Patents by Inventor Bernard Raymond
Bernard Raymond has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 10635733Abstract: Methods and systems for providing targeted recommendations are provided. A user model is generated from user data. Feed candidates are generated based on the user model. The generated feed candidates are ranked on a predetermined scale. At least one targeted recommendation from the ranked feed candidates. The at least one targeted recommendation feed is provided to a user associated with the user data.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2017Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Yanfeng Sun, Alexandre Bernard Raymond Michelis, Arun Kumar Sacheti, Emily Lin, Ryuichi Hirano, Vincent Kin-Wah Leung
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Publication number: 20180322206Abstract: Methods and systems for providing targeted recommendations are provided. A user model is generated from user data. Feed candidates are generated based on the user model. The generated feed candidates are ranked on a predetermined scale. At least one targeted recommendation from the ranked feed candidates. The at least one targeted recommendation feed is provided to a user associated with the user data.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2017Publication date: November 8, 2018Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Yanfeng Sun, Alexandre Bernard Raymond Michelis, Arun Kumar Sacheti, Emily Lin, Ryuichi Hirano, Vincent Kin-Wah Leung
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Patent number: 6726443Abstract: A micromachine including at least one bladeless rotor, said rotor being adapted to impart energy to device energy to or derive energy from a fluid. A rotor for a micromachine comprising at least a pair of closely spaced co-axially aligned discs defining opposed planar surfaces, at least one disc having at least one aperture whereby a fluid passageway is defined between the aperture, the planar surfaces and the periphery of the rotor, the rotor being formed of a single crystal material.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2002Date of Patent: April 27, 2004Assignee: Micromachines Ltd.Inventors: Ralph David Collins, Bernard Raymond Mace
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Publication number: 20040022505Abstract: An optical fiber drop cable for carrying one or more optical fibers from a curb to a customer premises. The optical fiber drop cable comprises first and second ribbon-like longitudinal support members disposed one atop the other and having one or more optical fibers disposed between them in a longitudinal direction of the first and second ribbon-like longitudinal support members. The first and second ribbon-like longitudinal support members each have first and second edges and inner and outer surfaces. The first edge of the first ribbon-like longitudinal support member is secured to the first edge of the second ribbon-like longitudinal support member and the second edge of the first ribbon-like longitudinal support member is secured to the second edge of the second ribbon-like longitudinal support member.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2002Publication date: February 5, 2004Inventors: Bernard Raymond Eichenbaum, Terry Don Mathis
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Patent number: 6551654Abstract: Sheets to be coated with water-based coating material, for example a primer and a low adhesion backsize, are supplied from a feeder (1), in end-to-end overlapping relationship, to a dual coater (3) in which the sheets are coated individually on both sides. A sheet inserter (2) is provided, upstream of the dual coater, to insert sheets from a second supply into the sheets from the feeder (1). The dual coated sheets are dried as individual sheets or as a pseudo-web of overlapped sheets. The sheets are then overlapped, unless previously overlapped, and the direction of overlap changed, if necessary, to provide the trailing edge of each sheet on top of the leading edge of each succeeding sheet. The overlapped sheets are conveyed through an adhesive transfer station (7) where stripes (236) of at least partially dried adhesive are coated onto the dual coated sheets from a transfer belt (71).Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 1997Date of Patent: April 22, 2003Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Don Everett Branch, Bernard Raymond Pierre
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Patent number: 6517900Abstract: Sheets to be coated with water-based coating material, for example a primer and a low adhesion backsize, are supplied from a feeder (1), in end-to-end overlapping relationship, to a dual coater (3) in which the sheets are coated individually on both sides. A sheet inserter (2) is provided, upstream of the dual coater, to insert sheets from a second supply into the sheets from the feeder (1). The dual coated sheets are dried as individual sheets or as a pseudo-web of overlapped sheets. The sheets are then overlapped, unless previously overlapped, and the direction of overlap changed, if necessary, to provide the trailing edge of each sheet on top of the leading edge of each succeeding sheet. The overlapped sheets are conveyed through an adhesive transfer station (7) where stripes (236) of at least partially dried adhesive are coated onto the dual coated sheets from a transfer belt (71).Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 1997Date of Patent: February 11, 2003Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventor: Bernard Raymond Pierre
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Publication number: 20020195886Abstract: A micromachine including at least one bladeless rotor, said rotor being adapted to impart energy to device energy to or derive energy from a fluid. A rotor for a micromachine comprising at least a pair of closely spaced co-axially aligned discs defining opposed planar surfaces, at least one disc having at least one aperture whereby a fluid passageway is defined between the aperture, the planar surfaces and the periphery of the rotor, the rotor being formed of a single crystal material.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2002Publication date: December 26, 2002Inventors: Ralph David Collins, Bernard Raymond Mace
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Patent number: 6381045Abstract: Dual concentric core fiber is used for optical communication. Inbound messages lying in a first wavelength channel are received from a terminal portion of the fiber, and outbound messages lying in a second such channel are injected into the terminal portion. The optical fiber has at least one annular portion surrounding a central core portion. The inbound messages are received from the annular portion, and the outbound messages are injected into the central core portion. Alternatively, the inbound messages are received from the central core portion, and the outbound messages are injected into the annular portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 1998Date of Patent: April 30, 2002Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.Inventors: David John DiGiovanni, Bernard Raymond Eichenbaum, Mujibun Nisa Khan
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Patent number: 6252719Abstract: A beam splitter/combiner module for multiplexing and/or demultiplexing a plurality of optical signals having at least three different wavelengths &lgr;1, &lgr;2, and &lgr;3 traveling through the module. The module includes a first dichroic mirror having low loss transmission over a first preselected range of wavelengths including &lgr;1 and &lgr;2 so as to substantially transmit signals having wavelengths &lgr;1 and &lgr;2 through the first mirror and along an optical signal path of the module. The first dichroic mirror also has high reflectance over a second preselected range of wavelengths including &lgr;3 so as to substantially reflect from the first mirror signals having wavelength &lgr;3.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 1999Date of Patent: June 26, 2001Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.Inventor: Bernard Raymond Eichenbaum
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Patent number: 6205268Abstract: A high-capacity optical fiber network [100, 200] includes wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) within the 1.4 micron (&mgr;m) wavelength region (i.e., 1335-1435 nm). Such a system includes optical fiber [130] whose peak loss in the 1.4 &mgr;m region is less than its loss at 1310 nm. The optical fiber has a zero dispersion wavelength (&lgr;0) at about 1310 nm, and linear dispersion between about 1.5 and 8.0 ps/nm-km within the 1.4 &mgr;m region. At least three WDM channels operate at 10 Gb/s in the 1.4 &mgr;m wavelength region and have a channel separation of 100 GHz. In one illustrative embodiment of the invention, a broadcast television channel, having amplitude modulated vestigial sideband modulation, simultaneously operates in the 1.3 &mgr;m region (i.e., 1285-1335 nm) and/or the 1.55 &mgr;m region (i.e., 1500-1600 nm). In another embodiment of the invention, 16 digital data channels are multiplexed together in the 1.55 &mgr;m region, each channel operating at about 2.5 Gb/s.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 1999Date of Patent: March 20, 2001Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.Inventors: Andrew Roman Chraplyvy, Bernard Raymond Eichenbaum, Gary Patrick Emery, Janice Bilecky Haber, David Kalish, Raymond Bradfield Kummer
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Patent number: 6040006Abstract: Sheets to be coated with water-based coating material, for example a primer and a low adhesion backsize, are supplied from a feeder (1), in end-to-end overlapping relationship, to a dual coater (3) in which the sheets are coated individually on both sides. A sheet inserter (2) is provided, upstream of the dual coater, to insert sheets from a second supply into the sheets from the feeder (1). The dual coated sheets are dried as individual sheets or as a pseudo-web of overlapped sheets. The sheets are then overlapped, unless previously overlapped, and the direction of overlap changed, if necessary, to provide the trailing edge of each sheet on top of the leading edge of each succeeding sheet. The overlapped sheets are conveyed through an adhesive transfer station (7) where stripes (236) of at least partially dried adhesive are coated onto the dual coated sheets from a transfer belt (71).Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 1999Date of Patent: March 21, 2000Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Frederic Pierre Alain Le Riche, Bernard Raymond Pierre
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Patent number: 5972113Abstract: Sheets to be coated with water-based coating material, for example a primer and a low adhesion backsize, are supplied from a feeder (1), in end-to-end overlapping relationship, to a dual coater (3) in which the sheets are coated individually on both sides. A sheet inserter (2) is provided, upstream of the dual coater, to insert sheets from a second supply into the sheets from the feeder (1). The dual coated sheets are dried as individual sheets or as a pseudo-web of overlapped sheets. The sheets are then overlapped, unless previously overlapped, and the direction of overlap changed, if necessary, to provide the trailing edge of each sheet on top of the leading edge of each succeeding sheet. The overlapped sheets are conveyed through an adhesive transfer station (7) where stripes (236) of at least partially dried adhesive are coated onto the dual coated sheets from a transfer belt (71).Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 1997Date of Patent: October 26, 1999Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Frederic Pierre Alain Le Riche, Bernard Raymond Pierre, Kim Kiyoko Tsujimoto, Mark Steven Vogel
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Patent number: 5958135Abstract: Sheets to be coated with water-based coating material, for example a primer and a low adhesion backsize, are supplied from a feeder (1), in end-to-end overlapping relationship, to a dual coater (3) in which the sheets are coated individually on both sides. A sheet inserter (2) is provided, upstream of the dual coater, to insert sheets from a second supply into the sheets from the feeder (1). The dual coated sheets are dried as individual sheets or as a pseudo-web of overlapped sheets. The sheets are then overlapped, unless previously overlapped, and the direction of overlap changed, if necessary, to provide the trailing edge of each sheet on top of the leading edge of each succeeding sheet. The overlapped sheets are conveyed through an adhesive transfer station (7) where stripes (236) of at least partially dried adhesive are coated onto the dual coated sheets from a transfer belt (71).Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 1997Date of Patent: September 28, 1999Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventor: Bernard Raymond Pierre
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Patent number: 5916630Abstract: Sheets to be coated with water-based coating material, for example a primer and a low adhesion backsize, are supplied from a feeder (1), in end-to-end overlapping relationship, to a dual coater (3) in which the sheets are coated individually on both sides. A sheet inserter (2) is provided, upstream of the dual coater, to insert sheets from a second supply into the sheets from the feeder (1). The dual coated sheets are dried as individual sheets or as a pseudo-web of overlapped sheets. The sheets are then overlapped, unless previously overlapped, and the direction of overlap changed, if necessary, to provide the trailing edge of each sheet on top of the leading edge of each succeeding sheet. The overlapped sheets are conveyed through an adhesive transfer station (7) where stripes (236) of at least partially dried adhesive are coated onto the dual coated sheets from a transfer belt (71).Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 1997Date of Patent: June 29, 1999Assignee: Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Frederic Pierre Alain Le Riche, Bernard Raymond Pierre, Gregory Francis Stifter, Mark Steven Vogel
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Patent number: 5868838Abstract: Sheets to be coated with water-based coating material, for example a primer and a low adhesion backsize, are supplied from a feeder (1), in end-to-end overlapping relationship, to a dual coater (3) in which the sheets are coated individually on both sides. A sheet inserter (2) is provided, upstream of the dual coater, to insert sheets from a second supply into the sheets from the feeder (1). The dual coated sheets are dried as individual sheets or as a pseudo-web of overlapped sheets. The sheets are then overlapped, unless previously overlapped, and the direction of overlap changed, if necessary, to provide the trailing edge of each sheet on top of the leading edge of each succeeding sheet. The overlapped sheets are conveyed through an adhesive transfer station (7) where stripes (236) of at least partially dried adhesive are coated onto the dual coated sheets from a transfer belt (71).Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 1997Date of Patent: February 9, 1999Assignee: Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Frederic Pierre Alain Le Riche, Bernard Raymond Pierre
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Patent number: 5863330Abstract: Sheets to be coated with water-based coating material, for example a primer and a low adhesion backsize, are supplied from a feeder (1), in end-to-end overlapping relationship, to a dual coater (3) in which the sheets are coated individually on both sides. A sheet inserter (2) is provided, upstream of the dual coater, to insert sheets from a second supply into the sheets from the feeder (1). The dual coated sheets are dried as individual sheets or as a pseudo-web of overlapped sheets. The sheets are then overlapped, unless previously overlapped, and the direction of overlap changed, if necessary, to provide the trailing edge of each sheet on top of the leading edge of each succeeding sheet. The overlapped sheets are conveyed through an adhesive transfer station (7) where stripes (236) of at least partially dried adhesive are coated onto the dual coated sheets from a transfer belt (71).Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 1997Date of Patent: January 26, 1999Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Frederic Pierre Alain Le Riche, Bernard Raymond Pierre, Gregory Francis Stifter, Mark Steven Vogel
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Patent number: 5851592Abstract: Sheets to be coated with water-based coating material, for example a primer and a low adhesion backsize, are supplied from a feeder (1), in end-to-end overlapping relationship, to a dual coater (3) in which the sheets are coated individually on both sides. A sheet inserter (2) is provided, upstream of the dual coater, to insert sheets from a second supply into the sheets from the feeder (1). The dual coated sheets are dried as individual sheets or as a pseudo-web of overlapped sheets. The sheets are then overlapped, unless previously overlapped, and the direction of overlap changed, if necessary, to provide the trailing edge of each sheet on top of the leading edge of each succeeding sheet. The overlapped sheets are conveyed through an adhesive transfer station (7) where stripes (236) of at least partially dried adhesive are coated onto the dual coated sheets from a transfer belt (71).Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 1997Date of Patent: December 22, 1998Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Frederic Pierre Alain Le Riche, Bernard Raymond Pierre
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Patent number: 5849358Abstract: Sheets to be coated with water-based coating material, for example a primer and a low adhesion backsize, are supplied from a feeder (1), in end-to-end overlapping relationship, to a dual coater (3) in which the sheets are coated individually on both sides. A sheet inserter (2) is provided, upstream of the dual coater, to insert sheets from a second supply into the sheets from the feeder (1). The dual coated sheets are dried as individual sheets or as a pseudo-web of overlapped sheets. The sheets are then overlapped, unless previously overlapped, and the direction of overlap changed, if necessary, to provide the trailing edge of each sheet on top of the leading edge of each succeeding sheet. The overlapped sheets are conveyed through an adhesive transfer station (7) where stripes (236) of at least partially dried adhesive are coated onto the dual coated sheets from a transfer belt (71).Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 1997Date of Patent: December 15, 1998Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Frederic Pierre Alain Le Riche, Bernard Raymond Pierre, Mark Steven Vogel
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Patent number: 4912802Abstract: A windshield or screen wiper assembly includes a first arm which is rotatably mounted about a first fixed axis and a second arm which is mounted rotatably about a second fixed axis, substantially parallel to the first axis but offset with respect thereto. The two arms are substantially parallel to each other and their ends furthest from the axes of rotation are connected together by means of a link which is pivoted on each of these ends of the arms, while a wiper blade is connected to this link. One of arms is a driving arm while the other arm is freely mounted for rotation about its axis and is driven by the link from the driving arm. The effective lengths of the two arms between their pivots with the link and their axes of rotation are different. The assembly includes a second wiper blade the length of which is much smaller than that of the first blade, the second blade being situated closer to the axes of rotation.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 1988Date of Patent: April 3, 1990Assignee: Valeo Systems D'EssuyageInventor: Bernard Raymond
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Patent number: 4878263Abstract: A connector device (C) for mounting a clip (E) of a windshield wiper contact portion on a curved end (2) of an arm comprises a component (1) having a substantially U-shaped longitudinal profile with two legs (7, 8) designed to lodge in the concave part of the curved end (2) of the arm. Component (1) comprises mechanism (A) for attaching the component to arm (3) and a mechanism (R) for receiving a shaft (6) on the side opposite the base of the U. The length (1) of one leg (7) of the U intended to be placed against the arm (3) is greater than the length (h) of the other leg (8) of the U intended to be placed against the curved part (9) of the end of the arm. Attachment mechanism (A) comprises at least one initial fastening component (14) towards an end (13) of the longer leg (7) of the U intended to cooperate with a complementary component (15) provided on the arm (3 ), the longer leg (7) comprising at its end a gripping device designed to project transversely from the arm.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 1988Date of Patent: November 7, 1989Assignee: Valeo Systemes D'EssuyageInventor: Bernard Raymond