Weber, FR
Claire Weber, Suresnes FR
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20110252827 | CO2 Recovery And Cold Water Production Method - The present invention relates to a method of capturing carbon dioxide in a fluid comprising at least one compound more volatile than carbon dioxide CO2, for example methane CH4, oxygen O2, argon Ar, nitrogen N2, carbon monoxide CO, helium He and/or hydrogen H2. | 10-20-2011 |
20110252828 | Carbon Dioxide Recovery Method Using Cryo-Condensation - The present invention relates to a method of capturing carbon dioxide in a fluid comprising at least one compound more volatile than carbon dioxide CO2, for example methane CH4, oxygen O2, argon Ar, nitrogen N2, carbon monoxide CO, helium He and/or hydrogen H2. | 10-20-2011 |
20110296866 | Method For Trapping Carbon Dioxide By Cryocondensation - The present invention relates to a method of capturing carbon dioxide in a fluid comprising at least one compound more volatile than carbon dioxide CO2, for example oxygen O2, argon Ar, nitrogen N2, carbon monoxide CO, helium He and/or hydrogen H2. | 12-08-2011 |
20110296868 | CO2 Recovery Method Using Cryo-Condensation - The present invention relates to a method of capturing carbon dioxide in a fluid comprising at least one compound more volatile than carbon dioxide CO2, for example methane CH4, oxygen O2, argon Ar, nitrogen N2, carbon monoxide CO, helium He and/or hydrogen H2. | 12-08-2011 |
20110302955 | Method For Trapping CO2 By Solid Cryocondensation In A Turbine - The present invention relates to a method of capturing carbon dioxide in a fluid comprising at least one compound more volatile than carbon dioxide CO2, for example methane CH4, oxygen O2, argon Ar, nitrogen N2, carbon monoxide CO, helium He and/or hydrogen H2. | 12-15-2011 |
Claude Weber, Milly La Foret FR
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20130310713 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING COMPLIANCE WITH OXYGEN THERAPY USING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL ACCELEROMETER - The invention relates to a device for measuring patient compliance with oxygen therapy, including a casing ( | 11-21-2013 |
20130331726 | APPARATUS FOR TRACKING COMPLIANCE WITH A TREATMENT FOR OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA - The invention relates to an apparatus ( | 12-12-2013 |
Eric Weber, Colombes FR
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20120036581 | SECURITY APPARATUS - A security apparatus positioned between at least one domain having a level of trust or of sensitivity A and at least one domain having a level of trust or sensitivity B, bearing in mind that the level A is different from the level B, comprises a virtualization software layer V implemented on the physical layer H and positioned between said physical layer H and at least one set consisting of at least three different compartmentalized blocks having different sensitivity levels, BLA, BLB, MDS. The compartmentalized blocks rest on the physical layer H and the virtualization layer and the blocks include at least one of: a network block A, BLA, comprising all the network functions used to process data of security level A, a network block B, BLB, comprising all the network functions used to process data of security level B, and a security module software block, MDS, or airlock positioned between at least one block of BLA type and at least one block of BLB type, said security module being designed to monitor the exchanges of data between said blocks BLA and BLB, said security module comprising all the security, filtering or cryptographic function transformations. | 02-09-2012 |
Eric Weber, Cormeilles En Vexin FR
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20100005510 | ARCHITECTURE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE TRANSFER OF INFORMATION BETWEEN USERS - A system and method for marking and controlling the transfer of information between several users ( | 01-07-2010 |
20100211705 | SECURED SYSTEM FOR TRANSFERRING DATA BETWEEN TWO EQUIPMENTS - A system, apparatus and a method to connect at least two items of equipment, a first item of equipment having a first confidentiality level and a second item of equipment having a second confidentiality level, the two items of equipment in communication with equipment external to the system through the use of a protocol wherein the system includes at least: a medium allowing the transmission of data between the first and second items of equipment; an interface between the medium and the first item of equipment; an interface between the medium and the second item of equipment; first module to allow a first monodirectional adaptation of the protocol and to allow the transmission of data monodirectionally; and a second module to allow a second monodirectional adaptation of the protocol and to allow a reception of the data monodirectionally from the first module. | 08-19-2010 |
20110314216 | Method and Device for Reducing the Remanence of Data Stored on a Recording Medium - In a method of reducing the remanence of data stored in the memory space of a recording medium, in which at least a portion of the data stored in the memory space is moved in blocks according to a cycle repeated over time, the cycle includes choosing a number N of data blocks to be moved, and, as long as the number D of blocks moved during the cycle is less than N: a data block B | 12-22-2011 |
Etienne N. Weber, Puligny Montrachet FR
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20090135484 | LENS WITH VARIABLE FOCAL LENGTH AND SYMMETRY - The invention relates to a variable focal length lens with a chamber ( | 05-28-2009 |
Fabienne Weber, Dinsheim-Sur-Bruche FR
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20100160377 | DERIVATIVES OF PYRAZOLE 3,5-CARBOXYLATES, THEIR PREPARATION AND THEIR APPLICATION IN THERAPEUTICS - The invention relates to derivatives of pyrazole 3,5-carboxylates, of general formula (I): | 06-24-2010 |
Gerard Weber, Meyenheim FR
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20130008062 | WEAR ASSEMBLY FOR AN EXCAVATOR BUCKET - A wear assembly for an excavator bucket comprises a cast lip, a lower wing shroud and a retaining member. The cast lip includes two upstanding wing plates. Each wing plate has a wing face on a side of the wing plate and a plate retaining formation formed on the wing face. The plate retaining formation has a plate retaining face. The wing shroud is mounted to the wing plate. The wing shroud includes a shroud retaining formation having a shroud retaining face. The retaining member includes a first bearing formation having a first face opposing and engaging the shroud retaining face, and a second bearing formation having a second face opposing and engaging the plate retaining face. The retaining member has a longitudinal axis extending between the first bearing formation and the second bearing formation. The longitudinal axis is located in a plane substantially parallel to the wing face. | 01-10-2013 |
20140082976 | WING SHROUD FOR AN EARTH MOVING MACHINE BUCKET, BUCKET AND EARTH MOVING MACHINE - The present disclosure refers to a wing shroud for an earth moving machine bucket adapted to be positioned at least partially on a tooth adapter and/or at least partially on a lateral plate of the bucket for protecting wear sensitive bucket parts wherein the wing shroud comprises at least one self-lock mechanism for a detachable connection to the bucket. | 03-27-2014 |
20140237869 | EXCAVATOR BUCKET AND EARTH MOVING MACHINE - The present disclosure relates to an excavator bucket for an earth moving machine comprising an interior bucket space formed by a curved rear wall and a pair of opposed sidewalls wherein the bucket comprises a bucket box arranged onto the rear wall, in particular arranged on the outer surface of its top portion, and which extends along a lateral axis of the bucket wherein the angle between at least one of the outer lateral sides of the bucket box and the rear wall of the bucket, in particular its top portion, is less than 90 degrees. | 08-28-2014 |
Gérard Weber, Meyenheim FR
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20130008062 | WEAR ASSEMBLY FOR AN EXCAVATOR BUCKET - A wear assembly for an excavator bucket comprises a cast lip, a lower wing shroud and a retaining member. The cast lip includes two upstanding wing plates. Each wing plate has a wing face on a side of the wing plate and a plate retaining formation formed on the wing face. The plate retaining formation has a plate retaining face. The wing shroud is mounted to the wing plate. The wing shroud includes a shroud retaining formation having a shroud retaining face. The retaining member includes a first bearing formation having a first face opposing and engaging the shroud retaining face, and a second bearing formation having a second face opposing and engaging the plate retaining face. The retaining member has a longitudinal axis extending between the first bearing formation and the second bearing formation. The longitudinal axis is located in a plane substantially parallel to the wing face. | 01-10-2013 |
Herve Weber, Charleville-Mezieres FR
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20140300190 | LOW-VOLTAGE DC POWER SUPPLY FOR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICES - The present invention relates to a system ( | 10-09-2014 |
Jean-Claude Weber, Bondy FR
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20080276569 | ELEMENT FOR PRODUCING A PACKAGE FOR PACKAGING A FOOD PRODUCT, CORRESPONDING PACKAGE, ASSEMBLY COMPRISING SUCH A PACKAGE AND A FOOD PRODUCT, CUTTING INSTALLATION AND METHOD - The invention concerns an element including: 1 sheet ( | 11-13-2008 |
20090065563 | ELEMENT FOR PRODUCING A PACKAGE FOR PACKAGING A FOOD PRODUCT, CORRESPONDING PACKAGE, ASSEMBLY COMPRISING SUCH A PACKAGE AND A FOOD PRODUCT, CUTTING INSTALLATION AND METHOD - The invention concerns an element including: 1 sheet ( | 03-12-2009 |
Jeremie Weber, Paris FR
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20100104480 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE BONDING PROPERTIES OF MICROSTRUCTURED SUBSTRATES, AND DEVICES PREPARED WITH THIS METHOD - A method for treating the surface of a polymerio substrate, including the following steps: providing a first polymeric substrate; contracting at least one part of one face of the first substrate with some liquid solvent system, the liquid solvent system containing at least a first volatile compound and at least a second compound having a low molecular weight and able to swell and/or soften the polymeric material forming the face; letting at least the volatile compound to evaporate from the face of the first substrate and; contracting the so-treated face of first substrate with a third material. | 04-29-2010 |
Jérémie Weber, Paris Cedex FR
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20100048839 | Novel method for producing water-soluble comb-shaped copolymers - The invention relates to a method for producing a comb-shaped copolymer whose skeleton is of an acrylamide, acrylic acid, acryloyl aminoethanol or dimethyl acrylamide type and on which poly(N-alkyl acrylamide) or poly(N,N-5 dialkyl acrylamide lateral segments are grafted. Said method is characterised in that it consists (a) in producing a telomer poly(N-alkyl acrylamide) or poly(N,N-dialkyl acrylamide) of formula (I) H | 02-25-2010 |
Jérémie Weber, Paris Cedex FR
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20100048839 | Novel method for producing water-soluble comb-shaped copolymers - The invention relates to a method for producing a comb-shaped copolymer whose skeleton is of an acrylamide, acrylic acid, acryloyl aminoethanol or dimethyl acrylamide type and on which poly(N-alkyl acrylamide) or poly(N,N-5 dialkyl acrylamide lateral segments are grafted. Said method is characterised in that it consists (a) in producing a telomer poly(N-alkyl acrylamide) or poly(N,N-dialkyl acrylamide) of formula (I) H | 02-25-2010 |
Julien Weber, Velizy FR
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20150036898 | STATION FOR ACQUIRING BIOMETRIC AND BIOGRAPHIC DATA - A system allowing the acquisition of biometric and biographical data of an individual includes a station into which at least one of the following elements are integrated: a sensor of biometric prints, a camera for taking a picture of said individual, a feedback screen and a gantry including lighting means adapted for ensuring lighting complying with given conditions of acquisition of the biometric data. The lighting means include a curved metallic reflector fixed to the rear and to the apex of the framework of a first upper light tube placed substantially horizontally, furnished with a protection which is lowered and oriented toward said reflector, and a second light tube disposed substantially horizontally in the lower part of the framework, where the power P | 02-05-2015 |
Julien Weber, Asnieres-Sur-Seine FR
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20120158813 | SERVICE ABSTRACTION LAYER FOR ACCESSING A PLURALITY OF SERVICES - Various embodiments of systems and methods for accessing a plurality of services using a service abstraction layer are described herein. A plurality of services from one or more service provider is registered in a service abstraction layer. A request, from a service requestor, for accessing at least one service of the registered plurality of services is received at the service abstraction layer. Further, the received service request, at a service invoker of the service abstraction layer is forwarded to at least one corresponding service provider. Furthermore, successful execution of the requested service by the corresponding service providers is determined at the service invoker. Based on the determination, a response from the corresponding service provider is returned to the service requestor. Therefore, communication between the service requestor and the multiple service providers is handled by the service abstraction layer, which acts as a centralized layer. | 06-21-2012 |
Marc Weber, Toulouse FR
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20100052699 | METHOD FOR INSTANTANEOUSLY DETERMINING RATES OF DISTORTION OF SIGNALS ON AN AC ELECTRICAL NETWORK, AND ASSOCIATED DEVICE - A method for instantaneously determining rates of distortion on variable frequency signals, and an associated device, in which a harmonic distortion rate is calculated across the shortest possible temporal window, corresponding to the duration of a period of a given signal's fundamental. Hence, the aim being to precisely determine the signal frequency value, whose HDR is to be calculated, an iteration of certain measurements, achieved at the time of a given calculation, is embodied in order to calculate the HDR on subsequent signals. | 03-04-2010 |
Marc-Alain Weber, Annecy FR
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20080231250 | Method and Assembly For Supplying Power to an Active Independent Component - The invention relates to a method for supplying power to an independent active component and to assembly comprising a rolling bearing and an independent electronic system ( | 09-25-2008 |
20090046966 | Sealing Device for Antifriction Bearing Comprising Identifying Means - The inventions concerns a sealing device for antifriction bearing comprising a fixed support ( | 02-19-2009 |
Mathilde Weber, Gentilly FR
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20100063223 | COPOLYMER GRAFTED WITH POLYAMIDE, MATERIAL COMPRISING IT, PREPARATION PROCESS AND USES - The invention relates to a graft copolymer composed of a block copolymer of general formula B-(A) | 03-11-2010 |
Michael Philippe Weber, Saint-Louis FR
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20090270482 | ANALYSIS OF METHYLATED NUCLEIC ACID - The present invention provides a method for analysis methylation patterns in DNA and identifying aberrantly methylated genes in disease tissue. The invention also provides a method of identifying novel targets for therapeutic intervention and disease markers. Novel cancer targets are provided. | 10-29-2009 |
20120288509 | ANALYSIS OF METHYLATED NUCLEIC ACID - The present invention provides a method for analysis methylation patterns in DNA and identifying aberrantly methylated genes in disease tissue. The invention also provides a method of identifying novel targets for therapeutic intervention and disease markers. Novel cancer targets are provided. | 11-15-2012 |
Mickael Weber, Lunel FR
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20090311366 | DRY FOOD TO REDUCE DOGS' APPETITES - A dry food for dogs that reduces the appetite of dogs including psyllium seeds or parts of sees at a concentration of 0.2% to 4%, based on the weight of the foodstuff. | 12-17-2009 |
Nicolas Weber, Rixheim FR
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20140335526 | QUANTIFICATION OF RESIDUAL HOST CELL DNA BY REAL-TIME QUANTITATIVE PCR - The present invention relates to a method for quantifying residual host cell genomic DNA in recombinant protein biologics using quantitative real time PCR. | 11-13-2014 |
Olivier Weber, Roost Warendin FR
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20080244928 | Shoe, particularly sport or leisure shoe - The invention relates to a shoe, especially for sport or leisure, comprising an upper, a sole and a lacing device having at least one clamping strip passing through a space arranged at the level of the sole and a clamping element. The clamping element is attached, on the one hand, to a first end of the clamping strip and, on the other hand, to a holding zone placed at the rear of the shoe. The second end of the clamping strip, passing through the clamping element comprises an attachment device on the upper, allowing the fixing of the strip. Cooperation exists between the clamping strip, the clamping element and the holding zone causing tensing of the upper at the level of the instep and the articulation above the heel. | 10-09-2008 |
Olivier Weber, Grenoble FR
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20150021692 | METHOD OF LOCALIZED MODIFICATION OF THE STRESSES IN A SUBSTRATE OF THE SOI TYPE, IN PARTICULAR FD SOI TYPE, AND CORRESPONDING DEVICE - A substrate of the silicon on insulator type includes a semi-conducting film disposed on a buried insulating layer which is disposed on an unstressed silicon support substrate. The semi-conducting film includes a first film zone of tensile-stressed silicon and a second film zone of tensile-relaxed silicon. Openings through the buried insulating layer permit access to the unstressed silicon support substrate under the first and second film zones. An N channel transistor is formed from the first film zone and a P channel transistor is formed from the second film zone. The second film zone may comprise germanium enriched silicon forming a compressive-stressed region. | 01-22-2015 |
20150041900 | TRANSISTORS WITH VARIOUS LEVELS OF THRESHOLD VOLTAGES AND ABSENCE OF DISTORTIONS BETWEEN NMOS AND PMOS - The invention relates to an integrated circuit comprising a semi-conducting substrate and first and second cells. Each cell comprises first and second transistors of nMOS and pMOS type including first and second gate stacks including a gate metal. There are first and second ground planes under the first and second transistors and an oxide layer extending between the transistors and the ground planes. The gate metals of the nMOS and of a pMOS exhibit a first work function and the gate metal of the other pMOS exhibiting a second work function greater than the first work function. The difference between the work functions is between 55 and 85 meV and the first work function Wf1 satisfies the relation Wfmg−0.04−0.005*Xge02-12-2015 | |
Olivier Weber, Lyon FR
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20130065366 | SOI INTEGRATED CIRCUIT COMPRISING ADJACENT CELLS OF DIFFERENT TYPES - An integrated circuit on a semiconductor substrate has logic gates comprising FDSOI-type transistors made on said substrate, including at least one first transistor comprising a gate with a first work function, and including a transistor comprising a second work function, a memory including memory cells, each memory cell comprising FDSOI type transistors, including at least one third nMOS transistor with a gate presenting a third work function, the third transistor comprising a buried insulating layer and a ground plane at least one fourth pMOS transistor with a gate presenting said third work function, the fourth transistor comprising a buried insulating layer and a ground plane, the ground planes of the third and fourth transistors being made in a same well separating these ground planes from said substrate. | 03-14-2013 |
Patrick Weber, Rueil-Malmaison FR
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20120079309 | METHOD FOR MANAGING THE OPERATION OF A REMOTE INFORMATION SENSOR, AND ASSOCIATED SENSOR - A method for managing the operation of an information sensor for a meter, includes putting the sensor into a deep standby mode, in which a battery of the sensor does not supply electrical power in particular to a module for demodulating signals from the meter; connecting the sensor to the meter; detecting, using a detection module of the sensor, an information signal from the meter; removing the sensor from the deep standby mode in order to put same into an operative mode in which the battery supplies electrical power in particular to the demodulation module. | 03-29-2012 |
20120206851 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE OPENING OR CLOSING OF AN ELECTRIC CIRCUIT IN AN ELECTRIC METER - A method of controlling the opening or the closing of an AC electric circuit in an electricity meter by means of a relay is provided. The method times relay activation commands so as to take account of the inertial delay (di) of the relay, in such a manner that the actual activation command applied to the relay causes the relay actually to take action on the electric circuit when an electrical parameter of said circuit reaches a zero value, in order to limit the formation of electric arcs in the relay. | 08-16-2012 |
Patrick Weber, Montreuil FR
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20100099854 | NEUROVIRULENT STRAIN OF THE WEST NILE VIRUS AND USES THEREOF - Neuroinvasive and neurovirulent strain of the West Nile virus, named IS-98-ST1, nucleic acid molecules derived from its genome, proteins and peptides encoded by said nucleic acid molecules, and uses thereof. | 04-22-2010 |
20120266261 | NEUROVIRULENT STRAIN OF THE WEST NILE VIRUS AND USES THEREOF - Neuroinvasive and neurovirulent strain of the West Nile virus, named IS-98-ST1, nucleic acid molecules derived from its genome, proteins and peptides encoded by said nucleic acid molecules, and uses thereof. | 10-18-2012 |
20140237631 | Neurovirulent Strain of the West Nile Virus and Uses Thereof - Neuroinvasive and neurovirulent strain of the West Nile virus, named IS-98-ST1, nucleic acid molecules derived from its genome, proteins and peptides encoded by said nucleic acid molecules, and uses thereof. | 08-21-2014 |
Philippe Weber, Fondettes FR
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20130278046 | SENSOR-CARRIER CAP FOR A BEARING OF A WHEEL HUB - A sensor-carrier cap for a bearing of a wheel hub, the cap being made of plastic material and having a bottom wall arranged transversely to a central axis and providing a seat for accommodating a sensor, a cylindrical mounting wall extending axially from one side of the bottom wall around the axis; snap locking means projecting in a radially outer direction from the cylindrical wall, for locking the sensor-carrier cap on a tubular appendage of a wheel hub-bearing. | 10-24-2013 |
20150362047 | TENSIONING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING SUCH A TENSIONING DEVICE - A tensioning device comprising a receiver housing, a lever arm mounted on the receiver housing and rotatable with respect to the receiver housing around a first rotation axis, a pulley mounted on the lever arm and rotatable with respect to the lever arm around a second rotation axis parallel to the first rotation axis, and a spring mounted between the receiver housing and the lever arm and adapted to apply a torque for rotating the lever arm around the first rotation axis. The receiver housing and the lever arm are screwed together around the first rotation axis. The spring applies an axial damping effort, parallel to the first axis, on cooperating threaded portions respectively provided on the receiver housing and on the lever arm. | 12-17-2015 |
Philippe Weber, Bourg-La-Reine FR
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20120000407 | DEVICE FOR TRANSPORTING AND PLACING A BRIDGE OF AN OFFSHORE OIL RIG FOR SEA OPERATION ONTO A FLOATING OR STATIONARY STRUCTURE - A device for transporting and placing a bridge ( | 01-05-2012 |
Sebastien Weber, Plaisir FR
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20140174817 | ELECTRONIC BOX, PARTICULARLY FOR INTERNET ACCESS AND/OR FOR VIDEO DECODING - According to the invention, the electronic box comprising a main connection zone defined on one of its walls and in which is arranged at least one main connector designed to receive an external connection cable, is wherein it comprises: | 06-26-2014 |
Vincent Weber, Paris FR
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20110279671 | DEVICE FOR MONITORING A FACILITY PROVIDED WITH CAMERA - A device for monitoring an installation comprising means for issuing a cue to the environment of a camera indicating that the camera is passing from a state in which it is not capable of picking up images to a state in which it is capable of picking up images, or is indeed picking them up, and vice versa. The cue is issued in at least one of the following two forms: a movement of a mask suitable for covering a lens of the camera; and a sound signal. | 11-17-2011 |
Xavier Weber, Annecy FR
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20160082533 | Abrasive Sawing Wire, Production Method Thereof And Use Of Same - An abrasive wire including a steel core and a coating including a binder and abrasive particles, the binder being formed by at least one iron alloy layer containing, by weight percent in relation to the weight of the binder: between 0 and 3% oxygen, advantageously between 0 and 2%; and between 0.3% and 9% of at least one element selected from the group including carbon, boron an phosphorous. | 03-24-2016 |
Yann Weber, Toulouse FR
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20090267112 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device arrangement comprises a semiconductor device and an injector device. The semiconductor device comprises a first current electrode region of a first conductivity type, a second current electrode region of the first conductivity type, a drift region between the first and the second current electrode regions, and at least one floating region of a second conductivity type formed in the drift region. The injector device is arranged to receive an activation signal when the semiconductor device is turned on and to inject charge carriers of the second conductivity type into the drift region and the at least one floating region in response to receiving the activation signal. | 10-29-2009 |
20110089483 | METHOD OF FORMING A POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of forming a power semiconductor device comprises forming a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type extending across the power semiconductor device; forming an epitaxial layer of the first conductivity type over the first semiconductor layer, the epitaxial layer having a doping concentration that increases from a first surface of the epitaxial layer towards the first semiconductor layer; forming a body region of a second conductivity type in the epitaxial layer extending from the first surface of the epitaxial layer into the epitaxial layer, wherein a junction between the body region and the epitaxial layer is at or substantially adjacent to a region of the epitaxial layer having a maximum doping concentration; and forming a gate region such that the gate region is adjacent at least a portion of the body region. In operation of the semiconductor device, the portion of the body region adjacent the gate region functions as a channel region of the semiconductor device. | 04-21-2011 |