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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110047419 | Secure Method for Reconstructing a Reference Measurement of a Confidential Datum on the Basis of a Noisy Measurement of this Datum, Notably for the Generation of Cryptographic Keys The present invention relates to a secure method for reconstructing a reference measurement of a confidential datum on the basis of a noisy measurement of this datum. The method proposes a phase of enrolling a reference datum w having n digits, comprising at least the f... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046925 | Process for Calibrating the Position of a Multiply Articulated System Such as a Robot The present invention relates to a method of calibrating the position of a multiply-articulated system, notably a robot. The multiply-articulated system consisting of a chain of N segments interlinked by an articulated link, the calibration minimizing the difference bet... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046910 | Method and System for Sample Testing The invention provides a system and method for testing samples and, in one embodiment, a system for directing and coordinating the operations of hardware components and performance of tasks of laboratory personnel. The system includes a user interface for receiving requ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046868 | Aircraft Guidance System for Assisting in Airport Navigation An aircraft guidance system for assisting in airport navigation includes: at least one airport database comprising topology data of an airport, called airport DB; at least one configuration database comprising aircraft configuration data and the position of a guidance p... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046832 | Electronic Assistance System and Method An electronic assistance system and method for an electrical vehicle is provided that integrates the following functions: display of relevant information on the vehicle on a dashboard using visual or audio cues, as well as dials and/or graphical or alphanumeric displays... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043638 | Optronic Infrared System with Predictive Maintenance Following a Sudden Drift The invention relates to an optronics system equipped with: a detector cooler having a cooling machine, a cryostat, an IR detector placed in the cryostat, and a sensor for measuring the temperature TD of the detector; and a processing card which includes mean... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041540 | MODULAR UPGRADEABLE PNEUMATIC/HYDRAULIC MANIFOLD An upgradeable A/C maintenance system and methodology is provided including one or more modular manifolds for mounting and fluidly connecting several components. Embodiments include first and second manifolds, each for removably mounting a plurality of components, and e... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110040967 | System and Method for Multilevel Secure Object Management A system and method for secure transport of data, the method comprising: sharing of key information with a key distributor, wherein the key information is for enabling decryption of first and second encrypted data, the key distributor being for making one or more decryp... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040603 | Telemetrics Based Location and Tracking A population activity mapping method may include detecting a plurality of wireless mobile devices within a geographic region. Individual wireless mobile devices may include a processor, a user interface, a transmitter and a receiver. The detecting operation may be perfo... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040441 | DEVICE FOR SYSTEM DIAGNOSIS The invention relates to a device for system diagnosis of an aircraft. The device includes: means for the monitoring of equipment of the system, the means for emitting messages of observations on the basis of effects produced by equipment; means for the determination of... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040417 | Task Scheduling Based on Financial Impact Times at which certain tasks are performed by a computer system, such as a data storage center, may be selected to reduce the cost of electrical energy in running the tasks. Tasks may be performed when the cost of electrical energy is relatively low. Alternatively, or i... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037966 | System for Measuring a Physical Quantity and for the Map Representation of Said Measures The present invention relates to a system for measuring a physical magnitude and for the mapping representation of these measurements. The system for measuring a physical magnitude at different points of a zone to be examined, each measurement being located spatially, t... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037856 | Optronic Infrared System with Predictive Maintenance in Terms of the Number of Cycles Before Breakdown The invention relates to an optronics system equipped with: a detector cooler having a cooling machine, a cryostat, an IR detector placed in the cryostat, and a sensor for measuring the temperature TD of the detector; and a processing card which includes mean... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037550 | SOLID INSULATION FOR FLUID-FILLED TRANSFORMER AND METHOD OF FABRICATION THEREOF An insulation system for a fluid-filled power transformer that allows for operation of the transformer at higher temperatures and with lowered susceptibility to aging. The insulation system includes a plurality of fibers that are bound together by a solid binding agent.... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110036173 | REMOTELY ADDRESSABLE PRESSURE AND/OR TEMPERATURE MEASURING DEVICE INSTALLED IN A BIOLOGICAL MEDIUM A remotely interrogatable pressure and/or temperature measuring device includes at least an acoustic wave sensor including at least one resonator coupled to a first antenna element, and an interrogation system including a second antenna element for transmission and rece... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110036160 | Aeronautical Probe with Integrated Heater The invention relates to an aeronautical probe designed to be mounted on the skin of an aircraft and comprising a probe body protruding from the skin of the aircraft and a heater for de-icing an external surface of the probe body. According to the invention, the heater ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110035096 | Scan Tool with Mobile Broadband Capability and Method of Operation Thereof A vehicle diagnostic tool that is configured to perform one or more diagnostic tests on one or more systems of a vehicle. Once the test has been performed and data collected, the data may be forwarded to a location outside of the diagnostic tool through a mobile broadba... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110035095 | Vehicular Diagnostic Tool with Detachable Memory and Method of Operation Thereof A vehicle diagnostic tool configured to interface with a removable memory device. The removable memory device is configured to store information about the vehicle such as, for example, the maintenance history of the vehicle and notes or special instructions from one or ... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110035081 | METHOD FOR STAND-ALONE ALIGNMENT OF AN INERTIAL UNIT FOR AN ONBOARD INSTRUMENT CAPABLE OF BEING MOUNTED IN AN AIRCRAFT, AND AN ONBOARD INSTRUMENT BEING ABLE TO USE SUCH A METHOD In a method for stand-alone alignment of an inertial unit for an onboard instrument capable of being mounted in an aircraft, the method includes monitoring the appearance of a movement of the inertial unit during the alignment, suspending the alignment of the inertial u... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110033258 | LOAD SECUREMENT APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD The load securement apparatus, system, and method includes a pallet onto which freight can be loaded and a shroud for surrounding the freight on the pallet. The system and method can also include a drop down void filler for filling space wherein the drop down void fille... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110032949 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DELINEATING A DATA STREAM AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM COMPRISING SAID DEVICE A method for delineating a data stream transmitted by a communication system using a protocol stack includes: analyzing the redundancy of sequences, the content of which is set on one or more layers in a protocol stack to delineate packets, errored or not, in a continuo... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110032867 | SYSTEM FOR GENERATING BEAMS WITH GROUND-OPERATED PROCESSING AND DIGITAL TRANSMISSION A ground-based beam-forming system includes a satellite and a ground-based processing base equipped with beam-forming means. The satellite is equipped with first transmission/reception means for sending and receiving analog signals with remote terminals, and second tran... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110032737 | Power Factor Correction Circuit for Three-Phase Power Supply A power-factor correction circuit for a three-phase power supply is provided. The correction circuit comprises a filtering unit at the input receiving the three phases of the current, at least one inductor per phase placed downstream of the filtering unit, a rectifying ... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110032530 | Field Compensated Static Interferometer for Fourier Transform Spectroscopy A static interferometer comprises an entrance pupil, a splitter plate, a first mirror and a second mirror which are arranged in such a way that light beams originating from a collimated source are divided on the splitter plate, reflect on each of the mirrors and recombi... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110032141 | Modular Radar Architecture The present invention relates to the field active electronic scanning radar systems. It provides an architecture for active antenna radar based on a functional unit, the elementary radar unit. The elementary radar unit comprises all of the functions required for generat... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110032140 | Method of Displaying a Radar Image The method of generating an image in the form of a disc portion on a display, the disc portion comprising a centre and a maximum radius defining a limit of the image generated, the disc portion comprising a plurality of angular sectors, each angular sector comprising a ... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110032073 | System and Methods for Automatically Moving Access Barriers Initiated by Mobile Transmitter Devices A discrete add-on control system for a barrier operating system is provided. The control system includes a mobile transmitter, a barrier state transmitter a controller and an indicator. The mobile transmitter automatically and periodically generates a mobile signal. The... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110029146 | Plug-In Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment A system for connecting an electric vehicle to a Level I or Level II power source. The system including an electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) having an electrical plug compatible with a Level I or Level II power outlet, the plug connected to a power cord. The powe... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110029144 | Plug-In Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment A system for connecting an electric vehicle to a high voltage power source. The system including an electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) having an electrical plug compatible with a high voltage power outlet, the plug connected to a power cord. The power cord is conn... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110028253 | Tensioning Device with Restraint System A tensioning device for a flexible driving means, in particular a chain tensioner for a timing chain of an internal combustion engine, with a housing, a tensioning piston guided in a piston bore of the housing and a latching element arranged outside on the housing, is p... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110025702 | Method of Constructing Images for an Imaging Appliance In an imaging appliance with display of the colour sequential type, a spatially monochrome image is displayed by preparing, for each complete image to be displayed, a sequence of monochrome images comprising an image for each colour of the light box, the monochrome imag... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110025558 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE REAL-TIME MONITORING OF THE INTEGRITY OF A SATELLITE NAVIGATION SYSTEM The invention relates to a calculation device providing means for estimating an indication of integrity of a satellite navigation system, including a means for estimating in real time, by measuring data calculated by the navigation system, an indication of integrity of ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110024427 | Device for detecting the opening of a hatch in an item of equipment comprising one or more electronic circuit boards The present invention relates to a device for detecting the opening of a hatch closing a case in an item of equipment including one or more electronic circuit boards, the planes of which are substantially orthogonal to the plane formed by the said hatch, at least one of... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110024424 | Closure Plug An externally threaded closure plug for tightly closing off the internally threaded opening in shipping and storage containers such as drums, pails and the like. The plug is formed as a cup having a bottom wall and threaded cylindrical sidewall terminating in a circumfe... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110022249 | Distributed Architecture for All Radionavigation Aids The present invention relates to a distributed architecture for all aerial navigation aids. So that this architecture makes it possible to reduce the weight and/or the bulk of the cables linking the antennas to the corresponding equipment, as well as the weight and/or t... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110022184 | SEALING LINER AND LOCK FOR PROSTHETIC LIMB Locking systems for prosthetic sockets utilizing integrated vacuum and mechanical coupling are disclosed. Some example embodiments may include a flexible liner shaped to accept a portion of a patient's residual limb, the flexible liner including a liner distal end inclu... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110022183 | ELEVATED VACUUM LOCKING SYSTEM Elevated vacuum locking systems for prosthetic limbs are disclosed. Some example embodiments may include a manifold mounted to the exterior of the distal end of a socket and may include a cavity adapted to receive a distal end of a plunger pin when the patient's residua... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110021624 | Alpha-Amino-N-Substituted Amides, Pharmaceutical Composition Containing Them and Uses Thereof Disclosed are a series of α-amino-N-substituted amide compounds having a structure of the following formula, the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and the pharmaceutical composition comprising the same. The α-amino-N-substituted amide compounds or the pharmac... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110020720 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A POWER SUPPLY WITH DC DC SPLITTING OF THE TYPE INCLUDING N INTERLACED PATHS In a power supply with n interlaced conversion cells, a control device activates m paths out of n paths, 1≦m≦n, as a function of the power or of the current handled by the power supply. The cell may have a boost, buck, buck/boost, Cuk, or SEPIC topology.... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110019906 | METHOD FOR THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL SYNTHETIC RECONSTRUCTION OF OBJECTS EXPOSED TO AN ELECTROMAGNETIC AND/OR ELASTIC WAVE A method for synthetic reconstruction of objects includes: extracting criteria from a knowledge base; extracting, from sensed signals filtered by the criteria, weak signals; extracting, from the weak signals, weak signals of interest; removing noise from and amplifying ... | 01/27/2011 |
