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Arnaud Dufour, Uccle BE
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| 20110237133 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTION PART FORMED BY A CASING WITH TWO ARMS ORIENTED AT 90 DEGREES - An electrical connection part for electrically connecting first and second devices includes a casing having two arms oriented at 90° with respect to one another. This casing houses a pair of electrical connectors of which a first end is in the shape of a pin housed longitudinally in one of arms, while a second end is in the shape of a sleeve housed longitudinally in the other of the arms. These pins and sleeves may be electrically connected to matching sleeves carried by the first device, respectively to matching pins carried by the second device. The casing is formed by two independent parts including a body and a removable cover. The cover accommodates and/or locks the connectors. The arm which contains the pins is equipped with a shunt element that can connect the pins electrically in the absence of a connection at the sleeves of the first device. | 09-29-2011 |
Dustin Dufour, Salem, NH US
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| 20120078078 | MEANS FOR SECURING A CATHETER INTO A VESSEL - An electrophysiology catheter, e.g., a coronary sinus catheter, for insertion into a cardiac vessel, such as the coronary sinus, includes a handle and a catheter shaft coupled at one end to the handle. The catheter shaft has a distal end and an anchor is associated with the catheter shaft and is movable between a deployed position and a collapsed position. In the deployed position, the anchor extends radially outward from an outer surface of the catheter shaft for contacting a wall and temporarily anchoring the catheter shaft within the coronary sinus. The catheter also includes an actuator for causing deployment and collapsing of the anchor upon manipulation of the actuator. | 03-29-2012 |
Jerry Anthony Dufour, Salisbury, NC US
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| 20110140902 | Fuse box system and method - A fuse box system and method providing for visual and/or remote sensing of interrupted fusing elements is disclosed. The system incorporates LEDs and/or remote sensing apparatus to permit indication of a “blown” fuse and/or circuit protection breaker. This system may be configured for both polarized and/or non-polarized applications and generally provides for indicator illumination when a fuse/breaker is blown. Some preferred embodiments may incorporate current sourcing technologies to permit operation of the system over wide range of system voltages, as well as provisions for wired and/or RF/wireless interrogation of the fuse/breaker status. Alternate embodiments including systems/methods to permit remote sensing of fuse status and/or circuit current monitoring, and may be retrofit within existing fuse/breaker panel systems in some configurations. | 06-16-2011 |
Jerry Anthony Dufour, Salibury, NC US
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| 20110175699 | Fuse box system and method - A fuse box system and method providing for visual and/or remote sensing of interrupted fusing elements is disclosed. The system incorporates LEDs and/or remote sensing apparatus to permit indication of a “blown” fuse and/or circuit protection breaker. This system may be configured for both polarized and/or non-polarized applications and generally provides for indicator illumination when a fuse/breaker is blown. Some preferred embodiments may incorporate current sourcing technologies to permit operation of the system over wide range of system voltages, as well as provisions for wired and/or RF/wireless interrogation of the fuse/breaker status. Alternate embodiments including systems/methods to permit remote sensing of fuse status and/or circuit current monitoring, and may be retrofit within existing fuse/breaker panel systems in some configurations. | 07-21-2011 |
Larry Edgar Dufour, Ashburnham, MA US
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| 20100320710 | Hand dolly for transportation of scuba diving apparatus - A two wheeled cart that is specifically designed, but not limited to the transportation of two scuba tanks of any size, banded together or singularly, side by side with other scuba gear. It has large wheels and a metal tubular cradle with a metal platform that is elevated from the ground as to protect said scuba equipment during transport. It is compact and light in weight with a self storing handle. | 12-23-2010 |
Oliver Cristian Matthias Dufour, Frederiksberg DK
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| 20090219488 | Diode or Laser Light Source Illumination Systems - There is provided a first illumination system having at least three diode and/or laser light sources including a red, a green and a blue light source. The first illumination system further has at least three polarizing light converting elements corresponding to each colour of light sources, at least three liquid crystal panels corresponding to each colour of light sources, and at least one prism arrangement. There is also provided a light source module having at least a first diode or laser light source providing light in the visible range, at least a second light source comprising an UV (ultra-violet) or a low wavelength blue diode or laser light source, and a beam splitter or reflection system. | 09-03-2009 |
Peter R. Dufour, Den Haag NL
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| 20100279550 | E/E CONNECTOR AND POLYMER COMPOSITION USED THEREIN - This invention relates to a flame retardant polyamide composition comprising a semi-aromatic polyamide, a flame retardant system and a reinforcing agent, wherein the semi-aromatic polyamide comprises units derived from dicarboxylic acids comprising terephthalic acid and aliphatic dicarboxylic acids, and aliphatic diamines. In the semi-aromatic polyamide the aliphatic diamines consist of 10-70 mole % of a short chain aliphatic diamine with 2-5 C atoms and 30-90 mole % of a long chain aliphatic diamine with at least 6 C atoms; the dicarboxylic acids consist of 5-65 mole % aliphatic dicarboxylic acid and optionally aromatic dicarboxylic acid other than terephthalic acid and 35-95 mole % terephthalic acid; and the combined molar amount of terephthalic acid and the long chain aliphatic diamine is at least 60 mole %, relative to the total molar amount of the dicarboxylic acids and diamines. The invention also relates to a housing for an electrical/electronic (E/E) connector and use therein of the flame retardant polyamide composition, to a surface mounting process wherein the E/E connector is used and to a surface mounted device comprising the E/E connector. | 11-04-2010 |
Robert Dufour, Carmel, IN US
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| 20080288143 | Method and apparatus for assessing driver head pose with a headrest-mounted relative motion sensor - A relative motion sensor mounted in the headrest of a vehicle driver seat is used to assess the head pose of a vehicle driver and adjust the headrest position to optimize both the safety of the driver and the sensitivity of the relative motion sensor. At the beginning of each ignition cycle, the relative motion sensor is used to adjust the position of the headrest relative to the driver's head for optimal driver safety, and the relative motion sensor is oriented to provide optimal sensitivity for head pose assessment when the headrest is positioned for driver safety. | 11-20-2008 |
Robert M. Dufour, Richmond, VA US
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| 20100228628 | Integrated Real-Time Ancillary Revenue Optimization System - Systems, methods and computer program products for providing a user with a real-time ancillary offer(s) that maximize profits for merchants by increasing the likelihood of ancillary sales. Ancillary revenue sales include revenue generated from goods or services that differ from or enhance the main product or service lines of a company. An embodiment includes a ancillary revenue maximization engine and a recommendation engine. The user is provided with an ancillary offer generated by the ancillary revenue maximization engine, immediately before a merchant processes a sale with a user. In another exemplary embodiment, the user is provided with an ancillary offer generated by the ancillary revenue maximization engine after a merchant processes a sale with a user. An ancillary offer refers to an offer made to a customer by a merchant to sell an ancillary product or service. The ancillary revenue maximization engine may generate such an ancillary offer based on input received from a recommendation engine. In an embodiment, the recommendation engine uses rule selection, conversion segmentation and product selection to recommend one or more products that may enhance the value of a product or service purchased by a user and may maximize profit to the merchant processing the sale. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20110179346 | Systems, Devices, and/or Methods for Managing Messages - Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a method comprising automatically rendering a message to a webpage user, the message created by a webpage operator via an automatic merger of a customized message content that corresponds to a message-generator-selected message identifier with a message template that corresponds to a message-generator-selected message template identifier, the message-generator-selected message identifier and the message-generator-selected message template identifier provided by the message generator to the webpage operator responsive to receipt of data gathered from the webpage user by the webpage operator. | 07-21-2011 |
Sylvain Dufour, Aventura, FL US
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| 20110305331 | CALL MANAGEMENT SERVICE - The invention pertains to a call management service for a communications system, configured to automatically: receive telephone call data identifying a destination end point and identifying a source end point; initiate a call-back telephone call to said source end point to set-up a first call leg responsive to receiving said telephone call data; initiate a telephone call to said destination end point to set-up a second call leg; combine said first and second call legs together thereby to provide voice communication between said source and destination end points; and transmit call leg status signals for said voice communication over a separate real-time communications connections signalling link to a communications client associated with at least one of said end points. | 12-15-2011 |
William T. Dufour, Macomb, MI US
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| 20100154312 | HEATED SLIDING WINDOW ASSEMBLY - A heated sliding window assembly includes at least one fixed window. A rail is attached to the fixed window. A sliding window is moveable along the rail between open and closed positions. The sliding window includes a heater grid and an electrical contact. A conductive member is attached to the at least one fixed window. The conductive member provides electrical coupling between the conductive member and the electrical contact through the entire movement range of the sliding window between the open and closed positions for providing current to the heater grid. | 06-24-2010 |
William T. Dufour, Macomb Township, MI US
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| 20080229667 | DIRECT DRIVE SLIDER WINDOW ASSEMBLY - A slider window assembly for a motor vehicle includes a peripheral frame, at least one fixed panel located within the frame and adjacent an opening and a slider panel located within the frame and movable between a closed position wherein the slider panel covers the opening and an open position wherein the slider panel does not entirely close the opening. A drive assembly is operably connected to the slider panel to selectively move the slider panel between the closed and open positions. The drive assembly includes a rack secured to the slider panel, an electric motor secured to a fixed position on the slider window assembly, and a gear operably connected to the motor and operably engaging the rack so that operation of the motor in opposite directions moves the slider panel in opposite directions between the closed and open positions. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20090107052 | SLIDING WINDOW APPARATUS - A sliding window assembly has at least one sliding pane mounted for travel along a travel path between a closed position in a first plane and an open position in an offset second plane substantially parallel to the first plane. The window assembly has travel guide apparatus for guiding its movement along the travel path between the open and closed positions. The travel guide apparatus includes a track defining an elongate slot corresponding to the travel path, a fixed guide surface having a fixed position relative to the track, e.g., a pivot pin, and components cooperatively operative as a cam and slide movement for guiding travel of the sliding pane between its open and closed positions. Typically, for generally rectilinear sliding panes, a track, guide surface and cam and slide movement are provided for each corner of the sliding pane. The cam and slide movement comprises a traveler mounted for longitudinal travel in the track and having an elongate slot at an angle to the main travel path, a travel pin mounted to the sliding pane and extending into the elongate slot of the track and the traveler slot, and a cam mounted to the sliding pane. The cam is operative to contact the fixed guide surface as the sliding pane approaches the closed position, to guide the sliding pane from the offset second plane to the first plane as the sliding pane travels further toward the closed position. | 04-30-2009 |
Yann Dufour, Madison, WI US
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| 20100299781 | RESPONSES TO SINGLET OXYGEN - The physiological response of an organism to singlet oxygen is altered by modulating the interaction between an anti-sigma factor, ChrR, and a sigma factor, σ | 11-25-2010 |