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Caleb Richard Horst, Waterloo CA
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20130145858 | APPARATUS FOR INTERFACING WITH A TEST SPECIMEN - The disclosure is directed at a system for applying a displacement, strain, stress or load to a test specimen. The system includes an interface manufactured from a deformable material which is connected to an actuator and to the test specimen. Application of a displacement by the actuator causes the test specimen to displace in multiple directions. | 06-13-2013 |
Folkert Horst, Wettingen CH
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20100067852 | METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING A FURRULE FOR AN OPTICAL WAVE GUIDE CONNECTOR, FERRULE, WAVE GUIDE RIBBON AND TOOL FOR ASSEMBLING THE FERRULE - A method for assembling a ferrule for an optical wave guide connector, a ferrule for an optical wave guide connector, a wave guide ribbon and a tool for assembling the ferrule. The method includes aligning a first body of the ferrule with respect to an alignment body. The first body includes a longitudinal recess adapted to receive at least one wave guide ribbon. Each wave guide ribbon includes at least one optical wave guide. The method further includes aligning at least one wave guide ribbon with respect to the alignment body and inserting the at least one wave guide ribbon into the longitudinal recess of the first body. Lastly, the method further includes closing the longitudinal recess of the first body with a second body of the ferrule. | 03-18-2010 |
20140047585 | SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY CANTILEVER COMPRISING AN ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSOR - An apparatus and method directed to a scanning probe microscopy cantilever. The apparatus includes body and an electromagnetic sensor having a detectable electromagnetic property varying upon deformation of the body. The method includes scanning the surface of a material with the cantilever, such that the body of the cantilever undergoes deformations and detecting the electromagnetic property varying upon deformation of the body of the cantilever. | 02-13-2014 |
Folkert Horst, Zurich CH
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20090284684 | Coupling Device for Use in Optical Waveguides - An optical coupling device for coupling light with an optical waveguide comprises a mirror formed within an optical waveguide. The mirror comprises a first material, a first reflective end, and a second reflective end. The first material is light conducting and has a first refractive index. The first and second reflective ends reflect and transmit light. The mirror has an axis line. The optical coupling device is useful for extracting light from a waveguide and providing a backlight for a liquid crystal display. | 11-19-2009 |
20100046883 | Coupling Device for Use in Optical Waveguides - An optical waveguide device comprises a plurality of mirrors, wherein at least one mirror comprises a first and second reflective end that reflect and transmit light. The plurality of mirrors comprises at least one first material having at least one first refractive index; an axis line; a first cladding comprising a second material having a second refractive index; a second cladding, formed above the first, comprising a third material having a third refractive index; a core comprising a fourth material; and a plurality of core parts formed within at least one of the first or second claddings. The fourth material has a fourth refractive index that is greater than the second and third refractive indices and the core parts have a plurality of core part ends coupled to one of the reflective ends where at least one core part end is approximately parallel to one of the reflective ends. | 02-25-2010 |
Folkert Horst, Zuerich CH
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20090107630 | MECHANICALLY DECOUPLED OPTO-MECHANICAL CONNECTOR FOR FLEXIBLE OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES EMBEDDED AND/OR ATTACHED TO A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - Printed circuit boards that include optical interconnects include a flexible optical waveguide embedded or locally attached to the board having at least one end mechanically decoupled from the board during fabrication that can be fitted with a mechanical connector. Also disclosed are processes for fabricating the circuit board. | 04-30-2009 |
Folkert Horst, Pierrefonds CA
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20080306641 | Human Machine Interface for Speed and Location Control with Braking Distance Display - The present disclosure is directed to a locomotive controller including an input device, a display and a processor for driving the display and receiving inputs from the input device. Software in the processor determines and drives the display to show a location of a train on a track and indicia of the location on the track of stopping distances for one of an emergency brake application, a full service brake application and at least one controlled stop brake application. Creep control is also provided. | 12-11-2008 |
Folkert Horst, Rueschlikon CH
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20120039576 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE WITH EMBEDDED LIGHT-REFLECTING FEATURE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A method for fabricating an optical waveguide includes setting, on a lower cladding of an optical waveguide, a light-reflecting feature and at least one waveguide core distinct from the reflecting feature. An upper cladding is applied that embeds both the light-reflecting feature and the waveguide core. | 02-16-2012 |
20140093206 | HIGH-PRECISION PASSIVE ALIGNMENT OF OPTICAL COMPONENTS WITH OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES USING A COMMON ADAPTER - A method for aligning optical components comprised in an optical component assembly and optical waveguides comprised in an optical waveguide assembly according to a common optical axis and by using an adapter includes providing the optical component assembly with a first alignment structure comprising a cavity designed according to the position of the optical components within the optical component assembly; providing an adapter presenting a base surface comprising a first step structure; providing the optical waveguide assembly with a second alignment structure comprising a distinct step structure designed according to the position of the waveguides within the waveguides assembly; and positioning the optical component assembly, the optical waveguide assembly and the adapter, so that a sidewall of the cavity and the distinct step structure are put in contact with a sidewall of the first step structure. | 04-03-2014 |
20140093207 | ARRANGEMENT OF PHOTONIC CHIP AND OPTICAL ADAPTOR FOR COUPLING OPTICAL SIGNALS - An apparatus includes an optical adaptor having monolithically integrated optical elements and first micro-mechanical features, the latter defining at least a first horizontal reference surface and a first vertical reference surface; wherein the first horizontal reference surface is perpendicular to an optical plane, the latter being perpendicular the optical axis of the optical elements; and wherein the first vertical reference surface is perpendicular to the first horizontal reference surface and parallel to the optical axis. | 04-03-2014 |
20140093208 | HIGH-PRECISION PASSIVE ALIGNMENT OF OPTICAL COMPONENTS WITH OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES USING A COMMON ADAPTER - A method for aligning optical components comprised in an optical component assembly and optical waveguides comprised in an optical waveguide assembly according to a common optical axis and by using an adapter includes providing the optical component assembly with a first alignment structure comprising a cavity designed according to the position of the optical components within the optical component assembly; providing an adapter presenting a base surface comprising a first step structure; providing the optical waveguide assembly with a second alignment structure comprising a distinct step structure designed according to the position of the waveguides within the waveguides assembly; and positioning the optical component assembly, the optical waveguide assembly and the adapter, so that a sidewall of the cavity and the distinct step structure are put in contact with a sidewall of the first step structure. | 04-03-2014 |
20140093213 | ARRANGEMENT OF PHOTONIC CHIP AND OPTICAL ADAPTOR FOR COUPLING OPTICAL SIGNALS - An apparatus includes an optical adaptor having monolithically integrated optical elements and first micro-mechanical features, the latter defining at least a first horizontal reference surface and a first vertical reference surface; wherein the first horizontal reference surface is perpendicular to an optical plane, the latter being perpendicular the optical axis of the optical elements; and wherein the first vertical reference surface is perpendicular to the first horizontal reference surface and parallel to the optical axis. | 04-03-2014 |
Folkert Horst, Ottawa CA
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20130311014 | TRAIN CONTROL SYSTEM - A train control system, in particular to a train control system for a train consist using a Distributed Power (DP) technology. This technology refers to the placement and operation of one or more groups of locomotives, which are distributed throughout a train consist including a multiple railcars and multiple locomotives. These locomotives are remotely controlled from the cab in the leading locomotive (i.e., the Lead locomotive (LL)). | 11-21-2013 |
Mark Horst, Ethel CA
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20120055759 | PICK-UP ASSEMBLY - A pick-up assembly for moving an object off a surface. The pick-up assembly includes a conveyor subassembly extending between lower and upper ends thereof. The conveyor subassembly includes a conveying means extending between the lower and upper ends, for moving the object to the upper end. The pick-up assembly also includes two or more engagement devices positioned proximal to the lower end of the conveyor subassembly for engaging opposite sides of the object respectively, to move the object onto the conveyor belt. | 03-08-2012 |
Martin Horst, Horw CH
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20100204803 | ARTIFICIAL CONTRACTILE STRUCTURE AND APPARATUS COMPRISING SUCH STRUCTURE - An artificial contractile structure generally devised to be used in the medical field to assist the functioning of an organ, includes a support ( | 08-12-2010 |
20120296157 | MEDICAL DEVICE COMPRISING AN ARTIFICIAL CONTRACTILE STRUCTURE - The present invention relates to a medical device including an artificial contractile structure which may be advantageously used to assist the functioning of a hollow organ. The medical device includes an artificial contractile structure including at least one contractile element ( | 11-22-2012 |
20130096586 | MEDICAL DEVICE COMPRISING AN ARTIFICIAL CONTRACTILE STRUCTURE - A medical device including artificial contractile structures generally devised to be used in the medical field. Such structures may be advantageously used to assist the functioning of an organ. The medical device includes an artificial contractile structure having at least two contractile elements ( | 04-18-2013 |
20140371855 | MEDICAL DEVICE COMPRISING AN ARTIFICIAL CONTRACTILE STRUCTURE - A medical device includes an artificial contractile structure which may be advantageously used to assist the functioning of a hollow organ, an artificial contractile structure including at least one contractile element ( | 12-18-2014 |
Meriete Horst, Eindhoven NL
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20120199650 | MEDICATION DISPENSER - A medication dispenser comprises a body with an opening, an advancing device, a reader, an output device and a processor connected to the advancing device, the reader and the output device. The body is closable and lockable and is arranged to receive a medication container comprising multiple individual sealed medication chambers, each medication chamber including a data tag relating to the medication chamber. The opening in the body is for a medication chamber and the advancing device is arranged to advance a medication chamber through the opening. The reader is arranged to read a data tag on a medication chamber and the processor is arranged to control the advancing device and the output device, according to a data tag on a medication chamber. | 08-09-2012 |
Thomas Horst, Buettelborn IT
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20150151685 | LOAD COMPARTMENT ARRANGEMENT FOR A VEHICLE AND VEHICLE WITH THE LOAD COMPARTMENT ARRANGEMENT - A load compartment arrangement for a vehicle is disclosed. The load compartment arrangement includes a board device with a loading board having a flap section pivotably connected to one another. The flap section assumes an upper position such that the loading board is in a low position. Conversely, the flap section assumes a lower position such that the loading board is a high position. The load compartment arrangement includes at least one load compartment-fixed holding device for holding the flap section in the lower position. A basic body of the flap section supports itself in the holding device and is secured in a direction directed towards the load compartment floor in a positively joined manner when the flap section assumes the lower position. | 06-04-2015 |