Patents by Inventor Vincent Martin

Vincent Martin 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).

  • Publication number: 20190174767
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides non-aqueous inoculant compositions and methods for enhancing the survival and/or stability of microbial spores in an inoculant composition. In some embodiments, inoculant compositions of the present disclosure comprise microbial spores, one or more dispersants, one or more protectants and a non-aqueous liquid carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicants: NOVOZYMES BIOAG A/S, MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Dave Greenshields, Vincent Martin, Shaun Raj Selness, Hui Han
  • Publication number: 20190014786
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides non-aqueous inoculant compositions and methods for enhancing the survival and/or stability of microbial spores in an inoculant composition. In some embodiments, inoculant compositions of the present disclosure comprise microbial spores, one or more dispersants, one or more protectants and a non-aqueous liquid carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicants: NOVOZYMES BIOAG A/S, MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Dave Greenshields, Vincent Martin, Shaun Raj Selness, Hui Han
  • Patent number: 10070751
    Abstract: A capsule has an inlet face C formed by a circular section and a bulge section extending from the circular section so that the inlet face C is not symmetric in rotation. The capsule further has an optically readable code on a side wall of a cup-shaped body of the capsule opposite the bulge section. A beverage production machine has a capsule holder for holding the capsule in the beverage production machine so that the optically readable code can be read by a code reader. Liquid can be supplied to the capsule to produce a nutritional product. The optically readable code and the code reader can be prevented from being contaminated with liquid, vapor, dirt or the like. The beverage production machine can perform an automatic detection of the capsule type and a corresponding automatic setting of preparation parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Ines Magniet, Yann Epars, Vincent Martin, Heinz Wyss, Raphael Bernhardsgruetter, Roland Lehmann
  • Patent number: 10000091
    Abstract: A tire with radial carcass reinforcement comprising a crown reinforcement itself capped radially with a tread of which the tread pattern comprises at least two circumferential grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Inventors: Christophe Gayton, Vincent Martin
  • Publication number: 20180162168
    Abstract: Tire comprising a crown reinforcement formed of four working crown layers of reinforcing elements. In a meridian plane, the thickness of the four working crown layers, measured in the equatorial plane, is less than 5 mm, the reinforcing elements of the four working crown layers being individual metal wires of diameter less than 0.50 mm, the distance between the reinforcing elements, measured along the normal to the direction of the mean line of the wire, being strictly less than 1 mm, and the axial width of each of the four working crown layers being greater than 60% of the axial width of the tread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Claudia NAVARRO-LOSADA, Aurore LARDJANE, Jean-François PARMANTIER, Vincent MARTIN
  • Publication number: 20180126785
    Abstract: Tire comprising a crown reinforcement formed of three working layers having between ends thereof two layers of rubber compound Ci. Thickness of the three working layers is <5 mm with individual metal wires as reinforcing elements of diameter <0.50 mm and a distance therebetween being strictly <1 mm. The axial width of each working layer is >60% that of the tread. Distance di between two working layers separated by a layer of rubber compound Ci and measured at the end of the axially narrowest working layer in contact therewith is such that 0.5<di<2.5 mm, and, in a meridian plane, the thickness of at least one layer of rubber compound Ci is substantially constant over the axial width between the axially inner end of a layer of rubber compound Ci and the end of the axially narrowest working layer in contact therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Claudia NAVARRO-LOSADA, Jean-François PARMENTIER, Vincent MARTIN, Aurore LARDJANE
  • Patent number: 9878584
    Abstract: Tread for heavy vehicle tire, this tread having a tread surface in the new state, this tread comprising a plurality of cuts opening onto the tread surface in the new state and at least one channel internal to the tread, this channel being intended to form a new groove after the tread has partially worn away, furthermore, each channel is extended radially towards the tread surface by a sipe of the same orientation as said channel and of width L4, and in addition a plurality of sipes of width L3 intersect the sipe extending each channel to form a well, this well opening both onto the tread surface in the new state and into a channel, the tread according to the invention being such that, for at least for a plurality of wells (each well has—in a direction extending from the tread surface towards the channel, at least one maximum-section part and one reduced-section part, the reduced-section part having a cross-sectional area smaller than the cross-sectional area of the maximum-section part so as to limit the ingr
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignees: Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, Michelin Recherche et Technique, S.A.
    Inventors: Vincent Martin, Damien Bardin, Catherine Houis
  • Publication number: 20170308672
    Abstract: Methods and model equations are provided for predicting a risk of a subject who experiences adverse medical events associated with the weather, of experiencing a new-onset event. Methods include a) identifying a climate region of interest; b) collecting daily mean barometric pressure (BP) data for a time frame and dividing the days of the time frame into at least upper, middle and lower quantile BP days to identify the upper quantile BP days.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Vincent Martin, Linda Levin, Mark Russell Simmons, Robert Allen Nicholson, Albert Peterlin
  • Patent number: 9735465
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, an unmanned vehicle includes a power supply configured to supply an electrical power signal to a motor for propelling the unmanned vehicle, a wireless communication device configured to transmit or receive a radio frequency (RF) signal, and a motor feed antenna coupled to the power supply and the wireless communication device, the motor feed antenna configured to conduct the electrical power signal from the power supply to the motor, and to transmit or receive RF signals as an antenna for the wireless communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Karoly Becze, Vincent Martin Kemler, Randy Edward Standke
  • Publication number: 20170020328
    Abstract: A capsule has an inlet face C formed by a circular section and a bulge section extending from the circular section so that the inlet face C is not symmetric in rotation. The capsule further has an optically readable code on a side wall of a cup-shaped body of the capsule opposite the bulge section. A beverage production machine has a capsule holder for holding the capsule in the beverage production machine so that the optically readable code can be read by a code reader. Liquid can be supplied to the capsule to produce a nutritional product. The optically readable code and the code reader can be prevented from being contaminated with liquid, vapor, dirt or the like. The beverage production machine can perform an automatic detection of the capsule type and a corresponding automatic setting of preparation parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Ines Magniet, Yann Epars, Vincent Martin, Heinz Wyss, Raphael Bernhardsgruetter, Roland Lehmann
  • Publication number: 20170025744
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, an unmanned vehicle includes a power supply configured to supply an electrical power signal to a motor for propelling the unmanned vehicle, a wireless communication device configured to transmit or receive a radio frequency (RF) signal, and a motor feed antenna coupled to the power supply and the wireless communication device, the motor feed antenna configured to conduct the electrical power signal from the power supply to the motor, and to transmit or receive RF signals as an antenna for the wireless communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Karoly Becze, Vincent Martin Kemler, Randy Edward Standke
  • Publication number: 20160340704
    Abstract: There is provided a method of preparing a benzylisoquinoline alkaloid (BIA) metabolite comprising: a. culturing a host cell under conditions suitable for protein production, including a pH of between about 7 and about 10 said host cell comprising: b. a first heterologous coding sequence encoding a first enzyme involved in a metabolite pathway that converts (R,S)-norlaudanosoline into the metabolite; c. a second heterologous coding sequence encoding a second enzyme involved in a metabolite pathway that converts (R,S)-norlaudanosoline into the metabolite; d.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: VINCENT MARTIN, LAUREN NARCROSS, ANDREW EKINS, ELENA FOSSATI, YUN ZHU
  • Patent number: 9499333
    Abstract: The present invention presents a capsule 1 having an inlet face C, which is formed by a circular section 2a and a bulge section 2b extending from the circular section 2a giving the inlet face C a not symmetric in rotation. The capsule 1 further has an optically readable code 3 on a side wall 4 of a cup-shaped body of the capsule 1 opposite the bulge section 2b. The present invention further presents a beverage production machine with a capsule holder 13 for holding a capsule 1 in such a way in the beverage production machine 10, that the optically readable code can be read by a code reader 24. Liquid can be supplied to the capsule to produce a nutritional product. The present invention provides means to prevent the optically readable code 3 and the code reader 24, respectively, from being contaminated with liquid, vapor, dirt or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Ines Magniet, Yann Epars, Vincent Martin, Heinz Wyss, Raphael Bernhardsgruetter, Roland Lehmann
  • Patent number: 9370272
    Abstract: Production machine (1) for beverages and liquid comestibles, the machine comprising: a housing (20); a capsule holder designed for insertion into the housing (20), wherein the capsule holder comprises a capsule receiving means (11); a liquid injection assembly (4a, 4b) provided in the housing (20). The capsule holder and the machine are designed such that the capsule holder can be transferred manually, via a relative movement of the capsule holder and the housing of the machine, at least between: —a first capsule loaded position, in which any capsule (30) received in the capsule holder is positioned ready for being engaged by the liquid injection assembly (4a, 4b) and, —a second capsule loading position adapted for loading a capsule outside of the housing (20). Complementary stopping means of the capsule holder and the housing are provided which are configured to automatically engage each other to stop the capsule holder in the second capsule loading position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Yann Epars, Vincent Martin, Heinz Wyss, Raphael Bernhardsgruetter, Lucio Scorrano
  • Publication number: 20150314651
    Abstract: A tire with radial carcass reinforcement comprising a crown reinforcement itself capped radially with a tread of which the tread pattern comprises at least two circumferential grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2013
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicants: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A.
    Inventors: Christophe GAYTON, Vincent MARTIN
  • Publication number: 20150273950
    Abstract: Tread for heavy vehicle tire, this tread having a tread surface in the new state, this tread comprising a plurality of cuts opening onto the tread surface in the new state and at least one channel internal to the tread, this channel being intended to form a new groove after the tread has partially worn away, furthermore, each channel is extended radially towards the tread surface by a sipe of the same orientation as said channel and of width L4, and in addition a plurality of sipes of width L3 intersect the sipe extending each channel to form a well, this well opening both onto the tread surface in the new state and into a channel, the tread according to the invention being such that, for at least for a plurality of wells (each well has—in a direction extending from the tread surface towards the channel, at least one maximum-section part and one reduced-section part, the reduced-section part having a cross-sectional area smaller than the cross-sectional area of the maximum-section part so as to limit the ingr
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicants: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE, S.A.
    Inventors: Vincent Martin, Damien Bardin, Catherine Houis
  • Publication number: 20150068837
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a thin panel for absorbing sound waves emitted by a turbofan of an aircraft nacelle. The thin panel includes a plate capable of vibrating so as to convert the waves into evanescent waves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Laurent MOREAU, Vincent MARTIN
  • Patent number: 8960076
    Abstract: A cartridge (1) containing a food substance adapted to interact with water injected in the cartridge to produce a food liquid comprising: a cup (2) having a chamber for holding the food substance (10) and a lid (7), a puncturable delivery wall (8) that holds the substance in the chamber, a puncturing structure (11) to puncture at least one opening in the delivery wall as a response of water filling the chamber, a collecting area (5) for collecting the liquid passing through the delivery wall in a substantially axial direction; said collecting area being placed downstream the puncturable delivery wall (8), at least one liquid outlet (15) in the collecting area for allowing the liquid to leave the collecting area, wherein the cartridge comprises a support structure (12) comprising at least one support surface (14, 17, 18, 19) configured to support at least one portion of the delivery wall to maintain a flow gap between the puncture structure (11) and the at least one outlet (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Yann Epars, Antoine Ryser, Vincent Martin, Conchita Tran
  • Patent number: 8950254
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a beverage machine (1) comprising a tank (2), which holds a liquid for preparing a beverage, and a dispenser (7), to which the tank is connectable, wherein the tank (2) comprises a valve (8); the dispenser comprises an opening (9) for receiving the valve in connection of the tank on the dispenser; at least one ultrasonic transceiver (3) is disposed in the dispenser (7) or tank (2), the ultrasonic transceiver being designed to emit and receive ultrasonic waves (4a, 4b) in the liquid, in order to determine the distance (d) from the transceiver to the liquid level (5), wherein it further comprises a control unit (6), which is connected to the ultrasonic transceiver (3) which is adapted to determine the distance (d) changing with time and as a result the volume (V) of the liquid flowing out of the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Raphael Bernhardsgruetter, Ralph Kugler, Yann Epars, HansPeter Pleisch, Vincent Martin
  • Patent number: 8696899
    Abstract: A dispenser for a nutritional composition comprises a water reservoir, water heating means, water discharge means, a bacterial filter between the water heating means and the water discharge means such that heated water passes though the filter prior to discharge from the dispenser, and means to heat surfaces of the dispenser which come into contact with filtered water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Nestec S.A.
    Inventors: Anne Roulin, Yann Epars, Vincent Martin, Matthew Steven