Patents by Inventor Matthieu MONTFROND

Matthieu MONTFROND 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).

  • Unmanned aerial vehicle for monitoring an electrical line
    Patent number: 11368002
    Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle mountable to an aerial conductor of an electricity transmission line to monitor a component. The unmanned aerial vehicle has a body having a propulsion system to lift, lower, and navigate the vehicle. A component monitoring tool is mounted to the body and is vertically displaceable between a first position and a second position. The tool in the first position is vertically spaced from the component. The tool in the second position is engaged with the component. A displacement assembly is mounted to at least one of the body and the tool and includes at least one displacement member to displace the body and the tool along the conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: HYDRO-QUEBEC
    Inventors: Samuel Lavoie, Matthieu Montfrond, Eric Lavoie
  • UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE FOR MONITORING AN ELECTRICAL LINE
    Publication number: 20190260191
    Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle mountable to an aerial conductor of an electricity transmission line to monitor a component. The unmanned aerial vehicle has a body having a propulsion system to lift, lower, and navigate the vehicle. A component monitoring tool is mounted to the body and is vertically displaceable between a first position and a second position. The tool in the first position is vertically spaced from the component. The tool in the second position is engaged with the component. A displacement assembly is mounted to at least one of the body and the tool and includes at least one displacement member to displace the body and the tool along the conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Samuel LAVOIE, Matthieu MONTFROND, Eric LAVOIE