Patents by Inventor Luc G. Frechette

Luc G. Frechette 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).

  • High temperature ceramic rotary turbomachinery
    Patent number: 11208893
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to rotary turbomachinery methods and integrated processes requiring high-energy efficiency. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to rim-rotor configurations enabling long-term survival under conditions of either high temperature or oxidation resistance or saturated fluid abrasion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: SOCPRA SCIENCES ET GENIE S.E.C.
    Inventors: Jean-Sébastien Plante, Mathieu Picard, Alexandre Landry-Blais, Hugo Fortier-Topping, Michael Gurin, Céderick Landry, Patrick Dubois, Luc G. Frechette, Benoit Picard
  • Polymer-based heat transfer device and process for manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 11054189
    Abstract: A polymer-based heat transfer device comprising a polymer-based housing having housing walls defining a working fluid chamber, a porous structure extending in the working fluid chamber from at least one of the two opposed ones of the housing walls, and a plurality of housing wall spacers, such as support posts, extending between the two housing walls to maintain the two housing walls in a spaced-apart configuration with the working fluid chamber extending in between is provided. Also described is a polymer-based heat transfer device comprising a polymer-based housing having housing walls defining a working fluid chamber and a porous structure extending in the working fluid chamber from at least one of the two opposed ones of the housing walls, and heat-conductive metal or ceramic-based foam contacting at least one of the housing walls. A process for manufacturing the polymer-based heat transfer device is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: SOCPRA SCIENCES ET GENIE S.E.C.
    Inventors: Mahmoodreza Salim Shirazy, Luc G. Frechette
  • POLYMER-BASED HEAT TRANSFER DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20180320985
    Abstract: A polymer-based heat transfer device comprising a polymer-based housing having housing walls defining a working fluid chamber, a porous structure extending in the working fluid chamber from at least one of the two opposed ones of the housing walls, and a plurality of housing wall spacers, such as support posts, extending between the two housing walls to maintain the two housing walls in a spaced-apart configuration with the working fluid chamber extending in between is provided. Also described is a polymer-based heat transfer device comprising a polymer-based housing having housing walls defining a working fluid chamber and a porous structure extending in the working fluid chamber from at least one of the two opposed ones of the housing walls, and heat-conductive metal or ceramic-based foam contacting at least one of the housing walls. A process for manufacturing the polymer-based heat transfer device is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Mahmoodreza SALIM SHIRAZY, Luc G. FRECHETTE
  • High Temperature Ceramic Rotary Turbomachinery
    Publication number: 20170074102
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to rotary turbomachinery methods and integrated processes requiring high-energy efficiency. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to rim-rotor configurations enabling long-term survival under conditions of either high temperature or oxidation resistance or saturated fluid abrasion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: Ceragy Engines Inc.
    Inventors: Jean-Sébastien PLANTE, Mathieu Picard, Alexandre Landry-Blais, Hugo Fortier-Topping, Michael Gurin, Céderick Landry, Patrick Dubois, Luc G. Frechette, Benoit Picard