Patents by Inventor André Blanchet

André Blanchet 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).

  • Patent number: 11976461
    Abstract: A snap joint for securing construction modules together on a modular construction site, the snap joint comprising a male member mounted on a first construction module and a female member mounted on a second construction module. The female member housing locking members, a tumbler and biasing members biasing the locking members against the tumbler. The male member having shaft engageable within the female member, through a base stop of the tumbler, along a trigger path in a manner to push the tumbler out of interference with the locking members, thereby freeing the locking members to transversally engage with the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL
    Inventors: Laurence Picard, André Bégin-Drolet, Pierre Blanchet
  • Patent number: 6357310
    Abstract: A device for displacing a member in a graduated and motor-driven manner inside a tube that is external to the device, the member being displaced from one end of the tube, the displacement being evaluated by at least one position encoder delivering information on the position of the member placed at one end of a tubular element which is mounted to move in translation on a support body for supporting the device. The tubular element is in the form of a member-carrying worm which is provided with longitudinal toothed racks on its periphery. The worm is displaced in translation relative to the body which carries it under the action of a first toothed belt which is mounted on the support body, which is driven by a motor fixed to the body, and which is meshed with one of the racks. Another of the racks meshes with a second toothed belt which entrains a position encoder fixed to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Cegelec
    Inventors: André Blanchet, Jean-Louis Labrune