Patents by Inventor Jerome LEFRANCOIS

Jerome LEFRANCOIS 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: 12179569
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: a frame including a roll cage, a motor connected to the frame, a driver seat connected to the frame, and a roof extending at least in part above the driver seat. The roof includes an upper surface and a lower surface. At least part of the roof is pivotably connected to the roll cage about a roof pivot axis so that the at least part of the roof is pivotable from a closed position to an open position. In the closed position, the at least part of the roof covers a roof opening defined by the roll cage, and in the open position, the at least part of the roof at least partly exposes the roof opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC.
    Inventors: Mathieu Hamel-Gagnon, Kevin St-Pierre, Jerome Lefrancois, Hugo Martin
  • Patent number: 12103362
    Abstract: A ram air vent for a vehicle has a base defining a base aperture therein; a hood connected to the base over the base aperture, the hood and base defining a forwardly facing air inlet therebetween, the hood and the base defining an air passage extending from the air inlet to the base aperture; a baffle disposed in the air passage for deflecting air flowing in the air passage from the air inlet for separating water from air flowing in the air passage, the baffle facing the air inlet; and at least one water passage defined in at least one of the base or the hood. The at least one water passage exits a rear side of the ram air vent. The at least one water passage drains water separated from air flowing in the air passage from the ram air vent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC.
    Inventors: Laurent Savard, Mathieu Hamel-Gagnon, Patrick Mathieu, Jerome Lefrancois, Louis-Charles Gingras
  • Publication number: 20240017794
    Abstract: An electric recreational vehicle, has: a frame extending along a longitudinal axis; an electric motor mounted to the frame; a battery pack mounted to the frame and disposed at least partially rearward of the electric motor relative to the longitudinal axis, the battery pack including one or more battery modules operatively connected to the electric motor for supplying electrical energy to the electric motor, a battery enclosure containing the one or more battery modules, and at least one structural member located within the battery enclosure and delimiting at least one module-receiving section, the one or more battery modules located within the at least one module-receiving section; and a seat disposed over the battery pack and secured to the at least one structural member of the battery pack, a load transmission path extending between the frame and the seat through the at least one structural member of the battery pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: TAIGA MOTORS INC.
    Inventors: Philippe MARTEL, Paul DOWDEN, Jérôme LEFRANCOIS, Patrick BERNIER
  • Publication number: 20230013108
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: a frame including a roll cage, a motor connected to the frame, a driver seat connected to the frame, and a roof extending at least in part above the driver seat. The roof includes an upper surface and a lower surface. At least part of the roof is pivotably connected to the roll cage about a roof pivot axis so that the at least part of the roof is pivotable from a closed position to an open position. In the closed position, the at least part of the roof covers a roof opening defined by the roll cage, and in the open position, the at least part of the roof at least partly exposes the roof opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Mathieu HAMEL-GAGNON, Kevin ST-PIERRE, Jerome LEFRANCOIS, Hugo MARTIN
  • Publication number: 20200406714
    Abstract: A ram air vent for a vehicle has a base defining a base aperture therein; a hood connected to the base over the base aperture, the hood and base defining a forwardly facing air inlet therebetween, the hood and the base defining an air passage extending from the air inlet to the base aperture; a baffle disposed in the air passage for deflecting air flowing in the air passage from the air inlet for separating water from air flowing in the air passage, the baffle facing the air inlet; and at least one water passage defined in at least one of the base or the hood. The at least one water passage exits a rear side of the ram air vent. The at least one water passage drains water separated from air flowing in the air passage from the ram air vent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Laurent SAVARD, Mathieu HAMEL-GAGNON, Patrick MATHIEU, Jerome LEFRANCOIS, Louis-Charles GINGRAS