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Bernard Cloutier, Granby CA
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| 20090068077 | GROUP OF AT LEAST TWO GAS-FLOW REACTORS SUPPLIED WITH CHEMICAL NEUTRALIZATION AND/OR SORPTION AGENT - A group of at least two gas-flow reactors ( | 03-12-2009 |
Francois Cloutier, Trois-Rivieres CA
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| 20090188698 | ELECTRIC CABLE AND INSULATOR SELF-LOCKING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF INSTALLATION THEREOF - The insulator comprises a lower bell shaped portion, an intermediate annular waist portion and an upper saddle portion for receiving and supporting an electric transmission overhead cable. An axial blind bore opens at its lower end for receiving an upstanding support pin. The saddle portion includes a transversely-curved groove, substantially normal to the axial bore, and jutting parts on each side of the cable receiving groove and laterally protruding from the waist portion. Each jutting part has an external face which is provide with a partly annular groove, generally coaxial with the bore and of greater radius than that of the waist portion. These annular grooves are adapted to positively retain the inturned flanges of a cable retaining clasp despite an upward force or a laterally upwardly directed force exerted by the cable on the clasp. The waist portion can still be used for attaching the electric wire by a tie-wire. The clasp includes male/female joints at each of its two downwardly curved arms that automatically interlock with each other when a sufficient biasing force is applied thereon by a pneumatic tool deforming the clasp arms, drawing the registering flanges of the latter toward one another to lock the insulator to the overhead electric cable. | 07-30-2009 |
Guy Cloutier, Repentingy CA
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| 20110092817 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF ULTRASOUND SCATTERER CHARACTERIZATION - A method for characterizing ultrasound scatterers in a medium comprising providing ultrasound data representing a region of interest comprising a plurality of scatterers in a medium, the plurality of scatterers including clusters of scatterer sub-units, the scatterers having a physical property value to be estimated and the scatterer sub-units having at least one known physical parameter value; modelling the ultrasound data using an at least second order function of a spatial organization parameter defining the spatial organization of the scatterers; and estimating the physical property value of the scatterers from the modelled ultrasound data and the at least one known physical parameter of the sub-units by a regression of the spatial organization parameter as a function of frequency. A system for characterizing ultrasound scatterers is also included. | 04-21-2011 |
Guy Cloutier, Repentigny CA
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| 20100081931 | IMAGE SEGMENTATION - A method for segmenting an image comprising: determining an initial estimation of a boundary between at least two components in a region of an image to be segmented; providing image data from the region of the image to be segmented, the image data representing gray level values of a plurality of image elements of the components; modelling the image data on a mixture of at least two statistical distributions, each statistical distribution having more than one parameter, and each component being associated with certain weights of the statistical distributions in the mixture; estimating the parameters of the statistical distributions in the mixture; for each component, estimating the weights of the statistical distributions in the mixture based on the estimated parameters and the image data of each image element; and optimizing the initial estimation of the boundary between the components based on the estimated parameters and estimated weights. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100312092 | Method and system for vascular elastography - The method for vascular elastography comprises: i) obtaining a sequence of radio-frequency (RF) images including pre-tissue-motion and post-tissue-motion images in digital form of a vessel delimited by a vascular wall; the pre-tissue-motion and post-tissue-motion images being representative of first and second time-delayed configuration, of the whole vessel; ii) partitioning both the pre-tissue-motion and post-tissue-motion images within the vascular wall into corresponding data windows; approximating a trajectory between the pre- and post-tissue-motion for corresponding data windows; and using the trajectory for each data window to compute the full strain tensor in each data window, which allow determining the Von Mises coefficient. The method can be adapted for non-invasive vascular elastography (NIVE), for non-invasive vascular micro-elastography (MicroNlVE) on small vessels, and for endovascular elastography (EVE). | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110130660 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTION, CHARACTERIZATION AND IMAGING OF HETEROGENEITY USING SHEAR WAVE INDUCED RESONANCE - A system and a method for inducing resonance of a heterogeneity or a sample within a body, the system comprising a shear wave generator, and a detection unit; the shear wave generator generating shear waves applied to the body and selectively inducing mechanical resonances of the heterogeneity, the detection unit detecting the induced mechanical resonances. The induced resonance of the heterogeneity is achieved by applying to the body one of: i) shear waves substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the heterogeneity; ii) shear waves polarised substantially perpendicularly to said longitudinal axis; iii) shear waves substantially circumferential to the heterogeneity; and iv) planar shear waves. | 06-02-2011 |
Jean Cloutier, Sainte Foy CA
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| 20110312095 | METHOD AND CONSTRUCTS FOR INCREASING RECOMBINANT PROTEIN PRODUCTION IN PLANTS DEHYDRATION STRESS - The present invention provides methods and constructs for increasing recombinant protein production in plants during dehydration stress. The invention includes nucleic acids, inducible expression systems, and methods for using same for increasing recombinant protein production in plants and plant protection. | 12-22-2011 |
Julie Cloutier, Levis CA
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| 20090042844 | 17ALPHA-SUBSTITUTED STEROIDS AS SYSTEMIC ANTIANDROGENS AND SELECTIVE ANDROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATORS - Compounds having the structure, their salts or N-oxide derivatives: | 02-12-2009 |
Justin Cloutier, Calgary CA
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| 20090314546 | In-drilling alignment - To limit the growth of errors of an inertial navigation system for measurement-while-drilling, in-drilling alignment methods can be used. A pneumatics-based design of an apparatus for an in-drilling alignment method and its implementation downhole are described. | 12-24-2009 |
Luc Cloutier, Lachine CA
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| 20120002418 | RAIL AND CLIP MOUNTING FOR LED MODULES FOR FLUORESCENT APPLICATION REPLACEMENT - In accordance with a first exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a mounting arrangement for use with an LED power strip module is provided. The mounting arrangement comprises one or more one frames having a first end and a second end, a first holding base configured to mate with the first end and a second holding base configured to mate with the second end, and at least one LED module having a first and second edge and comprising a plurality of LEDs, said LED module being adapted to removably attach to the one or more frames. The first and second holding bases are adapted to secure the one or more frames to an existing raceway structure. | 01-05-2012 |
Marc Cloutier, Normandin CA
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| 20090095597 | Board positioning system and method, and fence assembly - The system and a method are for lengthwise positioning of transversally-oriented elongated articles as they are being longitudinally conveyed, the system and method comprising sliding a laterally extending end of the elongated article against a fence oriented in a converging angle relative to the conveyor, to thereby displace the elongated article lengthwisely. The fence is comprised of a plurality of adjacent gates which can be individually moved out of interference with the elongated article once the elongated article has been lengthwisely displaced to the desired transversal position. The fence can be provided as a fence assembly having the plurality of gates mounted to a common base, and having a plurality of actuators each connected between the base and a respective gate for moving the gate. | 04-16-2009 |
Mark M. Cloutier, Gatineau CA
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| 20080280579 | Systems And Methods For Controlling Local Oscillator Feed-Through - A method for controlling local oscillator (LO) feed-through in a direct transmitter includes detecting a signal level corresponding to LO feed-through in a radio frequency (RF) signal that is output by a direct transmitter. Responsive to detecting the signal level corresponding to LO feed-through, DC offset levels are modified for an in-phase (I) signal and/or a quadrature-phase (Q) signal in the direct transmitter. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20090278611 | Integrated ramp, sweep fractional frequency synthesizer on an integrated circuit chip - An integrated ramp, sweep fractional frequency synthesizer system on an integrated circuit chip includes an integrated circuit chip having a fractional frequency synthesizer with a fractional divider responsive to a VCO and a ΔΣ modulator for modifying the divisor of the fractional divider; and a ramp generator on the same integrated circuit chip; the ramp generator being responsive to a trigger signal to generate a ramp for sweeping the frequency of said fractional frequency synthesizer. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20100264965 | Fractional-N frequency synthesizer having reduced fractional switching noise - A fractional-N frequency synthesizer having reduced fractional switching noise and spurious signals is provided. The synthesizer includes a voltage controlled oscillator for providing an output signal. A fractional-N divider is responsive to the voltage controlled oscillator for providing a divided output signal having fractional switching noise. A band pass filter is responsive to the fractional-N divider for reducing the fractional switching noise and non-linearities that result in spurious signals. A phase detector is responsive to a reference signal and the band pass filter for providing a control signal representative of the phase difference between the reference signal and the signal from the band pass filter. A loop filter is responsive to the phase detector for filtering the control signal to control the voltage controlled oscillator, the output of the loop filter having reduced fractional switching noise and spurious signals. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20120033758 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING LOCAL OSCILLATOR FEED-THROUGH - A method for controlling local oscillator (LO) feed-through in a direct transmitter includes detecting a signal level corresponding to LO feed-through in a radio frequency (RF) signal that is output by a direct transmitter. Responsive to detecting the signal level corresponding to LO feed-through, DC offset levels are modified for an in-phase (I) signal and/or a quadrature-phase (Q) signal in the direct transmitter. | 02-09-2012 |
Maxime Cloutier, Montreal CA
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| 20110138772 | TURBINE DETUNER FOR RECOVERING KINETIC ENERGY FROM GAS TURBINE ENGINE EXHAUST GASES - A gas turbine engine test cell has a turbine detuner capable of recovering kinetic energy from exhaust gases emitted by a gas turbine engine while also detuning the exhaust flow to reduce unwanted infrasound. The gas turbine engine test cell includes a test cell building, a thrust frame for mounting the gas turbine engine, and the turbine detuner disposed downstream of the thrust frame for extracting energy from the exhaust gases of the gas turbine engine when in operation. The turbine detuner has an inlet for receiving the exhaust gases, a kinetic energy recovery mechanism (e.g. stator and rotor) for converting the kinetic energy of the exhaust gases into rotary power, and an outlet through which de-energized exhaust gases are emitted after being de-energized by the kinetic energy recovery mechanism. By eliminating the augmentor, the test cell is more compact. The turbine detuner not only reduces infrasound but also recovers otherwise wasted energy. | 06-16-2011 |
Michael F. Cloutier, Mission CA
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| 20100126326 | SAW BLADE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A circular saw blade includes a substantially circular body having a plurality of protruding tip support regions spaced around the periphery thereof, each tip support region including at least a seat for supporting a cutting tip. The tip support region may further include a substantially planar upper tooth face, a grindable tip reinforcement portion and/or a lower tip angle less than 90 degrees. A cutting tip is secured to the seat of each tip support region preferably with a top face of each cutting tip substantially parallel to and offset from an upper tooth face of each tip support region. Each cutting tip of the circular saw blade is further configured to maintain a cutting edge at a substantially constant width when material is removed from the top face thereof. A method of manufacturing a saw blade is also provided. | 05-27-2010 |
Sylvie Cloutier, Dartmouth CA
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| 20120058241 | COMESTIBLE EMULSIONS - Disclosed are comestible emulsions that comprise polyunsaturated fatty acids and methods of preparing them. The emulsions remain clear or semi-clear upon dilution. The emulsions comprise one or more polyunsaturated fatty acids or derivatives thereof, one or more emulsifiers, one or more organic solvents, and one or more polyols in a water solution. The emulsions are particularly suited for incorporation into beverages. | 03-08-2012 |