Patents by Inventor Pierre-Hugues LANNEVILLE-VEZINA

Pierre-Hugues LANNEVILLE-VEZINA 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).

  • Apparatus for rehabilitating an underground water conduit and detecting and drilling a service entrance in the conduit
    Patent number: 9410654
    Abstract: An apparatus for rehabilitating an underground water conduit having at least one service entrance including a plug having a light emitter which is responsive to the presence of an electromagnetic field, wherein the at least one service entrance is plugged with the plug and a semi-transparent membrane lining the internal surface of the underground water conduit thereby covering the plug. A drilling head is disposed on a body moveable within the underground water conduit, the drill head having a drill bit and a coil inductor concentric with the drill bit. The coil inductor is adapted to generate an electromagnetic field near the drilling head, wherein the light emitter of the plug is adapted to be turned on by the electromagnetic field emitted by the coil inductor to allow visual alignment of the drill bit with the light emitted by the light emitter through the semi-transparent membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Sanexen Environmental Services Inc.
    Inventors: Gilles Gagnon, Charles Gervais-Dumont, Jason Duff, Pierre-Hugues Lanneville-Vezina
  • Apparatus for Rehabilitating an Underground Water Conduit and Detecting and Drilling a Service Entrance in the Conduit
    Publication number: 20160069500
    Abstract: An apparatus for rehabilitating an underground water conduit having at least one service entrance including a plug having a light emitter which is responsive to the presence of an electromagnetic field, wherein the at least one service entrance is plugged with the plug and a semi-transparent membrane lining the internal surface of the underground water conduit thereby covering the plug. A drilling head is disposed on a body moveable within the underground water conduit, the drill head having a drill bit and a coil inductor concentric with the drill bit. The coil inductor is adapted to generate an electromagnetic field near the drilling head, wherein the light emitter of the plug is adapted to be turned on by the electromagnetic field emitted by the coil inductor to allow visual alignment of the drill bit with the light emitted by the light emitter through the semi-transparent membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Gilles GAGNON, Charles Gervais-Dumont, Jason Duff, Pierre-Hugues Lanneville-Vezina
  • Apparatus for Rehabilitating an Underground Water Conduit and Detecting and Drilling a Service Entrance in the Conduit
    Publication number: 20150069060
    Abstract: An apparatus for rehabilitating an underground water conduit having at least one service entrance including a plug having a light emitter which is responsive to the presence of an electromagnetic field, wherein the at least one service entrance is plugged with the plug and a semi-transparent membrane lining the internal surface of the underground water conduit thereby covering the plug. A drilling head is disposed on a body moveable within the underground water conduit, the drill head having a drill bit and a coil inductor concentric with the drill bit. The coil inductor is adapted to generate an electromagnetic field near the drilling head, wherein the light emitter of the plug is adapted to be turned on by the electromagnetic field emitted by the coil inductor to allow visual alignment of the drill bit with the light emitted by the light emitter through the semi-transparent membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Gilles GAGNON, Charles Gervais-Dumont, Jason Duff, Pierre-Hugues Lanneville-Vezina
  • Method and apparatus for rehabilitating an underground water conduit and detecting and drilling a service entrance in the conduit
    Patent number: 8864418
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for rehabilitating an underground water conduit having at least one service entrance including a plug having a light emitter which is responsive to the presence of an electromagnetic field, wherein the at least one service entrance is plugged with the plug and a semi-transparent membrane lining the internal surface of the underground water conduit thereby covering the plug. A drilling head is disposed on a body moveable within the underground water conduit, the drill head having a drill bit and a coil inductor concentric with the drill bit. The coil inductor is adapted to generate an electromagnetic field near the drilling head, wherein the light emitter of the plug is adapted to be turned on by the electromagnetic field emitted by the coil inductor to allow visual alignment of the drill bit with the light emitted by the light emitter through the semi-transparent membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Sanexan Environmental Services Inc.
    Inventors: Gilles Gagnon, Charles Gervais-Dumont, Jason Duff, Pierre-Hugues Lanneville-Vezina
  • Method and Apparatus for Rehabilitating an Underground Water Conduit and Detecting and Drilling a Service Entrance in the Conduit
    Publication number: 20140079488
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for rehabilitating an underground water conduit having at least one service entrance including a plug having a light emitter which is responsive to the presence of an electromagnetic field, wherein the at least one service entrance is plugged with the plug and a semi-transparent membrane lining the internal surface of the underground water conduit thereby covering the plug. A drilling head is disposed on a body moveable within the underground water conduit, the drill head having a drill bit and a coil inductor concentric with the drill bit. The coil inductor is adapted to generate an electromagnetic field near the drilling head, wherein the light emitter of the plug is adapted to be turned on by the electromagnetic field emitted by the coil inductor to allow visual alignment of the drill bit with the light emitted by the light emitter through the semi-transparent membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Sanexen Environmental Services Inc.
    Inventors: Gilles GAGNON, Charles GERVAIS-DUMONT, Jason DUFF, Pierre-Hugues LANNEVILLE-VEZINA