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Benoit Lacroix, Montreal CA
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| 20100141024 | BRAKING ENERGY RECOVERY SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE AND VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH SAME - A braking energy recovery system adapted for use on a vehicle and a vehicle having such a system installed. The vehicle has an engine-transmission assembly, a driveshaft, a braking system and an auxiliary system. The energy recovery system comprises a first pump, a hydraulic accumulator and a hydraulic motor. The first pump is a variable displacement hydraulic pump. The hydraulic accumulator is connected to the first pump and is operative to store hydraulic fluid under pressure. The hydraulic motor is hydraulically connected to the accumulator to receive hydraulic fluid. The motor is adapted to drive a second hydraulic pump, which is hydraulically connected to the auxiliary system, using hydraulic energy stored in the accumulator. | 06-10-2010 |
Frederic Lacroix, Montreal CA
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| 20090236510 | SCINTILLATING FIBER DOSIMETER ARRAY - A radiation dosimetry apparatus and method use a scintillating optical fiber array for detecting dose levels. The scintillating optical fiber detectors generate optical energy in response to a predetermined type of radiation, and are coupled to collection optical fibers that transmit the optical energy to a photo-detector for conversion to an electrical signal. The detectors may be embedded in one or more modular, water-equivalent phantom slabs. A repeatable connector couples the collection fibers to the photo-detector, maintaining the fiber ends in a predetermined spatial relationship. The detector fibers may be distributed as desired in a three-dimensional detection space, and may be oriented with their longitudinal axes at different orientations relative to a transmission axis of an incident radiation beam. A calibration method uses two measurements in two spectral windows, one with irradiation of the scintillator at a known dose and one with only irradiation of the collection fiber. | 09-24-2009 |
Monique Lacroix, Saint-Lambert CA
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| 20110236359 | Antimicrobial Activity of Bacteriocin-Producing Lactic Acid Bacteria - The present invention relates to novel bacteriocin-producing lactic acid bacteria strains | 09-29-2011 |
Raymond Lacroix, St-Mathias CA
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| 20110163285 | Tool and method for lifting a reservoir - A two-part tool for lifting from a ground surface a reservoir located substantially adjacent a wall, the reservoir defining a reservoir bottom end supported on the ground surface and a reservoir top end substantially opposed to the reservoir bottom end. The two part-tool includes: a wedge component defining a wedge component first end and a substantially opposed wedge component second end, the wedge component defining opposed first and second contact surfaces each extending between the wedge component first and second ends, the first and second contact surfaces diverging from each other in a direction leading from the wedge component first end toward the wedge component second end; a jack component, the jack component including a base, a lifting member operatively coupled to the base so as to be movable relatively thereto, and an actuator operatively coupled to the lifting member and to the base for selectively moving the lifting member relatively to the base. | 07-07-2011 |
Robert A. Lacroix, Quebec CA
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| 20090106655 | Haptic Effects With Proximity Sensing - A method of generating haptic effects on a device includes detecting the presence of an object near an input area of the device and generating a haptic effect on the device in response to the presence detection. | 04-23-2009 |
Robert A. Lacroix, Saint-Lambert CA
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| 20080223627 | Synchronization of haptic effect data in a media transport stream - Haptic information in a series of frames of a media transport stream is identified and time stamps corresponding thereto are determined in accordance with a master time code signal embedded in the media transport stream. Each media transport stream frame containing haptic information is subsequently assigned a time stamp so that it will be used to activate an actuator at a proper time responsive to the time stamp to generate a haptic effect in accordance with the haptic information. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20090231271 | Haptically Enabled User Interface - A device has a user interface that generates a haptic effect in response to user inputs or gestures. In one embodiment, the device receives an indication that the user is scrolling through a list of elements and an indication that an element is selected. The device determines the scroll rate and generates a haptic effect that has a magnitude that is based on the scroll rate. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090250267 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MULTI-POINT HAPTIC FEEDBACK TEXTURE SYSTEMS - A method and apparatus for generating haptic surface texture with a deformable surface layer are disclosed. The haptic device includes a flexible surface layer, a haptic substrate, and a deforming mechanism. The flexible surface layer is made of elastic materials and is capable of reconfiguring its surface characteristics. The haptic substrate, in one embodiment, provides a first pattern in response to a first activating signal. Alternatively, the haptic substrate is capable of providing a second pattern in accordance with a second activating signal. The deforming mechanism is configured to change the flexible surface from a first surface characteristic to a second surface characteristic in accordance with the first pattern. | 10-08-2009 |
Robert A. Lacroix, San Jose CA
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| 20100287311 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ORDERING HAPTIC EFFECTS - A signal associated with multiple haptic effects is received, each haptic effect from the multiple haptic effects being associated with a time slot from multiple time slots. Each haptic effect from the multiple haptic effects is associated with an effect slot from multiple effect slots at least partially based on the time slot associated with that haptic effect. An output signal is sent for each effect slot from the multiple effect slots, when the associated haptic effect is scheduled for its time slot. | 11-11-2010 |
Robert Andre Lacroix, Saint-Lambert CA
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| 20080198139 | Haptic Feedback System with Stored Effects - A haptic feedback system that includes a controller, a memory coupled to the controller, an actuator drive circuit coupled to the controller, and an actuator coupled to the actuator drive circuit. The memory stores at least one haptic effect that is executed by the controller in order to create a haptic effect. | 08-21-2008 |