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Patent CA-2247705-C (CA)
Inventor: MARIK GREG
IPC: H01R9/05
Filed: 1998-09-18
Granted: 2006-03-28
Abstract: A connector provides for the termination of a first electrical cable and a second electrical cable where each cable includes a plurality of conductors extending through an outer jacket. The first cable has a diameter which is larger than the second cable. An elongate gland body includes a cable receiving end, a conductor egressing end and a longitudinal center bore therethrough for receipt of the first and second cables individually. A gland nut is positioned in axial alignment with the gland body and is attachable thereto. First and second resilient sealing members are positioned between the gland body and gland nut and are resiliently deformable for effecting a cable seal. A portion of first sealing member is resiliently deformable through an opening in the gland nut and the second sealing member is urged into frictional engagement with the first sealing member upon termination of the second cable in the connector. An insert member is also provided which is positionable within the conductor egressing end of the gland body so as to accommodate and precisely locate the second cable in the connector.
Patent CA-2251018-C (CA)
Title: Device for the transfer of a load by thrust and traction in the same plan
Inventor: MARCELLI PIERRE
IPC: B66F9/19
Filed: 1997-04-11
Granted: 2004-02-03
Abstract: The present invention which discloses a device (1) for the transfer of a load (60) from a carrier onto a machine-tool supporting table and vice versa, is simple, inexpensive, very compact and of moderate weight. The transfer device consists of at least one handling arm (2) hinged and connected to the carrier and to the said load. The handling arm (2) is split into a front member (4) and a rear member (3) connected by a hinge. The closing and opening movement of the arm (2) is controlled by a jack (11) provided on the rear member (3) and its shaft is secured to a chain (12) intermeshing with two toothed wheels (14, 15) provided on the respective hinges (5, 6). The toothed wheels (14, 15) being stationary, the front (4) and rear (3) members of the arm rotate synchronously and in a ratio of 2 in relation to the jack (11), while the free end (7) of the arm follows a substantially rectilinear path parallel to the load transfer plane. The invention is useful in machine-tools, presses and any load transfer equipment.
Patent CA-2253118-C (CA)
Title: Athletic shoe cleat
Inventor: MCMULLIN FARIS W
IPC: A43C15/16
Filed: 1998-11-06
Granted: 2003-03-11
Abstract: A cleat provides traction in golf shoes (and shoes for other turf sports) without adversely affecting turf, while providing a desired level of traction under as many different conditions as possible, is resistant to being worn down on hard surfaces.  The cleat has a hub with an attachment stud for attaching to a receptacle in a shoe sole, and at least one traction element extending substantially laterally from the flange to engage grass blades to provide traction without damaging turf.  The traction element is deflectably attached to the hub, preferably by a resilient arm having a turf-engaging portion at the end thereof.  The traction element is preferably cantilevered out of the plane of the hub, and in any event preferably deflects when a hard surface is encountered, to protect the turf-engaging portion from abrasion.
Patent CA-2254637-C (CA)
Inventor: MASLEID ROBERT P
IPC: G06F1/10
Filed: 1998-11-26
Granted: 2003-07-22
Abstract: Among a plurality of signals, each phase-shifted with respect to the others, one signal is repeatedly substituted for another as a clock signal, to reduce a phase error of the clock signal with respect to a reference clock. The substitutions are timed to occur during intervals tending to reduce disturbances to the clock signal. Also, such substitution of a signal is responsive to occurrence of at least one cycle of the signal subsequent to the clock being supplied by an immediate predecessor of the signal, which tends to prevent erroneous substitutions of one signal for another.
Patent CA-2260885-C (CA)
Inventor: DROZ FRANCOIS
IPC: G06K19/07
Filed: 1996-07-18
Granted: 2008-09-16
Abstract: A method for making a printed circuit from a dielectric film coated with one or more conductive metal layers is disclosed. The method comprises a step of marking out the various conductive paths by mechanically machining grooves in the conductive layer. Machining is carried out using a sharp cutting tool for cutting grooves between the conductive paths without removing any of the conductive material or driving it downwards. For example, a swaging punch or a cutting table controlling a blade may be used to cut grooves. The method is also suitable for making multilayer circuits and is particularly useful for producing flexible printed circuits, connectors, and the like, as well as inductance coils such as those used in smart cards.
Patent CA-2264452-C (CA)
Inventor: DIEHL GREGORY WILLIAM
IPC: G05D16/06
Filed: 1999-03-05
Granted: 2002-05-21
Abstract: A gas pressure reducing regulator which includes a flexible diaphragm which is biased by a spring so as to control the opening of the valve of the regulator and thus the delivery pressure of the gas being regulated.      The regulator includes a system for effectively containing an accidental oxygen fire, or the like, within the body of the regulator, and protecting the internal components from ignition. The system includes a plunger which resides in an axial bore in the regulator body and shields the diaphragm from hot combustion products, and plunger-retaining features which prevent the plunger from being displaced from its axial bore. Also, the regulator has provision for venting the interior of the regulator to the atmosphere in the event of an excessive overpressure therein.
Patent CA-2269947-C (CA)
Title: Covalent polar lipid conjugates for targeting
Inventor: STOWELL MICHAEL H B
IPC: C07H19/10
Filed: 1997-10-27
Granted: 2002-08-13
Abstract: This invention herein describes a method of facilitating the entry of drugs into cells and tissues at physiologically protected sites at pharmicokinetically useful levels and also a method of targeting drugs to specific organelles within the cell. This polar lipid/drug conjugate targeting invention embodies an advance over other drug targeting methods known in the prior art, because the invention provides drug concentrations in such physiologically protected sites that can reach therapeutically-effective levels after administration of systemic levels much lower than are currently administered to achieve a therapeutic dose. This technology is appropriate for use with psychotropic, neurotropic and neurological drugs, agents and compounds, for rapid and efficient introduction of such agents across the blood-brain barrier. Further, the invention provides means for retention and prolonged enzymatic release of psychotropic, neurotropic and neurological drugs, agents and compounds comprising the conjugates of the invention, in the brain and central nervous system.
Patent CA-2273353-C (CA)
Title: Galenic composition containing opioid antagonists
Inventor: WALTER KERSTEN
IPC: A61K9/50
Filed: 1997-12-04
Granted: 2011-02-08
Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition for oral administration contains naloxone-, N-methylnaloxone- and/or N-methylnaltrexone-containing particles which release the active substance depending on the ambient pH. This ensures the liberation of the active substance over the whole gastrointestinal tract. The side effects caused by the use of analgesic opioids, such as constipation, are thus eliminated without reducing the analgesic effect.
Patent CA-2283803-C (CA)
Title: Vehicle lamps with improved filament and filament support configurations
Inventor: COUSHAINE CHARLES M
IPC: F21S8/10
Filed: 1998-04-28
Granted: 2007-01-23
Abstract: A lamp capsule for use in a vehicle headlamp includes a lamp envelope having a tubular portion. First and second spaced-apart filaments are mounted in the lamp envelope for emitting light when energized by electrical energy. The lamp capsule further includes one or more light-attenuating axial stripes on the lamp envelope. The axial stripes are positioned on the lamp envelope for blocking light emitted by the first filament and reflected by the second filament. The lamp capsule may further include light-attenuating rings at or near opposite ends of the lamp envelope for defining upper and lower boundaries of a clear region of the lamp envelope. A filament support structure may include support leads located in the plane of the filaments for limiting light blockage and stray reflections.
Patent CA-2287717-C (CA)
Inventor: HATTORI TOSHIKI
IPC: B62D1/16
Filed: 1999-10-28
Granted: 2004-04-06
Abstract: A steering column holding structure, includes: a column lower bracket locating at rear end of an automobile in relation to a pedal lever, the column lower bracket holding a steering column, wherein the column lower bracket comprises: a column holding section holding the steering column; and a first and a second protruding sections formed with a first and a second through holes so that the column lower bracket is attached to a column holding frame of the automobile with bolts. In the above construction, the first protruding section is formed with an opening channel so as to open the first through hole, thereby making the first protruding section between the opening channel and the steering column as a absorbingly deforming section which is to be deformed by the pedal lever when the automobile forwardingly bumps.
Patent CA-2289483-C (CA)
Inventor: KLAY FRANCIS
IPC: H04L12/54
Filed: 1999-03-04
Granted: 2007-12-04
Abstract: The present invention concerns a method of controlling the conformity of th e transmission rate of data cells transmitted by a source terminal in communication with a destination terminal, It consists essentially, when a backward-resource management cell (BW-RM) o f order k arrives at the said interface unit (21), of determining the programming time (t p(k)) of the taking into account, by the said control process (21b), of t he rate request (ER(k)) contained in the field of the said cell (BW-RM). It also concerns a user-network interface unit which has means for being abl e to implement the steps of the said methods.
Patent CA-2291263-C (CA)
Inventor: AIDA TORU
IPC: H04N5/208
Filed: 1998-07-24
Granted: 2004-07-20
Abstract: A contour emphasizing circuit in which VE and detected by vertical contour component detecting unit 10 and a horizontal contour component detecting unit 12 are added by a first adder 14 and then multiplied by a coefficient, and the product is added to an input video signal by a second adder 16 to output an emphasized-contour video signal, the circuit comprises a comparing/judging unit 15 for comparing VE with HE and judging whether or not the absolute value of the difference between them is smaller than a preset value S, and a coefficient change-over multiplier unit 17 for changing the coefficient by which the sum (VE+HE) is multiplied over to K/2 or K according to the judging signal. For a pixel from which both HE and VE are detected, the coefficient change-over multiplier 17 is changed from K or K/2 by judgement signal of the comparing/judging unit 15 to decrease the contour emphasizing component. This prevent excessive contour emphasis of the pixel from which both HE and VE are detected, and natural profile emphasis is carried out.
Patent CA-2293957-C (CA)
Title: Detection of media links in broadcast signals
Inventor: HARKNESS DAVID H
IPC: H04L12/16
Filed: 2000-01-06
Granted: 2011-05-17
Abstract: A detection apparatus includes a tuner tuned to the program and a meter coupled to the tuner and arranged to detect content ancillary information from the program tuned by the tuner. The content ancillary information may be a media link, closed captioning information, or the like. The meter may also be arranged to extract a broadcast signature from the program. A comparator compares the broadcast signature to a reference signature selected from a library of reference signatures based upon the content ancillary information. Broadcast signatures from unknown programs may be clustered at least partially on the basis of the content ancillary information.
Patent CA-2294251-C (CA)
Title: Satiety product
Inventor: CARLSSON ANDERS
IPC: A23L33/20
Filed: 1998-07-06
Granted: 2003-12-23
Abstract: A food composition giving a prolonged feeling of satiety, comprising a mixture of or an oil-in-water emulsion of triglyceride oils having a solid fat content at ambient or body temperature with a food emulsifier. The invention also refers to the use of said mixture or oil-in-water emulsion for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition for the control of calorie or fat intake.
Patent CA-2295409-C (CA)
Title: Optical position sensors
Inventor: GOVARI ASSAF
IPC: A61M25/095
Filed: 2000-01-13
Granted: 2008-11-18
Abstract: An elongate medical probe, having proximal and distal ends, whose position is tracked within the body of a subject includes a magnetic-field responsive optical element adjacent to the distal end, which modulates light passing therethrough responsive to an externally-applied magnetic field. The probe also includes a fiberoptic coupled to receive modulated light from the optical element and convey it to the proximal end of the probe for analysis of the modulation.
Patent CA-2309337-C (CA)
Title: Genetic engineering of lignin biosynthesis in plants
Inventor: CHIANG VINCENT LEE C
IPC: C12N15/82
Filed: 1998-11-12
Granted: 2011-07-19
Abstract: The invention pertains to altering a lignin pathway 4-coumarate Co-enzyme A  ligase (4CL) in plants.
Patent CA-2312230-C (CA)
Inventor: WURTZ JOCHEN
IPC: A01N25/04
Filed: 1998-11-11
Granted: 2009-01-06
Abstract: The invention relates to surfactant systems for liquid aqueous or aqueous-organic formulations containing a mixture comprised of one or several basic cosurfactants and one or several surfactants from the group of phosphoric acid esters. The surfactant systems enable the production of stable liquid formulations for active substances, whereby said formulations contain (a) one or several water soluble active substances (type (a)), (b) optionally one or several water-insoluble active substances (type (b)), optionally organic solvents and (d) the above-mentioned surfactant system and water. The formulations are either one-phase aqueous or aqueous-organic formulations of type (a) active substances, e.g. glufosinate-ammonium or glyphosate (salts) or microemulsions of type (a) and type (b) active substances, e.g.  diphenyl ether herbicides.
Patent CA-2314112-C (CA)
Inventor: LANKINEN TAPIO
IPC: A61K9/12
Filed: 1998-12-21
Granted: 2008-06-17
Abstract: The invention concerns a method for preparing a physically stable and homogenous powdered preparation containing in particulated form an active agent and optionally conventional physiologically acceptable additives, such as a carrier. The particles are suspended in a suspending agent, and from the thus obtained suspension the suspending agent is evaporated.
Patent CA-2315613-C (CA)
Inventor: WRIGHT CLIVE B
IPC: B61L15/00
Filed: 2000-07-27
Granted: 2003-01-14
Abstract: An intra-train communications system includes a locomotive control unit (LCU) establishes a communications link between an lead unit and a remote unit which operate using different protocols and/or in different frequency bands.  To accomplish this objective, the LCU automatically detects the type of lead unit and remote unit installed on the train. If the types are not the same, the LCU  resolves any serial link protocol and arming differences that might exist in a manner virtually transparent to train operators. As a result, data is communicated between the lead and remote units in a way which requires less operator intervention and no software changes to the control computer of the head unit.
Patent CA-2317317-C (CA)
Inventor: SUATAC ISMAIL CEMIL
IPC: E02D29/14
Filed: 2000-08-30
Granted: 2007-01-09
Abstract: An adjustable manhole cover frame assembly suitable for mounting on a manhole basin upper section has an outer ring, capable of resting on the top surface of the upper section, and an inner ring engaging the outer ring by screw threads and having support for a manhole cover. The lower surface of the frame assembly has a part spherically curved surface resting on a similarly curved surface of the manhole basin upper section and which allows the orientation of the frame assembly to be adjusted. Also, the frame assembly itself may have parts with part spherical mating surfaces allowing an upper part to be adjusted for slope when the remainder of the frame assembly has been fixed.
Patent CA-2319962-C (CA)
Inventor: GOGLIN ELODIE
IPC: G01N33/24
Filed: 2000-09-19
Granted: 2010-11-23
Abstract: - Méthode pour déterminer plus rapidement certains paramètres physiques (courbes de pression capillaire et perméabilités relatives par exemple) d'un échantillon géologique initialement saturé avec un premier fluide placé dans un récipient et soumis à centrifugation en présence d'un deuxième fluide. - Par le biais d'une modélisation analytique mettant en jeu des fonctions exponentielles, s'ajustant au mieux à une courbe de production effective, pour chaque palier de vitesse, on détermine les saturations d'équilibre bien avant d'atteindre la complète stabilisation. On utilise une base de données obtenues par diverses simulations, pour obtenir les courbes de perméabilités relatives correspondant à l'échantillon centrifugé. - Applications à des mesures de caractéristiques pétrophysiques.
Patent CA-2322580-C (CA)
Title: Method and device for recording real-time information
Inventor: VAN NIEUWENHOVEN MARCEL STEFAN EMMANUEL
IPC: G11B20/12
Filed: 1999-12-21
Granted: 2010-03-09
Abstract: In a method of recording real-time information on an information carrier, e. g. audio on an optical disc, the real-time information is compressed to units comprising a variable amount of compressed data, and playback parameters are determined in dependence of the compressed data. The playback parameters comprise an access list (Main_Acc_List) having entries, each subsequent entry being assigned to a subsequent interval of a fixed playback time and comprising a pointer (Entry[N]) to a unit within said interval. In a player the real-time information may be accessed at a selected point of playing time. The corresponding entry in the access list is determined by dividing the selected time by the interval. The entry provides the pointer (Entry[N]) to the unit corresponding to the selected playing time. Interpolation may be used for calculating an address at a selected playing time within an interval, and the accuracy may be improved by a margin parameter (Access_Flags[N]), which indicates the maximum distance between th e unit of the selected playing time and the interpolated address.
Patent CA-2323072-C (CA)
Inventor: DE SAUVAGE FREDERIC J
IPC: C12N1/19
Filed: 1999-03-19
Granted: 2011-05-24
Abstract: L'invention porte sur des séquences de nucléotides comprenant des marqueurs de séquences exprimées (EST), des sondes d'oligonucléotides, des polypeptides, des vecteurs et cellules hôtes expresseurs et sur des immunoadhérences, et sur des anticorps anti GFR.alpha.3 de mammifères, et sur un nouveau récepteur de la sous-unité .alpha. de la famille des récepteurs GDNF (par exemple le GFR). Elle porte en outre sur un essai de mesure de l'activation du récepteur de la sous-unité .alpha. par détection de l'activation du récepteur de la tyrosine kinase (par exemple par autophosphorylation) ou d'autres activités liées à l'homo-dimérisation ou à l'homo-oligomérisation, induite par ligand, du récepteur de la sous-unité .alpha..
Patent CA-2323252-C (CA)
Title: Artificial disc
Inventor: GJUNTER VICTOR EDUARDOVICH
IPC: A61L27/56
Filed: 2000-10-12
Granted: 2007-12-11
Abstract: An implant device for surgical treatment of spinal disc damage or injury is formed as a resilient body comprising porous TiNi; the body is internally mobile such that it resiliently expands and contracts in response to variation in forces applied externally on the body.
Patent CA-2325366-C (CA)
Inventor: SARASTO SEPPO
IPC: C11B13/00
Filed: 1998-12-10
Granted: 2008-09-23
Abstract: The invention relates to a method for enhancing the cooking step in tall oil preparation process comprising: a neutralization step in which soap is neutralized to form soap oil, and a cooking step in which soap oil is cooked with sulphuric acid to form tall oil, the soap oil obtained in the neutralization step being subjected to an intermediate treatment before the cooking step, the intermediate treatment comprising heating of the soap oil to release gases dissolved in and bound to the soap oil. The invention also relates to a method for preparing tall oil comprising the steps mentioned above.
Patent CA-2327434-C (CA)
Title: Dna immunization against chlamydia infection
Inventor: BRUNHAM ROBERT C
IPC: C07K16/40
Filed: 1999-04-07
Granted: 2009-09-01
Abstract: Nucleic acid, including DNA, for immunization to generate a protective immun e response in a host, including humans, to a major outer membrane protein of a strain of Chlamydia, preferably contains a nucleotide sequence encoding a fragment that generates antibodies that specifically react with MOMP and a promoter sequence operatively couple d to the first nucleotide sequence for expression of the MOMP fragment in the host. The non-replicating vector may be formulated with a pharmaceutically-acceptable carrier for in vivo administration to the host.
Patent CA-2333933-C (CA)
Inventor: CHIBA YOSHITERU
IPC: F16K3/12
Filed: 2001-02-01
Granted: 2004-09-21
Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a valve characterized by excellent corrosion and wear resistance and maintainability by bonding a corrosion and wear proof alloy containing non-continuously distributed eutectic carbide to the sliding portions of various types of apparatuses and valves by diffusion bonding. Another object of the present invention is to improve the maintainability of a thermal and nuclear power plant and to provide a nuclear power plant comprising the recirculating water which ensures excellent working safety. A valve and apparatus of a power plant using said valve characterized in that a corrosion and wear proof alloy is bonded to the sliding portion, wherein said corrosion and wear proof alloy is further characterized in that network-formed eutectic carbide in the alloy containing the cast structure base metal and eutectic carbide is formed into (multiple) granules or lumps having a particle size of 30 microns or less so that said eutectic carbide is non-continuously distributed.
Patent CA-2335470-C (CA)
Inventor: PENDLEY TIMOTHY M
IPC: E04D13/16
Filed: 2001-02-09
Granted: 2006-03-14
Abstract: A roofing system designed to protect roof construction workers from falls includes a strong nonmetallic mesh placed over an array of purlins, and secured to the periphery of the roof by a series of metal straps which plastically deform individually under large loads to absorb energy.
Patent CA-2335973-C (CA)
Inventor: JARMUSZEWISKI PERRY
IPC: H01Q1/36
Filed: 1999-06-28
Granted: 2004-10-19
Abstract: An RF antenna system is disclosed having at least one meandering antenna lin e with an aggregate structure formed to substantially extend in two dimensions, to effectively form a dipole antenna. The meanderi ng antenna line includes at least one localized bend for providing a compressed effective antenna length in a compact package. The present antenna can be made as an antenna system having discrete transmit and receive antenna lines, so as to form a dual antenna system. The localized bends on each line electromagnetically couple with the respective bends on the other line, thus increasing electromagnetic coupling efficiency, thereby increasing antenna bandwidth and gain.