Patents by Inventor Alfred Babineau

Alfred Babineau 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).

  • Publication number: 20090152484
    Abstract: A device for locking a valve having an integrated stopper on the valve body and a valve handle with a locking hole in either an open or a closed position is disclosed. The valve handle is adapted to pivot a central valve post to rotate the valve between the open and closed positions. The device may include a rigid body having a central portion, and first and second arms extending outward from the central portion. Two holes may be provided in the arms to register with the locking hole in the valve handle and a third hole in the central portion of the rigid body may receive the central valve post. A notch sized to securely receive the integrated stopper may be provided in the central portion of the rigid body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: Ronald LeBlanc, Alfred Babineau
  • Publication number: 20070193259
    Abstract: A hydraulic assembly and method for use with an vehicle engine exhaust flow control valve for controlling flow to at least one intake supply. The assembly has an actuator, such as a spring return piston cylinder, for positioning the control valve. An inlet passage, communicating with the cylinder, is arranged for supplying hydraulic fluid to a side of the actuator and a drain is arranged for draining the hydraulic fluid from the side of the actuator. An on-off type hydraulic valve, communicating with the drain, is operably coupled to the cylinder for controlling communication of the hydraulic fluid from the cylinder side to the drain. When the hydraulic assembly is in use, the pressure of hydraulic fluid acting on the actuator is adjustable by operation of the on-off type valve thereby to control movement of the actuator and, in turn, movement of the control valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventors: David Parker, Alfred Babineau, Michael Burkett