Patents by Inventor Patrick L’Hérault

Patrick L’Hérault 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).

  • Publication number: 20240317334
    Abstract: Kit of front and rear track assemblies mountable on a drive axle of a vehicle. The front track assembly has a frame, a leading idler wheel mounted to the frame for rotation about a leading idler wheel axis, a trailing idler wheel mounted to the frame for rotation about a trailing idler wheel axis, a drive wheel assembly, and at least two slide rails. The slide rails have corresponding forward-facing portions, central portions, and rearward-facing portions. The rear track assembly has slide rails having a bottom surface with an upward curvature. A vehicle having the front and rear track assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Louis-Frederic MARCHILDON, Patrick L’HERAULT, Allen BERNAIS
  • Publication number: 20240239444
    Abstract: A retractable wheel system for a snowmobile ski is provided. The system includes a support plate connectable to the snowmobile ski, an actuator operatively coupled to the support plate and having a driver segment and a driven segment adapted to cooperate to define a double-pivot assembly, and a wheel coupled to the double-pivot assembly. The wheel is movable along a first trajectory between a stowed position, where the wheel is spaced from a ground surface, and an intermediary position, where the wheel contacts the ground surface. The wheel is further movable along a second trajectory between the intermediary position and a deployed position, where the wheel is in engagement with the ground surface and provides lift to the snowmobile ski relative to the ground surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: KIMPEX INC.
    Inventors: Louis-Frederic MARCHILDON, Patrick L’HERAULT
  • Publication number: 20240190498
    Abstract: A wheel system for a snowmobile ski provided with an adapter plate secured thereto is provided. The wheel system includes an actuating assembly having a support plate removably connectable to the adapter plate to enable connection and disconnection of the actuating assembly from the adapter plate and from the snowmobile ski. The wheel system also includes an actuator pivotally connectable to the support plate and operable between an idle configuration and an engaged configuration. The wheel system further has a wheel coupled to the actuator and adapted to be positioned in a raised position spaced from a ground surface when operating the actuating assembly in the idle configuration, and a lowered position in engagement with the ground surface when operating the actuating assembly in the engaged configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Louis-Frédéric MARCHILDON, Patrick L’HÉRAULT
  • Publication number: 20210261063
    Abstract: An accessory mounting system for mounting an accessory on a vehicle is provided. The accessory mounting system includes a mounting assembly which has an elongated rail removably connectable to the vehicle. The elongated rail is provided with a slot extending therealong and which opens on a top surface of the elongated rail. The mounting assembly also includes a connector having a head portion slidably mounted within the slot, and a shank portion extending from the head and vertically above the top surface of the elongated rail. The mounting assembly also has a mounting fixture connectable to the connector and adapted to selectively have a portion of the accessory be connected thereto, the mounting fixture is connected to the connector in a manner such that moving the connector along the slot correspondingly displaces the mounting fixture along the elongated rail to adjust the position of the accessory on the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: KIMPEX INC.
    Inventors: Louis-Frédéric Marchildon, Patrick L’Hérault, Nicolas Bouchard-Fortin