Abstract: The invention provides hard coat and image receiving layer structures and related methods used in ID document production. These structures and methods provide ID documents that offer hard protection in areas where needed (e.g., in optical windows for machine readable data), and also provide image receiving layers for later printing of variable data, such as personalization information of the bearer. Implementations of the structure provide an effective interface between hard coat and image receiving layers that provides enhanced durability in manufacture and field use.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 8, 2010
Date of Patent:
December 18, 2012
Assignee:
L-1 Secure Credentialing, Inc.
Inventors:
Robert L. Jones, Daoshen Bi, Tung-Feng Yeh
Abstract: A wireless data transmitter including: a data modulator adapted to modulate a data signal based on a frequency signal; and at least one antenna adapted to wirelessly transmit the modulated data signal and the frequency signal independently.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 7, 2012
Publication date:
December 13, 2012
Applicants:
Universite de Lille 1, STMicroelectronics S.A.
Inventors:
Christophe Loyez, Samuel Foulon, Sébastien Pruvost, Nathalie Rolland
Abstract: An apparatus for remotely controlling the speed of an engine includes a housing and a control knob. A position shaft is fixedly connected to the control knob for rotation therewith and a position gear is fixedly secured to the position shaft for rotation therewith. A rotary encoder has a shaft in operative engagement with the position gear such that rotation of the position gear rotates the encoder shaft. The rotary encoder generates output signals based on a direction of rotation and angular displacement of the control knob. A processor receives the output signals from the rotary encoder and generates output signals proportional to the direction of rotation and angular displacement of the control knob. A primary engine control unit is remotely located with respect to the remote housing for receiving the output signals from the processor and directly controlling the speed of the engine based upon the received signals.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 24, 2010
Date of Patent:
December 11, 2012
Assignee:
Class 1, Inc.
Inventors:
Alex Kindt, George H. Clementson, III, Jeffrey Brian Beegle
Abstract: The invention relates to a compound having structure (I), which acts as a non-competitive specific inhibitor of P-glycoprotein (P-gp for “Pleiotropic glycoprotein”) and which can be used as a drug, particularly for improving the effectiveness of chemotherapy treatments. The invention is therefore suitable for use in the medical field, particularly for the chemotherapeutic treatment of cancers or infections.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 5, 2010
Publication date:
December 6, 2012
Applicants:
UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD - LYON 1, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE - CNRS -
Inventors:
Ophelie Arnaud, Ali Koubeissi, Laurent Ettouati, Joelle Paris, Attilio Di Peetro, Pierre Falson
Abstract: The invention concerns a device for producing and/or confining a plasma (10), comprising a recipient (13) within the volume of which the plasma is produced or confined, wherein said recipient comprises a wall (1) defining a lining (15) at the inside of the recipient and encompassing the volume, characterized in that it comprises at least one annular magnet (30), centered around a normal (14) with respect to the lining, having radial magnetization direction, such that the magnetization direction is significantly perpendicular to said normal to the lining. The invention also concerns a method for producing and/or confining a plasma.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 4, 2007
Date of Patent:
December 4, 2012
Assignees:
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universite Joseph Fourier—Grenoble 1
Inventors:
Jacques Pelletier, Ana LaCoste, Stéphane Bechu
Abstract: A weight training apparatus which develops strength, suppleness and memory in the muscles used for swinging of a sports implement which may be a baseball bat, tennis racquet, golf club or other sporting implement or equipment. More specifically, the trainer provides for normal use of the sport implement by a user to swing and hit an object such as a golf ball while providing shock absorption to reduce vibration and twisting of the implement upon impact with the object.
Abstract: The invention relates to a composition for synthesizing bimetallic nanoparticles, wherein the composition contains a first organometallic precursor and a second organometallic precursor having different decomposition rates and contained within an ionic liquid solution. The invention also relates to a method for synthesizing bimetallic nanoparticles, in which the composition is transformed under a hydrogen gas pressure between 0.1 and 10 MPa at a temperature between 0 and 150° C. until a suspension of bimetallic nanoparticles is obtained. The resulting nanoparticles are useful in diverse fields including the fields of catalysis and microelectronics.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 20, 2012
Publication date:
November 22, 2012
Applicants:
COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENE ALT, CPE LYON, UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1, CNRS -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Inventors:
Philippe Arquilliere, Paul-Henri Haumesser, Inga Helgadottir, Catherine Santini
Abstract: A capacitive full-wave circuit for LED light strings makes use of capacitors and diodes together to drive a LED string with full AC waves. Different from the conventional four-diode full-wave rectifying circuit, one embodiment of capacitive full-wave circuit includes two capacitors and two diodes. Because of the large imaginary impedance, the capacitors not only limit and the voltage and current through the LEDs, but also consume almost no electrical power. The electrical current-voltage performance can be further improved by introducing four resistors with a cost of some additional power consumption. A LED light string module with the capacitive full-wave circuit is also presented, with the capacitive full-wave circuit integrated inside of a front power plug and a back power socket.
Abstract: An optical source having a fiber emitting controlled single-transverse mode radiation at a wavelength of less than 1030 nm, includes at least one laser diode suitable for emitting a pumping wave; and a section of sheathed amplifying optical fiber having two ends, the amplifying optical fiber comprising a core and a pumping sheath, the fiber being doped with a rare earth dopant; a device for coupling the pumping source in the sheath of the doped fiber, characterized in that the core of the doped fiber includes a cylindrical portion doped with a rare earth element selected among ytterbium, neodymium, and thulium, in order to obtain a refractive index of the core that is higher than the refractive index of the sheath; the excitation wavelength of the laser diode is between 750 nm and 960 nm; the diameter of the sheath is greater than 50 microns, and the surface ratio of the doped core to the pumping sheath is between 8 and 50.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 3, 2010
Publication date:
November 15, 2012
Applicants:
ALPHANOV CENTRE TECHNOLOGIQUE OPTIQUE ET LASERS, UNIVERSITE BORDEAUX 1
Inventors:
Nicholas Traynor, Johan Boullet, Eric Cormier, Ramatou Bello Doua
Abstract: The present patent application concerns a method for diagnosing infertility related to the DPY19L2 protein, in a male human subject, and a method for treating said subject with a view to restoring fertility. The present invention also concerns the use of molecules inhibiting the action of the DPY19L2 polypeptide in a wild-type carrier male subject, for example of anti-DPY19L2 interfering nucleic acid type selectively inhibiting the expression of the DPY19L2 polypeptide.
Abstract: The present invention provides a novel therapeutic combination comprising one or more anti-androgen agents and one or more antibiotic/anti-inflammatory agents or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or hydrates thereof, useful for the treatment of a dermatological disorder.
Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for a mobile telephone, in conjunction with a payment transaction server, to be used directly as a payment device for a variety of financial transactions. Further, the transaction systems and methods for mobile telephone devices described herein allow a mobile telephone to participate in payment transactions in a manner that helps prevent identify theft and without relying on transferring amounts to/from one stored value account to another.
Abstract: Disclosed is an LED light bulb having safe and efficient heat dissipation, while also providing maximum light distribution by providing multiple printed circuit boards arranged in a pyramidal structure, having multiple LEDs. The multiple printed circuit boards are connected by conductor wires contained within a transparent housing, so that the multiple printed circuit boards sit on a base of the LED light bulb. A bottom printed circuit board may also be employed if additional circuitry is desired.
Abstract: The present invention pertains to a device for binding a target entity onto a bait entity that is immobilized on said device, comprising: a) a lipid layer having a negative net charge in an aqueous solution at a neutral pH; b) a two-dimensional matrix of anchoring complexes that are bound to said lipid layer, wherein each of said anchoring complexes comprises: (i) a fusion complex comprising an Annexin protein fused to a partner molecule; and (ii) a bait entity. It also concerns various uses of said device, including for detection and pharmaceutical purposes.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 12, 2005
Date of Patent:
October 23, 2012
Assignees:
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Universite de Bordeaux 1
Abstract: A method of operating a shaker including: disposing a shaker screen in a shaker, wherein the shaker screen includes at least one tag selected from the group consisting of a radio frequency identification tag and a surface acoustic wave tag; reading shaker screen information from the at least one tag; and adjusting at least one shaker variable using the shaker screen information. In another aspect, embodiments relate to a shaker screen including: a filtering element disposed on a frame; wherein the frame includes: at least one outer frame member; at least one cross member; and at least one tag selected from the group consisting of a radio frequency identification tag and a surface acoustic wave tag; wherein at least a portion of the tag is integral with at least one of an outer frame member and a cross member. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing a shaker screen having an integral tag.
Abstract: A pressure sensor includes a sensor body with a sensor chamber in the interior, at least a first separating membrane, forming a first separating membrane chamber connected with the sensor body. A measuring membrane divides the sensor chamber into two chamber portions. A pressure transfer liquid, with which the first separating membrane chamber, the first chamber portion and a channel therebetween are filled, in order to transfer a pressure to the measuring membrane; wherein the pressure sensor is specified for a temperature range between a minimum temperature and a maximum temperature, as well as for a pressure range.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 11, 2010
Publication date:
October 18, 2012
Applicant:
Endress + Hauser GmbH + Co. KG Haupstr. 1
Inventors:
Anh Tuan Tham, Rafael Teipen, Michael Philipps
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and device for the hypothermic perfusion of a cardiac organ. According to the invention, the infusion device comprises: a. a first sealed tank (2) that is capable of containing a physiological liquid (LP); b. a second sealed tank (3) that is in communication, in a sealed manner, with the inner space of the first tank by means of a nozzle (6); c. a means for refrigerating the first tank (2) and keeping it at a substantially constant temperature; and d. a means (4) for intermittently pressurizing the inner space of the first tank.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 8, 2010
Publication date:
October 18, 2012
Applicants:
INSERM (INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET LA RECHER, UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1
Abstract: The use of extract of leeches' saliva as anti-bacterial agent for the manufacture of different compositions, such as a pharmaceutical composition, a cosmetic composition or a cleaning product.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 15, 2010
Publication date:
October 4, 2012
Applicants:
UNIVERSITE DE LILLE 1 SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE