Patents by Inventor Eric Ouellette

Eric Ouellette 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).

  • Watercraft having air/water separating device
    Patent number: 6769942
    Abstract: A watercraft comprises a hull, an internal combustion engine, a propulsion system, and an air/water separating device. The separating device comprises a container having an inlet port and an outlet port. The inlet port enables at least ambient air to enter the container and the outlet port is communicated to the air intake of the engine. The separating device has structure providing spaced apart generally vertical surfaces that define a plurality of elongated tortuous paths between the inlet and outlet ports. The tortuous paths have one or more angular portions and are positioned and configured such that the ambient air passes through the elongated tortuous paths so that water suspended in the air is separated from the air as the air passes through angular portions of the paths with the separated water flowing downwardly along the surfaces to a bottom of the container by gravity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Bombardier Recreational Products Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Bourret, Dominic Dagenais, Eric Ouellette, Gaétan Lecours, Andreas Winter, Wolfgang Schrenk
  • Watercraft having air/water separating device
    Publication number: 20020100405
    Abstract: A watercraft comprises a hull, an internal combustion engine, a propulsion system, and an air/water separating device. The separating device comprises a container having an inlet port and an outlet port. The inlet port enables at least ambient air to enter the container and the outlet port is communicated to the air intake of the engine. The separating device has structure providing spaced apart generally vertical surfaces that define a plurality of elongated tortuous paths between the inlet and outlet ports. The tortuous paths have one or more angular portions and are positioned and configured such that the ambient air passes through the elongated tortuous paths so that water suspended in the air is separated from the air as the air passes through angular portions of the paths with the separated water flowing downwardly along the surfaces to a bottom of the container by gravity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Inventors: Robert Bourret, Dominic Dagenais, Eric Ouellette, Gaetan Lecours, Andreas Winter, Wolfgang Scherenk