Patents by Inventor Bernard P. Vachon

Bernard P. Vachon 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).

  • Portable hand held power tool with interchangable head
    Patent number: 11745322
    Abstract: Portable, hand held, battery operated, hydraulic tools are provided with a tool frame and one or more interchangeable working heads. When the working head is connected with the tool frame, a piston actuated by a hydraulic system within the tool frame applies force to the working head to perform a task. A coupling mechanism holds the working head to the tool frame. The coupling mechanism allows the working head to be removed from the tool frame and another working head to be joined to the tool frame. The coupling mechanism can hold the working head at a fixed rotational angle with respect to the tool frame. The coupling mechanism can also allow the working head to rotate with respect to the tool frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: John David Lefavour, Thomas Romeo Faucher, Lawrence Brown, Peter Matthew Wason, Bernard P. Vachon, Sarah LaPerriere, Mark A. Chiasson
  • PORTABLE HAND HELD POWER TOOL WITH INTERCHANGABLE HEAD
    Publication number: 20220347824
    Abstract: Portable, hand held, battery operated, hydraulic tools are provided with a tool frame and one or more interchangeable working heads. When the working head is connected with the tool frame, a piston actuated by a hydraulic system within the tool frame applies force to the working head to perform a task. A coupling mechanism holds the working head to the tool frame. The coupling mechanism allows the working head to be removed from the tool frame and another working head to be joined to the tool frame. The coupling mechanism can hold the working head at a fixed rotational angle with respect to the tool frame. The coupling mechanism can also allow the working head to rotate with respect to the tool frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: John David Lefavour, Thomas Romeo Faucher, Lawrence Brown, Peter Matthew Wason, Bernard P. Vachon, Sarah LaPerriere, Mark A. Chiasson
  • Portable hand held power tool with interchangeable head
    Patent number: 11426850
    Abstract: Portable, hand held, battery operated, hydraulic tools are provided with a tool frame and one or more interchangeable working heads. When the working head is connected with the tool frame, a piston actuated by a hydraulic system within the tool frame applies force to the working head to perform a task. A coupling mechanism holds the working head to the tool frame. The coupling mechanism allows the working head to be removed from the tool frame and another working head to be joined to the tool frame. The coupling mechanism can hold the working head at a fixed rotational angle with respect to the tool frame. The coupling mechanism can also allow the working head to rotate with respect to the tool frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: HUBBELL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: John David Lefavour, Thomas Romeo Faucher, Lawrence Brown, Peter Matthew Wason, Bernard P. Vachon, Sarah LaPerriere, Mark A. Chiasson
  • PORTABLE HAND HELD POWER TOOL WITH INTERCHANGABLE HEAD
    Publication number: 20190160639
    Abstract: Portable, hand held, battery operated, hydraulic tools are provided with a tool frame and one or more interchangeable working heads. When the working head is connected with the tool frame, a piston actuated by a hydraulic system within the tool frame applies force to the working head to perform a task. A coupling mechanism holds the working head to the tool frame. The coupling mechanism allows the working head to be removed from the tool frame and another working head to be joined to the tool frame. The coupling mechanism can hold the working head at a fixed rotational angle with respect to the tool frame. The coupling mechanism can also allow the working head to rotate with respect to the tool frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: John David Lefavour, Thomas Romeo Faucher, Lawrence Brown, Peter Matthew Wason, Bernard P. Vachon, Sarah LaPerrier, Mark A. Chiasson
  • Crimping tool connector locator
    Patent number: 8839653
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a hydraulic tool working head guide. The hydraulic tool working head guide includes a main section having a general plate shape. The main section is adapted to be connected to an exterior surface of a hydraulic tool working head. The main section includes a slot having an open end at an edge of the main section and a closed end at a middle portion of the main section. The slot extends through a thickness of the main section. The closed end is adapted to be aligned with a receiving area of the hydraulic tool working head. The slot is adapted to substantially center a connector and/or a conductor in the receiving area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard M. Roman, Jr., John D. Lefavour, Thomas R. Faucher, Alan D. Beck, Mark A. Chiasson, Jennifer M. Peterson, John W. Ayer, Richard E. Robicheau, Justin Lloyd Parker, Bernard P. Vachon, Jerry Heckman
  • Crimping Tool Connector Locator
    Publication number: 20090313820
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a hydraulic tool working head guide. The hydraulic tool working head guide includes a main section having a general plate shape. The main section is adapted to be connected to an exterior surface of a hydraulic tool working head. The main section includes a slot having an open end at an edge of the main section and a closed end at a middle portion of the main section. The slot extends through a thickness of the main section. The closed end is adapted to be aligned with a receiving area of the hydraulic tool working head. The slot is adapted to substantially center a connector and/or a conductor in the receiving area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventors: Richard M. Roman, JR., John D. Lefavour, Thomas R. Faucher, Alan D. Beck, Mark A. Chiasson, Jennifer M. Peterson, John W. Ayer, Richard E. Robicheau, Justin Lloyd Parker, Bernard P. Vachon, Jerry Heckman