Patents by Inventor Manuel Fernandes
Manuel Fernandes 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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Publication number: 20240167707Abstract: The present application discloses a device for detecting and reducing radon concentration in an indoor environment. This device comprises at least one radon gas sensor and, at least one differential pressure sensor for measuring the difference between the indoor and outdoor atmospheric pressures, wherein both sensors are connected to a microcontroller configured to perform the pre-processing and aggregation of the data obtained by said sensors. To reduce radon levels, it triggers at least one physical actuator to activate a ventilation device for reducing the radon concentration in an indoor environment when indoor radon concentration is above a first predetermined threshold or when indoor radon concentration is above a second predetermined threshold and the differential pressure is negative.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2023Publication date: May 23, 2024Applicants: IPVC | Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Universidade da CoruñaInventors: Sérgio Ivan FERNANDES LOPES, Paulo Manuel PASSOS BARROS, António José CANDEIAS CURADO, Tiago Manuel FERNÁNDEZ CAMÁRES, Paula FRAGA-LAMAS, Óscar BLANCO NOVOA
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Publication number: 20240123089Abstract: Provided herein are gene repressor systems comprising fusion proteins, such as fusion proteins comprising a DNA binding domain such as a TALE, zinc finger or catalytically-dead CRISPR protein and guide nucleic acid (gRNA), which are useful in the repression of a proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin Type 9 (PCSK9) gene. Also provided are methods of using such systems to repress transcription of PCSK9.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Jason FERNANDES, Sean HIGGINS, Sarah DENNY, Ross WHITE, Emeric Jean Marius CHARLES, Addison WRIGHT, Benjamin DEMAREE, Manuel MOHR, Wenyuan ZHOU, Benjamin OAKES
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Publication number: 20240124537Abstract: Provided herein are gene repressor systems comprising fusion proteins, such as fusion proteins comprising a DNA binding domain such as a TALE, zinc finger or catalytically-dead CRISPR protein and guide nucleic acid (gRNA), which are useful in the repression of a proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin Type 9 (PCSK9) gene. Also provided are methods of using such systems to repress transcription of PCSK9.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Jason FERNANDES, Sean HIGGINS, Sarah DENNY, Ross WHITE, Emeric Jean Marius CHARLES, Addison WRIGHT, Benjamin DEMAREE, Manuel MOHR, Wenyuan ZHOU, Benjamin OAKES
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Patent number: 11003526Abstract: A method for processing a signal on board an aircraft. An electronic control unit receives an input signal including useful data in a first passband, implements a first operation of bandpass filtering the input signal with a first passband to obtain a useful signal containing the useful data, with detection of interference caused by a lightning strike. The electronic control unit implements a second operation of bandpass filtering the input signal to obtain a detection signal, the bandpass filter having a second passband that is distinct from the first passband, comparing a detection value derived from the detection signal with a detection threshold, and correcting the exploitation of the useful data if exceeded.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2018Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSEInventors: Mathieu Conq, Nicolas Geneste, Manuel Fernandes Gomes
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Publication number: 20210089386Abstract: A method for processing a signal on board an aircraft. An electronic control unit receives an input signal including useful data in a first passband, implements a first operation of bandpass filtering the input signal with a first passband to obtain a useful signal containing the useful data, with detection of interference caused by a lightning strike. The electronic control unit implements a second operation of bandpass filtering the input signal to obtain a detection signal, the bandpass filter having a second passband that is distinct from the first passband, comparing a detection value derived from the detection signal with a detection threshold, and correcting the exploitation of the useful data if exceeded.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2018Publication date: March 25, 2021Applicant: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSEInventors: Mathieu CONQ, Nicolas GENESTE, Manuel FERNANDES GOMES
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Patent number: 10873245Abstract: A cold plate for a linear motor includes a planar housing having a cooled surface for placement against a surface to be cooled, and first and second chambers arranged in the housing, which extend parallel to the cooled surface and are separated by a diaphragm. The housing has two half-shells and the diaphragm, which is disposed between the half-shells and is connected to the two half-shells. The first chamber, facing away from the cooled surface, is connected to a coolant inlet, and the second chamber, bounded by the cooled surface, is connected to a coolant outlet.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2017Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: ETEL S.A.Inventors: José Manuel Fernandes Goncalves, Sylwia Szczukiewicz
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Patent number: 10797577Abstract: A primary element of an ironless linear motor include cooling plates. Each of the cooling plates is connected to a connecting piece extending in a region of an edge of the cooling plate. The connecting pieces are configured to supply coolant. The connecting pieces are located one above the other in a direction perpendicular to the cooling plates so as to form a common connecting region of the cooling plates at an end face of the primary element. A plurality of coils are disposed between the cooling plates. A coolant distribution header is releasably attached to the connecting region.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2017Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: ETEL S.A.Inventors: Jose Manuel Fernandes Goncalves, Sylwia Szczukiewicz
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Patent number: 10666123Abstract: A secondary element of a linear motor includes magnets arranged on a magnet support. The magnet support is configured as a laminated core. Laminations of the laminated core lie parallel to a plane that is perpendicular to a direction of magnetization of the magnets. Such a secondary support advantageously provides for a simplified assembly.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2016Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: ETEL S.A.Inventors: Alfred Gause, Jose Manuel Fernandes Goncalves
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Patent number: 10601284Abstract: A primary part of a linear motor includes a cooling plate with cooling channels mounted to a side of the primary part that faces away from an air gap of the linear motor. The cooling channels are connected to a coolant inlet and a coolant outlet via channels of a distributor. The channels extend between the cooling plate and winding end turns of the primary part in a direction of movement of the linear motor.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2017Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: ETEL S.A.Inventor: Jose Manuel Fernandes Goncalves
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Patent number: 10435962Abstract: A bell design crown block for a top mounted compensator includes a removable, tilting sheave block mounted within the outside perimeter of a crown block yoke. An actuator installed in the crown block actuates the tilt function. No hinge adaptor is required and the sheave block does not hang past or below the crown block yoke. When used in a floating platform application, idler sheaves are mounted on the crown block yoke and an optional interface beam may be provided for the active heave cylinder head.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2016Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Cameron International CorporationInventors: Tiago Manuel Fernandes Nunes, Nils Christian Hagen, Hakon Frank Bergan
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Publication number: 20190006902Abstract: A coil arrangement for an electric motor includes a plurality of individual coils and a plurality of housing modules. Each of the housing modules is a plastics part that is separately produced from the coil arrangement. Each of the housing modules is designed to enclose the same amount of the individual coils.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2018Publication date: January 3, 2019Inventors: Jose Manuel Fernandes Goncalves, Alfred Gause, Sylwia Szczukiewicz, Nicola Bosco, Boris Herrmann
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Patent number: 10161200Abstract: A drilling system comprises a drilling vessel comprising a rig floor, a derrick extending from the rig floor of the drilling vessel along a longitudinal axis. The derrick comprises a first end disposed at the rig floor and a second end longitudinally spaced from the first end, and a heave compensation system disposed at the second end of the derrick. The heave compensation system comprises a support structure comprising a first laterally extending frame coupled to the second end of the derrick, and a second laterally extending frame spaced from the first frame, a crown block coupled to the support structure and a transport assembly coupled to the second frame of the support structure. The transport assembly comprises a first lifting lug and a cylinder assembly supported by the first frame, wherein the cylinder assembly is releasably coupled with the crown block and configured to longitudinally displace the crown block relative to the support structure in response to a heave movement of the vessel.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2017Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Cameron International CorporationInventor: Tiago Manuel Fernandes Nunes
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Patent number: 10107524Abstract: A method (100) for manufacturing a thermal absorber for a solar thermal collector includes arranging (120) a substrate of the thermal absorber on a vacuum coating line and depositing (160) by way of a physical vapour deposition on the substrate that is arranged on the vacuum coating line layers configured to absorb light.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2011Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: SAVOSOLAR OYJInventors: Martin Andritschky, Kaj A. Pischow, Luis Manuel Fernandes Rebouta
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Publication number: 20180216421Abstract: A method for removing a component of a heave compensation system includes decoupling a cylinder assembly from a crown block, the cylinder assembly configured to displace the crown block in response to a heave motion of a drilling vessel supporting the heave compensation system, coupling the cylinder assembly to a support structure via a cable, and using the cable to lower the cylinder assembly through an internal volume of a derrick of the drilling vessel to a rig floor of the drilling vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2017Publication date: August 2, 2018Inventor: Tiago Manuel Fernandes NUNES
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Publication number: 20180175708Abstract: A primary part of a linear motor includes a cooling plate with cooling channels mounted to a side of the primary part that faces away from an air gap of the linear motor. The cooling channels are connected to a coolant inlet and a coolant outlet via channels of a distributor. The channels extend between the cooling plate and winding end turns of the primary part in a direction of movement of the linear motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2017Publication date: June 21, 2018Inventor: Jose Manuel Fernandes Goncalves
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Publication number: 20180138785Abstract: A cold plate for a linear motor includes a planar housing having a cooled surface for placement against a surface to be cooled, and first and second chambers arranged in the housing, which extend parallel to the cooled surface and are separated by a diaphragm. The housing has two half-shells and the diaphragm, which is disposed between the half-shells and is connected to the two half-shells. The first chamber, facing away from the cooled surface, is connected to a coolant inlet, and the second chamber, bounded by the cooled surface, is connected to a coolant outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2017Publication date: May 17, 2018Inventors: José Manuel FERNANDES GONCALVES, Sylwia SZCZUKIEWICZ
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Patent number: 9890972Abstract: A method for providing a thermal absorber, which can be used in solar thermal collectors. The method includes a step of depositing on a substrate a first layer having a composition that comprises titanium, aluminium, nitrogen, and one of following elements: silicon, yttrium, cerium, and chromium. The method further optionally includes a step of depositing a second layer deposited on the first layer, the second layer having a composition including titanium, aluminium, nitrogen, oxygen and one of the elements of silicon, yttrium, cerium, and chromium, and a step of depositing a third layer having a composition including titanium, aluminium, silicon, nitrogen, and oxygen, the third layer being a top layer of the thermal absorber.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2010Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Savo-Solar OyInventors: Martin Andritschky, Luis Manuel Fernandes Rebouta, Kaj A. Pischow
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Publication number: 20180038173Abstract: A bell design crown block for a top mounted compensator includes a removable, tilting sheave block mounted within the outside perimeter of a crown block yoke. An actuator installed in the crown block actuates the tilt function. No hinge adaptor is required and the sheave block does not hang past or below the crown block yoke. When used in a floating platform application, idler sheaves are mounted on the crown block yoke and an optional interface beam may be provided for the active heave cylinder head.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2016Publication date: February 8, 2018Inventors: Tiago Manuel Fernandes Nunes, Nils Christian Hagen, Hakon Frank Bergan
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Publication number: 20170373579Abstract: A primary element of an ironless linear motor include cooling plates. Each of the cooling plates is connected to a connecting piece extending in a region of an edge of the cooling plate. The connecting pieces are configured to supply coolant. The connecting pieces are located one above the other in a direction perpendicular to the cooling plates so as to form a common connecting region of the cooling plates at an end face of the primary element. A plurality of coils are disposed between the cooling plates. A coolant distribution header is releasably attached to the connecting region.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2017Publication date: December 28, 2017Inventors: Jose Manuel Fernandes Goncalves, Sylwia Szczukiewicz
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Patent number: 9768659Abstract: A secondary part of a synchronous motor has a protective device for magnets. The secondary part has a plurality of magnets evenly spaced on a magnet support. The protective device has a web for insertion into the gap between adjacent magnets. The web has a first and second flange at its two ends, so that the web and the flanges form a double-T structure, and the flanges rest against outer edges of the adjacent magnets.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2015Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: ETEL S.A.Inventors: José Manuel Fernandes Goncalves, Jean-Yves Grillon