Patents by Inventor Michel Rheaume

Michel Rheaume 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: 12358626
    Abstract: An overhead luggage bin includes: a bucket including side walls and a belly wall defining a luggage bin interior, a door displaceable between open and closed positions, and a bullnose extending along a forward edge of the belly wall; a hinge bracket fixedly mounted to one of the side walls, the hinge bracket extending between a lower portion mounted to the bullnose and an upper portion having a pivot; and a door displacement mechanism mounted to the door and mounted to the pivot of the hinge bracket, to displace the door to the open position. The hinge bracket has a rear mounting extending between the upper portion and the lower portion, the rear mounting mounted to a forward edge of said one of the side walls of the bucket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: MHI RJ AVIATION ULC
    Inventors: Michel Rheaume, Elio Ruggi
  • Patent number: 12060739
    Abstract: A hinge assembly for receiving a door includes: a wall including a wall body defining an inner surface, and an outer surface that is opposed to the inner surface, and a wall panel extending from one of the inner surface and the outer surface and defining part of a perimeter of an opening closable by the door; a pivot connected to the wall panel and defining a pivot axis intersecting the wall panel; and a hinge arm having a portion engaged to the pivot and extending away from the wall panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: MHI RJ Aviation ULC
    Inventor: Michel Rheaume
  • Publication number: 20240239494
    Abstract: A vehicle passenger seat assembly for a passenger cabin of a vehicle includes: a pair of side frames; passenger seats disposed between the pair of side frames. Each of the passenger seats includes: a back portion configured to support a back of a passenger; and a bottom portion configured to support a hip of the passenger. The vehicle passenger seat assembly further includes: a first horizontal beam that connects the pair of side frames and is disposed at the same vertical height, from a floor of the passenger cabin, as a lower end of the back portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: MHI RJ Aviation ULC
    Inventor: Michel Rheaume
  • Publication number: 20240199212
    Abstract: An overhead luggage bin includes: a bucket including side walls and a belly wall defining a luggage bin interior, a door displaceable between open and closed positions, and a bullnose extending along a forward edge of the belly wall; a hinge bracket fixedly mounted to one of the side walls, the hinge bracket extending between a lower portion mounted to the bullnose and an upper portion having a pivot; and a door displacement mechanism mounted to the door and mounted to the pivot of the hinge bracket, to displace the door to the open position. The hinge bracket has a rear mounting extending between the upper portion and the lower portion, the rear mounting mounted to a forward edge of said one of the side walls of the bucket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2024
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: MHI RJ Aviation ULC
    Inventors: Michel Rheaume, Elio Ruggi
  • Patent number: 11945587
    Abstract: A door mounting system mountable to an overhead luggage bin, which includes a bucket with a belly wall and side walls extending transversely from the belly wall, includes: a bullnose having a bullnose body extending between a first bullnose end and a second bullnose end, the bullnose body having a trailing edge mountable to the belly wall; and a hinge bracket mountable to one of the side walls of the bucket, the hinge bracket extending between a lower portion mountable to one of the first and second bullnose ends, and an upper portion structured for hingedly mounting a door thereto. The hinge bracket has a rear mounting extending between the upper portion and the lower portion. The rear mounting is mountable to a forward edge of the one of the side walls of the bucket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: MHI RJ Aviation ULC
    Inventors: Michel Rheaume, Elio Ruggi
  • Patent number: 11566460
    Abstract: A hinge assembly for receiving a door, for example for an aircraft storage bin, and including a wall having opposed inner and outer surfaces, an edge of the wall including two spaced apart wall panels extending from a respective one of the inner and outer surfaces and defining part of a perimeter of an opening closable by the door; a pivot located between the wall panels, the pivot defining a pivot axis intersecting the wall panels; and a hinge arm having a portion received between the wall panels and engaged to the pivot, the hinge arm extending away from the wall panels and configured for attachment to the door, the hinge arm pivotable about the pivot axis to be movable between open and closed positions of the door, the hinge arm movable between the open and closed position within a plane extending between the opposed inner and outer surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: MHI RJ Aviation ULC
    Inventor: Michel Rheaume
  • Publication number: 20230003066
    Abstract: A hinge assembly for receiving a door includes: a wall including a wall body defining an inner surface, and an outer surface that is opposed to the inner surface, and a wall panel extending from one of the inner surface and the outer surface and defining part of a perimeter of an opening closable by the door; a pivot connected to the wall panel and defining a pivot axis intersecting the wall panel; and a hinge arm having a portion engaged to the pivot and extending away from the wall panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: MHI RJ Aviation ULC
    Inventor: Michel Rheaume
  • Publication number: 20220274708
    Abstract: A door mounting system mountable to an overhead luggage bin, which includes a bucket with a belly wall and side walls extending transversely from the belly wall, includes: a bullnose having a bullnose body extending between a first bullnose end and a second bullnose end, the bullnose body having a trailing edge mountable to the belly wall; and a hinge bracket mountable to one of the side walls of the bucket, the hinge bracket extending between a lower portion mountable to one of the first and second bullnose ends, and an upper portion structured for hingedly mounting a door thereto. The hinge bracket has a rear mounting extending between the upper portion and the lower portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: MHI RJ Aviation ULC
    Inventors: Michel Rheaume, Elio Ruggi
  • Publication number: 20220081119
    Abstract: An air deflector that includes a vane with a vane top, a vane bottom, a vane first side, and a vane second side, where the vane first side and the vane second side define a vane longitudinal axis extending therebetween and a closure with a closure top. The air deflector also includes a closure bottom, a closure first side, and a closure second side, where the closure first side and the closure second side define a closure longitudinal axis extending therebetween. The vane longitudinal axis intersects the closure longitudinal axis. The vane is disposed at a predetermined angle with respect to the closure longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: MHI RJ Aviation ULC
    Inventors: Hongzhi Wang, Danilo Verrelli, Michel Rheaume
  • Publication number: 20190009426
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a knife, knife holder and knife assembly for cutting and shaping wood logs. The knife assembly provides an improved knife stability and a flexible adjustment of the different components of the knife assembly. The present invention allows both the underside clamping and the topside clamping of the knife assembly to a support tool and provides a method for both clamping processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Stephane Horth, Jacques Maugery, Pierre Faucher, Michel Rheaume
  • Patent number: D837348
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: BOMBARDIER INC.
    Inventors: Michel Rheaume, Elia Massimo Ruggi
  • Patent number: D870250
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: BOMBARDIER INC.
    Inventors: Michel Rheaume, Elia Massimo Ruggi