Patents Assigned to L
  • Textile-attached deck assembly
    Patent number: 8136884
    Abstract: A seating product comprising a seat deck assembly secured at opposite ends to a frame. The seat deck assembly comprises a seat deck. A textile border is disposed between at least one end of the seat deck assembly and the frame. The textile border is attached to the frame, thereby flexibly coupling the seat deck assembly thereto. Cushions, padding or an upholstered covering can complete embodiments of the seating product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: L & P Property Management Company
    Inventors: Larry I. Bullard, William J. Distler
  • AQUEOUS COPOLYMER DISPERSION OF POLYSILOXANE/POLYUREA, COSMETIC COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE SAME, METHOD FOR COSMETIC TREATMENT AND METHOD FOR PREPARATION
    Publication number: 20120064018
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous dispersion of polysiloxane/polyurea copolymer and a method for preparation thereof comprising the steps: solubilisation of the copolymer and silane in an organic phase, preparation of an aqueous phase comprising one or more surfactants, mixing the organic and aqueous phase followed by emulsification. The invention further relates to a cosmetic composition comprising said dispersion and a cosmetic treatment using said composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Xavier Schultze, Gregory Plos, Jocelyne Dorkel
  • Device and Method for Holding and Releasing a Metallic Sample Holder, and Use of this Device
    Publication number: 20120063571
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device and method for alternately holding and releasing a metallic sample holder, in particular a metallic cap closing a sample containing vial to be transferred to or maintained in a location for analysis or preparation of the sample. The device (1) comprises:—a support member (6) provided with a pin, which is provided with a magnet at its free end for holding the sample holder,—an outer fixed tubular body (10) which is mounted on the support member around and along the pin, and—an inner tubular guide (11) movably mounted inside the body and able to occupy a releasing position where its outer end (11 a) surrounds the magnet, and a holding position where the guide is retracted inwards the body so that the magnet may hold the sample holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicants: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Lilian Jacquamet, Catherine Izier, Hugo Stéphane Léon Jacquamet, Rémy Victor Stephen Jacquamet, Enzo Lilian Théo Jacquamet, Jean-Luc Ferrer
  • COSMETIC COMPOSITION FOR MAKING-UP AND/OR CARING FOR KERATIN MATERIALS AND MAKE-UP METHOD
    Publication number: 20120064019
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition containing the following components in a physiologically acceptable medium, namely: a) a siloxane resin comprising at least 80 mole % of units (i) (R3Si01/2)a and (ii) (SiO4/2)b, wherein R? represents independently an alkyl group having between 1 and 8 carbon atoms, an aryl group, a carbinol group or an amino group (provided that at least 95 mole % of the R? groups are alkyl groups), a and b have values strictly greater than 0 and the a/b ratio is between 0.5 and 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Roberto Cavazzuti, Claudia Barba
  • INERTIAL TRACKING DEVICE, SHOE AND PERSONAL APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH SUCH A DEVICE
    Publication number: 20120060393
    Abstract: An inertial navigation device for fitting to an article that bears intermittently against a surface, the device comprising an inertial unit having at least one inertial sensor, and mechanical connection means connecting the inertial unit to the article, wherein the connection means are arranged to provide mechanical coupling between the inertial unit and the article when the article is not bearing against the surface and to provide mechanical decoupling therebetween when the article is bearing against the surface, in such a manner that the inertial unit is substantially stationary relative to the surface when the article is bearing against the surface. A shoe and equipment provided with such a device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Sylvie Lamy-Perbal, Clement Petres, Alain Riwan
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DIGITAL PULSE WIDTH MODULATOR
    Publication number: 20120062290
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the digital pulse width modulator of these teachings includes comparators and a number of phases and capable of increasing resolution without increasing clock frequency. In another embodiment, the digital pulse width modulator (DPWM) of these teachings includes equality comparators and a number of phases and increases resolution without increasing clock frequency. A further embodiment of the system of these teachings includes a priority encoded comparator component (in one instance including a number of comparators) comparing duty cycle commands against preset minimums, that embodiment being referred to as a frequency Foldback component. Other embodiments and embodiments of the method of these teachings are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: L&L Engineering, LLC
    Inventors: Stewart Kenly, Paul W. Latham, II
  • Forward-Looking Detection Radar
    Publication number: 20120062407
    Abstract: An explosive detection system includes an unmanned vehicle and a manned vehicle. The unmanned vehicle includes a reflector. The manned vehicle includes a ground penetrating radar. The manned vehicle also includes electronics configured to process radar signals that are reflected by the reflector to detect an explosive device. The manned vehicle follows the unmanned vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: L-3 Communications CyTerra Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel J. O'Donnell, Donald Wright, Debra D. Weber
  • COUPLING STRUCTURE FOR RESONANT GYROSCOPE
    Publication number: 20120061172
    Abstract: A coupling structure for a resonant microgyroscope produced on a substrate, wherein the coupling structure enables a vibratory movement provided by an excitation mechanism to be detected along a first axis, and enables it to be transmitted to seismic masses lying in a plane containing the first axis. The coupling structure includes a closed assembly of beams connected to the seismic masses so as to be anchored only to the seismic masses, wherein the assembly is positioned to detect the vibratory movement provided by the excitation mechanism, and to transmit it to the seismic masses along at least a second axis contained in the plane, wherein the coupling structure has no point of anchorage to the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: Commisariat A L'Energie Atomique ET Aux Ene Alt
    Inventor: Karim Yacine
  • METHOD OF DEMOSAICING A DIGITAL RAW IMAGE, CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM AND GRAPHICS OR IMAGER CIRCUIT
    Publication number: 20120063682
    Abstract: A method of demosaicing a digital raw image in the form of a matrix of pixels, each dedicated to a single color among several predetermined colors from color filters, includes obtaining a color digital image of the same resolution as the raw image and in which each pixel results from corresponding pixels in a luminance image and in chrominance images reconstructed from the raw image, transformation of the raw image by applying local convolution kernels to its pixels, taking into account neighboring pixels of different colors, to obtain an image of low frequency coefficients using a low frequency local kernel and images of high frequency coefficients using high frequency local kernels; reconstruction of the luminance image using at least the image of low frequency coefficients; reconstruction of the chrominance images using the images of high frequency coefficients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENE ALT
    Inventor: Laurent ALACOQUE
  • RECOVERY OF HEAT FROM WASTEWATER
    Publication number: 20120061056
    Abstract: Device for recovering heat originating from wastewater, characterized in that it comprises a tank (1) comprising at least two portions, a bottom portion (5) designed to store the cold wastewater and a top portion (6) designed to store the hot wastewater, the said portions being separated by stratification, and in that it comprises a heat exchanger (12) placed in the top portion (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: Commissariat a L'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventor: Fabrice Claudon
  • Low Sample Rate Peak Power Reduction
    Publication number: 20120064848
    Abstract: Peak power reduction in transmit chains of radiocommunication devices is performed using a low sample rate. Filtering and, optionally, interpolation of a signal being processed for peak power reduction can be performed only in an error signal path or in both an error signal path and a primary signal path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Neil McGowan, Marthinus Willem Da Silveira, Peter Zahariev Rashev
  • MAGNETIC VORTEX STORAGE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20120063219
    Abstract: A magnetic storage device includes a network of planar magnetic cells in a vortex state, each cell's vortex core having a magnetization with either a first and second equilibrium position in opposite direction and perpendicular to the cellular plane, each of the two positions representing binary information. The device includes means for writing binary information stored in the cells, including means for selectively applying, in the vicinity of each cell, a first bias static magnetic field roughly perpendicular to the cellular plane and a linearly polarized radio frequency magnetic field roughly parallel to the device. The described device also includes means for reading preferably resonantly the polarity using a selective transport measurement between two intersecting electrodes by guiding the current lines through the region around the vortex core by means of a point contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Olivier Klein, Grégoire De Loubens, Benjamin Pigeau
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INTERPRETING MUSICAL GESTURES
    Publication number: 20120062718
    Abstract: Musical rendition is provided through the use of microsensors, in particular of accelerometers and magnetometers or rate gyros, and through an appropriate processing of the signals from the microsensors. In particular, the processing uses a merging of the data output from the microsensors to eliminate false alarms in the form of movements of the user unrelated to the music. The velocity of the musical strikes is also measured. Embodiments make it possible to control the running of mp3 or wav type music files to be played back.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicants: Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, Movea SA
    Inventor: Dominique David
  • Systems and Method for Communicating Priority Information for Use in Scheduling the Transmission of Data
    Publication number: 20120063402
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention provides apparatuses and methods for communicating, from one network node to another network node, application data together with priority information so that the receiving network node may use the priority information in scheduling the transmission of the application data to the intended receiver of the application data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (publ)
    Inventors: Ake Arvidsson, Tord Westholm
  • METHOD OF PRODUCING A PHOTONIC DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING PHOTONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20120063717
    Abstract: Method of producing a photonic device including at least one light source and at least one photodetector on a structure including a waveguide layer, this method comprising the following steps: a) growing successively on a substrate (10), a photodetection structure (11) and a light source structure (12), the photodetection structure and the light source structure being made of a stack of layers, the light source layers being stacked on top of the photodetector layers and both structures sharing one of these layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicants: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Laurent Grenouillet, Jean-Marc Fedeli, Liu Liu, Regis Orobtchouk, Philippe Regreny, Gunther Roelkens, Pedro Rojo-Romeo, Dries Van Thourhout
  • Method of Making Slow Acting Pocketed Spring Core
    Publication number: 20120060337
    Abstract: Spring cushions 10 having slow-acting pocketed spring cores 12 characterized by the individual springs of the cores 12 being pocketed within semi-impermeable fabric material and a method of making such pocketed spring cores 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: L&P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY
    Inventors: Niels S. Mossbeck, Terry W. Moser
  • Method for a Radio Base Station and a Radio Base Station in a Communication Network System for Assisting in or Obtaining Assistance in the UL Reception of Signals
    Publication number: 20120063294
    Abstract: In cellular radio systems it is a problem to provide service to UE (user equipment) on the cell border. In systems that apply a frequency re-use of one, and OFDM access technology, the uplink direction need be improved. One embodiment of this application relates to a radio base station that is equipped with one or more FFT processor/s in addition to the FFT-processor that is adapted for being adjusted to the timed aligned arrival of signals from UE served by the radio base station. The additional FFT processor/s is adapted for being adjusted to the arrival of one or more signals from UE that are served by other radio base station/s. The radio base station is further adapted to send Fourier processed signal information relating to the UE of the other radio base station/s and thereby assist the other radio base station in signal reception.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Jacob Österling, Franz Heiser, Henrik Olson, Fredrik Huss, Pontus Adolfsson
  • Automatic Detection of Erroneous Connections Between Antenna Ports and Radio Frequency Paths
    Publication number: 20120064838
    Abstract: A device (110) receives consecutive negative acknowledgments (NACKs) (540), measures a downlink channel quality (530) associated with the device (110), and triggers autonomous retransmission (430) when power is limited in the device (110), when the device (110) is using a minimum usable enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) transport format combination (ETFC), and when one of a number of consecutive NACKs (540) is greater than a predefined number, or the measured downlink channel quality (530) is less than a predefined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Qingyu Miao, Mikael Coldrey, Zhiheng Guo
  • METHOD OF CALIBRATING AN ATOMIC-FUNCTIONING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20120062221
    Abstract: This method makes it possible to carry out the auto-calibration of the electromagnetic coils (6, 7, 8) of an apparatus such as an atomic clock, a magnetometer or a gyroscope by injecting successive currents into the coils and measuring the magnetic fields induced in order to calculate the transfer coefficients (field/current) of each of the coils and the real angles that they form with very great precision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENE ALT
    Inventors: Matthieu Le Prado, Jean-Michel Leger
  • Sending Protected Data in a Communication Network
    Publication number: 20120066496
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for sending protected data from a sender unit to a receiver unit via an intermediate unit. A Transfer Init message that contains a ticket associated with the receiver unit is sent from the intermediate unit to the sender unit. The intermediate unit then receives a transfer response message from the sender unit, and also data which has been protected using at least one security key associated with the ticket and obtained from a Key Management Server. A message is sent to the receiver unit, the message including information required for security processing of the protected data. The protected data is then sent to the receiver unit, allowing the receiver unit to access the protected data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Rolf BLOM, John MATTSSON, Oscar OHLSSON