Patents by Inventor Eric LaPointe

Eric LaPointe 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: 10644559
    Abstract: The present relates to a system comprising a housing, a motor assembly, a printed circuit board (PCB) and a shaft. The motor assembly is located inside the housing. The motor assembly comprises a control for alternatively engaging and disengaging a functionality of the motor assembly. The printed circuit board (PCB) is located inside the housing and defines an aperture for receiving the shaft. The shaft extends through the aperture of the PCB. A first end of the shaft is adapted for actuating the control of the motor assembly. A second end of the shaft extends through an opening in the housing and is adapted for receiving an actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: DISTECH CONTROLS INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Beaudoin, Charles Pelletier, Steve Lupien, Pascal Gratton, Eric Lebrun, Eric Lapointe
  • Patent number: 10401247
    Abstract: A system comprising a housing, a printed circuit board and a differential pressure sensor located inside the housing, and first and second male adaptors. The first and second male adaptors respectively extend through first and second openings in the housing. The first male adaptor comprises a proximal end configured to receive a first pipe, a distal end secured to the differential pressure sensor, and an internal fluid conduit for transmitting fluid received from the first pipe to the differential pressure sensor. The second male adaptor comprises a proximal end configured to receive a second pipe, a distal end secured to the differential pressure sensor, and an internal fluid conduit for transmitting fluid received from the second pipe to the differential pressure sensor. The differential pressure sensor is configured to determine a pressure differential between fluid received via the first male connector and fluid received via the second male connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: DISTECH CONTROLS INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Beaudoin, Eric Lapointe, Pascal Gratton, Steve Lupien, Charles Pelletier
  • Patent number: 9965974
    Abstract: A single-unit portable Braille device is provided that can include a housing and a touch-sensitive surface provided on the housing and configured to implement a virtual Braille keyboard including a plurality of virtual keys each associated with a key location on the touch-sensitive surface. The virtual Braille keyboard is configured for entry of input Braille data from a user contacting the touch-sensitive surface at one or more of the key locations. The portable Braille device also includes a refreshable Braille display provided on the housing and configured for outputting output Braille data for tactile reading by the user, and a processing unit in the housing and configured to receive the input Braille data from the touch-sensitive surface and to transmit the output Braille data to the refreshable Braille display. In some implementations, the portable Braille device includes a visual display located under the touch-sensitive surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Technologies Humanware Inc.
    Inventors: Dominic R. Labbé, Guy Santerre, Sébastien McKenzie-Faucher, Georges Bourque, Gregory Stilson, Luc Blanchette, Éric Lapointe
  • Publication number: 20180038755
    Abstract: A system comprising a housing, a differential pressure sensor and first and second male adaptors. The differential pressure sensor is located inside the housing. The first male adaptor extends through a first opening in the housing. The first male adaptor comprises a proximal end configured to receive a first pipe, a distal end secured to the differential pressure sensor, and an internal fluid conduit for transmitting fluid received from the first pipe to the differential pressure sensor. The second male adaptor extends through a second opening in the housing. The second male adaptor comprises a proximal end configured to receive a second pipe, a distal end secured to the differential pressure sensor, and an internal fluid conduit for transmitting fluid received from the second pipe to the differential pressure sensor. The differential pressure sensor is configured to determine a pressure differential between fluid received via the first male connector and fluid received via the second male connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Daniel BEAUDOIN, Eric LAPOINTE, Pascal GRATTON, Steve LUPIEN, Charles PELLETIER
  • Publication number: 20180034340
    Abstract: The present relates to a system comprising a housing, a motor assembly, a printed circuit board (PCB) and a shaft. The motor assembly is located inside the housing. The motor assembly comprises a control for alternatively engaging and disengaging a functionality of the motor assembly. The printed circuit board (PCB) is located inside the housing and defines an aperture for receiving the shaft. The shaft extends through the aperture of the PCB. A first end of the shaft is adapted for actuating the control of the motor assembly. A second end of the shaft extends through an opening in the housing and is adapted for receiving an actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Daniel BEAUDOIN, Charles PELLETIER, Steve LUPIEN, Pascal GRATTON, Eric LEBRUN, Eric LAPOINTE
  • Publication number: 20150262509
    Abstract: A single-unit portable Braille device is provided that can include a housing and a touch-sensitive surface provided on the housing and configured to implement a virtual Braille keyboard including a plurality of virtual keys each associated with a key location on the touch-sensitive surface. The virtual Braille keyboard is configured for entry of input Braille data from a user contacting the touch-sensitive surface at one or more of the key locations. The portable Braille device also includes a refreshable Braille display provided on the housing and configured for outputting output Braille data for tactile reading by the user, and a processing unit in the housing and configured to receive the input Braille data from the touch-sensitive surface and to transmit the output Braille data to the refreshable Braille display. In some implementations, the portable Braille device includes a visual display located under the touch-sensitive surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Dominic R. LABBÉ, Guy SANTERRE, Sébastien MCKENZIE-FAUCHER, Georges BOURQUE, Gregory STILSON, Luc BLANCHETTE, Éric LAPOINTE
  • Patent number: 6811255
    Abstract: The protective eyewear assembly described comprises a frame having right and left portions defining respective right and left apertures and a central bridging portion, and a protective lens piece adapted to be mounted to the lens piece between the upper and lower edges of the frame. The lower edge of the frame has a retaining wall for retaining the lens therein while the upper edges of the frame and the lens piece have cooperating portions to secure the lens to the frame. The frame may be made of flexible plastic material to enable a snap-in engagement and a snap-out disengagement of the lens to and from the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Cabot Safety Intermediate Corporation
    Inventors: Luc Blanchette, Eric LaPointe
  • Publication number: 20040141149
    Abstract: The protective eyewear assembly described comprises a frame having right and left portions defining respective right and left apertures and a central bridging portion, and a protective lens piece adapted to be mounted to the lens piece between the upper and lower edges of the frame. The lower edge of the frame has a retaining wall for retaining the lens therein while the upper edges of the frame and the lens piece have cooperating portions to secure the lens to the frame. The frame may be made of flexible plastic material to enable a snap-in engagement and a snap-out disengagement of the lens to and from the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: Luc Blanchette, Eric LaPointe
  • Patent number: D756442
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Technologies Humanware Inc.
    Inventors: Georges Bourque, Luc Blanchette, Éric Lapointe, Steve Jolin, David Gagné, Stéphane Béliveau
  • Patent number: D763940
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: TECHNOLOGIES HUMANWARE INC.
    Inventors: Georges Bourque, Luc Blanchette, Éric Lapointe, David Gagné
  • Patent number: D807884
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Technologies Humanware Inc.
    Inventors: Luc Blanchette, Éric Lapointe, Georges Bourque, Guy Santerre, Sébastien McKenzie-Faucher, Dominic R. Labbé
  • Patent number: D933442
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Inventors: Mathieu Berrouard, Samuel Barker, Eric Lapointe, Luc Blanchette
  • Patent number: D934647
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventors: Mathieu Berrouard, Samuel Barker, Eric Lapointe, Luc Blanchette
  • Patent number: D935296
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Inventors: Mathieu Berrouard, Samuel Barker, Eric Lapointe, Luc Blanchette
  • Patent number: D935297
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Inventors: Mathieu Berrouard, Samuel Barker, Eric LaPointe, Luc Blanchette
  • Patent number: D936444
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Inventors: Mathieu Berrouard, Samuel Barker, Eric LaPointe, Luc Blanchette
  • Patent number: D1022368
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: GARANT GP
    Inventors: Mathieu Berrouard, Éric Lapointe, Samuel Barker