Patents by Inventor Michel LeCompte

Michel LeCompte 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: 11909411
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein may reduce or even eliminate spurs introduced into the signals during analog to digital or digital to analog conversions. The spurs may be introduced by components such as clocks of the converter circuits. In an analog to digital conversion, the input signal may be split into two parts: the first portion passing through a first analog to digital converter (ADC) and an inverted second portion passing through a second ADC. A digital subtractor may subtract the output of the second ADC from the output of the first ADC converter thereby reducing the spurs. In digital to analog conversion, a digital input is passed through a first digital to analog converter (DAC) and an inverted digital input is passed through a second DAC. The output of the second DAC is inverted and combined with the output of the first DAC to reduce the spurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Viavi Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Michel Lecompte
  • Publication number: 20230091375
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein may reduce or even eliminate spurs introduced into the signals during analog to digital or digital to analog conversions. The spurs may be introduced by components such as clocks of the converter circuits. In an analog to digital conversion, the input signal may be split into two parts: the first portion passing through a first analog to digital converter (ADC) and an inverted second portion passing through a second ADC. A digital subtractor may subtract the output of the second ADC from the output of the first ADC converter thereby reducing the spurs. In digital to analog conversion, a digital input is passed through a first digital to analog converter (DAC) and an inverted digital input is passed through a second DAC. The output of the second DAC is inverted and combined with the output of the first DAC to reduce the spurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: Viavi Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Michel Lecompte
  • Publication number: 20120123000
    Abstract: An assembly for producing at least one synthetic hydrocarbon from at least one inflowing stream of carbon monoxide and one inflowing stream of carbon dioxide is provided. The assembly includes an electrolyzer provided for producing a first stream of hydrogen, a first conversion unit provided for producing an intermediate stream of carbon monoxide from at least one portion of the inflowing stream of carbon dioxide and hydrogen, a reactor for synthesizing said synthetic hydrocarbon; a second conversion unit provided for producing a second stream of hydrogen from carbon monoxide and water, the second hydrogen stream being directed towards the synthesis reactor; a guide assembly provided for selectively distributing the inflowing stream of carbon monoxide between the second conversion unit and the synthesis reactor, and for selectively distributing the first hydrogen stream between the first conversion unit and the synthesis reactor; a control unit provided for controlling the guide assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: AREVA
    Inventor: Michel Lecompte
  • Patent number: 6435265
    Abstract: A gravity cooling unit having at least one pair of cooling columns with each column having a plurality of cooling fins mounted on one more serpentine cooling coils carrying a refrigerant. The unit has mounting means for use in mounting the unit against a ceiling. The pair of cooling columns are fixed to the mounting means to have the long axis of their fins angled toward each other to form a downwardly diverging air space between them, and to have the short, upper side of their fins adjacent the ceiling, when the unit is mounted on the ceiling, to minimize air flow between the columns and the ceiling. A condensate collector is provided under each column wide enough to extend beneath each coil in the column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Inventors: Ness Lakdawala, Michel LeCompte
  • Patent number: 4628701
    Abstract: An outdoor air cooled condenser for a refrigeration installation having at least one refrigeration system circuit and including a condenser coil with a heat transfer surface, a condenser housing having air inlet and outlet means for the passage of air across said heat transfer surface, the outlet means including a primary outlet with air flow control means therefor and a plurality of secondary outlets with air displacement means and damper means associated therewith, sensing means for sensing a predetermined condition of refrigerant in the condenser coil, control circuit means for monitoring and integrating the sensed refrigerant condition with respect to a predetermined ideal condition set point value for the refrigeration system circuit and for operating the air flow control means and air displacement means for controlling the amount of air passing through the housing and across the heat transfer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1986
    Assignee: Hussmann Corporation
    Inventors: Parker V. Phillips, Ness Lakdawala, Michel Lecompte
  • Patent number: 4519217
    Abstract: An air temperature regulating or conditioning control apparatus for use in a space having one or more refrigerated display fixtures. The fixtures have an open refrigerated display zone separated from the conditioned room space by one or more planes (curtains) of refrigerated air substantially lower in temperature than the conditioned room space, which absorb energy from the room air adjacent these planes thereby causing it to be cooled. The apparatus comprises a housing having a return air chamber and a make-up air chamber isolated from the return air chamber. Each of these parallel chambers has an outlet connected to a mixing compartment for mixing the conditioned air received from both chambers. An air moving means is connected to the mixing compartment for displacing the mixed conditioned air through air flow convection ducts back into the space. Each of the chambers further has an air intake or inlet, a filter section and a cooling section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1985
    Assignee: Hussmann Corporation
    Inventors: Parker V. Phillips, Ness Lakdawala, Michel Lecompte
  • Patent number: 4498308
    Abstract: The invention relates to an outdoor air cooled condenser for use in a refrigeration system and a method of controlling the condensing temperature in the condenser. The condenser may be used for one or several closed refrigeration circuits connected thereto. A condenser coil assembly is provided in the condenser and has a condenser coil and a heat transfer surface, the coil being connected to the refrigeration circuit. A housing houses the condenser and has an inlet and an outlet for the passage of air through the housing about the heat transfer surface. The outlet is divided in a primary outlet and a plurality of secondary outlets. A motor-driven fan is provided with each of the outlets. The primary outlet is provided with a controllable damper while the secondary outlets are provided with gravity-operated dampers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1985
    Assignee: Hussmann Store Equipment Limited
    Inventors: Parker V. Phillips, Ness Lakdawala, Michel Lecompte