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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8092892 | Method for producing a plastic membrane device and the thus obtained device A method for producing a membrane device by providing a substrate (24), adding a liquid (16) thereon, and covering the liquid (16) and at least one substrate portion bearing the liquid (16) with a homogenous continuous thin film (18 | 01/10/2012 |
| 7930989 | Bird repeller and method of assembly Assembly for repelling birds from a selected area and method of making it. A rotor is assembled from a plurality of identical fin panels and rotatably mounted on a supporting pole within the selected area. Graphic designs comprising bird scaring holographic and/or d... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7881161 | Timepiece comprising an alarm A timepiece equipped with an alarm mechanism having a striking device and a minute repeater mechanism provided with a striking device. The two striking devices share at least one gong and one hammer. A power source can be locked when the mechanism is at rest and unl... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7846611 | Miniature fuel cell core A method for producing a fuel cell core including: providing two identical subassemblies each including a substrate and a current collector removably arranged thereon, depositing an ionic liquid or pasty polymerizable membrane on at least one of the subassemblies in... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7875164 | Method for use of an electrochemical sensor and electrodes forming said sensor A method for in situ self-calibrating of an electrochemical sensor for measuring the concentration of one or more species in an aqueous medium. The method includes: taking a first measurement of the current of a working electrode representative of the concentration ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7773463 | Timepiece comprising a minute repeater mechanism For a timepiece movement, a striking train mechanism having: at least one resonant element (32) which can emit at least two sounds of different frequencies, at least two pallets (36), and at least two hammers (34) which are designed to be driven... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7742362 | Timepiece comprising an alarm A timepiece with an alarm mechanism having: a power source (24) which is locked when the mechanism is at rest and unlocked when the mechanism is in operation; an adjustment system which can be used to program the alarm time; and a trigger system that includes... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7685868 | Measuring head for nanoindentation instrument and measuring method using same A measuring head for a nano-indentation instrument capable of positioning a sample relatively to the measuring head, which includes a measuring axis, a reference axis and a component for detecting a depth of penetration of an indentor into the sample. The measuring ... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7682068 | Temperature-compensated balance wheel/hairspring oscillator The invention relates to mechanical watch oscillators comprising an assembly consisting of a spiral and a temperature compensated balance. The spiral is embodied in a quartz substrate whose section is selected in such a way that the drifts of the spiral and of the b... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7656241 | Optical pumping device and method A method for optical pumping of particles and a device for implementing same. The particles (14) are changed from one long lifetime level to another long lifetime level via a short lifetime level by means of interaction with light radiation (16) emitte... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7635219 | Diver's watch A diver's watch having a frame (22) and a case (10) containing a clockwork movement associated with time displaying means (15, 16). The case includes a middle (11), a base (12) and a rotating bezel (13). The case is hinge mo... | 12/22/2009 |
| 6936142 | Spouted bed apparatus for contacting objects with a fluid A vessel for contacting a plurality of objects with a fluid. An upwardly directed stream of fluid and a portion of the objects are confined in a conduit such that the fluid stream causes the objects to flow upward from a moving bed thereof to a disengaging position ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 7517138 | Watch control device Control device for a watch movement having a part rotatably movable around an axis A. The device is associated with a watch case (11) and has a lock (25) actuatable from outside the watch. The lock is movably mounted in translation to the periphery of ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7515708 | Privacy case for telephones A phone case having a bottom wall, opposing side walls, and mouth and ear end walls that form a pocket with an opening having a rim for extending from ear to mouth and around the mouth to hide it from view and to muffle and block beyond the case words spoken into a ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7425226 | Fluid filter with canted fanfold pleats Fanfold filter element has filtering media pleats canted at a predetermined angle relative to a reference plane such that the depth of each pleat is greater than the depth of a mounting frame to increase effective filtering area. The frame is canted by a correspondi... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7420885 | Timepiece provided with open dial plate A watch with a clockwork comprising a ringer whose actuation is controlled from outside the watch by means of a control unit, a dial plate comprising an opening, a shutter (10) movable between a first position covering the opening and a second position leavin... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7420883 | Animated timepiece A timepiece movement is disclosed which may comprise a going train, and a mechanism having a first cinematic connection with the going train and arranged to drive an indicator member in a stealthy rotational movement, the latter being activated periodically with a p... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7390731 | Method of depositing an oxide layer on a substrate and a photovoltaic cell using said substrate The process according to the invention makes it possible to deposit a transparent conductive oxide film on a toughened glass substrate placed inside a chamber. It consists in providing sources containing an oxygen-based liquid compound, a liquid compound of the meta... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7382693 | Date indicator mechanism for watch movement The invention relates to an instantaneous mechanism for controlling the date indicator (24) of a timepiece movement. It comprises: a 24-hour wheel (10) pierced with a first cutout (12b), a date driving wheel (16) mounted to rotate ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7382226 | Device for limiting access to a confined space A lock (10, 40, 42, 58) for security devices 26, such as banknote dispensers, to limit access to a confined space (32, 34) within the device. A remote computer (28) exclusively controls opening of the lock (10, 40, 42, 58). A plura... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7372781 | Watch comprising a solar time display A watch having a civil time display (12, 16), a solar time display (13, 18) and a mechanism for correction (24, 34, 36) of these displays. The correction mechanism is arranged in such a way as to allow the relative desynchronization of the civil... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7341373 | Timepiece with jumping seconds The invention relates to a mechanical timepiece with a jumping second hand (16), consisting of a barrel, a first gear train which is driven by the barrel and which comprises a minute wheel (54) and a second wheel (30), an escapement which is act... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7335284 | Modular electrochemical cell A modular electrochemical cell having two interchangeable assemblies each with a support structure defining a cylindrical recess and having a fitting for connecting a pipe to the assembly. A disc-shaped electrode is arranged inside each recess and the assemblies are... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7321528 | Watch movement The invention relates to a watch movement comprising an annular casing (10), having an external diameter D, which is provided with a central round opening (48) that is defined by an internal diameter d. According to the invention, the gear train (34... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7312688 | Fuse element and method for making same A fuse element strip with a central metallic section having a part with a high melting point and a part with a low melting point embedded in the high melting point part, and two lateral metallic sections with a high melting point. Each lateral section is joined to t... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7303728 | Fluid dispensing device The invention concerns a fluid dispensing device, characterised in that it comprises: a dispensing member (10) including: a conduit (42, 44) allowing through a transporting liquid (52), a valve (48) fixed to one of the ends (38) of... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7287815 | Ergonomic seating module and seat fitted with said module The incentive seating module comprises: a structural frame provided with a gaiter, a frame, disposed above said structural frame and provided with an arch, whereby the structural frame exhibits planar symmetry, means for connecting the frame to the structural frame ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7270736 | Electrode system for electrochemical sensor The system concerns an electrode system for an electrochemical sensor, comprising, arranged on a conductive substrate (10), a plurality of micro-discs (22) electrically connected to the substrate and a generating electrode (20) insulated from th... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7258037 | Gear protected against overloading The invention concerns a gear for precision devices comprising at least two mutually co-operating toothed wheels (10, 14). The teeth (12, 16) of the two wheels have the same thickness (e) and the teeth of one of them (10) are provided with a rad... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7254238 | Method and circuit for headset listening of an audio recording The invention concerns a circuit for adapting the signals from different channels (L, R) delivered by an audio reproduction system (10) in conditions specific to headset listening. It comprises: means (14a) for producing a left-channel intermedi... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7239941 | Device for programming a pump used to inject medicaments The invention relates to a device for programming a pump used to inject medicaments. Said pump comprises two connectable units, namely: (i) a cartridge unit (12) which contains the liquid to be injected and which comprises an electronic memory unit (36... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234858 | Watch case The invention relates to a watch case comprising a case middle (16), a bezel (18) mounted so that it can turn on the middle and defining between them an annular chamber (36) and a gap (40) open towards the outside of the case, a glass ( | 06/26/2007 |
| 7219908 | Steer wheel control system with stationary piston and reciprocating cylinder A steering system control apparatus having a centering unit for resisting off-center movement of the steer wheels of a vehicle and returning them to a selected center position after each such movement. A centering shaft is connected to the steering shaft of a vehicl... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7207580 | Precision steer wheel control system with remote trim valve assembly A steer wheel control system having a centering unit for holding center by resisting off-center movement of the steered wheels of a vehicle and returning them to a selected center position after each such movement, and a trim unit for remotely varying the selected c... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7207579 | Precision steer wheel control system with external solenoid A steer wheel control system having a centering unit for holding center by resisting off-center movement of the steered wheels of a vehicle and returning them to a selected center position after each such movement, and a trim unit for remotely varying the selected c... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7125531 | Single stage denitration A system and method is described having a single reaction vessel (12) using superheated stream optionally augmented by oxygen for reducing nitrogen oxides present in a wide variety of organic compounds. Reduction takes place quickly when a stream/oxygen mixtu... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7118118 | Steer wheel control system with dual pistons connected to a common shaft A steering system control apparatus for resisting off-center movement of the steer wheels of a vehicle and returning them to a selected center position after each such movement. A centering shaft is connected to the steering shaft from a steering gear for rotational... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7011800 | Single stage denitration A system and method using superheated steam optionally augmented by oxygen for the reduction of nitrogen oxides present for reducing nitrogen oxides present in a wide variety of organic compounds. The system includes a single reaction vessel, or optionally, multiple... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6994361 | Steer wheel control system with trimmable rotary plate A steering control apparatus centers a vehicle steer wheel movable away from a selected center position and includes a rotary member having a face with centering detents, a piston member having a face arranged opposite to the rotary member face with a centering dete... | 02/07/2006 |
