Patents by Inventor Gaetan Champagne
Gaetan Champagne 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).
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Patent number: 11406156Abstract: A protector for protecting a skate (e.g., an ice skate) and a foot of a user (e.g., a hockey player) against impacts, such as from pucks (e.g., during shots, which can be powerful), to reduce risks of pain or injury from such impacts, in which the protector is fastenable to the skate, is configured to cover at least part of a skate boot of the skate, and may be designed to facilitate its use, including by facilitating the user donning (i.e., putting on) and doffing (i.e., removing) the skate (e.g., while the protector is fastened to the skate boot), and/or to look like the skate boot (e.g., so as to be relatively unnoticeable such that it can seem as if it is not there).Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: BAUER HOCKEY LLCInventors: Gaetan Champagne, Jean-Francois Corbeil
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Patent number: 11116280Abstract: A liner for a skate boot that includes an outer surface and an inner surface. The outer surface is configured to be mounted to a shell of the skate boot. The inner surface includes a first material and an overlay of a second material covering a part of the first material. The overlay and another part of the first material not covered by the second material are configured to be exposed to a foot when the foot is placed in the skate boot.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2018Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: BAUER HOCKEY, LLCInventors: Gaetan Champagne, Jean-Marie Bidal, Donald Nault, Stephane Chalifoux
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Patent number: 10897953Abstract: A skate (e.g., an ice skate) for a user (e.g., a hockey player). The skate comprises a skate boot for receiving a foot of the user and a skating device (e.g., a blade and a blade holder) disposed beneath the skate boot to engage a skating surface. The skate boot may be constructed by molding (e.g., injection molding) so as to have useful performance and/or characteristics (e.g., reduced weight; enhanced fit, comfort and range of motion; enhanced appearance; etc.) while being cost-effectively manufactured.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2019Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: BAUER HOCKEY, LLCInventors: Gaetan Champagne, David Daub, Kent Chang
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Publication number: 20200359734Abstract: A protector for protecting a skate (e.g., an ice skate) and a foot of a user (e.g., a hockey player) against impacts, such as from pucks (e.g., during shots, which can be powerful), to reduce risks of pain or injury from such impacts, in which the protector is fastenable to the skate, is configured to cover at least part of a skate boot of the skate, and may be designed to facilitate its use, including by facilitating the user donning (i.e., putting on) and doffing (i.e., removing) the skate (e.g., while the protector is fastened to the skate boot), and/or to look like the skate boot (e.g., so as to be relatively unnoticeable such that it can seem as if it is not there).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2019Publication date: November 19, 2020Inventors: GAETAN CHAMPAGNE, Jean-Francois Corbeil
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Publication number: 20190191817Abstract: A skate (e.g., an ice skate) for a user (e.g., a hockey player). The skate comprises a skate boot for receiving a foot of the user and a skating device (e.g., a blade and a blade holder) disposed beneath the skate boot to engage a skating surface. The skate boot may be constructed by molding (e.g., injection molding) so as to have useful performance and/or characteristics (e.g., reduced weight; enhanced fit, comfort and range of motion; enhanced appearance; etc.) while being cost-effectively manufactured.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2019Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: GAETAN CHAMPAGNE, DAVID DAUB, KENT CHANG
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Patent number: 10226096Abstract: A skate (e.g., an ice skate) for a user (e.g., a hockey player). The skate comprises a skate boot for receiving a foot of the user and a skating device (e.g., a blade and a blade holder) disposed beneath the skate boot to engage a skating surface. The skate boot may be constructed by molding (e.g., injection molding) so as to have useful performance and/or characteristics (e.g., reduced weight; enhanced fit, comfort and range of motion; enhanced appearance; etc.) while being cost-effectively manufactured.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2016Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: BAUER HOCKEY, LLCInventors: Gaetan Champagne, David Daub, Kent Chang
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Publication number: 20180228245Abstract: A liner for a skate boot that includes an outer surface and an inner surface. The outer surface is configured to be mounted to a shell of the skate boot. The inner surface includes a first material and an overlay of a second material covering a part of the first material. The overlay and another part of the first material not covered by the second material are configured to be exposed to a foot when the foot is placed in the skate boot.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Gaetan CHAMPAGNE, Jean-Marie BIDAL, Donald NAULT, Stephane CHALIFOUX
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Publication number: 20180116329Abstract: A skate (e.g., an ice skate) for a user (e.g., a hockey player). The skate comprises a skate boot for receiving a foot of the user and a skating device (e.g., a blade and a blade holder) disposed beneath the skate boot to engage a skating surface. The skate boot may be constructed by molding (e.g., injection molding) so as to have useful performance and/or characteristics (e.g., reduced weight; enhanced fit, comfort and range of motion; enhanced appearance; etc.) while being cost-effectively manufactured.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2016Publication date: May 3, 2018Inventors: Gaetan CHAMPAGNE, David DAUB, Kent CHANG
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Publication number: 20160324253Abstract: A skate boot comprising an outer shell and an inner liner made of a first material and comprising an outer surface mounted to the inner surface of the outer shell, an inner surface adapted to contact the player's foot or a sock covering the player's foot, an ankle portion comprising a medial upper inner region and a lateral upper inner region, and an overlay at least partially covering one of the medial and lateral upper inner regions of the ankle portion of the inner liner, the overlay being made of a second material having more abrasion resistance than the first material of the inner liner.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2016Publication date: November 10, 2016Inventors: Gaetan CHAMPAGNE, Jean-Marie BIDAL, Donald NAULT, Stephane CHALIFOUX
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Publication number: 20160227880Abstract: A footbed for a skate (e.g., an ice hockey skate), which may enhance a fit of the skate on a skater's foot. The footbed comprises an upper side for engaging the skater's foot received in a skate boot of the skate, a lower side opposite to the upper side, and thermoformable material allowing the footbed to be thermoformed to conform to the skater's foot. The thermoformable material may comprise a shape-memory material. Footbeds for other footwear are also disclosed. Other articles wearable by users, such as articles of personal protective equipment (e.g., helmets, leg guards, etc.), are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2015Publication date: August 11, 2016Inventors: Gaetan CHAMPAGNE, Sebastien DUBOIS, David DAUB, Ming-Hwa HUANG, Denis COTE, Charles-Antoine DESROCHERS
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Patent number: 9392840Abstract: A skate boot having an outer shell and an inner liner made of a first material. An outer surface of the inner liner is mounted to an inner surface of the outer shell, an inner surface of the inner liner being adapted to contact the player's foot or a sock covering the player's foot. An ankle portion of the inner liner has a medial upper inner region and a lateral upper inner region, and an overlay at least partially covers one of the medial and lateral upper inner regions of the ankle portion of the inner liner. The overlay is made of a second material having more abrasion resistance than the first material of the inner liner.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2013Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: BAUER HOCKEY, INC.Inventors: Gaetan Champagne, Jean-Marie Bidal, Donald Nault, Stephane Chalifoux
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Publication number: 20150089844Abstract: A skate boot comprising an outer shell and an inner liner made of a first material and comprising an outer surface mounted to the inner surface of the outer shell, an inner surface adapted to contact the player's foot or a sock covering the player's foot, an ankle portion comprising a medial upper inner region and a lateral upper inner region, and an overlay at least partially covering one of the medial and lateral upper inner regions of the ankle portion of the inner liner, the overlay being made of a second material having more abrasion resistance than the first material of the inner liner.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2013Publication date: April 2, 2015Applicant: BAUER HOCKEY CORP.Inventors: Gaetan CHAMPAGNE, Jean-Marie BIDAL, Donald NAULT, Stephane CHALIFOUX
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Patent number: 8398736Abstract: Jointing cement intended in particular for fastening together a plurality of filter blocks of a filtering body of an exhaust gas particle filter of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, having a silicon carbide (SiC) content of between 30% and 90%. The cement according to the invention includes at least 0.05% and less than 5% of a thermosetting resin, the percentages being percentages by weight relative to the total weight of the thermosetting resin and the mineral material, apart from the possible water.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2007Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Saint-Gobain Centre de Recherches et d'Etudes EuropeenInventors: Sébastien Bardon, Anthony Briot, Gaëtan Champagne, Vincent Gleize
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Patent number: 8388720Abstract: Jointing cement intended in particular for fastening together a plurality of filter blocks of a filtering body for filtering exhaust gas particles of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, the cement including, in percentages by weight relative to the weight of the mineral material, apart from possible water and a possible mineral resin, between 30 and 90% of silicon carbide (SiC), at least 3% of hollow spheres including, in percentages by weight and for a total of at least 99%, between 20 and 99% of silica (SiO2) and between 1 and 80% of alumina (Al2O3), at least 80% by number of the hollow spheres having a size of between 5 and 150 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2007Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Saint Gobain Centre de Recherches et d'Etudes EuropeenInventors: Anthony Briot, Christophe Carrie, Gaëtan Champagne, Vincent Gleize
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Patent number: 8329083Abstract: A method of making a lasted skate boot comprising: (a) providing a male-female mold having male and female sections for defining a mold cavity therebetween, the male section having sides, a rear portion and a bottom portion for defining a three dimensional shape corresponding to the external three dimensional shape of the foot, the female section defining a recess for receiving the male section, the male section comprising a plurality of inner channels for admitting liquid plastic material in the mold cavity; (b) providing a pre-cut sheet made of cloth material laminated to a support made of non-woven fabric; (c) placing the sheet on the male section of the mold such that the non-woven fabric contacts the sides and rear portion of the male section of the mold; (d) closing the male and female sections of the mold; (e) injecting liquid plastic material in the inner channels such that the liquid plastic material spreads on the sheet, pushes the sheet against the recess of the female section of the mold, fills thType: GrantFiled: July 12, 2010Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Bauer Hockey, Inc.Inventors: Wern-Shiarng Jou, Ming-Shou Chien, Tai-Heng Chen, Gaetan Champagne
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Publication number: 20120137545Abstract: A footbed for a skate boot having a quarter and a toe cap defining an internal space for receiving a human foot having a heel, an ankle, medial and lateral sides, a big toe, second, third and fourth toes, a little toe and a plantar surface, the footbed comprising: (a) a sole portion for facing the plantar surface of the foot, the sole portion having medial and lateral sides and front and rear ends; and (b) medial, front and lateral walls extending from the front end of the sole portion, the medial, front and lateral walls being movable from a first position, wherein the medial, front and lateral walls are generally in the same plane than that of the sole portion, to a second position, wherein each of the medial, front and lateral walls define an angle with respect to the sole portion such that, in use, the medial, front and lateral walls face the toes and are located between the toes and the toe cap of the skate boot.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2010Publication date: June 7, 2012Inventors: Gaétan CHAMPAGNE, Olivier LAVIGNE
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Publication number: 20110256379Abstract: An assembled ceramic body having blocks attached to one another by means of a seal, the lateral surface of the ceramic body possibly being coated with a peripheral coating, the seal and/or the peripheral coating including a set cement having less than 10% of inorganic fibers, as a percentage by weight based on the dry mineral matter, in a section plane perpendicular to at least one of the facing faces of the blocks assembled by said seal, having macropores with an equivalent diameter in the range 200 ?m to 40 mm in a quantity such that the total surface area in said section plane occupied by said macropores represents more than 15% and less than 80% of the total surface area observed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2009Publication date: October 20, 2011Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN CENTRE DE RECHERCHES ET D'ETUDES EUROPEENInventors: Gaetan Champagne, Adrien Vincent, Anthony Briot, Patrick Girot
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Publication number: 20100308849Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly consisting of a device for detecting radial cracks in a particulate filter of the honeycomb type, of which the filtering part is made up of a porous inorganic material, said particulate filter comprising a single monolithic element or being obtained by combining a plurality of monolithic elements, the device being characterized in that it comprises an electrically conducting material arranged in the form of a strip or of a wire on at least one longitudinal part of the filter, secured to a monolithic element and/or to the coating cement or the jointing cement, and having an electrical conductivity greater than that of the material that makes up that part of the filter to which it is secured, and a strength less than or equal to that of the material that constitutes that part of the filter to which it is secured, and means of measuring the conductivity or the electrical resistance of the strip or wire of electrically conducting material.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2008Publication date: December 9, 2010Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN CENTRE DE RECHERCHES ET D'ETUDES EUR.Inventors: Bernard Bouteiller, Arnaud Ballon, Anthony Briot, Gaetan Champagne, David Pinturaud
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Publication number: 20100275393Abstract: A method of making a lasted skate boot comprising: (a) providing a male-female mold having male and female sections for defining a mold cavity therebetween, the male section having sides, a rear portion and a bottom portion for defining a three dimensional shape corresponding to the external three dimensional shape of the foot, the female section defining a recess for receiving the male section, the male section comprising a plurality of inner channels for admitting liquid plastic material in the mold cavity; (b) providing a pre-cut sheet made of cloth material laminated to a support made of non-woven fabric; (c) placing the sheet on the male section of the mold such that the non-woven fabric contacts the sides and rear portion of the male section of the mold; (d) closing the male and female sections of the mold; (e) injecting liquid plastic material in the inner channels such that the liquid plastic material spreads on the sheet, pushes the sheet against the recess of the female section of the mold, fills thType: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2010Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: NIKE BAUER HOCKEY INC.Inventors: Wern-Shiarng JOU, Ming-Shou CHIEN, Tai-Heng CHEN, Gaétan CHAMPAGNE
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Patent number: D657946Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2010Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Bauer Hockey, Inc.Inventors: Gaétan Champagne, Olivier Lavigne