Patents by Inventor Frederic Nicolas
Frederic Nicolas 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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Patent number: 9106265Abstract: Data flow control in a television receiver controls the output of the frequency deinterleaver (FDI) and the time deinterleaver (TDI) to prioritize processing control information having transmission parameters needed for processing data, thereby facilitating use of one FEC decoder.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2011Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: Silicon Laboratories Inc.Inventors: Frederic Nicolas, Olivier Souloumiac, David Rault
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Publication number: 20150218917Abstract: The present invention notably concerns a method for repairing a hanger (D) of a liner (B), with a view to making it leak-tight, this liner (B) being placed inside and in the continuation of the casing (A) of a well.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2015Publication date: August 6, 2015Inventors: James Leighton, Frédéric Nicolas, Yoann Riou, Benjamin Saltel, Gwenaël Tanguy, Samuel Thiebaut
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Publication number: 20150148195Abstract: The invention relates to an interactive gymnastics practice device which is used together with an image and sound system forming the gymnastics program to be followed by a user, comprising a first level of generally-pressure-sensitive surfaces, the surfaces extending essentially in a continuous manner and in substantially the same plane. The invention is characterized in that the device comprises at least one second level of surfaces which are pressure sensitive or which can control an action in response to a pressure, the second level surfaces extending essentially in a continuous manner and in substantially the same plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2014Publication date: May 28, 2015Inventors: Frederic NICOLAS, Frederic CLAUDEL
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Patent number: 9004858Abstract: An annular nozzle for a ceiling fan includes an inner wall defining a bore having a bore axis, an outer wall extending about the inner wall, an air inlet for receiving an air flow, and an air outlet section extending between the inner wall and the outer wall. The air outlet section defines an air outlet for emitting the air flow. An interior passage extends about the bore axis for conveying the air flow to the air outlet. The air outlet section is configured to emit the air flow away from the bore axis.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2011Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Frederic Nicolas, Alan Howard Davis, James Robert Allan MacDonald
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Publication number: 20150037583Abstract: Process for producing sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate in a continuous mode out of trona comprising: c) feeding crushed trona, an extraction water and an additive in a first leaching tank containing a dissolution solution comprising sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate, wherein the additive is selected from the group consisting of: anionic hexametaphosphate, anionic polyphosphate, anionic polyphosphonate, soja lecithine, anionic polycarboxylate polymer, anionic polyacrylate polymer, anionic polyacrylate-polyacrylamide co-polymer, anionic hydrolyzed polymaleic polymers, anionic maleic-acrylic acids copolymers, anionic acrylic acid-phosphonic acid copolymers and combinations thereof; d) dissolving at least partially the crushed trona in the dissolution solution in order to produce a first suspension; e) removing continuously the first suspension from the first leaching tank and feeding it with an additive into a second leaching tank wherein the additive is selected from the same group of additives ofType: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2012Publication date: February 5, 2015Inventors: Joffrey Piet, Frederic Nicolas
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Publication number: 20140238942Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of purifying a residue from an industrial process using calcium ions to obtain a purified brine, comprising: (a) mixing the residue comprising sulfate salts from the industrial process with calcium salts; (b) separating insoluble species and/or precipitates from the suspension from (a); (c) adding one or more selected from C02, carbonates, bicarbonates, hydrogen carbonates or fluorinated salts into the filtrate from (b) to remove excess calcium ions; and (d) separating precipitates from the suspension from (c) to obtain a purified brine. Strontium and/or barium salts, which typically exist in the residue, may also be removed from the residue by using the present process. According to the present method, calcium ions are effectively removed from the brine. Thus, a deposition of calcium ions on devices, which are used in the further processes such as crystallization or electrolysis, can be avoided.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2012Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: SOLVAY SAInventors: Frédéric Nicolas, Francis Grosjean, Emeline Gravier, Jean-Yves Seguin
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Publication number: 20140199185Abstract: A fan assembly for generating an air flow within a room includes a casing having a plurality of inlet sections and an outlet section for receiving air from the inlet sections. Each inlet section has an air inlet, an impeller and a motor for driving the impeller to draw an air flow through the air inlet section and into the air outlet section. The outlet section has an interior passage for receiving air from the inlet sections and an air outlet. The casing defines a bore about which the interior passage extends and through which a secondary air flow from outside the fan assembly is drawn by the air emitted the air outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2014Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: DYSON TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Frederic NICOLAS, Lukasz Andrzej KOWALCZYK, Neil Andrew STEWART
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Publication number: 20140199186Abstract: A fan assembly for generating an air flow within a room includes a casing having a plurality of inlet sections and an outlet section for receiving air from the inlet sections. Each inlet section has an air inlet, an impeller and a motor for driving the impeller to draw an air flow through the air inlet section and into the air outlet section. The outlet section has an interior passage for receiving air from the inlet sections and an air outlet. The casing defines a bore about which the interior passage extends and through which a secondary air flow from outside the fan assembly is drawn by the air emitted the air outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2014Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: DYSON TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Frederic NICOLAS, Lukasz Andrzej KOWALCZYK, Neil Andrew STEWART
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Patent number: 8764412Abstract: A fan assembly for creating an air current includes a bladeless fan assembly including a nozzle and a device for creating an air flow through the nozzle. The nozzle includes an interior passage and a mouth receiving the air flow from the interior passage. A Coanda surface located adjacent the mouth and over which the mouth is arranged to direct the air flow. The fan provides an arrangement producing an air current and a flow of cooling air created without requiring a bladed fan, that is, the air flow is created by a bladeless fan.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2013Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Peter David Gammack, Frederic Nicolas, Kevin John Simmonds
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Patent number: 8708650Abstract: A fan assembly for creating an air current includes a nozzle mounted on a base. The base comprises an outer casing, an impeller housing located within the outer casing, the impeller housing having an air inlet and an air outlet, an impeller located within the impeller housing and a motor for driving the impeller to create an air flow through the impeller housing. The nozzle includes an interior passage for receiving the air flow from the air outlet of the impeller housing and a mouth through which the air flow is emitted from the fan assembly.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2013Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Tom Vallance Hamilton Crawford, Christopher Simon Osborn, Kevin John Simmonds, Frederic Nicolas, Jonathan Richard Codling
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Publication number: 20130344926Abstract: A device for the interactive practice of gymnastics in association with an image and sound system constituting the gymnastics program to be followed by a user. The device includes a platform, a sensor system housed in the platform making it possible to detect the position of the obstacles around the platform, and a connecting system sending the signals coming from the platform sensors to a digital processing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2011Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicant: BIGBEN INTERACTIVE SAInventors: Frédéric Claudel, Frédéric Nicolas
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Publication number: 20130323025Abstract: A fan assembly for creating an air current includes a nozzle mounted on a base. The base comprises an outer casing, an impeller housing located within the outer casing, the impeller housing having an air inlet and an air outlet, an impeller located within the impeller housing and a motor for driving the impeller to create an air flow through the impeller housing. The nozzle includes an interior passage for receiving the air flow from the air outlet of the impeller housing and a mouth through which the air flow is emitted from the fan assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2013Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: DYSON TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Tom Vallance Hamilton CRAWFORD, Christopher Simon OSBORN, Kevin John SIMMONDS, Frederic NICOLAS, Jonathan Richard CODLING
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Publication number: 20130280051Abstract: A fan assembly includes an annular nozzle and a system for creating a primary air flow. The nozzle includes an outer wall and an inner wall surrounded by the outer wall, the inner wall defining a bore having a bore axis. The nozzle also includes an interior passage located between the inner and outer walls, and extending about the bore axis for receiving an air flow, and an air outlet located at or towards the front of the nozzle for emitting the air flow. The nozzle is configured to emit the air flow through the air outlet in a direction extending away from the bore axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2011Publication date: October 24, 2013Applicant: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Frederic Nicolas, Alan Howard Davis
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Patent number: 8529203Abstract: A fan assembly for creating an air current includes a nozzle mounted on a base. The base comprises an outer casing, an impeller housing located within the outer casing, the impeller housing having an air inlet and an air outlet, an impeller located within the impeller housing and a motor for driving the impeller to create an air flow through the impeller housing. The nozzle includes an interior passage for receiving the air flow from the air outlet of the impeller housing and a mouth through which the air flow is emitted from the fan assembly.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Tom Vallance Hamilton Crawford, Christopher Simon Osborn, Kevin John Simmonds, Frederic Nicolas, Jonathan Richard Codling
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Publication number: 20130140022Abstract: Method for repairing a hanger (D) of a liner (B), for making a leak-tight connection, the liner (B) being placed inside and in the continuation of the casing (A) of a well, the method consisting in axially positioning a metal tubular blank (1) in the well, the blank having a solid wall radially deformable beyond its elastic limit and comprising an upper cylindrical portion (10) whose outer diameter is slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the casing (A), a lower portion (13) also cylindrical whose outer diameter is slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the liner (B), and an intermediate portion (11, 12) of diameter varying between these two diameters, and causing radial expansion of at least one of these two cylindrical portions (10, 13) beyond its elastic limit so that they are applied closely and firmly and in leak-tight manner against the inner face of the wall opposite the casing (A) or liner (B).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2010Publication date: June 6, 2013Applicant: Saltel IndustriesInventors: James Leighton, Frédéric Nicolas, Yoann Riou, Benjamin Saltel, Gwenaël Tanguy, Samuel Thiebaut
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Publication number: 20130117624Abstract: Data flow control in a television receiver controls the output of the frequency deinterleaver (FDI) and the time deinterleaver (TDI) to prioritize processing control information having transmission parameters needed for processing data, thereby facilitating use of one FEC decoder.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2011Publication date: May 9, 2013Inventors: Frederic Nicolas, Olivier Souloumiac, David Rault
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Publication number: 20130114423Abstract: A method includes generating, based on at least one received signal, a first packet stream and a second packet stream. One of the first and second packet streams includes a packet associated with the other of the first and second packet streams. The first and second packet streams indicate respective buffer configuration sizes. The method further includes, prior to determining the respective buffer configuration sizes indicated by the first and second packet streams, allocating respective first and second portions of a dejitter buffer to the first and second packet streams. In at least one embodiment of the method, the allocating is performed by hardware coupled to the dejitter buffer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2011Publication date: May 9, 2013Inventor: Frederic Nicolas
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Patent number: 8430624Abstract: A fan assembly for creating an air current includes a nozzle mounted on a base. The base includes an outer casing, a silencing member housed within the outer casing, an impeller housing located within the outer casing, the impeller housing having an air inlet and an air outlet, an impeller located within the impeller housing and a motor for driving the impeller about an axis to create an air flow through the impeller housing. The nozzle includes an interior passage for receiving the air flow from the air outlet of the impeller housing and a mouth through which the air flow is emitted from the fan assembly. The silencing member is located beneath the air inlet of the impeller housing and is spaced from the air inlet along said axis by a distance in the range from 5 to 60 mm.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2010Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Matthew Cookson, Kevin John Simmonds, Frederic Nicolas
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Patent number: 8403650Abstract: A fan assembly for creating an air current includes a bladeless fan assembly including a nozzle and a device for creating an air flow through the nozzle. The nozzle includes an interior passage and a mouth receiving the air flow from the interior passage. A Coanda surface located adjacent the mouth and over which the mouth is arranged to direct the air flow. The fan provides an arrangement producing an air current and a flow of cooling air created without requiring a bladed fan, that is, the air flow is created by a bladeless fan.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2011Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Peter David Gammack, Frederic Nicolas, Kevin John Simmonds
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Patent number: RE44895Abstract: The invention relates to an interactive gymnastics practice device which is used together with an image and sound system forming the gymnastics program to be followed by a user, comprising a first level of generally-pressure-sensitive surfaces, the surfaces extending essentially in a continuous manner and in substantially the same plane. The invention is characterized in that the device comprises at least one second level of surfaces which are pressure sensitive or which can control an action in response to a pressure, the second level surfaces extending essentially in a continuous manner and in substantially the same plane.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2011Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Bigben Interactive, SAInventors: Frederic Nicolas, Frederic Claudel