between each of the compartments. The assembly also includes bushing carriers that are configured to be snap-fit into one of the grooves of the cartridge. The assembly further includes bushings configured to rotatably fit within the central openings of the bushing carriers. Each of the bushings has an outer rim and an open center. Flaps including a slot and having a shape configured to substantially adjustably seal the central opening are also included and a shaft is included that extends through the slots of the flaps and the open centers of the bushings. | 03-11-2010 |
Eric E. Pain, Fisherville, VA US
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20110303178 | ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN AIR INTAKE RUNNER - A method of modifying an air intake manifold to control air intake runners. The method includes the steps of providing a cartridge including a plurality of compartments, each spaced apart to define a groove therebetween, snap-fitting a bushing carrier having a rotatable bushing into each of the grooves, positioning a flap having a slot over each of the compartments, inserting a shaft through each slot and each bushing thereby rotatably retaining each of the flaps within one of the plurality of compartments, positioning the cartridge over the air intake manifold so that each of the plurality of compartments is substantially axially aligned with one of the air intake runners, and removably connecting the cartridge with the air intake manifold. | 12-15-2011 |
20120210970 | ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN AIR INTAKE RUNNER - A subassembly for a valve device for controlling air flow in an intake manifold. The subassembly includes a cartridge including a plurality of compartments having partially open opposing sidewalls, wherein adjacent partially open side walls of adjacent compartments are spaced apart a distance to define a groove therebetween, a plurality of partitions each having a through-hole therein and being disposed in the grooves defined between adjacent partially open side walls of the adjacent compartments. The partitions complete the formation of the opposing side walls of the adjacent compartments and each compartment is alignable with an air intake runner of an intake manifold. | 08-23-2012 |
Gilles Denis Pain, Cowley GB
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20100125075 | Antibacterial Agents - Compounds of formula (II) are antibacterial agents wherein Q represents a radical of the formula: —N(OH)CH(═O) or the formula: —C(═O)NH(OH); R | 05-20-2010 |
Jayashree Pain, Voorhees, NJ US
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20080274103 | Adenylyl Cyclase Antibodies, Compositions and Uses Thereof - The invention relates to compositions and methods for diagnosing and treating cardiac conditions and neurodegenerative diseases using antibodies which specifically recognize and bind to the adenylyl cyclase 5 isoform in the heart and brain. These antibodies demonstrate high specificity to the AC5 isoform and do not cross react to any other AC5 isoform. The invention further relates to methods of delivery of drugs to the site of injured tissue using the antibodies of the present invention. | 11-06-2008 |
Jean-Pierre Lucien Joseph Pain, Castelnau Le Lez FR
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20130315574 | CONTINUOUS HEAT TREATMENT METHOD AND HEATING DEVICE FOR AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE FLUID - A method is provided for heating an electrically conductive fluid, including steps of: (i) circulating the fluid in a circuit from an inlet to an outlet, through an inlet path of the circuit in which the fluid flows in a first average direction and an outlet path of the circuit in which the fluid flows in a second average direction substantially opposite to the first direction; (ii) subjecting the fluid to a specific ohmic heating while the fluid flows through the outlet path; and (iii) transferring heat from the fluid flowing through the outlet path to the fluid flowing through the inlet path by thermal conduction through an at least partially first electrically insulated partition wall. An associated heating device is also provided. | 11-28-2013 |
Karen Pain, Austin CA
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20110077573 | Protective Wraps and Methods of Animal Wound Care - A wound wrap system for an animal features a flexible wrap with a cover layer and an absorbent liner layer. Flexible straps at one or both side edges of the wrap are used in belt-like connections to loop around a body part of the animal to secure the absorbent material of the wrap over a wounded area of the body part. In embodiments for use on an animal's torso or front leg, an additional strap arrangement at an end edge lies perpendicular to the other straps when the wrap and straps are laid out flat and is extendable in a connection across a back of the animal's neck in use of the wrap. Absorbent pads or inserts are selectively securable against the wrap's liner for use in early stages of wound recovery, where leakage is more prominent, and subsequently removable for later healing stages. All components are washable for re-use. | 03-31-2011 |
Laurent Pain, Saint Nicolas De Macherin FR
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20090093079 | METHOD OF PRODUCING AN ASYMMETRIC ARCHITECTURE SEMI-CONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method is for producing an asymmetric architecture semi-conductor device. The device includes a substrate, and in stacked relation, a first photosensitive layer, a non-photosensitive layer, and a second photosensitive layer. The method includes a first step of exposing a first zone in each of the photosensitive layers by a first beam of electrons traversing the non-photosensitive layer. A second step includes exposing at least one second zone of one of the two photosensitive layers by a second beam of electrons or photons or ions, thereby producing a widening of one of the first zones compared to the other first zone such that the second zone is in part superimposed on one of the first zones. | 04-09-2009 |
20090162789 | Method for Transferring a Predetermined Pattern Reducing Proximity Effects - A method for transferring a predetermined pattern onto a flat support performed by direct writing by means of a particle beam comprises at least: deposition of a photoresist layer on a free surface of the support, application of the beam on exposed areas of the photoresist layer, performing correction by modulation of exposure doses received by each exposed area, developing of the photoresist layer so as to form said pattern. Correction further comprises determination of a substitution pattern ( | 06-25-2009 |
Laurent Pain, St Nicolas De Macherin FR
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20130072017 | Lithographic Method for Making Networks of Conductors Connected by Vias - A method of lithography for formation of two networks of conductors connected by vias in microelectronic integrated circuits comprises, after formation of a first network of buried conductors under an insulating layer: deposition and etching of a sacrificial layer on a substrate, formation of spacers along all edges of elements of the sacrificial layer; removal of this layer; etching of a masking layer. Then, two successive etchings of the insulating layer are carried out, over two successive depths, one defining the depth of the conductors of the second network, the other defining a complement of depth needed at the desired locations for the vias. One of the etchings is defined by the masking layer and corresponds to the locations of the conductors of the second network; the other is defined both by the spacers and by openings in a layer etched by lithography and corresponds to the locations of the vias. Lastly, following the two etchings, the regions etched into the insulating material of the substrate are filled with a conductive material which forms the conductors and the vias at the same time. | 03-21-2013 |
20130087527 | LITHOGRAPHY METHOD FOR DOUBLED PITCH - Lithography method for etching very dense patterns on a substrate, based on a combination of several less dense partial patterns; a sacrificial layer is formed on a substrate and is etched according to a first partial pattern; spacers are formed on edges of elements of the sacrificial layer, the spacers defining a second partial pattern; then the sacrificial layer is removed leaving only the spacers remaining A layer sensitive to an electron beam is subsequently deposited between the spacers to a thickness less than or equal to the height of the spacers, and this sensitive layer is exposed using an electron beam according to a third partial pattern such that there remains on the substrate a final pattern of regions lacking spacers and a sensitive layer, this pattern resulting from the combination of the second and third partial patterns and having higher density than each of the partial patterns. | 04-11-2013 |
Michael Pain, Bedford GB
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20100108451 | SUITCASE - A suitcase comprises a body and a frame, said frame movable from a first position contained within said suitcase when said suitcase is closed, to a second position extending from said suitcase when said suitcase is open, said frame including a shield portion supporting a canopy, said canopy movably mounted on said shield portion. | 05-06-2010 |
Michel Pain, Chalon Sur Saone FR
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20110182393 | METHOD OF EVALUATING QUANTITIES RELATING TO THE DISTORTION OF A NUCLEAR FUEL ASSEMBLY - A method of evaluating at least one quantity relating to the distortion of a nuclear fuel assembly, the method including the following steps: the nuclear fuel assembly is placed in a volume of water bounded by an upper free surface; a camera is placed outside the volume of water, above the free surface; at least one image of at least one lateral face of the nuclear fuel assembly is taken; the at least one image is analyzed graphically and the at least one quantity relating to the distortion of the nuclear fuel assembly is deduced therefrom. | 07-28-2011 |
Phillip Pain, Bedford GB
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20100108451 | SUITCASE - A suitcase comprises a body and a frame, said frame movable from a first position contained within said suitcase when said suitcase is closed, to a second position extending from said suitcase when said suitcase is open, said frame including a shield portion supporting a canopy, said canopy movably mounted on said shield portion. | 05-06-2010 |
Robert Pain, Hertfordshire GB
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20100108451 | SUITCASE - A suitcase comprises a body and a frame, said frame movable from a first position contained within said suitcase when said suitcase is closed, to a second position extending from said suitcase when said suitcase is open, said frame including a shield portion supporting a canopy, said canopy movably mounted on said shield portion. | 05-06-2010 |
Sabine Pain, Lyon FR
Sabine Pain, Vienne FR
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20160051462 | COSMETIC OR DERMATOLOGICAL USE OF A POLYGONUM BISTORTA EXTRACT - The present invention relates to the topical cosmetic use of a | 02-25-2016 |