Patents by Inventor Laurent Gicquel

Laurent Gicquel 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: 9932215
    Abstract: Disclosed are power machines and lift arm suspension or ride control systems for use thereon. A lift arm assembly is pivotally coupled to a frame of the power machine and is capable of being raised and lowered. A selectively activated lift arm suspension system is operably coupled to the lift arm assembly. A controller is coupled to the suspension system and configured to determine whether the lift arm assembly has moved more than a threshold amount. The controller deactivates the lift arm suspension system in response to determining that the lift arm assembly has moved more than the threshold amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Clark Equipment Company
    Inventors: Gaetan Billaud, Nicolas Gales, Laurent Gicquel, Nathalie LeBeuze, Gilles Siegwald, Allen C. Olheiser
  • Publication number: 20150081178
    Abstract: Disclosed are power machines and lift arm suspension or ride control systems for use thereon. A lift arm assembly is pivotally coupled to a frame of the power machine and is capable of being raised and lowered. A selectively activated lift arm suspension system is operably coupled to the lift arm assembly. A controller is coupled to the suspension system and configured to determine whether the lift arm assembly has moved more than a threshold amount. The controller deactivates the lift arm suspension system in response to determining that the lift arm assembly has moved more than the threshold amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Gaetan Billaud, Nicolas Gales, Laurent Gicquel, Nathalie LeBeuze, Gilles Siegwald, Allen C. Olheiser
  • Patent number: D594480
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Clark Equipment Company
    Inventors: Laurent Gicquel, Arnaud Guinee