Patents by Inventor Michel Dion
Michel Dion 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: 7862304Abstract: A single stage high pressure turbine blade includes an airfoil having a profile substantially in accordance with at least an intermediate portion of the Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in Table 2. The X and Y values are distances, which when smoothly connected by an appropriate continuing curve, define airfoil profile sections at each distance Z. The profile sections at each distance Z are joined smoothly to one another to form a complete airfoil shape.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2007Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.Inventors: Pierre Saindon, Michel Dion, Saml Girgis
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Patent number: 7862303Abstract: A single stage high pressure turbine vane includes an airfoil having a profile substantially in accordance with at least an intermediate portion of the Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in Table 2. The X and Y values are distances, which when smoothly connected by an appropriate continuing curve, define airfoil profile sections at each distance Z. The profile sections at each distance Z are joined smoothly to one another to form a complete airfoil shape.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2007Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.Inventors: Mohamad Sleiman, Michel Dion, Sami Girgis
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Publication number: 20090116967Abstract: A single stage high pressure turbine vane includes an airfoil having a profile substantially in accordance with at least an intermediate portion of the Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in Table 2. The X and Y values are distances, which when smoothly connected by an appropriate continuing curve, define airfoil profile sections at each distance Z. The profile sections at each distance Z are joined smoothly to one another to form a complete airfoil shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2007Publication date: May 7, 2009Inventors: Mohamad SLEIMAN, Michel Dion, Sami Girgis
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Publication number: 20090097982Abstract: A single stage high pressure turbine blade includes an airfoil having a profile substantially in accordance with at least an intermediate portion of the Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in Table 2. The X and Y values are distances, which when smoothly connected by an appropriate continuing curve, define airfoil profile sections at each distance Z. The profile sections at each distance Z are joined smoothly to one another to form a complete airfoil shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2007Publication date: April 16, 2009Inventors: Pierre Saindon, Michel Dion, Saml Girgis
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Patent number: 7478486Abstract: System and method for controlling an appliance for drying clothing articles is provided. The appliance has a container for receiving the clothing articles. A motor is provided for rotating the container about an axis. A heater is provided for supplying heated air to the container during a dry cycle. A sensor is provided for providing a signal indicative of moisture content of the articles. Memory is provided memory for storing historical stop time data of respective dry cycles. A noise-reduction filter is coupled to receive the signal from the moisture sensor to provide selectable filtering to that signal. A timer provides a signal indicative of elapsed time upon start of the dry cycle. A module is responsive to the historical data in the memory for determining an initial estimate of the stop time of the dry cycle to be executed. A processor allows for estimating the stop time of the dry cycle as the cycle is being executed.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2006Date of Patent: January 20, 2009Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: William Joseph Wunderlin, Michel Dion, Alexander Carswell Cambon, Mahmoud Fariz Ismail, Zubair Hameed, Cathy Diane Emery
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Publication number: 20060191161Abstract: System and method for controlling an appliance for drying clothing articles is provided. The appliance has a container for receiving the clothing articles. A motor is provided for rotating the container about an axis. A heater is provided for supplying heated air to the container during a dry cycle. A sensor is provided for providing a signal indicative of moisture content of the articles. Memory is provided memory for storing historical stop time data of respective dry cycles. A noise-reduction filter is coupled to receive the signal from the moisture sensor to provide selectable filtering to that signal. A timer provides a signal indicative of elapsed time upon start of the dry cycle. A module is responsive to the historical data in the memory for determining an initial estimate of the stop time of the dry cycle to be executed. A processor allows for estimating the stop time of the dry cycle as the cycle is being executed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2006Publication date: August 31, 2006Inventors: William Wunderlin, Michel Dion, Alexander Cambon, Mahmoud Ismail, Zubair Hameed, Cathy Emery
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Patent number: 7013578Abstract: System and method for controlling an appliance for drying clothing articles is provided. The appliance has a container for receiving the clothing articles. A motor is provided for rotating the container about an axis. A heater is provided for supplying heated air to the container during a dry cycle. A sensor is provided for providing a signal indicative of moisture content of the articles. Memory is provided memory for storing historical stop time data of respective dry cycles. A noise-reduction filter is coupled to receive the signal from the moisture sensor to provide selectable filtering to that signal. A timer provides a signal indicative of elapsed time upon start of the dry cycle. A module is responsive to the historical data in the memory for determining an initial estimate of the stop time of the dry cycle to be executed. A processor allows for estimating the stop time of the dry cycle as the cycle is being executed.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2004Date of Patent: March 21, 2006Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: William Joseph Wunderlin, Michel Dion, Alexander Carswell Cambon, Mahmoud Fariz Ismail, Zubair Hameed, Cathy Diane Emery
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Publication number: 20050263259Abstract: Thermomechanical pulp is an important process for producing fibrous mass used in papermaking. A two-level control strategy that stabilizes and optimizes the refining process has been developed. The Stabilization layer consists of a multivariable model predicative range controller that regulates the refiner line operations. The Quality Optimization layer provides the pulp quality control as measured by an online pulp quality (freeness, fibre length) sensor. This control startegy leverages the natural decoupling in the process. The modular design technique is able to handle multiple refiner lines that empty into a common latency chest. A global optimizer is also used to integrate and coordinate the two layers for enhanced constraint handling.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2004Publication date: December 1, 2005Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Manpreet Sidhu, Richard Van Fleet, Michel Dion
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Publication number: 20050070076Abstract: This invention provides a method of depositing high-quality Si or SiGe epitaxial layers on SiGe substrates. By first depositing a thin Si seed layer on the SiGe substrate, the quality of the seed layer and of the subsequently deposited layers is greatly improved over what is obtained from depositing SiGe directly onto the SiGe substrate. Indeed, whereas the RMS surface roughness of the deposition of SiGe directly on SiGe, as measured by atomic-force microscopy (AFM), was 3-4 nm, it was more than an order of magnitude better when a thin Si seed layer was employed. This work was performed on an ultra-high-vacuum chemical vapor deposition (UHV/CVD) system; however, the same method would apply to other deposition systems such as atmospheric-pressure, low-pressure and rapid-thermal CVD.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2002Publication date: March 31, 2005Inventor: Michel Dion
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Patent number: 6845290Abstract: System and method for controlling an appliance for drying clothing articles is provided. The appliance has a container for receiving the clothing articles. A motor is provided for rotating the container about an axis. A heater is provided for supplying heated air to the container during a dry cycle. A sensor is provided for providing a signal indicative of moisture content of the articles. Memory is provided memory for storing historical stop time data of respective dry cycles. A noise-reduction filter is coupled to receive the signal from the moisture sensor to provide selectable filtering to that signal. A timer provides a signal indicative of elapsed time upon start of the dry cycle. A module is responsive to the historical data in the memory for determining an initial estimate of the stop time of the dry cycle to be executed. A processor allows for estimating the stop time of the dry cycle as the cycle is being executed.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2000Date of Patent: January 18, 2005Inventors: William Joseph Wunderlin, Michel Dion, Alexander Carswell Cambon, Mahmoud Fariz Ismail, Zubair Hameed, Cathy Diane Emery
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Publication number: 20040200093Abstract: System and method for controlling an appliance for drying clothing articles is provided. The appliance has a container for receiving the clothing articles. A motor is provided for rotating the container about an axis. A heater is provided for supplying heated air to the container during a dry cycle. A sensor is provided for providing a signal indicative of moisture content of the articles. Memory is provided memory for storing historical stop time data of respective dry cycles. A noise-reduction filter is coupled to receive the signal from the moisture sensor to provide selectable filtering to that signal. A timer provides a signal indicative of elapsed time upon start of the dry cycle. A module is responsive to the historical data in the memory for determining an initial estimate of the stop time of the dry cycle to be executed. A processor allows for estimating the stop time of the dry cycle as the cycle is being executed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2004Publication date: October 14, 2004Inventors: William Joseph Wunderlin, Michel Dion, Alexander Carswell Cambon, Mahmoud Fariz Ismail, Zubair Hameed, Cathy Diane Emery
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Patent number: 5989841Abstract: Nucleic sequences from the genome of Salmonella Typhi include all or part of the genetic information required for the in vitro infection of cultured HeLa cells by Salmonella bacteria. Polypeptides encoded by these nucleic sequences are also described, as is the use of said polypeptides and nucleic sequences for implementing methods of in vitro Salmonella detection in biological samples which are thought to contain it.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: November 23, 1999Assignees: Institut Pasteur, Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche MedicaleInventors: Michel Yvan Popoff, Michel Dion
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Patent number: 5804378Abstract: Nucleic sequences from the genome of Salmonella Typhi include all or part of the genetic information required for the in vitro infection of cultured HeLa cells by Salmonella bacteria. Polypeptides encoded by these nucleic sequences are also described, as is the use of said polypeptides and nucleic sequences for implementing methods of in vitro Salmonella detection in biological samples which are thought to contain it.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: September 8, 1998Assignees: Institut Pasteur, Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM)Inventors: Michel Yvan Popoff, Michel Dion
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Patent number: 5681716Abstract: Nucleic sequences from the genome of Salmonella Typhi include all or part of the genetic information required for the in vitro infection of cultured HeLa cells by Salmonella bacteria. Polypeptides encoded by these nucleic sequences are also described, as is the use of said polypeptides and nucleic sequences for implementing methods of in vitro Salmonella detection in biological samples which are thought to contain it.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: October 28, 1997Assignees: Institut Pasteur, Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche MedicaleInventors: Michel Yvan Popoff, Michel Dion
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Patent number: 5618666Abstract: Nucleic sequences from the genome of Salmonella typhi include all or part of the genetic information required for the in vitro infection of cultured HeLa cells by Salmonella bacteria. Polypeptides encoded by these nucleic sequences are also described, as is the use of said polypeptides and nucleic sequences for implementing methods of in vitro Salmonella detection in biological samples which are thought to contain it.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 1993Date of Patent: April 8, 1997Assignees: Institut Pasteur, Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche MedicaleInventors: Michel Y. Popoff, Michel Dion
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Patent number: 5408110Abstract: Quasi-phase matched (QPM) second-harmonic (SH) generation in the reflection geometry is described. The SH intensity can be strongly enhanced by spatially modulating the optical properties of the nonlinear medium. This type of quasi-phase matching is demonstrated using an Al.sub.0.8 Ga.sub.0.2 As/GaAs heterostructure designed for .lambda.=1.06 .mu.m incident light. The SH light intensity generated in reflection from the heterostructure is enhanced 70 times relative to the SH response of a homogeneous GaAs wafer. A Fabry-Perot resonant cavity design employs this structure to make thin films with extremely high SH generation efficiencies. This is of particular interest used in vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs).Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 1993Date of Patent: April 18, 1995Assignee: National Research Council of CanadaInventors: Siegfried Janz, Hongxing Dai, Francoise Chatenoud, Michel Dion, Richard Normandin, Chan Fernando
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Patent number: 4779540Abstract: An accessory table adapted for detachable attachment to an article of furniture, such as a desk, is disclosed. The accessory table comprises a rigid floor supported post and an attachment assembly for the post, exerting vise action on the top and bottom surfaces of the desk. The post carries at least one table at the outer end of an arm, the latter being pivotable through a full circle. The table is also rotatable about its central vertical axis at the end of the arm. The post is hidden by an aesthetic sheath.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 1987Date of Patent: October 25, 1988Inventors: Michel Dion, Daniel Hebert