Patents by Inventor Jacques L. Gagne

Jacques L. Gagne 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: 7445357
    Abstract: An assembly for use with a lamp including the lights, structures for dissipating heat, and controls for controlling the intensity and light temperature emitted by the assembly. Included are structures which allow the lamp to adjust the assembly to a desired position and a small compact configuration. The assembly can be used in a variety of lighting configurations including a desk lamp, floor lamp, wall lamp, ceiling or suspended lamp. A printed circuit board carries the lights and is sandwiched between two heat sinks for dissipating heat from the lights. Passages and openings are provided in the assembly for dissipating heat. A lenses are provided relative to the lights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Herman Miller, Inc.
    Inventors: Yves Behar, Jacques L. Gagne, George Janour
  • Patent number: 7405928
    Abstract: A data storage cartridge includes a first housing and a second housing forming an inner chamber with an open front end and an open rear end. An information storage device is positioned within the chamber. A pair of intermediate strips are positioned lengthwise between the first housing and the second housing which hold together the first and second housing. A front end cap is positioned in the open front end to close the chamber. A rear end cap is positioned in the open rear end to close the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Kenneth G. Robertson, Raymond L. Gradwohl, Jacques L. Gagne
  • Patent number: 7345886
    Abstract: An electronic device enclosure with sliding and pivoting doors. An opening of the electronic device enclosure provides access to electronic componentry. A first door and a second door are for covering the opening, the first door movably coupled and opposably slidable to the second door such that a single action to open the first door is operable to open the second door by sliding the second door in a substantially opposite direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert P. Bliven, Mark Flynn, Jacques L. Gagne, Raymond L. Gradwohl
  • Patent number: 6891720
    Abstract: An access in a housing for a computer is disclosed. The access has a pivot mechanism coupled to the housing, and a door coupled to the pivot mechanism. The door rests flush against the computer housing when the access is not deployed. The door is configured to pivot in a downward direction for deployment of the access. An actuator is coupled to the door for actuating an ejection mechanism in a disk drive drawer. The actuator has a foam pad for depressing an eject button on a faceplate of the disk drive drawer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Sze-moey Voon, Thomas S. Neal, Jacques L. Gagne, Ray Gradwohl, Ricardo Penate, Kenneth Wood
  • Publication number: 20040169997
    Abstract: An access in a housing for a computer is disclosed. The access has a pivot mechanism coupled to the housing, and a door coupled to the pivot mechanism. The door rests flush against the computer housing when the access is not deployed. The door is configured to pivot in a downward direction for deployment of the access. An actuator is coupled to the door for actuating an ejection mechanism in a disk drive drawer. The actuator has a foam pad for depressing an eject button on a faceplate of the disk drive drawer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventors: Sze-moey Voon, Thomas S. Neal, Jacques L. Gagne, Ray Gradwohl, Ricardo Penate, Kenneth Wood
  • Patent number: D569539
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Herman Miller Inc.
    Inventors: Yves Behar, Jacques L. Gagne, George Janour