Patents by Inventor Dennis Michaud

Dennis 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).

  • Publication number: 20240125122
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to building surface products, for example, panels suitable for forming a building surface. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a building surface product including a gypsum panel with an upper edge that overlaps a lower edge of a neighboring gypsum panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Robert L. Jenkins, Garrett Loomis, Kim Dupont-Madinier, Brock Jacobites, David Knutson, James Dimitrakopoulos, Stephen W. Reynolds, Douglas J. Wambaugh, Rachel Z. Pytel, Dennis Michaud
  • Patent number: 11905712
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to wallboards, for example, suitable for use in constructing internal walls. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a wallboard and a method that provides simplified high-quality surface finishing. The wallboard includes a wall panel having a front surface and a rear surface. A sandable coating is disposed on the front surface of the wall panel. The method includes positioning wallboards adjacent to one another, applying sandable joint compound over joint formed between the wallboards, and sanding the joint compound and the sandable coating of the wallboards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: CertainTeed Gypsum, Inc.
    Inventors: Garrett Loomis, David Knutson, Rachel Z. Pytel, Dennis Michaud, John C. Phillips, Stephen W. Reynolds
  • Patent number: 11905715
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to siding, for example, suitable for use covering the exterior surface of a building. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a siding attachment accessory including an attachment platform having a front face and a rear face. The attachment accessory also includes at least one siding hanger extending forward from the front face of the attachment platform that is configured to hold a siding component. Each siding hanger of the attachment accessory includes a retaining arm having a proximal end attached to the front face of the attachment platform and a distal end spaced from the attachment platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: CertainTeed LLC
    Inventors: Kyle Pina, Dennis Michaud, Keyan Hansen, Andy Hojoa, Jonathan Knowles, William Lentlie
  • Patent number: 11851874
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to building surface products, for example, panels suitable for forming a building surface. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a building surface product including a gypsum panel with an upper edge that overlaps a lower edge of a neighboring gypsum panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: CertainTeed Gypsum, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Jenkins, Garrett Loomis, Kim Dupont-Madinier, Brock Jacobites, David Knutson, James Dimitrakopoulos, Stephen W. Reynolds, Douglas J. Wambaugh, Rachel Z. Pytel, Dennis Michaud
  • Publication number: 20220290439
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to wallboards, for example, suitable for use in constructing internal walls. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a wallboard and a method that provides simplified high-quality surface finishing. The wallboard includes a wall panel having a front surface and a rear surface. A sandable coating is disposed on the front surface of the wall panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Garrett Loomis, David Knutson, Rachel Z. Pytel, Dennis Michaud, John C. Phillips, Stephen W. Reynolds
  • Patent number: 11261607
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to wallboards, for example, suitable for use in constructing internal walls. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a wallboard and a method that provides simplified high-quality surface finishing. The wallboard includes a wall panel having a front surface and a rear surface. A sandable coating is disposed on the front surface of the wall panel. The method includes positioning wallboards adjacent to one another, applying sandable joint compound over joint formed between the wallboards, and sanding the joint compound and the sandable coating of the wallboards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: CertainTeed Gypsum, Inc.
    Inventors: Garrett Loomis, David Knutson, Rachel Z. Pytel, Dennis Michaud, John C. Phillips, Stephen W. Reynolds
  • Publication number: 20210381665
    Abstract: Lighting device (22) for a false ceiling (10) comprising a plurality of T-profiles (14) having respective longitudinal axes (A) and arranged in a square mesh grid (12), in which each T-profile (14) has a lower wall with a width (W) and in which the grid (12) has a center distance (D) between the longitudinal axes (A) of T-profiles (14) parallel and adjacent to one another, in which the lighting device (22) has an elongated parallelepiped shape with a width (W?) comparable to the width (W) of said T-profiles (14), a height (h) of less than 15 mm and a length (D?) comparable to said center distance (D) between the longitudinal axes (A) of T-profiles (14) parallel and adjacent to one another, and in which said lighting device (22) is capable of being fitted directly in contact with the lower wall of a respective T-profile (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Dennis Michaud, Simon Bobbo, Matteo Caldon, Roberta Frare, Lorenzo Baldo, Eleonora Pappalardo, Alessandro Scordino, Francesca Peruzzo, Werner De Groodt, Kim Dupont-Madinier, Timothy Briggs
  • Publication number: 20210230878
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to siding, for example, suitable for use covering the exterior surface of a building. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a siding attachment accessory including an attachment platform having a front face and a rear face. The attachment accessory also includes at least one siding hanger extending forward from the front face of the attachment platform that is configured to hold a siding component. Each siding hanger of the attachment accessory includes a retaining arm having a proximal end attached to the front face of the attachment platform and a distal end spaced from the attachment platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Kyle Pina, Dennis Michaud, Keyan Hansen, Andy Hojoa, Jonathan Knowles, William Lentlie
  • Patent number: 11015787
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to light fixtures and to lighting assembly attachment systems. The present disclosure provides a lighting fixture extending no more than 3 inches from the building surface. A light source is disposed in a housing thereof and is configured to emit light through the open side of the housing so as to direct the light in an upward direction. The disclosure also provides lighting assembly including a housing having a base and a cavity below the base, a light source disposed in the cavity of the housing, and one or more clips configured to attach to a flange of a ceiling support beam. Each clip includes an upper arm, a lower arm, and a retainer disposed on the lower arm configured to engage the base of the housing such that the housing is held up by the one or more clips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: CertainTeed Ceilings Corporation
    Inventors: Phillip Evans, Dennis Michaud, Kim Dupont-Madinier, Timothy Briggs
  • Publication number: 20210017764
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to building surface products, for example, panels suitable for forming a building surface. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a building surface product including a gypsum panel with an upper edge that overlaps a lower edge of a neighboring gypsum panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Robert L. Jenkins, Garrett Loomis, Kim Dupont-Madinier, Brock Jacobites, David Knutson, James Dimitrakopoulos, Stephen W. Reynolds, Douglas J. Wambaugh, Rachel Z. Pytel, Dennis Michaud
  • Publication number: 20200149297
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to methods, devices and systems for insulation, e.g., of cavities associated with walls, ceilings, floors and other building structures, with foam insulation. In one aspect, the disclosure provides a method for providing a cavity of a building with a predetermined amount of foam insulation. The method includes actuating a valve to begin dispensing foam insulation into the cavity, the actuation being performed by a user, the actuation by the user fixing a start time and/or a zero volume of a time and/or volume meter; then, dispensing the foam insulation from the insulation dispenser into the cavity as the time and/or volume meter counts time and/or volume dispensed; then when a predetermined time after the start time elapses or a predetermined volume of the foam insulation beyond the zero volume is dispensed as measured by the time and/or volume meter, actuating the valve to stop dispensing the foam insulation into the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Sizhu You, Dennis Michaud, Jerome Arul, Timothy Briggs, Kyle Pina, Jonathan Wilson, Douglas Lamm, Amy Potts, Derek Riemer, Nick Casco, Mitch Brosnan, Denise Andreozzi
  • Patent number: 10627471
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring and improving the treatment of biomass are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: XYLECO, INC.
    Inventors: Marshall Medoff, Thomas Craig Masterman, Dennis Michaud, Gerard Palace
  • Publication number: 20190376285
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to cladding that forms an architectural surface, for example, suitable for forming a ceiling. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a cladding system including a plurality of flexible grid members arranged so as to form a grid that extends in at least two dimensions and includes grid cells that are delimited by the flexible grid members and a plurality of panels supported by the grid. At least a first portion of the panels are arranged so as to form an architectural surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventor: Dennis Michaud
  • Publication number: 20190309932
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to light fixtures and to lighting assembly attachment systems. The present disclosure provides a lighting fixture extending no more than 3 inches from the building surface. A light source is disposed in a housing thereof and is configured to emit light through the open side of the housing so as to direct the light in an upward direction. The disclosure also provides lighting assembly including a housing having a base and a cavity below the base, a light source disposed in the cavity of the housing, and one or more clips configured to attach to a flange of a ceiling support beam. Each clip includes an upper arm, a lower arm, and a retainer disposed on the lower arm configured to engage the base of the housing such that the housing is held up by the one or more clips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Phillip Evans, Dennis Michaud, Kim Dupont-Madinier, Timothy Briggs
  • Publication number: 20190257908
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring and improving the treatment of biomass are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Marshall Medoff, Thomas Craig Masterman, Dennis Michaud, Gerard Palace
  • Publication number: 20190203478
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to wallboards, for example, suitable for use in constructing internal walls. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a wallboard and a method that provides simplified high-quality surface finishing. The wallboard includes a wall panel having a front surface and a rear surface. A sandable coating is disposed on the front surface of the wall panel. The method includes positioning wallboards adjacent to one another, applying sandable joint compound over joint formed between the wallboards, and sanding the joint compound and the sandable coating of the wallboards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Garrett Loomis, David Knutson, Rachel Z. Pytel, Dennis Michaud, John C. Phillips, Stephen W. Reynolds
  • Patent number: 10338184
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring and improving the treatment of biomass are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: XYLECO, INC.
    Inventors: Marshall Medoff, Thomas Craig Masterman, Dennis Michaud, Gerard Palace
  • Publication number: 20170045602
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring and improving the treatment of biomass are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Marshall Medoff, Thomas Craig Masterman, Dennis Michaud, Gerard Palace
  • Publication number: 20160032587
    Abstract: Building technology including building wall assemblies, prefabricated interior finish layers, and prefabricated multi-part interior finish layers are presented that establish a space between a structural layer of a building wall and a respective interior finish layer. Electrical wiring and/or plumbing is nm through this space while being held by a protective track which shields the electrical wiring and/or plumbing from potentially damaging impacts originating through the interior finish layer. This building technology is advantageously used in conventional building, for prefabricated buildings, and particularly, for prefabricated foldable buildings, by allowing more time and cost efficient wall construction, providing more electrical wiring and plumbing flexibility, facilitating prefabrication, and/or facilitating changes to electrical wiring and plumbing in finished buildings, for example, in later renovation projects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Dennis Michaud, Ronald Rezac
  • Patent number: D898982
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: CertainTeed Ceilings Corporation
    Inventors: Phillip Evans, Dennis Michaud, Kim Dupont-Madinier