Fortier, CA
André Fortier, Adstock CA
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20100059699 | TEMPERATURE COMPENSATED VALVE FOR GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY - Plungers and plunger assemblies for a diaphragm-sealed valve are provided. Each plunger is adpted to be received in a passage of the valve body and includes a base member and an upper member having a longitudinal play in this passage with respect to the base member. A resilient middle element is provided between the upper and base member. The base member is connected to a plunger actuating mechanism within the valve body. Optionally, the upper member may be self-aligning within the passage. The plunger can be used to compensate for temperature variations experienced by the valve in use. | 03-11-2010 |
20110233440 | DIAPHRAGM-SEALED VALVE HAVING A LOCKING MECHANISM - A valve includes a valve cap, a valve body, a diaphragm, biasing means and a locking mechanism. The valve cap includes a plurality of process conduits and process ports. The valve body faces the valve cap and includes a plurality of plunger passages extending therein. The diaphragm is positioned between the valve cap and the valve body. The valve body includes a plunger assembly, a first support structure and a second support structure. The plunger assembly includes a plurality of plungers, each slidable between a closed position and an open position. In the closed position, the plunger deforms the diaphragm in order to block communication between two of the process ports. In the open position, the plunger is retracted away from the diaphragm. Each plunger is either a normally closed plunger or a normally open plunger. The normally closed plungers are mounted upon first support structure and the normally open plungers are mounted upon the second support structure. The locking mechanism is for engaging the first support structure and thereby physically restraining the normally closed plungers in the open position. A valve body assembly is also described. | 09-29-2011 |
20120025120 | SELF-ALIGNED PLUNGER FOR CHROMATOGRAPHIC VALVE - Plungers and plunger assemblies for a diaphragm-sealed valve are provided. Each plunger is adapted to be received in a passage of the valve body and includes a base member and an upper member having a transversal play in this passage with respect to the base member. A resilient middle element is provided between the upper and base member. The base member is connected to a plunger actuating mechanism within the valve body. The upper member may therefore be self-aligning within the passage. | 02-02-2012 |
20120181466 | CONICAL ROTARY VALVE FOR CHROMATOGRAPHIC APPLICATIONS - A conical rotary valve for chromatographic applications is provided, including a valve stator, a valve rotor, a drive adaptor and a pair of stoppers each mounted to the stator. The drive adaptor is rotatable and coupled to the valve rotor for transmitting a rotating force thereto. The drive adaptor has a body and a pair of radial arms projecting from the body radially outward from the axis of rotation on opposite sides thereof. Each of the pair of radial arms is movable along a respective arcuate travelling course with respect to the stator. The stoppers are each positioned to obstruct one of the radial arms at an end of the corresponding travelling course. The stoppers are positioned to simultaneously engage the radial arms, thereby balancing the reaction forces created within the valve when the radial arms reach the ends of their travelling courses. | 07-19-2012 |
André Fortier, Adstock CA
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20090014078 | DIAPHRAGM-SEALED VALVE HAVING INTERMEDIATE COMMUNICATION PORTS - A diaphragm-sealed valve having communication mechanisms operatively connecting neighbouring pairs of grooves is provided. Each communication mechanism has a communication port opening in an interface of a valve cap, between the neighbouring grooves. The communication mechanism also has a communication conduit extending within the valve cap and connecting the communication port and one of the neighbouring grooves. It also has a recess within a valve body aligned with the communication port and with the other one of the neighbouring grooves, a flexible sealing surface of the diaphragm being seated within the recess and resiliently biased away from the interface of the valve cap. A plunger assembly is also provided, including plungers movable to push flexible sealing surface towards the communication port. | 01-15-2009 |
20090132206 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ELIMINATING INTERFERENCE FOR IMPURITIES MEASUREMENT IN NOBLE GASES - The invention provides a system and a method of eliminating interference for impurities measurement in noble gases based on emission spectroscopy which provide very stable, sensitive and interference free results. The method mainly relies on the use of a combination of particularly designed means serially connected for cancelling interferences and proper means for correcting linearity issues. The proposed method is particularly advantageous since it offers long-term stability while providing very accurate and reliable results, even at sub-ppb and up to 10,000 ppm levels, whatever the surrounding conditions and the additional impurities that could be present in the gas under analysis. | 05-21-2009 |
20090152481 | DIAPHRAGM-SEALED VALVE WITH PROCESS PURGING GROOVE - A diaphragm-sealed valve provided with a valve cap and a valve body, a diaphragm and a plunger assembly. The diaphragm is compressibly positioned between the valve cap and the valve body. The valve body comprises a process purging channel extending along a main recess of the valve body, under a pre-formed deformation of the diaphragm. A process purging inlet passage and a process purging outlet passage, both opening on the process purging channel, allow for a purging gas to flow in the process purging channel. | 06-18-2009 |
20090165642 | Chromatographic Systems And Methods For Eliminating Interference From Interfering Agents - The present invention provides a chromatographic method for eliminating interference from interfering agents, corning from the gas sample itself or from the system material used to perform the impurities measurements, on impurities to be quantified in a gas sample. The method advantageously relies on the use of an additional valve and an additional sample loop particularly arranged in a G. C. system, and also on an additional supporting gas inlet operatively connected to the system through the additional sample loop for providing the system with a supporting gas comprising at least a predetermined portion of a predetermined active gas that will react with the unwanted interfering impurities, if any, or with the column material to cancel out unwanted active sites. Thus, the method of the present invention can advantageously be used in gas chromatographic systems to improve sensitivity thereof by acting on column separation material. | 07-02-2009 |
20100059699 | TEMPERATURE COMPENSATED VALVE FOR GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY - Plungers and plunger assemblies for a diaphragm-sealed valve are provided. Each plunger is adpted to be received in a passage of the valve body and includes a base member and an upper member having a longitudinal play in this passage with respect to the base member. A resilient middle element is provided between the upper and base member. The base member is connected to a plunger actuating mechanism within the valve body. Optionally, the upper member may be self-aligning within the passage. The plunger can be used to compensate for temperature variations experienced by the valve in use. | 03-11-2010 |
Gaston Fortier, La Prairie CA
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20100160034 | SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A SEQUENCE OF GAMES WITH ENHANCED PAYOUTS - A gaming system and method for operating a sequence of single games, providing enhanced payouts for bets placed with credits earned over the course of previous games, and restricting access to certain games according to a predetermined set of criterion. The system comprises a terminal for players to place their bets on outcomes of a last selected game and a single game controller for operating the last selected game. The system further comprises a sequencer for selecting the next game of the sequence at predetermined intervals of time and determining whether players are eligible to participate in the selected games. The system also comprises a bet controller for determining whether the bets were placed with regular or bonus credits, and assigning enhanced payout factors to those of the bets that were placed with bonus credits. | 06-24-2010 |
Gilles Fortier, Montreal CA
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20100127521 | COMBINED GOLF BALL RETRIEVER AND RETRACTABLE SAND RAKE - A golf ball retriever having a retractable sand rake integrated at one end thereof wherein the rake assembly is unfold from a collapsed position to an extended position. | 05-27-2010 |
Guy Fortier, Montreal CA
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20100015226 | BIORESORBABLE HYDROGEL - The invention relates to a water-swellable, hydrophilic, physically-crosslinked hydrogel which can slowly disintegrate in an aqueous medium. The inventive hydrogel essentially consists of albumin blood proteins which are bound in the form of a gel in a basic medium. The invention also relates to the use of said hydrogel as a bioresorbable separation membrane and to a method of preparing same. | 01-21-2010 |
Guy J. Fortier, Ottawa CA
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20140070865 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR A MULTIPLEXOR/DEMULTIPLEXOR RESET SCHEME - Circuit and method for resetting clock circuitry. The circuit includes a chain of cascading units, each of which receives an input of a number of parallel bit streams and outputs a different number of parallel bit streams. A chain of dividers provides one or more divided clock signals to the cascading units, wherein the divided clock signals are based on a gated common clock signal. An asynchronous reset signal is delivered to the dividers, and when asserted sets the dividers to a reset state. A clock source provides an ungated common clock signal. A clock gating circuit generates the gated common clock signal based on the ungated common clock signal, and is configured to hold the gated common clock signal while the asynchronous reset signal is asserted. The clock gating circuit provides the gated common clock signal to the dividers when the asynchronous reset signal is de-asserted. | 03-13-2014 |
Guy Jacque Fortier, Kanata CA
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20090121790 | System and method for signal level detection - An electronic signal level detection system and method are provided. The method receives an analog input signal having a variable voltage and compares the input signal voltage to a threshold. A detection signal is generated for input signal voltages exceeding the threshold in a periodic first time frame. In a second periodic time frame (following the first time frame), a count is updated in response to the generated detection signals. The count is used to create a metric representative of the difference between the input signal voltage and the threshold. The count is incremented in response to the generating a detection signal (“1”) in the first time frame, and decremented in response to not generating a detection signal (“0”) in the first time frame. | 05-14-2009 |
20100156635 | Signal Level Detection Method - An electronic signal level detection system and method are provided. The method receives an analog input signal having a variable voltage and compares the input signal voltage to a threshold. A detection signal is generated for input signal voltages exceeding the threshold in a periodic first time frame. In a second periodic time frame (following the first time frame), a count is updated in response to the generated detection signals. The count is used to create a metric representative of the difference between the input signal voltage and the threshold. The count is incremented in response to the generating a detection signal (“1”) in the first time frame, and decremented in response to not generating a detection signal (“0”) in the first time frame. | 06-24-2010 |
Jean-Francois Fortier, Montreal CA
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20150081290 | CALL STEERING DATA TAGGING INTERFACE WITH AUTOMATIC SEMANTIC CLUSTERING - A system and method for providing an easy-to-use interface for verifying semantic tags in a steering application in order to generate a natural language grammar. The method includes obtaining user responses to open-ended steering questions, automatically grouping the user responses into groups based on their semantic meaning, and automatically assigning preliminary semantic tags to each of the groups. The user interface enables the user to validate the content of the groups to ensure that all responses within a group have the same semantic meaning and to add or edit semantic tags associated with the groups. The system and method may be applied to interactive voice response (IVR) systems, as well as customer service systems that can communicate with a user via a text or written interface. | 03-19-2015 |
Justin L. Fortier, Carleton Place CA
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20120274370 | Reducing Spurs in Injection-Locked Oscillators - Various embodiments of a radio-frequency (RF) transmitter receiver circuit that utilizes an injection locked oscillator may allow for the introduction of a DC offset to correct the RF signal. The DC offset may be adjusted to eliminate (or minimize) even order harmonics to correct for RF effects. The DC offset correction may be performed around the injection locked oscillator to target even order terms. | 11-01-2012 |
20120275493 | Low-Power Class D Amplifier Using Multistate Analog Feedback Loops - An audio amplifier system may include an audio CODEC/output (AOP) path featuring analog class-D amplifiers, and using Natural Sampling Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) to convert an analog input into a series of Rail-to-Rail pulses. The audio signal may be encoded in the average value of the PWM pulse train and may be recovered from the PWM signal by analog low pass filtering. The Class-D amplifiers may be designed with a negative feedback loop/network to compare the output signal with the input signal and suppress non-idealities introduced by the Class-D switching stage. Furthermore, operation of the AOP may be designed according to a separate signal transfer function and a separate noise transfer function, and 2 | 11-01-2012 |
Justin L. Fortier, Ottawa CA
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20150222273 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PHASE-LOCKED LOOPS WITH SOFT TRANSITION FROM HOLDOVER TO REACQUIRING PHASE LOCK - Provided herein are apparatus and methods for phase-locked loops (PLLs). In certain configurations, a clock system includes a PLL, a control circuit, and a holdover circuit that is electrically coupled to an input of the PLL's loop filter via a holdover switch and a variable resistor. The control circuit generates an input clock signal for the PLL based on a selected reference clock signal. When the control circuit determines that the selected reference clock signal is unreliable, the control circuit disables the PLL's feedback loop and turns on the holdover switch. After the selected reference clock signal is changed or otherwise becomes reliable, the control circuit enables the PLL's feedback loop while keeping the holdover switch turned on, and controls a resistance of the variable resistor over time to provide a soft transition from holdover to reacquiring phase lock. | 08-06-2015 |
20150222280 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR FAST CHARGE PUMP HOLDOVER ON SIGNAL INTERRUPTION - Provided herein are apparatus and methods for fast charge pump holdover on signal interruption. In certain configurations, a clock generator system includes a phase-locked loop (PLL), a fast detect circuit, and a switch electrically coupled to an input of the PLL's loop filter. The fast detect circuit relatively quickly detects when an input signal to the PLL is lost. The fast detect circuit can quickly detect the loss of phase lock and can place the PLL into a holdover such that the frequency of a clock signal generated by the PLL remains within an acceptable range. | 08-06-2015 |
Louis-Philippe Fortier, Anjou CA
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20090056721 | Respiratory apparatus with mouthpiece - Disclosed herein is a respiratory apparatus that acts as a system for pre-oxygenation of a patient and for the opening of respiratory pathways of a patient. The apparatus includes a mouthpiece having a shield that is inserted in the mouth of the patient. The mouthpiece also includes an outer tubular member for receiving a universal connector which can be connected to an anesthetic device. The shield has an inner side opening which leads to the inside of the tubular member. This opening is configured to receive a connector mounted to a tracheal tube. The tracheal tube is placed within the patient. The universal connector and the tracheal connector are put into mutual fluid communication within the tubular member thereby providing gaseous fluid to flow from the universal connector to the tracheal tube which is in fluid communication with the patient's trachea. The shield also includes teeth abutments or bite members which are to be abutted by the teeth of the patient in order to keep their mouth open. | 03-05-2009 |
20130199544 | MAGNETIC INTERFERENCE REDUCING SURGICAL DRAPE - A magnetic drape comprises a drape body made of a flexible material. The drape body has a panel portion having an undersurface adapted to be laid on an uneven body and a top surface, and a given thickness between the undersurface and the top surface. A plurality of magnet units are within the flexible material of the drape body, with each said magnet unit comprising a shielding material in the shape of a cup oriented to have a bottom wall facing toward the undersurface of the drape body, and a magnet received at least partially in the cup. The magnet comprises two or more sections arranged to expose opposite polarity on a top surface of the magnetic drape, with each said section having opposite polarities oriented vertically. | 08-08-2013 |
Martin Fortier, Jonquiere CA
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20110135533 | HIGH STRENGTH ALUMINIUM ALLOY EXTRUSION - An aluminium extrusion having a minimum section thickness and made from an aluminium alloy includes, in weight percent, between approximately 1.0 and 1.7 manganese, and between approximately 0.5 and 1.1 silicon, less than 0.3 iron with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities each less than 0.05 weight % and totaling less than 0.15 weight %, the extrusion being formed with an extrusion ratio less than 125 to retain a fibrous grain structure in which less than 40% of the minimum section thickness is recrystallized. | 06-09-2011 |
Mathieu Fortier, Trois Rivieres CA
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20090053802 | Multipotent stem cells from peripheral tissues and uses thereof - This invention relates to multipotent stem cells, purified from the peripheral tissue of mammals, and capable of differentiating into neural and non-neural cell types. These stem cells provide an accessible source for autologous transplantation into CNS, PNS, and other damaged tissues. | 02-26-2009 |
20090142834 | Multipotent stem cells from peripheral tissues and uses thereof - This invention relates to multipotent stem cells, purified from the peripheral tissue of mammals, and capable of differentiating into neural and non-neural cell types. These stem cells provide an accessible source for autologous transplantation into CNS, PNS, and other damaged tissues. | 06-04-2009 |
Michael Fortier, Quebec CA
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20130324545 | METHODS FOR THE REGULATION OF THE PROSTAGLANDIN F SYNTHASE (PGFS) ACTIVITY OF AKR1B1 AND USES THEREOF - AKR1B1 (EC 1.1.1.21) is an aldose reductase that has mainly been associated with the polyol pathway, and more recently with lipid deperoxidation. We have discovered that the primary activity of this enzyme is rather a PGFS activity, catalyzing the transformation of PGH | 12-05-2013 |
Michel Fortier, Quebec CA
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20110236394 | METHODS FOR THE REGULATION OF THE PROSTAGLANDIN F SYNTHASE (PGFS) ACTIVITY OF AKR1B1 AND USES THEREOF - AKR1B1 (EC 1.1.1.21) is an aldose reductase that has mainly been associated with the polyol pathway, and more recently with lipid deperoxidation. We have discovered that the primary activity of this enzyme is rather a PGFS activity, catalyzing the transformation of PGH | 09-29-2011 |
Nicole Fortier, St. Hyacinthe CA
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20100234329 | INGESTIBLE FILM COMPOSITION - The present invention relates to a novel ingestible film composition. More specifically, the invention is directed to a water-based, enzymatically-digested carboxymethylcellulose (CMC-Enz) film composition that is suitable for delivering pharmaceutical drugs, vitamins, natural products and other products to humans and animals. The invention further includes a method for manufacturing the novel composition. Advantageously, the film composition can accommodate an active ingredient in a quantity of up to approximately 60% of the overall weight of the final film. | 09-16-2010 |
Paul Fortier, Quebec CA
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20120120976 | 3D OPTOELECTRONIC PACKAGING - An optoelectronic (OE) package or system and method for fabrication is disclosed which includes a silicon layer with a wiring layer. The silicon layer has an optical via for allowing light to pass therethrough. An optical coupling layer is bonded to the silicon layer, and the optical coupling layer includes a plurality of microlenses for focusing and or collimating the light through the optical via. One or more first OE elements are coupled to the silicon layer and electrically communicating with the wiring. At least one of the first OE elements positioned in optical alignment with the optical via for receiving the light. A second OE element embedded within the wiring layer. A carrier may be interposed between electrical interconnect elements and positioned between the wiring layer and a circuit board. | 05-17-2012 |
20120120978 | 3D OPTOELECTRONIC PACKAGING - An optoelectronic (OE) package or system and method for fabrication is disclosed which includes a silicon layer with a wiring layer. The silicon layer has an optical via for allowing light to pass therethrough. An optical coupling layer is bonded to the silicon layer, and the optical coupling layer includes a plurality of microlenses for focusing and or collimating the light through the optical via. One or more first OE elements are coupled to the silicon layer and electrically communicating with the wiring. At least one of the first OE elements positioned in optical alignment with the optical via for receiving the light. A second OE element embedded within the wiring layer. A carrier may be interposed between electrical interconnect elements and positioned between the wiring layer and a circuit board. | 05-17-2012 |
Paul Fortier, Plessisville CA
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20090272282 | SINGLE RAM BALER - The present invention generally pertains to a single ram baler for baling recycled material. More specifically, the single ram baler of the present invention comprises a ram operable to move between a retracted position for receiving the recycled material and a tying position for allowing the compacted material to slightly expand before wiring the same. | 11-05-2009 |
Paul Fortier, Bromont CA
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20110044369 | SILICON CARRIER OPTOELECTRONIC PACKAGING - An optoelectronic (OE) package or system and method for fabrication is disclosed which includes a silicon layer with wiring. The silicon layer has an optical via for allowing light to pass therethrough. An optical coupling layer is bonded to the silicon layer, and the optical coupling layer includes a plurality of microlenses for focusing and or collimating the light through the optical via. A plurality of OE elements are coupled to the silicon layer and electrically communicating with the wiring. At least one of the OE elements positioned in optical alignment with the optical via for receiving the light. A carrier is interposed between electrical interconnect elements. The carrier is positioned between the wiring of the silicon layer and a circuit board and the carrier is electrically connecting first interconnect elements connected to the wiring of the silicon layer and second interconnect elements connected to the circuit board. | 02-24-2011 |
20120326290 | SILICON CARRIER OPTOELECTRONIC PACKAGING - An optoelectronic (OE) package or system and method for fabrication is disclosed which includes a silicon layer with wiring. The silicon layer has an optical via for allowing light to pass therethrough. An optical coupling layer is bonded to the silicon layer, and the optical coupling layer includes a plurality of microlenses for focusing and or collimating the light through the optical via. A plurality of OE elements are coupled to the silicon layer and electrically communicating with the wiring. At least one of the OE elements positioned in optical alignment with the optical via for receiving the light. A carrier is interposed between electrical interconnect elements. The carrier is positioned between the wiring of the silicon layer and a circuit board and the carrier is electrically connecting first interconnect elements connected to the wiring of the silicon layer and second interconnect elements connected to the circuit board. | 12-27-2012 |
Paul F. Fortier, Richelieu CA
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20110049221 | METHOD OF JOINING A CHIP ON A SUBSTRATE - A method and apparatus for making chip assemblies is disclosed that prevent or reduce the cracking and delamination of ultra low-k dielectrics in the back-end-of-line in Si chips that can occur during the chip assembly process. The method and apparatus apply pressure to the top and bottom surfaces of a substrate during the chip bonding process so that the bending and warping of the assembled modules are reduced. The reduced bending and warping prevent or reduce the cracking and delamination of ultra low-k dielectrics. | 03-03-2011 |
20120292375 | METHOD OF JOINING A CHIP ON A SUBSTRATE - A method and apparatus for making chip assemblies is disclosed that prevent or reduce the cracking and delamination of ultra low-k dielectrics in the back-end-of-line in Si chips that can occur during the chip assembly process. The method and apparatus apply pressure to the top and bottom surfaces of a substrate during the chip bonding process so that the bending and warping of the assembled modules are reduced. The reduced bending and warping prevent or reduce the cracking and delamination of ultra low-k dielectrics. | 11-22-2012 |
20140177222 | SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTONIC PACKAGE - A method for assembling a semiconductor photonic package device includes bonding a portion of a first surface of a semiconductor die portion to a portion of a carrier portion, bonding a single mode optical ferrule portion to a portion of the first surface of the semiconductor die portion, and disposing a cover plate assembly in contact with the optical ferrule portion and the carrier portion. | 06-26-2014 |
20140179034 | SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTONIC PACKAGE - A method for assembling a semiconductor photonic package device includes bonding a portion of a first surface of a semiconductor die portion to a portion of a carrier portion, bonding a single mode optical ferrule portion to a portion of the first surface of the semiconductor die portion, and disposing a cover plate assembly in contact with the optical ferrule portion and the carrier portion. | 06-26-2014 |
20140270652 | FIBER PIGTAIL WITH INTEGRATED LID - A mechanism is provided for a fiber pigtail. The fiber pigtail includes a single mode fiber optic ribbon having a section of polymer ribbon removed to expose bare fibers, a fiber optic ferrule in contact with the single mode fiber optic ribbon at one distal end, and an integrated polymer lid permanently attached to the bare fibers of the single mode fiber optic ribbon at another distal end of the single mode fiber optic ribbon. | 09-18-2014 |
20150177466 | FIBER PIGTAIL WITH INTEGRATED LID - A mechanism is provided for a fiber pigtail. The fiber pigtail includes a single mode fiber optic ribbon having a section of polymer ribbon removed to expose bare fibers, a fiber optic ferrule in contact with the single mode fiber optic ribbon at one distal end, and an integrated polymer lid permanently attached to the bare fibers of the single mode fiber optic ribbon at another distal end of the single mode fiber optic ribbon. | 06-25-2015 |
Paul F. Fortier, Quebec CA
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20150050028 | STRUCTURED SUBSTRATE FOR OPTICAL FIBER ALIGNMENT - A structured substrate for optical fiber alignment is produced at least in part by forming a substrate with a plurality of buried conductive features and a plurality of top level conductive features. At least one of the plurality of top level conductive features defines a bond pad. A groove is then patterned in the substrate utilizing a portion of the plurality of top level conductive features as an etch mask and one of the plurality of buried conductive features as an etch stop. At least a portion of an optical fiber is placed into the groove. | 02-19-2015 |
Paul Francis Fortier, Richelieu CA
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20150093859 | ELECTRONIC MODULE ASSEMBLY WITH PATTERNED ADHESIVE ARRAY - An improved electronic module assembly and method of fabrication is disclosed. A patterned array of adhesive is deposited on a laminate, to which a chip is attached. Each region of adhesive is referred to as a lid tie. A lid is placed on the laminate, and is in contact with the lid ties. The lid ties serve to add stability to the laminate and reduce flexing during thermal processing and mechanical stress. | 04-02-2015 |
Philippe Fortier, Outremont CA
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20100235857 | DISTRIBUTED SYNCHRONIZED VIDEO VIEWING AND EDITING - A single composite stream of data is streamed to a user's terminal and displayed in two separate viewers. This composite stream embeds a series of substreams that are views of the same event, taken from different point of views. A first viewer, the global viewer, displays the entire composite stream of data, thus displays the n substreams the composite stream may contain. The second viewer, the focus viewer, displays only part of the composite stream in order to display the substream currently selected by the user. While the stream is played back, the user may interact with an external application's user interface to select which of the n embedded streams he wants to be displayed in the focus viewer, thus creating a cut. The series of cuts created by the user is stored internally for playback management. The user may export the series of cuts he created in an editing file (EDL formatted, for instance, without being restricted to) that can be loaded into a professional editing application. This professional editing application will then be used to create the final version of the clip. | 09-16-2010 |
Philippe Fortier, St.-Jean-Sur-Richelieu- CA
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20110009742 | ADAPTIVE RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT USING ULTRASOUND - Radiation treatment is delivered to a patient by positioning the patient such that a radiation beam is delivered to a lesion within the patient along a beam-delivery path while securing a diagnostic imaging device about the patient such that the diagnostic imaging device does not intersect the beam-delivery path. Radiation therapy is simultaneously delivered along the beam-delivery path while diagnostic images are obtained using the imaging device. | 01-13-2011 |
Rejean Fortier, St-Jean-Sur-Richelieu CA
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20100158074 | MULTIPOINT PROBE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - A probe assembly in a gas path of a gas turbine engine comprises a support casing having a first wall with throughbores. The support casing has a base mounted to a gas turbine engine proximate the gas path. The first wall extends radially into the gas path. The throughbores are provided at positions corresponding to different gas path radii. Wire units each have an end directed to an own throughbore, and an end exiting through an outlet of the casing and connected to a processing unit. Retaining members in the casing constrain movement of the wire units. Probes for each of the throughbores are configured for measuring the temperature/pressure. The probes each have a connector end received in a non-integral relation in the throughbore and connected to an associated wire unit, whereby the probes in the non-integral relation with the support casing measure parameters in the gas path. | 06-24-2010 |
20120198675 | MULTIPOINT PROBE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - A probe assembly in a gas path of a gas turbine engine comprises a support casing having a first wall with throughbores. The support casing has a base mounted to a gas turbine engine proximate the gas path. The first wall extends radially into the gas path. The throughbores are provided at positions corresponding to different gas path radii. Wire units each have an end directed to an own throughbore, and an end exiting through an outlet of the casing and connected to a processing unit. Retaining members in the casing constrain movement of the wire units. Probes for each of the throughbores are configured for measuring the temperature/pressure. The probes each have a connector end received in a non-integral relation in the throughbore and connected to an associated wire unit, whereby the probes in the non-integral relation with the support casing measure parameters in the gas path. | 08-09-2012 |
Simon Fortier, Montreal CA
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20080312879 | FLUORESCENCE TOMOGRAPHY USING LINE-BY-LINE FORWARD MODEL - A fluorescence optical tomography system and method uses a photon migration model calculator for which absorption and reduced scattering coefficient values are determined for each source/detector pair. The coefficient values may be determined by measurement, in which a time resolved detector detects the excitation wavelength and generates temporal point spread functions from which the coefficient values are found. Alternatively, the coefficient values may be determined by calculating them from a dataset containing a spatial distribution of absorption and reduced scattering coefficients in a volume of interest. The fluorescence detection may be continuous wave, time resolved, or a combination of the two. An estimator uses a detected fluorescence signal and an estimated fluorescence signal to estimate the image values. | 12-18-2008 |
Simon Fortier, Chateauguay CA
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20090080723 | DIFFUSE OPTICAL IMAGING CORRECTED FOR BOUNDARY EFFECTS - A method of optically imaging an object includes the determination of a source point and a destination point within the object. Planar boundaries are selected that approximate a geometrical shape of the object, and virtual sources are found using a reflection of the original source through the boundaries. Subsequent reflections of the added sources may be used to find higher order sources. Contributions to an optical transfer function from each of the added sources are added to determine a cumulative optical transfer function until a convergence limit is reached. The resulting optical transfer function is more accurate than the original in that it takes boundary phenomena into consideration. | 03-26-2009 |
Stephane Fortier, Montreal CA
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20110275348 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UNLOCKING A DEVICE - A system for unlocking a mobile device including: an input module configured to receive voice information; an output module configured to output an unlock signal; a processor connected to the input module and output module and configured to: receive the voice information from the input module; analyze the voice information; determine if the analyzed voice information matches with a predetermined voice profile; and if there is a match, send an unlock signal to the mobile device via an output module. A method for unlocking a mobile device including: receiving voice information from the mobile device; analyzing the voice information; determining if the analyzed voice information matches with a predetermined voice profile; and if there is a match, sending an unlock signal to the mobile device. | 11-10-2011 |
Stephane Fortier, Mirabel CA
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20100077441 | BUFFERING CONTENT ON A HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A handheld device receives a wireless RF transmission that includes multiple video streams and buffers all video streams or selected video streams based on an identification of video streams to buffer. The device might also buffer all or selected audio streams or other real-time data content that is received in the wireless RF transmission. The wireless RF transmission may include a set of video streams (and/or audio streams, and/or other real-timed data) for the handheld device to buffer. A head end that sends the RF transmission may determine which streams to buffer based on operator input, user preferences, and other factors. Alternatively, the handheld device may automatically determine which streams to buffer based on information such as user preferences and information in the RF transmission. Alternatively, a user may select which streams to buffer. | 03-25-2010 |
20120246689 | BUFFERING CONTENT ON A HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A handheld device receives a wireless RF transmission that includes multiple video streams and buffers all video streams or selected video streams based on an identification of video streams to buffer. The device might also buffer all or selected audio streams or other real-time data content that is received in the wireless RF transmission. The wireless RF transmission may include a set of video streams (and/or audio streams, and/or other real-timed data) for the handheld device to buffer. A head end that sends the RF transmission may determine which streams to buffer based on operator input, user preferences, and other factors. Alternatively, the handheld device may automatically determine which streams to buffer based on information such as user preferences and information in the RF transmission. Alternatively, a user may select which streams to buffer. | 09-27-2012 |
Stephane Fortier, Chambly CA
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20100187451 | PRESSURE REGULATING VALVE FOR AIRCRAFT ENGINE - The fluid pressure regulating valve is for use in an aircraft engine. The valve has at least a first fluid inlet, a first fluid outlet and a second fluid outlet. The valve comprises: a valve housing having a first valve spool interior cavity; a first fluid path within the valve housing from the fluid inlet to the first fluid outlet; a second fluid path within the valve housing from the fluid inlet to the second fluid outlet; a first valve spool mounted for reciprocal motion within the first valve spool cavity between a first position and a second position, the first valve spool having a second valve spool interior cavity and being spring-biased to its first position; and a second valve spool mounted for reciprocal motion within the second valve spool cavity between a first position and a second position, the second valve spool being spring-biased to its first position, the second valve spool closing the first fluid path at its second position when the first valve spool is substantially at its first position. | 07-29-2010 |
20140033730 | PRESSURE REGULATING VALVE FOR AIRCRAFT ENGINE - The fluid pressure regulating valve is for use in an aircraft engine. The valve has at least a first fluid inlet, a first fluid outlet and a second fluid outlet. The valve comprises: a valve housing having a first valve spool interior cavity; a first fluid path within the valve housing from the fluid inlet to the first fluid outlet; a second fluid path within the valve housing from the fluid inlet to the second fluid outlet; a first valve spool mounted for reciprocal motion within the first valve spool cavity between a first position and a second position, the first valve spool having a second valve spool interior cavity and being spring-biased to its first position; and a second valve spool mounted for reciprocal motion within the second valve spool cavity between a first position and a second position, the second valve spool being spring-biased to its first position, the second valve spool closing the first fluid path at its second position when the first valve spool is substantially at its first position. | 02-06-2014 |
Thomas Fortier, Montreal CA
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20080235493 | INSTRUCTION COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES FOR MULTI-PROCESSOR SYSTEM - A method for communicating instructions to slave processors in a multi-processor system having a master processor and pipelined slave processors controlled by the master processor is described. The method uses a pass-through command having (i) a header block coded using a computer language understood by the slave processors and (ii) a payload block including instructions coded in a computer language understood by a destined slave processor. The pass-through command is transmitted to an outermost slave processor and then forwarded, without recoding, by intermediate downstream slave processors until the command reaches the destined slave processor. In one application, the method is used in a system adapted for processing video data or rendering graphics. | 09-25-2008 |
20100020087 | PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS DURING VISUAL CREATION OF GRAPHICS IMAGES - In general, this disclosure relates to techniques for using graphics instructions and state information received from a graphics device to visually create a graphics image. Performance analysis may also be conducted to identify potential bottlenecks during instruction execution on the graphics device. One example device includes a display device and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to receive a plurality of graphics instructions from an external graphics device, wherein the graphics instructions are executed by the external graphics device to display a graphics image, and to receive state information from the external graphics device, wherein the state information is associated with execution of the graphics instructions on the external graphics device. The one or more processors are further configured to display, on the display device, a representation of the graphics image according to the graphics instructions and the state information. | 01-28-2010 |