Patents by Inventor Bertrand Michaud
Bertrand Michaud 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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Patent number: 11060740Abstract: The present disclosure provides an air distribution system comprised of a central unit connected to a ventilation system and a control system. The central unit is responsible for re-directing ambient air through an evaporator and condenser coil in order to heat and cool said air and separately distribute it through the ventilation system. A control system is connected to the ventilation system, which allows for either hot or cool air that is compartmented in the ventilation system to be distributed in the rooms. By doing so, the air distribution system is able to manage the various demands for simultaneous hot and cold air demands.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2017Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Inventors: Bertrand Michaud, Christian Philippe Vézina
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Publication number: 20170299205Abstract: The present disclosure provides an air distribution system comprised of a central unit connected to a ventilation system and a control system. The central unit is responsible for re-directing ambient air through an evaporator and condenser coil in order to heat and cool said air and separately distribute it through the ventilation system. A control system is connected to the ventilation system, which allows for either hot or cool air that is compartmented in the ventilation system to be distributed in the rooms. By doing so, the air distribution system is able to manage the various demands for simultaneous hot and cold air demands.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2017Publication date: October 19, 2017Inventors: Bertrand Michaud, Christian Philippe Vézina
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Publication number: 20160150407Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods for authenticating a mobile communication device to a computer system of an automobile that does not require manual code entry, and thereby reduces the burden on the user, minimizes human errors, and provides the ability to utilize more complex digital keys an increase the security level of the connection. In particular, the systems and methods of the present invention generate a unique identifier corresponding to the automobile and locally transfer a message including or generated from this unique identifier to the mobile communication device without manual code entry.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2014Publication date: May 26, 2016Inventors: Bertrand MICHAUD, Georg DOLL
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Publication number: 20140044424Abstract: A heating vent conduit with a heater unit is disclosed, being primarily utilized to heat a room independently of other rooms. The heating vent conduit can be controlled a personal thermostat, which depending on the selected temperature will regulate a heating element within the heating vent conduit. The heating vent conduit is designed to be easily installed on existing ventilation systems by replacing the end boot at vent outlets, and will allow for individual preference and comfort by allowing independent room temperature, while lowering energy costs by reducing the main heater's workload.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Inventors: Bertrand Michaud, Bernier Pierre-Marc, Vézina Christian, Senay Bernard, Rémi Laliberté, David Robert Huot
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Publication number: 20130129499Abstract: The present invention provides an adaptable fan housing having indentation markings to facilitate the installation of the fan housing. The present invention also provides positioning clips and securing clips allowing to further facilitate the installation of a fan housing of the present invention within a ceiling or a wall. The present invention also has cover clips which allows an easy installation of a cover to be secured to the fan housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2012Publication date: May 23, 2013Inventors: Bertrand Michaud, Raymond Jepson, Christian Vézina, Khalil Ouldchama, Christian Fortin
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Publication number: 20080283033Abstract: A forced air furnace comprises an enclosure, an adjusting mechanism, an interface, an electric heating element and a fan. The enclosure has an air inlet and an air outlet. The adjusting mechanism is operative to adjust the air outlet between an open position and a partially closed position. The interface is located proximate to the air outlet and is used to connect the air outlet to a duct. The fan is powered by an electric motor. Both the fan and the electric heating element are located inside the enclosure. There is also described a method of installing a forced air furnace. The method comprises the step of adjusting a size of an exhaust area of an air outlet of the forced air furnace in order to produce a desired exhaust airflow through the exhaust area when the forced air furnace is connected to a ductwork.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2007Publication date: November 20, 2008Applicant: STELPRO DESIGNInventors: Bertrand Michaud, Richard Breton
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Patent number: 7442120Abstract: The present invention provides a connection adapter for use with a flexible or rigid conduit that fluidingly interconnects an intake or exhaust port of a ventilation unit and a conduit. The adapter comprises a unit coupler (10) having a central portion (60) with an aperture (70) and an elongated sleeve (80) aligned with the aperture (70) and extending from the central portion (60). The unit coupler (10) can be secured to a port of a ventilation unit such that the elongated sleeve (80) projects through a port into the casing of the ventilation unit. The adapter also comprises a conduit coupler (20) having a central portion (100) with an aperture (110) and an inner elongated sleeve (120) extending from the central portion (100) that is aligned with the aperture (110) of the conduit coupler (20).Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2003Date of Patent: October 28, 2008Assignee: Imperial Sheet Metal Ltd.Inventors: Bertrand Poirier, Danny Brun, Joel Bourque, Bertrand Michaud
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Publication number: 20060111037Abstract: The present invention provides a connection adapter for use with a flexible or rigid conduit that fluidingly interconnects an intake or exhaust port of a ventilation unit and a conduit. The adapter comprises a unit coupler (10) having a central portion (60) with an aperture (70) and an elongated sleeve (80) aligned with the aperture (70) and extending from the central portion (60). The unit coupler (10) can be secured to a port of a ventilation unit such that the elongated sleeve (80) projects through a port into the casing of the ventilation unit. The adapter also comprises a conduit coupler (20) having a central portion (100) with an aperture (110) and an inner elongated sleeve (120) extending from the central portion (100) that is aligned with the aperture (110) of the conduit coupler (20).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2003Publication date: May 25, 2006Inventors: Bertrand Poirier, Danny Brun, Joel Bourque, Bertrand Michaud
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Patent number: 6857015Abstract: A method and system for remotely observing and controlling objects in a networked computer, such as an intelligent device connected to a server, which uses less hardware resources in the device while allowing the server to probe (i.e. observe and/or control) objects in the device. Software within the device includes at least one ‘probeable’ object capable of being observed or controlled and a probe registry, to which the probeable object can report itself. Software within the server includes a probe registry managed object which is a proxy for the probe registry, allowing the probe registry to report the type(s) of probeable objects executing on the device to an application executing on the server. A probe managed object which is a proxy for the probe object is also resident on the server, such that when the probe object is downloaded onto the device from the server, information gathered by the probe object can be reported to the application via the probe managed object.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 1999Date of Patent: February 15, 2005Assignee: Wind River International, Ltd.Inventors: Bertrand Michaud, Mark Kudryk, Zachariah Scott
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Patent number: 6738806Abstract: A method of deploying an application for shared execution between at least one alternate computing resource and a device interconnected by a communication medium. The method including the categorizing of the application into device objects and server objects, where at least certain ones of the objects are selectively categorized as a function of a set of criteria. The method further includes the creating of a set of managed objects from said server objects, loading said server objects onto said at least one alternate computing resource, and loading said managed objects and said device objects onto said device.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 1999Date of Patent: May 18, 2004Assignee: Wind River International, Ltd.Inventors: Stephen Maryka, Bertrand Michaud, David Astels
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Publication number: 20030088710Abstract: A method for developing a device application for interacting with an outside application includes the steps of installing a first driver module being one of a first native driver to operate on the device and an emulation of the first native driver and installing a first interface module for managing communication between the first driver module and the outside application, wherein the first interface module is configured to operate with both the first native driver and the emulation of the first native driver in combination with the step of installing a driver locator module which, upon receipt of a communication from the outside application, locates one of a native driver to which the communication corresponds and an emulation thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2001Publication date: May 8, 2003Inventors: Sukhwinder Sandhu, Bertrand Michaud, Gregory Dick
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Publication number: 20030081017Abstract: A method comprising the steps of setting a language for an application, registering components on a list of listeners when the components are to be displayed by the application, wherein the components have a language setting, changing the language setting of each component on the list of listeners to the language for the application when the language setting is different from the language for the application and displaying the components in the language for the application.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2001Publication date: May 1, 2003Inventors: Hossein Shenassa, Bertrand Michaud
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Publication number: 20030046442Abstract: A method and system for transferring objects between computers, especially a server and a device in a Java environment, is provided. A server connected to the device interrogates the device to determine whether the device has the available resources to accept a download, and to determine if any of objects included in the download are already resident on the device. Using a gateway object on the device, and a gateway managed-object on the server, the server passes an archive of the necessary objects, not presently available on the device, to the gateway via the gateway managed-object. The gateway then instructs a persistent storage repository on the device to commit the archive to persistent storage.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2002Publication date: March 6, 2003Inventors: Stephen Maryka, Bertrand Michaud, Greg Dick
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Publication number: 20030018962Abstract: A system, comprising a stream source class loader retrieving streaming data to create a desired class object, an interface coupled to the stream source class loader and a plurality of streaming sources containing information including the location of data, wherein requests for data are communicated from the stream source class loader to the streaming sources via the interface and, data passes from the stream sources to the stream source class loader via the interface, the streaming sources searching the data locations for the requested data.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2001Publication date: January 23, 2003Inventors: Calvin White, Bertrand Michaud
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Patent number: 6490616Abstract: A method and system for transferring objects between computers, especially a server and a device in a Java environment, is provided. A server connected to the device interrogates the device to determine whether the device has the available resources to accept a download, and to determine if any of objects included in the download are already resident on the device. Using a gateway object on the device, and a gateway managed-object on the server, the server passes an archive of the necessary objects, not presently available on the device, to the gateway via the gateway managed-object. The gateway then instructs a persistent storage repository on the device to commit the archive to persistent storage.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 1999Date of Patent: December 3, 2002Assignee: Wind River International, Ltd.Inventors: Stephen Maryka, Bertrand Michaud, Greg Dick