Patents by Inventor Paul Morand
Paul Morand 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: 20240142085Abstract: An artificial sunlight system for wall installation comprising: one or more modules, each module comprising at least the following, (a) a frame configured to be installed on a wall; (b) at least one panel supported by said frame, said panel having first and second ends and an emission surface for emitting panel light, and said panel being configured to emit said panel light away from said wall when said frame is installed on said wall; and (c) at least one ceiling light emitter supported by said frame, said ceiling light emitter being configured to emit ceiling light upward toward a ceiling when said frame is installed on said wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Paul Kenneth Pickard, Benjamin Harrison, Robert Fletcher, Jessica Morand
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Publication number: 20110232745Abstract: A photovoltaic solar cell having a multi-layer antireflective coating on an outer surface. The coating may include alternating layers of silicon dioxide and tantalum pentoxide and may have average front surface reflectance of less than five percent over the wavelength range from 300 nm to 1850 nm with the silicon dioxide having a refractive index less than 1.4 at a wavelength of 550 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2011Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: Deposition Sciences, Inc.Inventors: Lucas Alves, Paul Morand
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Publication number: 20100086775Abstract: A multilayer reflective coating and devices employing such coatings, the coating comprising layers of aluminum and silver and a barrier layer disposed between the aluminum and silver layers. The barrier layer may be substantially optically transparent and formed from material that substantially inhibits interdiffusion between the aluminum and silver layers. The coating may also include capping layer disposed over the silver layer. The barrier layer may be formed from nitrides, oxides and oxynitrides.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2009Publication date: April 8, 2010Inventors: Bruce Lairson, Norman L. Boling, Paul Morand
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Patent number: 7396271Abstract: An apparatus and method for achieving desired spectral emission characteristics in plasma lamps is disclosed. The apparatus and method use multi-layer thin film optical interference coatings to selectively reflect a portion of the light such that it can be absorbed in the plasma. The multi-layer thin film coating is applied to any surface of the lamp, which substantially surrounds the plasma. The number and thickness of the layers in the coating are selected to ensure that significant portion of the selected light emitted from the plasma is reflected by the coating and absorbed by the plasma. The properties of the coating, reflectance, transmittance and absorption are determined as a function of plasma and lamp characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2005Date of Patent: July 8, 2008Assignee: Advanced Lighting Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Eric Krisl, Abbas Lamouri, Leonid Pekker, Paul Morand, Juris Sulcs, Norman L. Boling
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Publication number: 20060093374Abstract: A fiber optic communication signal link apparatus for performing fiber optic link communication including a transmitter apparatus and a receiver apparatus coupled by a fiber optic cable. The transmitter is capable of detecting and modulating data that includes at least one of position, light and audio data. An analog voltage signal representing the data is transmitted to the transmitter apparatus wherein the signal is detected, converted to a frequency signal and modulated through the fiber optic cable to the receiver apparatus. Subsequently, the frequency signal is detected, demodulated and converted back to a voltage analog signal in the receiver apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2004Publication date: May 4, 2006Applicant: Michigan Scientific Corp.Inventors: Hugh Larson, Paul Morand
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Publication number: 20050194907Abstract: An apparatus and method for achieving desired spectral emission characteristics in plasma lamps is disclosed. The apparatus and method use multi-layer thin film optical interference coatings to selectively reflect a portion of the light such that it can be absorbed in the plasma. The multi-layer thin film coating is applied to any surface of the lamp, which substantially surrounds the plasma. The number and thickness of the layers in the coating are selected to ensure that significant portion of the selected light emitted from the plasma is reflected by the coating and absorbed by the plasma. The properties of the coating, reflectance, transmittance and absorption are determined as a function of plasma and lamp characteristics.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2005Publication date: September 8, 2005Inventors: Eric Krisl, Abbas Lamouri, Leonid Pekker, Paul Morand, Juris Sulcs, Norman Boling
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Patent number: 6897609Abstract: An apparatus and method for achieving desired spectral emission characteristics in plasma lamps is disclosed. The apparatus and method use multi-layer thin film optical interference coatings to selectively reflect a portion of the light such that it can be absorbed in the plasma. The multi-layer thin film coating is applied to any surface of the lamp, which substantially surrounds the plasma. The number and thickness of the layers in the coating are selected to ensure that a significant portion of the selected light emitted from the plasma is reflected by the coating and absorbed by the plasma. The properties of the coating, reflectance, transmittance and absorption are determined as a function of plasma and lamp characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2002Date of Patent: May 24, 2005Assignee: Advanced Lighting Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Eric Krisl, Abbas Lamouri, Leonid Pekker, Paul Morand, Juris Sulcs, Norman L. Boling
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Publication number: 20020195943Abstract: An apparatus and method for achieving desired spectral emission characteristics in plasma lamps is disclosed. The apparatus and method use multi-layer thin film optical interference coatings to selectively reflect a portion of the light such that it can be absorbed in the plasma. The multi-layer thin film coating is applied to any surface of the lamp, which substantially surrounds the plasma. The number and thickness of the layers in the coating are selected to ensure that a significant portion of the selected light emitted from the plasma is reflected by the coating and absorbed by the plasma. The properties of the coating, reflectance, transmittance and absorption are determined as a function of plasma and lamp characteristics.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2002Publication date: December 26, 2002Inventors: Matthew Eric Krisl, Abbas Lamouri, Leonid Pekker, Paul Morand, Juris Sulcs, Norman L. Boling
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Patent number: 6454897Abstract: It is of the type comprising, from the inside to the outside, a flexible metal tube 2 having a helical winding of turns, an internal sealing sheath 3 arranged around the said flexible metal tube, at least one armouring ply 5 wound around the said internal sealing sheath and at least one external sealing sheath 7, the internal sealing sheath being extruded onto the flexible metal tube using extrusion means, characterized in that it furthermore consists in heating the said flexible metal tube 2 upstream of the extrusion means and to a temperature below 100° C.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 1998Date of Patent: September 24, 2002Assignee: CoflexipInventor: Michel Paul Morand
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Patent number: 6145546Abstract: Flexible pipe for transporting fluids, comprising, from the inside outwards, a flexible metal carcass with a helical winding of non-contiguous turns, a compressible rod fitted into the gap between the consecutive turns of the helical winding, the compressible rod has a substantial volumetric deformation in compression of at least 50%, an internal sealing sheath extruded over the said metal carcass, at least one ply of armours wound around the said internal sealing sheath and at least one external sealing sheath arranged around the said ply of armours, the rod, its materials, its elastic modules and other features thereof are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 1999Date of Patent: November 14, 2000Assignee: CoflexipInventors: Jean Hardy, Michel Paul Morand