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).

  • Publication number: 20250231205
    Abstract: Inline classification of a biological specimen including mammalian cells can include generating an alternating current (AC) electrical stimulus to an electrode structure. The electrode structure can be electrically coupled with a flow cell. A response, elicited by the electrical stimulus, can be received when a model specimen class traverses the flow cell. Using the received response, a corresponding impedance parameter value can be determined, the value indicative of a specified biophysical characteristic corresponding to the model specimen class. The first impedance parameter can be translated to a value corresponding to the specified biophysical characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Publication date: July 17, 2025
    Inventors: Nathan Swami, Carlos Manuel Fernandes Honrado, Armita Salahi, Mohammad Javad Azizi Jarmoshti
  • Patent number: 11003526
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE
    Inventors: Mathieu Conq, Nicolas Geneste, Manuel Fernandes Gomes
  • Patent number: 10873245
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: ETEL S.A.
    Inventors: José Manuel Fernandes Goncalves, Sylwia Szczukiewicz
  • Patent number: 10797577
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: ETEL S.A.
    Inventors: Jose Manuel Fernandes Goncalves, Sylwia Szczukiewicz
  • Patent number: 10666123
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: ETEL S.A.
    Inventors: Alfred Gause, Jose Manuel Fernandes Goncalves
  • Patent number: 10601284
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: ETEL S.A.
    Inventor: Jose Manuel Fernandes Goncalves
  • Patent number: 10435962
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Cameron International Corporation
    Inventors: Tiago Manuel Fernandes Nunes, Nils Christian Hagen, Hakon Frank Bergan
  • Publication number: 20190006902
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Jose Manuel Fernandes Goncalves, Alfred Gause, Sylwia Szczukiewicz, Nicola Bosco, Boris Herrmann
  • Patent number: 10161200
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Cameron International Corporation
    Inventor: Tiago Manuel Fernandes Nunes
  • Patent number: 10107524
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: SAVOSOLAR OYJ
    Inventors: Martin Andritschky, Kaj A. Pischow, Luis Manuel Fernandes Rebouta
  • Publication number: 20180216421
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventor: Tiago Manuel Fernandes NUNES
  • Publication number: 20180175708
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Jose Manuel Fernandes Goncalves
  • Patent number: 9890972
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Savo-Solar Oy
    Inventors: Martin Andritschky, Luis Manuel Fernandes Rebouta, Kaj A. Pischow
  • Publication number: 20180038173
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Tiago Manuel Fernandes Nunes, Nils Christian Hagen, Hakon Frank Bergan
  • Publication number: 20170373579
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Jose Manuel Fernandes Goncalves, Sylwia Szczukiewicz
  • Patent number: 9768659
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: ETEL S.A.
    Inventors: José Manuel Fernandes Goncalves, Jean-Yves Grillon
  • Publication number: 20170110955
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Alfred Gause, Jose Manuel Fernandes Goncalves
  • Publication number: 20150364965
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: José Manuel Fernandes Goncalves, Jean-Yves Grillon
  • Patent number: 9065312
    Abstract: In a frame having integrated cooling for an electric drive, coolant flows through a width of the frame in an inverse manner. The frame has roughly the form of a cylinder sleeve having a diameter and an axial width, whose outer surface is provided with cooling ducts. A first bundle of cooling ducts, connected in parallel, guides the coolant from a coolant intake around substantially the entire circumference of the frame. A second bundle of cooling ducts, connected in parallel, guides the coolant around substantially the entire circumference of the frame, back to a coolant outlet (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: ETEL S.A.
    Inventor: Jose Manuel Fernandes Goncalves
  • Patent number: D718615
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Liberty Hardware Mfg. Corp.
    Inventors: Allison Michelle Hammer, José Manuel Fernandes dos Santos