Patents by Inventor Eric Blouin

Eric Blouin 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: 9791155
    Abstract: There is provided a solid fuel burning stove comprising a housing defining a combustion chamber and a door panel pivotally mounted to the housing. The door panel is configurable between an open configuration and a closed configuration. The solid fuel burning stove is characterized by having a locking assembly comprising a lever pivotally mounted to the housing and having a hooked portion. The lever is pivotable between an engaged configuration and a disengaged configuration. The locking assembly also has a biasing member operatively connected to the housing and the lever and biasing the lever in the engaged configuration. The locking assembly further comprises a catch provided on the door panel. The hooked portion of the lever is engageable with the catch in the closed configuration of the door panel and the engaged configuration of the lever and is disengageable therefrom by configuring the lever in the disengaged configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: FABRICANT DE POÊLES INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventor: Éric Blouin
  • Publication number: 20160215985
    Abstract: There is provided a solid fuel burning stove comprising a housing defining a combustion chamber and a door panel pivotally mounted to the housing. The door panel is configurable between an open configuration and a closed configuration. The solid fuel burning stove is characterized by having a locking assembly comprising a lever pivotally mounted to the housing and having a hooked portion. The lever is pivotable between an engaged configuration and a disengaged configuration. The locking assembly also has a biasing member operatively connected to the housing and the lever and biasing the lever in the engaged configuration. The locking assembly further comprises a catch provided on the door panel. The hooked portion of the lever is engageable with the catch in the closed configuration of the door panel and the engaged configuration of the lever and is disengageable therefrom by configuring the lever in the disengaged configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventor: Éric Blouin
  • Publication number: 20070168728
    Abstract: An automated technique for switching operating systems, responsive to current context of an executing test scenario. A test designer specifies, in a process control file, a required operating system for appropriate command blocks. A test sequencer packages the required operating system name with each command to be executed, and sends that information to a test listener on a system under test. The test listener remembers the currently-running operating system, and compares that to the required operating system for each command to be executed. If a mismatch occurs, then the correct operating system is not running, and the listener automatically triggers a reboot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Inventors: Eric Blouin, Barry Kritt, Douglas Law, Kuldip Nanda, Paul Roberts, Shawn Sremaniak
  • Publication number: 20070143124
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer program product for using extensible object data (or other XML-based models of an ordered product) to directly drive manufacturing in an optimized manner. A customer order or request to create an item is received at a manufacturing facility. The customer order includes extensible object data (XOD) comprising an extensible markup language-based representation of a physical product. A production order to begin the manufacturing process is generated based on the customer order. A customized manufacturing process routing is created using XOD and an extensible translation stylesheet (XSLT), wherein the customized manufacturing process routing provides manufacturing operators with specific information regarding the process steps to manufacture items specified in the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Blouin, Barry Kritt, Douglas Law, Thomas Mazzeo, Kenneth Roberson
  • Publication number: 20070005283
    Abstract: Systems, methods and media for providing a distributed execution environment with per-command environment management are disclosed. In one embodiment, a plurality of digital systems are connected to a serving device. The serving device comprises a sequencer to originate environment attributes and commands to be executed within the environment. Each digital system under test and serving device comprises a listener with a queue to receive environment attributes and commands. A listener on a digital system under test or serving device implements the environment attributes and executes the received commands within the specified environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Eric Blouin, Barry Kritt, Douglas Law, Kuldip Nanda, Paul Roberts
  • Publication number: 20050114640
    Abstract: Aspects for efficiently assembling a processing system in a manufacturing environment are described. The aspects include enabling a network boot option for boot packet transfers in a system under test (SUT) during a manufacturing line assembly process and utilizing data from network packet transfers by the SUT to perform binding operations for the SUT. The binding operations include an initial binding based on boot request packet data by a floor system server and an order-specific information recall based on network packet data by a local control machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2003
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Blouin, Barry Kritt, Douglas Law, Charles Meriwether, Paul Roberts
  • Publication number: 20050107902
    Abstract: Aspects for efficient order processing in a manufacturing environment are described. The aspects include utilizing a hierarchical definition language with run-time control capability to represent and control a box line manufacturing process of computer systems in a unified manner. Further provided is a state file, the state file including blocks, sub-blocks, tasks, and containers for run-time information of the box line manufacturing process of computer systems. A sequencer tool interacts with the state file to direct tasks of the state file, monitor task completion, and update the state file with real-time control information. A listener tool interacts with the sequencer tool to start tasks, monitor tasks, and send task results to the sequencer tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2003
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Blouin, Barry Kritt, Douglas Law, Kuldip Nanda, Paul Roberts
  • Publication number: 20050108512
    Abstract: A computer manufacturing system is disclosed. The computer manufacturing system comprises a system under test (SUT), the SUT including a network adapter and a boot loader for loading the appropriate operating system. The SUT further includes a station for receiving customer orders for the SUT, the station including a sequencer. The sequencer obtains a boot selection file for the SUT from a directory. The SUT further retrieves and parses the boot selection file to obtain the operating system image to load and boot until the SUT is configured with the appropriate date. A system and method in accordance with the present invention provides a means for a computer being manufactured (hereinafter called a system under test, or SUT) to boot an operating system without the need for any local media. In addition, it allows the SUT to boot any one of several operating systems as required, depending on the tools being run during that portion of the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2003
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Blouin, Brian Jaeger, Barry Kritt, Douglas Law, Kuldip Nanda, Paul Roberts
  • Patent number: D680207
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Inventor: Eric Blouin
  • Patent number: D718851
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Inventor: Eric Blouin
  • Patent number: D738997
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: FABRICANT DE POÊLES INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventor: Éric Blouin
  • Patent number: D888916
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: FABRICANT DE POÊLES INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Éric Blouin, Patrick Bégin
  • Patent number: D690404
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Inventor: Eric Blouin