Patents by Inventor Claude Dupuis
Claude Dupuis 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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Publication number: 20130275561Abstract: An example embodiment includes an enterprise media content system. The enterprise media content system includes a data storage device, a network component, and a video control center. The data storage device is configured to store an enterprise media content transcoded into a bundle of renditions. The network component is configured to receive a content request for the enterprise media content from a device and to communicate a most appropriate rendition of the enterprise media content selected from the bundle of renditions to the device. The video control center is configured to determine the most appropriate rendition based on real-time circumstances of the content request.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2013Publication date: October 17, 2013Applicant: Rimage CorporationInventors: Eric George Phillips, David V. Bukhan, Michael David Poindexter, Claude Dupuis, Edward Majcher
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Patent number: 8025712Abstract: The present invention describes an apparatus and a process for in-line substantially continuous degassing of aluminium and/or aluminium alloys, in absence of chlorine and through the injection of at least one metal halide salt that includes a halogen and water and an inert gas, in a transfer trough before casting.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2006Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: Rio Tinto Alcan International LimitedInventors: Claude Dupuis, Carl Lakroni, Peter Waite
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Publication number: 20080307927Abstract: The present invention describes an apparatus and a process for in-line substantially continuous degassing of aluminium and/or aluminium alloys, in absence of chlorine and through the injection of at least one metal halide salt that includes a halogen and water and an inert gas, in a transfer trough before casting.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2006Publication date: December 18, 2008Applicant: ALCAN INTERNATIONAL LIMITEDInventors: Claude Dupuis, Carl Lakroni, Peter Waite
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Patent number: 6755889Abstract: A process is described for treating molten metal with a particulate treating agent. A melt of a metal, e.g. aluminum, is provided in a treatment vessel such as a ladle and a mixing impeller is positioned substantially below the surface of the molten metal. The impeller comprises a plate with a series of spaced blades extending from the surface of the plate. This impeller is adapted to provide high shear mixing with minimum vortex. While rotating the impeller on a substantially vertical axis, particulate treating agent is fed by way of an injection tube below the surface of the molten metal and into the region between the axis and periphery of the impeller. This causes a high shearing action in the region of the blades whereby the treating agent is quickly broken down into finely divided droplets that are at least partially molten and which are circulated within the molten metal.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2003Date of Patent: June 29, 2004Assignee: Alcan International LimitedInventors: Jean-Francois Bilodeau, Ghyslain Dube, Claude Dupuis, Sebastien Fafard
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Publication number: 20030196518Abstract: A process is described for treating molten metal with a particulate treating agent. A melt of a metal, e.g. aluminum, is provided in a treatment vessel such as a ladle and a mixing impeller is positioned substantially below the surface of the molten metal. The impeller comprises a plate with a series of spaced blades extending from the surface of the plate. This impeller is adapted to provide high shear mixing with minimum vortex. While rotating the impeller on a substantially vertical axis, particulate treating agent is fed by way of an injection tube below the surface of the molten metal and into the region between the axis and periphery of the impeller. This causes a high shearing action in the region of the blades whereby the treating agent is quickly broken down into finely divided droplets that are at least partially molten and which are circulated within the molten metal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2003Publication date: October 23, 2003Inventors: Jean-Francois Bilodeau, Ghyslain Dube, Claude Dupuis, Sebastien Fafard
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Patent number: 6602318Abstract: A process is described for treating molten metal with a particulate treating agent. A melt of a metal, e.g. aluminum, is provided in a treatment vessel such as a ladle and a mixing impeller is positioned substantially below the surface of the molten metal. The impeller comprises a plate with a series of spaced blades extending from the surface of the plate. This impeller is adapted to provide high shear mixing with minimum vortex. While rotating the impeller on a substantially vertical axis, particulate treating agent is fed by way of an injection tube below the surface of the molten metal and into the region between the axis and periphery of the impeller. This causes a high shearing action in the region of the blades whereby the treating agent is quickly broken down into finely divided droplets that are at least partially molten and which are circulated within the molten metal.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2001Date of Patent: August 5, 2003Assignee: Alcan International LimitedInventors: Jean-Francois Bilodeau, Ghyslain Dube, Claude Dupuis, Sebastien Fafard
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Publication number: 20020096810Abstract: A process is described for treating molten metal with a particulate treating agent. A melt of a metal, e.g. aluminum, is provided in a treatment vessel such as a ladle and a mixing impeller is positioned substantially below the surface of the molten metal. The impeller comprises a plate with a series of spaced blades extending from the surface of the plate. This impeller is adapted to provide high shear mixing with minimum vortex. While rotating the impeller on a substantially vertical axis, particulate treating agent is fed by way of an injection tube below the surface of the molten metal and into the region between the axis and periphery of the impeller. This causes a high shearing action in the region of the blades whereby the treating agent is quickly broken down into finely divided droplets that are at least partially molten and which are circulated within the molten metal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2001Publication date: July 25, 2002Inventors: Jean-Francois Bilodeau, Ghyslain Dube, Claude Dupuis, Sebastien Fafard
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Patent number: 6337658Abstract: An antenna alignment method for example for application to transmit/receive band satellite ground terminals, and a peak search tool for the realization of this method. In the method, from the antenna, a test signal is transmitted over an uplink channel to the satellite. Over a downlink channel from the satellite is received a sequence of alignment accuracy indications for the test signal. On the basis of the sequence of alignment accuracy indications, adjustments to the antenna's orientation for the alignment parameter are made.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 1999Date of Patent: January 8, 2002Assignee: Nortel Networks LimitedInventors: Weiping Tong, Claude Dupuis, Ning Guo
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Patent number: 6251158Abstract: A process of producing granules of a reactive metal. The process comprises providing a source of molten reactive metal (41), forming discrete droplets (53) of the molten metal, contacting the droplets while still substantially molten with a fluidized bed of particles (12) maintained at a temperature substantially below the solidus temperature of the metal and freezing the droplets as discrete granules of the reactive metal in the fluidized bed. The invention also provides apparatus for carrying out the method and product produces by the method, including a magnesium-containing additive for aluminum alloying. The use of a fluidized bed for cooling and freezing the droplets avoids problems encountered in prior methods and also makes it possible to provide coatings of various kinds on the surfaces of the granules, if desired.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 1999Date of Patent: June 26, 2001Assignee: Alcan International LimitedInventors: Ghyslain Dube, Claude Dupuis, Joseph Langlais, Serge Lavoie, Stephane Rompre, Sylvain Trottier, Gilles Turcotte
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Patent number: 5951738Abstract: An apparatus for producing coated metal granules is disclosed. The apparatus includes a source of molten metal, a device for forming droplets of the molten metal, a bed of particles for receiving the droplets and a means for introducing a gas to fluidize the bed, cooling equipment to maintain the bed below the solidus temperature of the metal, and a separator for separating solidified granules of the metal from particles of the bed. This apparatus can produce an alloying additive which comprises magnesium granules 1-10 mm in size, at least partially coated with particles of a chloride salt which are attached to the granules by being physically embedded into a surface of the granules. The salt particles remain unmelted or only partially melted during formation of the additive.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 1997Date of Patent: September 14, 1999Assignee: Alcan International LimitedInventors: Ghyslain Dube, Claude Dupuis, Joseph Langlais, Serge Lavoie, Stephane Rompre, Sylvain Trottier, Gilles Turcotte
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Patent number: 5549732Abstract: A process of producing granules of a reactive metal. The process comprises providing a source of molten reactive metal, forming discrete droplets of the molten metal, contacting the droplets while still substantially molten with a fluidized bed of particles maintained at a temperature substantially below the solidus temperature of the metal and freezing the droplets as discrete granules of the reactive metal in the fluidized bed. The invention also provides apparatus for carrying out the method and product produced by the method, including a magnesium-containing additive for aluminum alloying. The use of a fluidized bed for cooling and freezing the droplets avoids problems encountered in prior methods and also makes it possible to provide coatings of various kinds on the surfaces of the granules, if desired.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 1994Date of Patent: August 27, 1996Assignee: Alcan International LimitedInventors: Ghyslain Dube, Claude Dupuis, Joseph Langlais, Serge Lavoie, Stephane Rompre, Sylvain Trottier, Gilles Turcotte
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Patent number: D267721Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 1979Date of Patent: January 25, 1983Assignee: Societe Francaise d'Equipments pour La Navigation Aerienne (S.F.E.N.A.)Inventors: Jean-Claude Dupuis, Georges Roudavitch