Veillette
Andre Veillette, Montreal CA
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20100015654 | Negative regulation of NK cell functions by EAT-2, a sap-related adaptor expressed in innate immune cells - The present invention relates to the identification EAT-2 and ERT as novel therapeutic targets for the modulation of innate immune cell functions. More particularly the present invention describes novel methods for modulating innate immune cells-mediated immune response, useful in the treatment of cancer, infectious diseases as well as autoimmune diseases. The invention also features EAT-2 deficient and overexpressing transgenic animals, screening assays to identify agents that modulate EAT-2 and ERT activity or expression as well as methods of treatments comprising a modulation of NK cells function | 01-21-2010 |
Benoit Veillette, Portland, OR US
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20080243000 | Integrated Circuit For Implementing High-Voltage Ultrasound Functions - An integrated SOI circuit is provided for implementing high-voltage ultrasound functions of an ultrasound imaging system. The integrated circuit is packaged as an integrated chip. The integrated circuit is composed of silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology and integrates at least the following high-voltage ultrasound functions: gatedriver, power amplifier, transmit/receive switch. Optionally the integrated chip may contain a low noise amplifier and an analog multiplexer. | 10-02-2008 |
20080269817 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE FOR BIVENTRICULAR STIMULATION - A heart stimulator for biventricular pacing comprises at least one stimulation pulse generator connected or connectable to a right ventricular or atrial stimulation electrode lead and a left ventricular or atrial electrode lead, respectively. The heart stimulator is adapted to generate right chamber stimulation pulses for a right atrium or ventricle and left chamber stimulation pulses for a left ventricle or atrium. A high rate protection unit connected to said stimulation pulse generator is adapted to trigger, upon any right or left chamber stimulation pulse, a protection time window having a predetermined duration in time and comprising an early part immediately followed by a late part. The protection unit is further adapted to only allow atrial or ventricular stimulation pulses in said early part of said protection time window and to suppress any atrial or ventricular stimulation pulse in said late part. | 10-30-2008 |
Marc-Antoine Veillette, Ange-Gardien CA
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20110083871 | ELECTRICAL BOX - An electrical box may include a top side and a bottom side that are connected to one another by panels. Each of the top side and bottom side may include a front portion with a side edge, a front edge and a back edge, a back portion with a side edge, a front edge and a back edge, and an angled portion connecting the front portion to the back portion, the back portion being offset with respect to the front portion. The angled portion may include a transition edge that joins the back edge of the front portion to the back edge of the back portion. The transition edge may provide for space for maneuvering the electrical box aligned to a wall stud in a wall assembly out of the wall assembly through a hole in a drywall of the wall assembly. | 04-14-2011 |
20110120582 | CONFIGURABLE CONDUIT BODY - A conduit body may include a body portion including at least one side and a bottom to form a cavity. The side of the body portion may include an outer surface and a recessed surface forming a set of grooves between the outer surface and the recessed surface. The recessed surface may include an opening into the cavity to receive a cable. The conduit body may further include a hub portion that may include an annular tube forming an opening to receive the cable. The hub portion may include a plurality of edges. The body portion may be configured to receive the edges of the hub portion in the grooves such that movement of the hub portion in a linear direction may move the hub portion through the grooves to couple the hub portion to the body portion. When the hub portion is coupled to the body portion using the grooves, the conduit body may be configured to receive the cable through the annular tube of the hub portion and through the opening in the recessed surface into the cavity. | 05-26-2011 |
20130175086 | KNOCKOUT FOR ELECTRICAL BOX - A knockout structure for a wall of an electrical box includes a cutout that penetrates through the thickness of the wall to form a knockout on an interior of the cutout along a substantial perimeter of the knockout. The knockout structure also includes a first bridge section interrupting continuity of the cutout and maintaining a connection between the wall and the knockout. The knockout structure further includes a second bridge section interrupting continuity of the cutout and maintaining a connection between the wall and the knockout, the second bridge section being different than the first bridge section and on a same half of the perimeter of the knockout. | 07-11-2013 |
20140008095 | ADJUSTABLE BRACKET FOR STEEL STUD - An electrical box assembly includes an electrical box and a primary bracket. The primary bracket includes a first end panel for securing to a first surface of a stud; a second end panel for securing to a second surface of the stud and in a substantially parallel orientation to the first end panel; and mounting panel, joined to a first surface of the electrical box and located between the first end panel and the second end panel, the mounting panel having a length corresponding to a first stud depth. The primary bracket also includes an adaptation panel, between the mounting panel and the rear panel, having a length corresponding to a difference between the first stud depth and a second larger stud depth. The adaptation panel is selectively manipulated to position the front panel and the rear panel to accommodate either the first stud depth or the second stud depth. | 01-09-2014 |
20140131544 | FIELD INSTALLABLE SUPPORT BRACKET ASSEMBLY - A field installable support bracket assembly for an electrical box, wherein the electrical box is to be secured to a side surface of a first structural stud. The field installable support bracket assembly includes a stud bracket and an adjustable back bracket. The stud bracket includes a stud bracket member configured to be secured to a front surface of a second structural stud, and a stud bracket guiding rib. The adjustable back bracket includes a mounting panel configured to be secured to a back of the electrical box, and a back bracket guiding rib. The back bracket guiding rib and the stud bracket are configured to join the stud bracket to the adjustable back bracket. The field installable support bracket assembly is configured to provide support for the electrical box. | 05-15-2014 |
Mark S. Veillette, Wilmington, MA US
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20140362088 | GRAPHICAL DISPLAY OF RADAR AND RADAR-LIKE METEOROLOGICAL DATA - Described are a method and a system for generating a weather radar display. The method includes determining proxy meteorological radar data for a first area of a geographical region for which meteorological radar data are unavailable. The proxy data are determined from a plurality of alternative meteorological data streams each having data representative of a value of a different meteorological parameter that is not observable by radar. The method further includes determining graphical meteorological radar data for the geographical region based on the proxy meteorological radar data for the first area in the geographical region and meteorological radar data for a second area in the geographical region. Examples of graphical meteorological radar data that are generated include vertically integrated liquid, composite reflectivity and echo tops data. | 12-11-2014 |
Michel Veillette, St-Bruno CA
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20090014326 | EFFICIENCY OPTIMIZATION AND DAMAGE DETECTION OF ELECTROLYSIS CELLS - There is described a method and a system for evaluating damage of a plurality of cells in an electrolyser. The method comprises acquiring a voltage for each one of the cells; comparing the voltage to at least two threshold voltage levels; classifying the cells as one of: severely damaged cells, non-severely damaged cells and undamaged cells, based on the comparison of the voltage with the at least two threshold voltage levels; and deactivating the cells classified as severely damaged cells from the electrolyser. | 01-15-2009 |
20110240483 | METHOD FOR ENSURING AND MONITORING ELECTROLYZER SAFETY AND PERFORMANCES - There is described a method for ensuring and monitoring electrolyzer safety and performances in a manufacturing process which uses at least one electrolyzing cell containing at least one cathode and at least one anode separated by a membrane, comprising the step of: determining a safe single voltage operation range depending of the current and corresponding to the normally working electrolyzing cell; determining a reference voltage deviation depending on the time derivation of the current; measuring the voltage over time at the terminals of the electrolyzing cell; determining the measured voltage deviation by calculating the time derivative of the measured voltage; comparing the measured voltage to the safe single voltage operation range and the measured voltage deviation to the reference voltage deviation over time; stopping the manufacturing process when the measured voltage is outside the safe single voltage operation range or the difference between the measured voltage deviation and the reference voltage deviation is outside a predetermined range or a single voltage behavior is different than the average of a group of reference cells. | 10-06-2011 |
20120138483 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ELECTROLYSER SINGLE CELL CURRENT EFFICIENCY - There is described a method for determining single cell current efficiency in an electrolyser, the method comprising: measuring voltage of a plurality of single cells in the electrolyser; measuring electrolyser current feeding the single cells; detecting one of a shutdown period and a start-up period; and for each single cell: determining a time t taken for a voltage level to reach a predetermined occurrence in a voltage curve after a polarization current has been triggered; and calculating cell current efficiency as a function of the time t. | 06-07-2012 |
Michel Veillette, Waterloo Quebec CA
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20120124367 | System and Method for Securely Communicating Across Multiple Networks Using a Single Radio - A communications module for facilitating secure communications on a first network and a second network includes: a single transceiver for receiving and transmitting first network messages from and to the first network and at least transmitting second network messages to the second network; at least a first processor connected to the single transceiver for processing one or more first network messages and second network messages; the at least a first processor including first network logic for processing first network messages and second network logic for processing second network messages; and the second network logic including instructions for securing second network messages such that decryption of the second network messages is limited to a particular receiving device on the second network. The second network messages may include commodity pricing and use information. | 05-17-2012 |
20120209951 | Device and Method for Facilitating Secure Communications Over a Cellular Network - A process for communicating utility-related data over at least one network is described. the process includes: collecting utility-related data at a hub device during a first predetermined period of time; securing the utility-related data at the hub device using digital envelopes during the first predetermined period of time; initiating by the hub device an autonomous wake up process during a second predetermined period of time; sending the secure utility-related data over a first network to a designated server via at least one User Datagram protocol (“UDP”) message during the second predetermined period of time; and receiving an acknowledgement of receipt message of the at least one UDP message from the designated server; wherein the first and second predetermined periods of time typically do not overlap, but may overlap. | 08-16-2012 |
Michel Veillette, Quebec CA
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20120179941 | System and Method For Power Outage and Restoration Notification in an Advanced Metering Infrastructure Network - A method and system are provided to transmit a meter power status. The method includes recognizing a power status change at a meter. The method includes, if the meter is scheduled to transmit first, transmitting a notification message to at least one neighboring meter towards a mesh gate, wherein the notification message includes a power status indicator and a meter identifier. The method includes, if the meter is not scheduled to transmit first, waiting a predetermined time period to receive a notification message from at least one neighboring meter. The method includes, responsive to receiving a notification message, adding a meter identifier to the received notification message before retransmitting the modified notification message to at least one neighboring meter. The method includes retransmitting the notification message. | 07-12-2012 |
Robert J. Veillette, Akron, OH US
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20100109686 | METAL WEAR DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD EMPLOYING MICROFLUIDIC ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An apparatus and a method for detection of wear particles in a lubricant are disclosed. The apparatus includes a microfluidic device including a microchannel sized for a lubricant containing wear particles to pass therethrough and first and second electrodes extending into the microchannel. A detection system is coupled with the electrodes for detection of wear particles passing through the microchannel, based on a change in capacitance of the electrodes. | 05-06-2010 |