Patents by Inventor Robert Joly

Robert Joly 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: 9797393
    Abstract: A fluid-working machine has a working chamber of cyclically varying volume, high and low pressure manifolds, and high and low pressure valves for regulating the flow of fluid between the working chamber and the high and low pressure manifolds respectively. A controller actively controls at least one said valve to determine the net displacement of working fluid of the working chamber on a cycle by cycle basis. At least one said valve is a variable timing valve and the controller causes the valve to open or close at a time determined taking into account one or more properties of the performance of the fluid working machine measured during an earlier cycle of working chamber volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: ARTEMIS INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: William Hugh Salvin Rampen, Uwe Bernhard Pascal Stein, Niall James Caldwell, Stephen Michael Laird, Pierre Robert Joly, Michael Richard Fielding, Daniil Sergeevich Dumnov
  • Patent number: 9739266
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of operating a fluid-working machine wherein the volume of working fluid displaced each cycle is selectable and wherein the volume of working fluid displaced by a first working chamber takes into account the suitability of the working chamber to displace fluid. The invention extends in further aspects to power absorbing structures such as renewable energy devices comprising such fluid working machines. The invention allows the operation of fluid working machines and power absorbing structures which are more long lived.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: ARTEMIS INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Stephen Hugh Salter, William Hugh Salvin Rampen, Michael Richard Fielding, Niall James Caldwell, Stephen Michael Laird, Pierre Robert Joly
  • Patent number: 9010104
    Abstract: A fluid-working machine has a working chamber of cyclically varying volume, high and low pressure manifolds, and high and low pressure valves for regulating the flow of fluid between the working chamber and the high and low pressure manifolds respectively. A controller actively controls at least one said valve to determine the net displacement of working fluid of the working chamber on a cycle by cycle basis. At least one said valve is a variable timing valve and the controller causes the valve to open or close at a time determined taking into account one or more properties of the performance of the fluid working machine measured during an earlier cycle of working chamber volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Artemis Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: William Hugh Salvin Rampen, Uwe Bernhard Pascal Stein, Niall James Caldwell, Stephen Michael Laird, Pierre Robert Joly, Michael Richard Fielding, Daniil Sergeevich Dumnov
  • Patent number: 8964727
    Abstract: A packetised data network includes IP telephones (ITs) and a network intelligence (NI). All of the keys of each IT are “soft” keys (i.e., they have no fixed function). The NI associates a configuration data structure with the IT which correlates the keys with functions, and, based on this, may control the display of the IT to indicate the current function of certain of the soft keys. Some of the functions are requests for data services at the telephone (e.g., video or programmed audio over the internet). When a user requests such a service with a key press, the NI sets up the service between the data source and the telephone. This may require associating a new configuration data structure with the keys of the IT. The IT user may activate multiple data services through the NI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Rockstar Consortium US LP
    Inventors: William Allan, Robert S. Morley, Kris W. Kramer, Larry John David, Kenneth M. Orford, Peter P. Blatherwick, Robert M. Star, Kenneth J. Liang, Dariusz Otreba, Paul Provencal, Robert Joly
  • Publication number: 20120063919
    Abstract: A fluid-working machine has a working chamber of cyclically varying volume, high and low pressure manifolds, and high and low pressure valves for regulating the flow of fluid between the working chamber and the high and low pressure manifolds respectively. A controller actively controls at least one said valve to determine the net displacement of working fluid of the working chamber on a cycle by cycle basis. At least one said valve is a variable timing valve and the controller causes the valve to open or close at a time determined taking into account one or more properties of the performance of the fluid working machine measured during an earlier cycle of working chamber volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: ARTEMIS INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: William Hugh Salvin Rampen, Uwe Bernhard Pascal Stein, Niall James Caldwell, Stephen Michael Laird, Pierre Robert Joly, Michael Richard Fielding, Daniil Sergeevich Dumnov
  • Publication number: 20120059523
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of operating a fluid-working machine wherein the volume of working fluid displaced each cycle is selectable and wherein the volume of working fluid displaced by a first working chamber takes into account the suitability of the working chamber to displace fluid. The invention extends in further aspects to power absorbing structures such as renewable energy devices comprising such fluid working machines. The invention allows the operation of fluid working machines and power absorbing structures which are more long lived.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: ARTEMIS INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Stephen Hugh Salter, William Hugh Salvin Rampen, Michael Richard Fielding, Niall James Caldwell, Stephen Michael Laird, Pierre Robert Joly
  • Publication number: 20100202442
    Abstract: A packetised data network includes IP telephones (ITs) and a network intelligence (NI). All of the keys of each IT are “soft” keys (i.e., they have no fixed function). The NI associates a configuration data structure with the IT which correlates the keys with functions, and, based on this, may control the display of the IT to indicate the current function of certain of the soft keys. Some of the functions are requests for data services at the telephone (e.g., video or programmed audio over the Internet). When a user requests such a service with a key press, the NI sets up the service between the data source and the telephone. This may require associating a new configuration data structure with the keys of the IT. The IT user may activate multiple data services through the NI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: William Allan, Robert S. Morley, Kris W. Kramer, Larry John David, Kenneth M. Orford, Peter P. Blatherwick, Robert M. Star, Kenneth J. Liang, Dariusz Otreba, Paul Provencal, Robert Joly
  • Patent number: 7660295
    Abstract: A packetised data network includes IP telephones (ITs) and a network intelligence (NI). All of the keys of each IT are “soft” keys (i.e., they have no fixed function). The NI associates a configuration data structure with the IT which correlates the keys with functions, and, based on this, may control the display of the IT to indicate the current function of certain of the soft keys. Some of the functions are requests for data services at the telephone (e.g., video or programmed audio over the internet). When a user requests such a service with a key press, the NI sets up the service between the data source and the telephone. This may require associating a new configuration data structure with the keys of the IT. The IT user may activate multiple data services through the NI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: William Allan, Robert S. Morley, Kris W. Kramer, Larry John David, Kenneth M. Orford, Peter P. Blatherwick, Robert M. Star, Kenneth J. Liang, Dariusz Otreba, Paul Provencal, Robert Joly
  • Publication number: 20070297394
    Abstract: A packetised data network includes IP telephones (ITs) and a network intelligence (NI). All of the keys of each IT are “soft” keys (i.e., they have no fixed function). The NI associates a configuration data structure with the IT which correlates the keys with functions, and, based on this, may control the display of the IT to indicate the current function of certain of the soft keys. Some of the functions are requests for data services at the telephone (e.g., video or programmed audio over the internet). When a user requests such a service with a key press, the NI sets up the service between the data source and the telephone. This may require associating a new configuration data structure with the keys of the IT. The IT user may activate multiple data services through the NI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventors: William Allan, Robert Morley, Kris Kramer, Larry David, Kenneth Orford, Peter Blatherwick, Robert Star, Kenneth Liang, Dariusz Otreba, Paul Provencal, Robert Joly
  • Patent number: 7068641
    Abstract: A packetised data network includes IP telephones (ITs) and a network intelligence (NI). All of the keys of each IT are “soft” keys (i.e., they have no fixed function). The NI associates a configuration data structure with the IT which correlates the keys with functions, and, based on this, may control the display of the IT to indicate the current function of certain of the soft keys. Some of the functions are requests for data services at the telephone (e.g., video or programmed audio over the internet). When a user requests such a service with a key press, the NI sets up the service between the data source and the telephone. This may require associating a new configuration data structure with the keys of the IT. The IT user may activate multiple data services through the NI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: William Allan, Robert S. Morley, Kris W. Kramer, Larry John David, Kenneth M. Orford, Peter P. Blatherwick, Robert M. Star, Kenneth J. Liang, Dariusz Otreba, Paul Provencal, Robert Joly
  • Publication number: 20040208556
    Abstract: Disclosed is a novel method of allocating resources within an optical network in order to establish an optical path between a first node and a second node. A query signal, proposing a wavelength and timeslot pairing is sent to switching elements along a proposed optical path from the first node to the second node. The query signal is provided along with data indicating the availability of the switching elements along the proposed path. The query signal and data are used to determine an appropriate wavelength and timeslot pairing. When a wavelength and timeslot pairing has been chosen the appropriate switching elements are instructed to support the wavelength timeslot pairing along the optical path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2002
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Robert Joly, Ali Langari, Rob Brennan
  • Patent number: 6658027
    Abstract: In order to compensate for rate mismatches between near end (receiving) and far end (transmitting) devices, intelligent jitter buffer management is implemented by apparatus comprising: a data interface for receiving frames from a data network; a jitter buffer for temporarily storing said frames; a detector for detecting frames which satisfy a criteria; and a buffer manager for controlling the frames stored in said jitter buffer based on the condition of said buffer and on frames which satisfy said criteria. The criteria can include silence frames or frames received with errors. The condition can include a high water mark (high threshold), and a low water mark (low threshold). If the far end transmitter transmits at a faster rate than the near end receiver, the jitter buffer will eventually become full beyond the high water mark, in which case frame(s) which satisfy the criteria will be deleted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Kris W. Kramer, Chris C. Forrester, Robert Joly
  • Patent number: 5309042
    Abstract: A BiCMOS amplifier provides full swing with fast transitions from V.sub.dd to V.sub.ss and from V.sub.ss to V.sub.dd, and therefore has important applications in low voltage BiCMOS VLSI circuits. A bipolar totem pole output transistor pair is connected between a supply voltage, V.sub.dd and ground, V.sub.ss. A fast output transition from V.sub.dd to V.sub.ss is accomplished by extending the conduction range of the pull down bipolar transistor. An n-channel MOSFET is fabricated to provide a 0 V.sub.t pass transistor. The pass transistor is coupled to a first of the bipolar output transistor pair, the pull up transistor, to inject carriers into the base of the output transistor and extend the transistor's conduction, such that the transistor provides a fast output upswing from V.sub.ss to V.sub.dd.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1994
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventor: Robert Joly
  • Patent number: 5153464
    Abstract: An improved tri-state output buffer of the type that includes an output stage comprising a pair of bipolar transistors in a totem-pole configuration. A CMOS predriver arrangement includes a circuit configuration for selectively adjusting the resistance between the base and the emitter of the source-follower output transistor. The predriver protects the source-follower from harmful bias effects by selectively adjusting the resistance in the emitter-to-base path of the source-follower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1992
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventor: Robert Joly
  • Patent number: 5120994
    Abstract: A bias network for providing the ECL reference voltages V.sub.REF1 and V.sub.REF2. Bipolar npn transistors are arranged to receive the collector terminal potentials of the emitter-coupled pair of the bias network. The npn transistors form the input devices of a differential amplifier that includes a pair of FETs arranged as a current mirror. One of each of such FETs is in series with each of the input transistors. The differential amplifier regulates the potential at an internal node of the bias network to thereby maintain the operating point of the network so that the potentials of the collector terminals are equal. As a result the bias network is rendered substantially insensitive to both temperature and supply voltage variations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1992
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventor: Robert Joly
  • Patent number: 4296091
    Abstract: Novel synergistic insecticidal compositions comprising as the active ingredient an insecticidally effective amount of a synergistic mixture of 90 to 60% by weight of (S) 1-oxo-2-allyl-3-methyl-cyclopent-2-en-4-yl d trans chrysanthemate and 10 to 40% by weight of (R) 1-oxo-2-allyl-3-methyl-cyclopent-2-en-4-yl d trans chrysanthemate and to a novel method of combatting arthropodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1981
    Assignee: Roussel Uclaf
    Inventors: Robert Joly, Charles Pavan, Pierre R. Carle
  • Patent number: 4259726
    Abstract: A diode array convolver using narrow rails on a transparent piezoelectric substrate to support a MESA diode array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1981
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Robert Joly
  • Patent number: 4097822
    Abstract: A broad-band cavity-tuned transistor oscillator includes a field effect device having capacitive feedback from source to drain and having a gate capacitively coupled to a cavity for producing an output signal that is frequency selectable according to cavity resonance, which resonance is determined by translation position of a mechanical tuning plunger coupled to the cavity and the degree of capacitive feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1977
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1978
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventor: Robert Joly
  • Patent number: 3980687
    Abstract: A process for the production of a .DELTA..sup.4 -gonenic steroid having the formula ##SPC1##Wherein R represents a member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and the acyl of an organic carboxylic acid having from 1 to 18 carbon atoms, R' represents an alkyl having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R.sup.iv represents a member selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl, lower alkenyl or lower alkynyl, and B represents a member selected from the group consisting of two hydrogens in the 9.alpha. and 10.beta. position and a double bond which comprises the steps of reacting a 3-ketal-4,5-seco-gonane-5-one with a ketalizing agent, oxidizing the resultant 3,5-diketal-4,5-seco-gonane-17.beta.-ol, reacting the resultant 3,5-diketal-4,5-seco-gonane-17-one with an organometallic compound, hydrolyzing the resultant 3,5-diketal-17.alpha.-R.sup.iv -4,5-seco-gonane-17.beta.-ol, cyclizing the resultant 17.alpha.-R.sup.iv -4,5-seco-gonane-17.beta.-ol-3,5-dione and recovering said .DELTA..sup.4 -gonenic steroid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1974
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1976
    Assignee: Roussel-UCLAF
    Inventors: Julien Warnant, Jean Jolly, Robert Joly