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Dirk Jan Bulsink, Leiden NL

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100019059AIR-FRESHENING DISPENSING DEVICE - The invention relates to an air-freshening dispensing device, including a housing having a pair of mounts for mounting respective containers provided in outer sections of the housing; and a switchable shutter element arranged for selectively shutting access of an airflow to any of the outer sections. According to the invention, the shutter element is provided in a mid section between the outer sections and communicatively coupled to an air inlet. An air outlet provides throughput of the airflow through the mid section and the device further includes a clamp for clamping the unit onto an outlet channel to provide an airflow into the air inlet.01-28-2010
20110036922Air-Freshener For a Vehicle - An air-freshener for a vehicle, in particular a motorcar, provided with a housing into which a container for a volatile liquid or a liquid containing one or more volatile components can be inserted, in the opening of which container a wick extending into the housing is fitted, and with a movable covering cap which, when the container with wick has been inserted into the housing, can cover the wick entirely or partially, and with a control member for setting the position of the covering cap. According to the invention, the wick is covered by a sideways movable covering cap, thereby making the air-freshener more compact.02-17-2011

Dirk Jan Bulsink, Drachten NL

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100176211AIR DEODORIZER AND PUMP - Air deodorizer provided with a container for being at least partly filled with a deodorizing fluid and a hollow wick, wherein the container, or a part connected thereto, abuts on the wick around said hollow wick, such that leakage between the outer wall of the wick and the container is substantially prevented, wherein the wick is provided with a seal for preventing leakage through the hollow part of the wick, which seal is at least partly arranged within the hollow part of the wick.07-15-2010

Dirk Jan Van Heijningen, Alphen Aan Den Jijn NL

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110297021PHOTOSENSITIVE STENCILS & METHODS - An photosensitive stencil includes a porous stencil carrier that can be a sheet of woven material with crisscrossing filaments. The stencil carrier is coated with a photopolymer emulsion that is water based to form a stencil blank. A pressure sensitive adhesive may disposed on one surface of the emulsion either as a continuous film, in which case the adhesive also is photosensitive, or in the form of spaced and unconnected microdots, in which case the adhesive need not be photosensitive. Alternatively, no adhesive need be applied. In use, a light mask is disposed atop the stencil blank. The light mask can be contained on a sheet of paper or a transparent film. Alternatively the stencil blank is fed through an inkjet printer and the light mask is printed directly onto the stencil blank using common inks. The stencil blank is then exposed to light for a few minutes, which cross-links the photopolymer emulsion in unmasked regions. After exposure, the stencil blank is developed by being washed out with water. The water removes emulsion and adhesive, where present, within areas that were masked by the light mask, revealing open or open regions through which ink or paint can be applied. The adhesive, where present, allows the stencil to stick removably to a surface during decoration. Where no adhesive is present, the stencil may be mounted in a relatively flexible adhesive frame that holds the stencil to a surface.12-08-2011

Dirk Jan Van Heijningen, Alphen Aan Den Rijn NL

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100258014Composite Stencils, Methods of Making, and Methods of Decorating with Composite Stencils - A composite stencil for applying designs to walls and other surfaces is disclosed. The stencil includes a porous textile support layer to which a flexible stencil mask is bonded by an adhesion layer. The support layer supports unconnected parts of the stencil mask without bridges common with traditional stencils. Further, the textile support layer in the open areas of the stencil can be colored with a sublimation dye to suggest to a user the colors that should be applied in the various areas of the stencil. A pressure sensitive adhesive is applied to the back of the stencil. In use, the stencil is removably adhered to a surface by the pressure sensitive adhesive, whereupon paint or other pigment is applied through the textile support layer to the surface. The lack of bridges permits the entire design to be applied with a single stencil in a single session. The stencil is cleanable and reusable to apply additional designs.10-14-2010

Dirk Jan Van Kaathoven, Eindhoven NL

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090184650IGNITION CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR A DISCHARGE LAMP - An ignition circuit for generating high voltage pulses to a discharge lamp is provided with a switching element (SW07-23-2009

Dirk-Jan Bijvoet, Eindhoven NL

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090073402LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND EXPOSURE METHOD - A lithographic apparatus includes a control unit arranged to perform a first position measurement of the patterning device, apply an asymmetric acceleration profile to the support supporting the patterning device, perform a second position measurement of the patterning device, determine a slip characteristic of the pattering device based on the two position measurements and the applied acceleration profile, and perform a scanning exposure of a substrate taking into account the slip characteristic of the patterning device.03-19-2009
20090086180LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, STAGE APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A lithographic apparatus is described, the apparatus comprising an illumination system configured to condition a radiation beam; a support constructed to support a patterning device, the patterning device being capable of imparting the radiation beam with a pattern in its cross-section to form a patterned radiation beam; a substrate table constructed to hold a substrate; a projection system configured to project the patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of the substrate, a chuck constructed to hold the substrate table; a positioning device for, in use, displacing the chuck; a control unit configured to control the positioning device, wherein the control unit is arranged to drive the positioning device to excite the chuck by a substantially dynamic force to enable deformation of the chuck, prior to aligning the patterning device.04-02-2009
20090147236Servo Control System, Lithographic Apparatus and Control Method - A servo control system to control a position of an object supported by a movable support includes a first measurement system to measure a position of the movable support, a comparative device to provide an error signal based on the comparison between a measured movable support position and a desired movable support position, a controller unit to provide a control signal based on the error signal, and an actuator configured to actuate the movable support based on the control signal. The servo control system further includes a slip compensation device to compensate a slip between the object and the movable support, the slip compensation device including a second measurement system to measure an object position with respect to the movable support, and an addition device to add a slip compensation signal to the measured movable support position or the error signal based on the measured object position.06-11-2009
20090231567LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS HAVING A CHUCK WITH A VISCO-ELASTIC DAMPING LAYER - A lithographic apparatus includes an illumination system configured to condition a radiation beam, a support constructed to support a patterning device, the patterning device being capable of imparting the radiation beam with a pattern in its cross-section to form a patterned radiation beam, a substrate table constructed to hold a substrate, a projection system configured to project the patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of the substrate, a chuck configured to hold and position an object, for example, the patterning device onto the support or the substrate onto the substrate table, the chuck including a base and a constraining layer. A damping layer including a viscoelastic material is provided between the base and the constraining layer.09-17-2009
20100102413LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND POSITION CONTROL METHOD - A lithographic apparatus includes a support configured to support a patterning device, the patterning device configured to pattern a beam of radiation to form a patterned beam of radiation; a positioning device configured to move the support in a first direction; a measurement device configured to measure a relative position of the patterning device with respect to the support and to generate a measuring signal, the measurement device including a reference unit constructed and arranged to be coupled to the patterning device at a fixed relative position, and a position sensor configured to measure the position of the reference unit with respect to the support, wherein the positioning device is constructed and arranged to correct a position of the support based on the measuring signal.04-29-2010
20100129741LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR COMPENSATING SUBSTRATE UNFLATNESS, DETERMINING THE EFFECT OF PATTERNING DEVICE UNFLATNESS, AND DETERMINING THE EFFECT OF THERMAL LOADS ON A PATTERNING DEVICE - A lithographic apparatus includes an illumination system configured to condition a radiation beam; a support constructed to support a patterning device, the patterning device being capable of imparting the radiation beam with a pattern in its cross-section to form a patterned radiation beam; a substrate table constructed to hold a substrate; a projection system configured to project the patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of the substrate, and a sensor configured to measure a height level, curvature and/or angle of a surface of a patterning device supported on the support.05-27-2010
20100271611LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS HAVING A SUBSTRATE SUPPORT WITH OPEN CELL PLASTIC FOAM PARTS - A lithographic apparatus includes an illumination system configured to condition a radiation beam, a support constructed to support a patterning device, the patterning device being capable of imparting the radiation beam with a pattern in its cross-section to form a patterned radiation beam, a substrate support constructed to hold a substrate, and a projection system configured to project the patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of the substrate, wherein the substrate support includes parts that are made of an open cell plastic foam material.10-28-2010

Patent applications by Dirk-Jan Bijvoet, Eindhoven NL

Dirk-Jan Kootstra, Beekbergen NL

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080296197METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTAINING, STORING AND/OR TRANSPORTING CURVED WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADES - A retaining apparatus for securing curved wind turbine rotor blades for at least one of storage and transport is described. The retaining apparatus comprises an end frame configured to be connected to a root of a first blade, a connecting frame having a first end and a second end, the first end of the connecting frame rotatably connected to the end frame, a portion of the retaining apparatus configured to be positioned at least partially around a tip of a second blade, the portion rotatably connected to the second end of the connecting frame, the a turnbuckle having a first end and a second end, the first end of the turnbuckle rotatably connected to the end frame, the second end of the turnbuckle rotatably connected to the second end of the connecting frame.12-04-2008
20100109309LIGHT WEIGHT BEAM AND TRAILER - A light weight trailer for carrying elongated goods, especially for carrying at least two rotor blades of a wind energy system, having a front support frame; a rear support frame, with said front support frame and said rear support frame being adapted for supporting an elongated good; and a beam connecting said front support frame with said rear support frame, wherein said beam consists substantially of a light weight material. Further, a telescopic beam for a light weight trailer for carrying elongated goods and a method of constructing a light weight trailer are provided.05-06-2010
20110299995WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE JOINT - A blade joint for joining a first blade segment and a second blade segment, each having an aerodynamic profile, in a rotor blade is disclosed. The blade joint includes a first joint segment and a second joint segment each having an outer surface, an inner surface, and a thickness therebetween. The outer surface of each joint segment has an aerodynamic profile. The first joint segment and the second joint segment each further have a joint interface end, a blade interface end, and a length therebetween. The joint interface end of the first joint segment and the joint interface end of the second joint segment are configured to couple the first joint segment and second joint segment together.12-08-2011

Patent applications by Dirk-Jan Kootstra, Beekbergen NL

Dirk-Jan Van Manen, Redhill GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080259726Mitigation of Noise in Marine Multicomponent Seismic Data through the Relationship between Wavefield Components at the Free Surface - A method and apparatus implementing a technique for mitigating noise in seismic data are presented. The technique includes estimating a noise component in a set of multicomponent seismic data representing a recorded wavefield from the relationship at the free surface of an upgoing component and a downgoing component decomposed from the recorded wavefield; and removing the estimated noise component from the seismic data. The noise component can be estimated by decomposing a recorded wavefield into an upgoing component and a downgoing component and isolating a noise component in the recorded wavefield from the relationship of the decomposed upgoing and downgoing components at the free surface.10-23-2008
20090043545Processing Data Representing Energy Propagating Through A Medium - The present invention relates to a method of processing data representing energy propagating through a medium (e.g., acoustic, elastic or electromagnetic energy) and describes an efficient and flexible e approach to forward modeling and inversion of such energy for a given medium. The representation theorem for the wave-equation is used, in combination with time-reversal invariance and reciprocity, to express the Green's function between two points in the interior of the model as an integral over the response in those points due to sources regularly distributed on a surface surrounding the medium and the points.02-12-2009
20090097357Seismic Data Acquisition and Source-Side Derivatives Generation and Application - The technologies described herein include systems and methods for encoding/decoding seismic sources and responses, generating and using of source-side derivatives while also generating and using the conventional source response. Sources in an array may be encoded such that activation of each source in the array constitutes a single spike in a sequence orthogonal to another sequence emitted by another source. The responses to these different sources that are in close spatial proximity can be decoded and separated. Source-side derivatives may be calculated and utilized in various applications in combination with the monopole response from the source location, including source-side deghosting, spatial (horizontal and vertical) interpolation and imaging.04-16-2009
20110110188Seismic Data Acquisition and Source-Side Derivatives Generation and Application - The technologies described herein include systems and methods for performing a first seismic survey and performing a second seismic survey after a predetermined amount of time has lapsed between the first seismic survey and the second seismic survey. The shot times and the shot positions of the second seismic survey may be substantially the same as the shot times and the shot positions of the first seismic survey. After performing the seismic surveys, seismic data generated by the first seismic survey may be processed to generate a first image, and seismic data generated by the second seismic survey may be processed to generate a second image. After generating the first and second images, a difference between the first image and the second image may be computed to generate a time lapse difference image.05-12-2011
20110310700Seismic Data Acquisition and Source-Side Derivatives Generation and Application - The technologies described herein include systems and methods for performing a first seismic survey and performing a second seismic survey after a predetermined amount of time has lapsed between the first seismic survey and the second seismic survey. The shot times and the shot positions of the second seismic survey may be substantially the same as the shot times and the shot positions of the first seismic survey. After performing the seismic surveys, seismic data generated by the first seismic survey may be processed to generate a first image, and seismic data generated by the second seismic survey may be processed to generate a second image. After generating the first and second images, a difference between the first image and the second image may be computed to generate a time lapse difference image.12-22-2011

Patent applications by Dirk-Jan Van Manen, Redhill GB

Dirk-Jan Van Manen, Oslo NO

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080225641Multi-Component Seismic Data Processing - There is described a method of moveout or velocity analysis of seismic signals using the steps of obtaining such signals 09-18-2008
20080275650METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING SEISMIC DATA - A method of processing seismic data that includes including first and second modes of seismic energy where the second mode has been generated by partial mode conversion of the first mode at a boundary face of a layer of the seabed includes the step of cross-correlating a trace acquired at a receiver and including events corresponding to the first mode with a trace acquired at the same receiver and including events corresponding to the second mode. An event in the cross-correlated data that corresponds to partial mode conversion is identified, and the amplitude of this event is normalized, for example relative to the amplitude of the peak in the cross-correlogram at zero time delay. Information about the effects of the static shift produced by the layer and/or about vector infidelity can be arrived from normalized cross-correlograms for receivers in a receiver array.11-06-2008
20080294347METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING SEISMIC DATA - A method of acquiring or processing multi-component seismic data obtained from seismic signals propagating in a medium, the method comprising the steps of: selecting a first portion of the seismic data in which the first arrival contains only upwardly propagating seismic energy above the seafloor; and determining a first calibration filter from the first portion of the seismic data, the first calibration filter being to calibrate a first component of the seismic data relative to a second component of the seismic data.11-27-2008

Patent applications by Dirk-Jan Van Manen, Oslo NO

Dirk-Jan Van Manen, Reigare GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110182139INTERPOLATION AND DEGHOSTING OF SEISMIC DATA ACQUIRED IN THE PRESENCE OF A ROUGH SEA - A technique for processing seismic data acquired in a seismic survey conducted in the presence of a rough sea includes receiving a first dataset that is derived from data acquired by a first set of seismic sensors generally towed at a first depth in the seismic survey and receiving a second dataset that is derived from data acquired by a second set of seismic sensors generally towed at a second depth that is different than the first depth in the seismic survey. The first dataset is indicative of at least pressure measurements, and the second dataset is indicative of at least crossline particle motion measurements. The technique includes determining crossline particle motion measurements in the presence of a relatively flat sea surface based at least in part on the crossline measurements that are indicated by the second dataset and the pressure measurements that are indicated by the first dataset.07-28-2011

Dirk-Jan Van Manen, Reigaste-Surrey GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120089337MATCHING PURSUIT-BASED APPARATUS AND TECHNIQUE TO CONSTRUCT A SEISMIC SIGNAL USING A PREDICTED ENERGY DISTRIBUTION - A technique includes processing seismic data indicative of samples of at least one measured seismic signal in a processor-based machine to, in an iterative process, determine basis functions, which represent a constructed seismic signal. The technique includes in each iteration of the iterative process, selecting another basis function of the plurality of basis functions. The selecting includes based at least in part on the samples and a current version of the constructed seismic signal, determining a cost function; and interpreting the cost function based at least in part on a predicted energy distribution of the constructed seismic signal to select the basis function.04-12-2012