Patents by Inventor Jean Michel Moreau

Jean Michel Moreau 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: 9782966
    Abstract: Systems and methods for pre-aligning print head(s) to alignment adapter(s) to increase print resolution of printed matter, and to reduce offline time of a printing system due to print head alignment, include the use of an alignment adapter to which a print head is pre-aligned and which includes precision alignment features which precisely engage cooperating precision alignment features on the print head carriage mounting plate of the print head carriage. Print head(s) can be pre-aligned and fine-tuned to alignment adapter(s) even while the printing system is still in print production. Pre-aligned print head/alignment adapter assemblies can then be quickly mounted on the print head carriage using the cooperating precision alignment features of the adapter and print head carriage mounting plate. Duplicate sets of print head mounting sockets can include print heads aligned at different relative offsets (e.g., half a pixel) to increase the print resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Moreau, Harald Feistenauer, Hung Viet Ngo, Patrick Stepanek
  • Publication number: 20160159086
    Abstract: Systems and methods for pre-aligning print head(s) to alignment adapter(s) to increase print resolution of printed matter, and to reduce offline time of a printing system due to print head alignment, include the use of an alignment adapter to which a print head is pre-aligned and which includes precision alignment features which precisely engage cooperating precision alignment features on the print head carriage mounting plate of the print head carriage. Print head(s) can be pre-aligned and fine-tuned to alignment adapter(s) even while the printing system is still in print production. Pre-aligned print head/alignment adapter assemblies can then be quickly mounted on the print head carriage using the cooperating precision alignment features of the adapter and print head carriage mounting plate. Duplicate sets of print head mounting sockets can include print heads aligned at different relative offsets (e.g., half a pixel) to increase the print resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Moreau, Harald Feistenauer, Hung Viet Ngo, Patrick Stepanek
  • Patent number: 9259931
    Abstract: Systems and methods for pre-aligning print head(s) to alignment adapter(s) to increase print resolution of printed matter, and to reduce offline time of a printing system due to print head alignment, include the use of an alignment adapter to which a print head is pre-aligned and which includes precision alignment features which precisely engage cooperating precision alignment features on the print head carriage mounting plate of the print head carriage. Print head(s) can be pre-aligned and fine-tuned to alignment adapter(s) even while the printing system is still in print production. Pre-aligned print head/alignment adapter assemblies can then be quickly mounted on the print head carriage using the cooperating precision alignment features of the adapter and print head carriage mounting plate. Duplicate sets of print head mounting sockets can include print heads aligned at different relative offsets (e.g., half a pixel) to increase the print resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Cimpress Schweiz GmbH
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Moreau, Harald Feistenauer, Hung Viet Ngo, Patrick Stepanek
  • Patent number: 9132660
    Abstract: Systems and methods for pre-aligning print head(s) to alignment adapter(s) to increase print resolution of printed matter, and to reduce offline time of a printing system due to print head alignment, include the use of an alignment adapter to which a print head is pre-aligned and which includes precision alignment features which precisely engage cooperating precision alignment features on the print head carriage mounting plate of the print head carriage. Print head(s) can be pre-aligned and fine-tuned to alignment adapter(s) even while the printing system is still in print production. Pre-aligned print head/alignment adapter assemblies can then be quickly mounted on the print head carriage using the cooperating precision alignment features of the adapter and print head carriage mounting plate. Duplicate sets of print head mounting sockets can include print heads aligned at different relative offsets (e.g., half a pixel) to increase the print resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Cimpress Schweiz GmbH
    Inventors: Hung Viet Ngo, Harald Feistenauer, Patrick Stepanek, Jean-Michel Moreau
  • Patent number: 9081519
    Abstract: Systems and methods for pre-aligning print head(s) to alignment adapter(s) to increase print resolution of printed matter, and to reduce offline time of a printing system due to print head alignment, include the use of an alignment adapter to which a print head is pre-aligned and which includes precision alignment features which precisely engage cooperating precision alignment features on the print head carriage mounting plate of the print head carriage. Print head(s) can be pre-aligned and fine-tuned to alignment adapter(s) even while the printing system is still in print production. Pre-aligned print head/alignment adapter assemblies can then be quickly mounted on the print head carriage using the cooperating precision alignment features of the adapter and print head carriage mounting plate. Duplicate sets of print head mounting sockets can include print heads aligned at different relative offsets (e.g., half a pixel) to increase the print resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: VISTAPRINT SCHWEIZ GmbH
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Moreau, Harald Feistenauer, Hung Viet Ngo, Patrick Stepanek
  • Publication number: 20140362132
    Abstract: Systems and methods for pre-aligning print head(s) to alignment adapter(s) to increase print resolution of printed matter, and to reduce offline time of a printing system due to print head alignment, include the use of an alignment adapter to which a print head is pre-aligned and which includes precision alignment features which precisely engage cooperating precision alignment features on the print head carriage mounting plate of the print head carriage. Print head(s) can be pre-aligned and fine-tuned to alignment adapter(s) even while the printing system is still in print production. Pre-aligned print head/alignment adapter assemblies can then be quickly mounted on the print head carriage using the cooperating precision alignment features of the adapter and print head carriage mounting plate. Duplicate sets of print head mounting sockets can include print heads aligned at different relative offsets (e.g., half a pixel) to increase the print resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Moreau, Harald Feistenauer, Hung Viet Ngo, Patrick Stepanek
  • Patent number: 8851616
    Abstract: Systems and methods for pre-aligning print head(s) to alignment adapter(s) to increase print resolution of printed matter, and to reduce offline time of a printing system due to print head alignment, include the use of an alignment adapter to which a print head is pre-aligned and which includes precision alignment features which precisely engage cooperating precision alignment features on the print head carriage mounting plate of the print head carriage. Print head(s) can be pre-aligned and fine-tuned to alignment adapter(s) even while the printing system is still in print production. Pre-aligned print head/alignment adapter assemblies can then be quickly mounted on the print head carriage using the cooperating precision alignment features of the adapter and print head carriage mounting plate. Duplicate sets of print head mounting sockets can include print heads aligned at different relative offsets (e.g., half a pixel) to increase the print resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Vistaprint Schweiz GmbH
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Moreau, Harald Feistenauer, Hung Viet Ngo, Patrick Stepanek
  • Publication number: 20140168293
    Abstract: Systems and methods for pre-aligning print head(s) to alignment adapter(s) to increase print resolution of printed matter, and to reduce offline time of a printing system due to print head alignment, include the use of an alignment adapter to which a print head is pre-aligned and which includes precision alignment features which precisely engage cooperating precision alignment features on the print head carriage mounting plate of the print head carriage. Print head(s) can be pre-aligned and fine-tuned to alignment adapter(s) even while the printing system is still in print production. Pre-aligned print head/alignment adapter assemblies can then be quickly mounted on the print head carriage using the cooperating precision alignment features of the adapter and print head carriage mounting plate. Duplicate sets of print head mounting sockets can include print heads aligned at different relative offsets (e.g., half a pixel) to increase the print resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: VISTAPRINT TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Moreau, Harald Feistenauer, Hung Viet Ngo, Patrick Stepanek
  • Publication number: 20140168303
    Abstract: Systems and methods for pre-aligning print head(s) to alignment adapter(s) to increase print resolution of printed matter, and to reduce offline time of a printing system due to print head alignment, include the use of an alignment adapter to which a print head is pre-aligned and which includes precision alignment features which precisely engage cooperating precision alignment features on the print head carriage mounting plate of the print head carriage. Print head(s) can be pre-aligned and fine-tuned to alignment adapter(s) even while the printing system is still in print production. Pre-aligned print head/alignment adapter assemblies can then be quickly mounted on the print head carriage using the cooperating precision alignment features of the adapter and print head carriage mounting plate. Duplicate sets of print head mounting sockets can include print heads aligned at different relative offsets (e.g., half a pixel) to increase the print resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: VISTAPRINT TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Moreau, Harald Feistenauer, Hung Viet Ngo, Patrick Stepanek
  • Publication number: 20140168302
    Abstract: Systems and methods for pre-aligning print head(s) to alignment adapter(s) to increase print resolution of printed matter, and to reduce offline time of a printing system due to print head alignment, include the use of an alignment adapter to which a print head is pre-aligned and which includes precision alignment features which precisely engage cooperating precision alignment features on the print head carriage mounting plate of the print head carriage. Print head(s) can be pre-aligned and fine-tuned to alignment adapter(s) even while the printing system is still in print production. Pre-aligned print head/alignment adapter assemblies can then be quickly mounted on the print head carriage using the cooperating precision alignment features of the adapter and print head carriage mounting plate. Duplicate sets of print head mounting sockets can include print heads aligned at different relative offsets (e.g., half a pixel) to increase the print resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: VISTAPRINT TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Hung Viet Ngo, Harald Feistenauer, Patrick Stepanek, Jean-Michel Moreau
  • Publication number: 20140168319
    Abstract: Systems and methods for pre-aligning print head(s) to alignment adapter(s) to increase print resolution of printed matter, and to reduce offline time of a printing system due to print head alignment, include the use of an alignment adapter to which a print head is pre-aligned and which includes precision alignment features which precisely engage cooperating precision alignment features on the print head carriage mounting plate of the print head carriage. Print head(s) can be pre-aligned and fine-tuned to alignment adapter(s) even while the printing system is still in print production. Pre-aligned print head/alignment adapter assemblies can then be quickly mounted on the print head carriage using the cooperating precision alignment features of the adapter and print head carriage mounting plate. Duplicate sets of print head mounting sockets can include print heads aligned at different relative offsets (e.g., half a pixel) to increase the print resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: VISTAPRINT TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Moreau, Harald Feistenauer, Hung Viet Ngo, Patrick Stepanek
  • Publication number: 20090298683
    Abstract: The invention relates to the production of a material comprising a mixture of noble metal nanoparticles and rare-earth oxide nanoparticles. The process comprises the following successive steps: a) production of a metal alloy comprising at least one noble metal chosen from the group comprising the elements Ru, Rh, Ir, Ag, Au, Pd, Pt, Ni and Cu and at least one rare earth chosen from the group comprising the elements La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Y and Sc, said alloy containing a crystalline phase the rare earth content of which is greater than 10 at % and the noble metal content of which is between 25 and 75 at %; and b) oxidation, in an oxidizing atmosphere, of the metal alloy obtained during step a). The subject of the invention is also a composite comprising a mixture of noble metal nanoparticles and rare-earth oxide nanoparticles and to the use of such a composite, in particular for catalysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Marc-Charles Lomello-Tafin, Jean-Luc Rousset, Jean-Michel Moreau, Abdelouahed Ait Chaou, Franck Morfin
  • Patent number: 7248233
    Abstract: A control circuit of a power supply delivering a supply current to an inductor connected in series with the horizontal deflection yoke of a cathode ray tube display, the inductor being the primary coil of a transformer operatively connected for delivering a rectified low-pass filtered biasing voltage to the anode of the display, the low-pass filtering having a first time constant corresponding to the duration of a plurality of pictures, the control circuit having feedback circuitry for generating a monitoring voltage substantially proportional to the biasing voltage and for controlling the supply current to keep the monitoring voltage equal to a reference voltage; and feedforward circuitry for measuring the cathode current and for adding to the monitoring voltage a compensation voltage corresponding to the cathode current, low-pass filtered with a second time constant corresponding to the duration of a small number of lines and high-pass filtered with the first time constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventor: Jean-Michel Moreau
  • Patent number: 7071636
    Abstract: The invention concerns a control circuit for an electron tube display comprising a deflection coil, the deflection coil being part of a scanning circuit and being coupled to a coil of a transformer powering a high voltage generator used to accelerate an electron beam, a phase locked loop being used to keep in phase the flyback pulses produced by the scanning circuit and the video signal synchronisation pulses, and comprising an electron beam current measuring circuit, a compensation circuit for compensating the phase difference between the flyback pulses and the video signal synchronisation pulses as a function of the measured current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventor: Jean-Michel Moreau
  • Patent number: 7023149
    Abstract: The invention concerns a scanning circuit, comprising a power supply providing a negative voltage on a first terminal (Tdown), an intermediate voltage on a second terminal (Gnd) and a positive voltage on a terminal of a switch (S), the other terminal of the switch being connected to a third terminal (Tup), a control circuit (6) supplied by connections to the second and third terminals, a differential amplifier receiving a positive and a negative input signal provided by the control circuit, a power amplifier controlled by the differential amplifier, both amplifiers being supplied by connections to the first and third terminals, a deflection coil (Ly) connected between the output of the power amplifier and the second terminal, biasing means setting, when the switch is open, the output of the differential amplifier so that the possible current paths through the power amplifier between the deflection coil and the first terminal are cut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventor: Jean-Michel Moreau
  • Publication number: 20040257008
    Abstract: The invention concerns a scanning circuit, comprising a power supply providing a negative voltage on a first terminal (Tdown), an intermediate voltage on a second terminal (Gnd) and a positive voltage on a terminal of a switch (S), the other terminal of the switch being connected to a third terminal (Tup), a control circuit (6) supplied by connections to the second and third terminals, a differential amplifier receiving a positive and a negative input signal provided by the control circuit, a power amplifier controlled by the differential amplifier, both amplifiers being supplied by connections to the first and third terminals, a deflection coil (Ly) connected between the output of the power amplifier and the second terminal, biasing means setting, when the switch is open, the output of the differential amplifier so that the possible current paths through the power amplifier between the deflection coil and the first terminal are cut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventor: Jean-Michel Moreau
  • Publication number: 20040130275
    Abstract: A control circuit of a power supply delivering a supply current to an inductor connected in series with the horizontal deflection yoke of a cathode ray tube display, the inductor being the primary coil of a transformer operatively connected for delivering a rectified low-pass filtered biasing voltage to the anode of the display, the low-pass filtering having a first time constant corresponding to the duration of a plurality of pictures, the control circuit having feedback circuitry for generating a monitoring voltage substantially proportional to the biasing voltage and for controlling the supply current to keep the monitoring voltage equal to a reference voltage; and feedforward circuitry for measuring the cathode current and for adding to the monitoring voltage a compensation voltage corresponding to the cathode current, low-pass filtered with a second time constant corresponding to the duration of a small number of lines and high-pass filtered with the first time constant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventor: Jean-Michel Moreau
  • Publication number: 20040100213
    Abstract: The invention concerns a scanning circuit, comprising a power supply providing a negative voltage on a first terininal (Tdown), an intermediate voltage on a second terminal (Gnd) and a positive voltage on a terminal of a switch (S), the other terminal of the switch being connected to a third terminal (Tup), a control circuit (6) supplied by connections to the second and third terminals, a differential amplifier receiving a positive and a negative input signal provided by the control circuit, a power amplifier controlled by the differential amplifier, both amplifiers being supplied by connections to the first and third terminals, a deflection coil (Ly) connected between the output of the power amplifier and the second terminal, biasing means setting, when the switch is open, the output of the differential amplifier so that the possible current paths through the power amplifier between the deflection coil and the first terminal are cut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Inventor: Jean-Michel Moreau
  • Publication number: 20040100198
    Abstract: The invention concerns a control circuit for an electron tube display comprising a deflection coil, the deflection coil being part of a scanning circuit and being coupled to a coil of a transformer powering a high voltage generator used to accelerate an electron beam, a phase locked loop being used to keep in phase the flyback pulses produced by the scanning circuit and the video signal synchronisation pulses, and comprising an electron beam current measuring circuit, a compensation circuit for compensating the phase difference between the flyback pulses and the video signal synchronisation pulses as a function of the measured current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Inventor: Jean-Michel Moreau
  • Patent number: 6690125
    Abstract: A line scan circuit for a CRT, including, in series across a switch, two oscillating circuits having the same time constant, each including, in parallel, a capacitor, a diode connected in antiparallel, and a series association of an inductor and of a voltage source, the inductor of a first one of the oscillating circuits being a scan coil of the CRT; an amplifier receiving a set-point voltage and using, as a feedback, a voltage taken from one of the oscillating circuits, and providing an adjustable voltage source to the second oscillating circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventor: Jean-Michel Moreau