Patents by Inventor Dirk Brouns

Dirk Brouns 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).

  • Patent number: 7140706
    Abstract: A system for adjusting the angular orientation in a first plane of a plurality of print head cartridges or groups of cartridges arranged adjacent to each other on a carriage which can be reciprocated in a Y-direction, wherein each of said cartridges or group of cartridges is mounted on said carriage to be tiltable in said first vertical plane, wherein for each of said cartridges or groups of cartridges said carriage is provided with first adjustors for adjusting the angular orientation of the respective cartridge or group of cartridges, said system being provided with second adjustors arranged remote from said carriage for adjusting said angular orientation of said cartridge or group of cartridges, said second adjustors selectively, operatively communicating with said first adjustors of a selected one of said cartridges or group of cartridges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: OCE-Technologies B.V.
    Inventors: Wilhelmus H. J. Nellen, Leonardus R. A. Willems, Dirk Brouns
  • Patent number: 6839415
    Abstract: A method of establishing a voice/data call between at least two subscribers is disclosed. Prior to the establishment of the connection between subscriber 1 and subscriber 2 via exchanges, a first time window is inserted in which subscriber 1 requests specific execution of the call to be established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Alcatel
    Inventors: Dirk Brouns, Michel Van Ackere
  • Publication number: 20040155914
    Abstract: A system for adjusting the angular orientation in a first plane of a plurality of print head cartridges or groups of cartridges arranged adjacent to each other on a carriage which can be reciprocated in a Y-direction, wherein each of said cartridges or group of cartridges is mounted on said carriage to be tiltable in said first vertical plane, wherein for each of said cartridges or groups of cartridges said carriage is provided with first adjustors for adjusting the angular orientation of the respective cartridge or group of cartridges, said system being provided with second adjustors arranged remote from said carriage for adjusting said angular orientation of said cartridge or group of cartridges, said second adjustors selectively, operatively communicating with said first adjustors of a selected one of said cartridges or group of cartridges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2004
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventors: Wilhelmus H.J. Nellen, Leonardus R.A. Willems, Dirk Brouns
  • Patent number: 6539238
    Abstract: A telecommunication user terminal, such as a traditional telephone set or a mobile telephone, provided with a personal address book or internal database (PTD), e.g. located on a user's smart-card. The internal database has several memory locations (IA1, . . . , IA5, . . . ) each storing a call reference that may be selected as calling number by a search key entered by the user on a keyboard (KB) of the telephone. The internal database further has an extra memory location (XE) that stores an extra call reference to a second database (TDS) and that is used in case no matching is found with the other call references. The second database is an external directory service controlled by an operator or service provider. The internal and external database complement one another in a transparent way for the user owing to a fall-through selection circuit (FT) also forming part of the telephone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: Alcatel
    Inventors: Dirk Brouns, Michel Diane Cyriel Van Ackere
  • Publication number: 20020067814
    Abstract: A method of establishing a voice/data call between at least two subscribers is disclosed. Prior to the establishment of the connection between subscriber 1 and subscriber 2 via exchanges, a first time window is inserted in which subscriber 1 requests specific execution of the call to be established.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 1999
    Publication date: June 6, 2002
    Inventors: DIRK BROUNS, MICHEL VAN ACKERE