Patents by Inventor Pierre-Luc Robillard

Pierre-Luc Robillard 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: 20240017599
    Abstract: A tonneau system for a vehicle, the vehicle having a tonneau configured for cargo storage, the system including a lining configured to be connected to the tonneau, the lining including two side walls that extend generally parallel to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle when the lining is connected to the tonneau; and a front bar disposed at a front end of the tonneau when the lining is connected to the tonneau, the two side walls being connected by at least the front bar; and a ramp selectively connectable to the vehicle. The ramp includes two ramp panels, each ramp panel being selectively connected to the lining by at least one anchor when the lining is connected to the tonneau.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Eric FOURNIER, Hugo MARTIN, Maxime DUMONT, Pierre-Luc ROBILLARD, Michel BOURASSA
  • Patent number: 11738627
    Abstract: A tonneau cover system for a vehicle includes at least two panels configured to collaboratively form a container. The at least two panels extend laterally when connected to a tonneau of the vehicle. A first panel is movable between an open position and a closed position to gain access to an interior space defined by the container. In the closed position, the first panel extends parallel to a floor of the tonneau. A second panel is selectively placed in a cover or a storage position. In the cover position, the second panel extends parallel to the floor to collaboratively cover at least part of the tonneau. In the storage position, the second panel extends perpendicular to the first panel in the closed position. The first and second panels collaboratively form the container when the first panel is in the closed position and the second panel is in the storage position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC.
    Inventors: Eric Fournier, Hugo Martin, Maxime Dumont, Pierre-Luc Robillard, Michel Bourassa
  • Patent number: 11364852
    Abstract: A storage box assembly for a vehicle includes a box having an upper portion having a first bottom wall and first side walls, the first bottom wall having an inner periphery and an outer periphery. The box further has a lower portion having a second bottom wall and second side walls. A first interior volume of the upper portion communicates with a second interior volume of the lower portion. The storage box assembly further includes at least one anchor mounted to the box for selectively securing the storage box assembly to the vehicle. The at least one anchor is disposed within the outer periphery of the first bottom wall, and has a bottom surface being vertically spaced from a lower surface of the second bottom wall and being disposed between the upper end of the first side walls and the second bottom wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC.
    Inventors: Pierre-Luc Robillard, Michel Bourassa, Bart Vandenbogaard, Stefan Djerkic, Louis-Rene Sauve, Philippe Rousseau
  • Patent number: 11235829
    Abstract: A locking device for an anchor configured to connect an accessory to a vehicle. An anchor lever is pivotable for opening and closing the anchor. The locking device includes a lock body defining a fastener aperture receiving therethrough an anchor fastener portion that is rotatable by moving the anchor lever between open and closed positions. A lock lever is pivotable relative to the locked body between locked and unlocked positions. In the unlocked position, the lock lever permits free movement of the anchor lever. In the locked position, the lock lever prevents the anchor lever from being moved from the closed position to the open position. A key post is movably connected to the lock body. The key post is movable by a key from an unsecured position to a secured position. The lock lever is fixed in the locked position when the key post is in the secured position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC.
    Inventors: Pierre-Luc Robillard, Christian Labbe, Jonathan Asselin, Michel Bourassa
  • Publication number: 20210269112
    Abstract: A locking device for an anchor configured to connect an accessory to a vehicle. An anchor lever is pivotable for opening and closing the anchor. The locking device includes a lock body defining a fastener aperture receiving therethrough an anchor fastener portion that is rotatable by moving the anchor lever between open and closed positions. A lock lever is pivotable relative to the locked body between locked and unlocked positions. In the unlocked position, the lock lever permits free movement of the anchor lever. In the locked position, the lock lever prevents the anchor lever from being moved from the closed position to the open position. A key post is movably connected to the lock body. The key post is movable by a key from an unsecured position to a secured position. The lock lever is fixed in the locked position when the key post is in the secured position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Pierre-Luc ROBILLARD, Christian LABBE, Jonathan ASSELIN, Michel BOURASSA
  • Publication number: 20200406730
    Abstract: A tonneau cover system for a vehicle includes at least two panels configured to collaboratively form a container. The at least two panels extend laterally when connected to a tonneau of the vehicle. A first panel is movable between an open position and a closed position to gain access to an interior space defined by the container. In the closed position, the first panel extends parallel to a floor of the tonneau. A second panel is selectively placed in a cover or a storage position. In the cover position, the second panel extends parallel to the floor to collaboratively cover at least part of the tonneau. In the storage position, the second panel extends perpendicular to the first panel in the closed position. The first and second panels collaboratively form the container when the first panel is in the closed position and the second panel is in the storage position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Eric FOURNIER, Hugo MARTIN, Maxime DUMONT, Pierre-Luc ROBILLARD, Michel BOURASSA
  • Publication number: 20200331405
    Abstract: A storage box assembly for a vehicle includes a box having an upper portion having a first bottom wall and first side walls, the first bottom wall having an inner periphery and an outer periphery. The box further has a lower portion having a second bottom wall and second side walls. A first interior volume of the upper portion communicates with a second interior volume of the lower portion. The storage box assembly further includes at least one anchor mounted to the box for selectively securing the storage box assembly to the vehicle. The at least one anchor is disposed within the outer periphery of the first bottom wall, and has a bottom surface being vertically spaced from a lower surface of the second bottom wall and being disposed between the upper end of the first side walls and the second bottom wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Pierre-Luc ROBILLARD, Michel BOURASSA, Bart VANDENBOGAARD, Stefan DJERKIC, Louis-Rene SAUVE, Philippe ROUSSEAU
  • Patent number: 10059362
    Abstract: A snowmobile ski assembly has a ski having a bottom. At least one wheel is rotatably connected to the ski and a lower portion of the at least one wheel extends below the bottom of the ski. A ski runner operatively connected to the ski is movable between a first position and a second position. A bottom of the ski runner is above the lower portion of the at least one wheel when the ski runner is in the first position and the bottom of the ski runner is below the lower portion of the at least one wheel when the ski runner is in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC.
    Inventor: Pierre-Luc Robillard
  • Patent number: 7992887
    Abstract: A trailer hitch for a single rear wheeled vehicle having a single rear wheel mounted between left and right arms comprises left and right hitch arms having first and second ends. The first ends have first apertures. The second ends are connected together. Shock absorbing bushings are disposed inside the first apertures. Left and right mounting brackets have first and second ends. The first ends of the mounting brackets have first apertures and are fastened to the hitch arms, and the second ends connect to the arms. Fasteners pass through the shock absorbing bushings and through the first aperture of the first end of the mounting brackets to fasten the mounting brackets to the hitch arms. A trailer connector is connected to the second ends of the left and right hitch arms. A vehicle having a trailer hitch is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Bombardier Recreational Products Inc.
    Inventors: Thierry Cotnoir, Eric Charlebois, Pierre-Luc Robillard
  • Publication number: 20110147107
    Abstract: A trailer hitch for a single rear wheeled vehicle having a single rear wheel mounted between left and right arms comprises left and right hitch arms having first and second ends. The first ends have first apertures. The second ends are connected together. Shock absorbing bushings are disposed inside the first apertures. Left and right mounting brackets have first and second ends. The first ends of the mounting brackets have first apertures and are fastened to the hitch arms, and the second ends connect to the arms. Fasteners pass through the shock absorbing bushings and through the first aperture of the first end of the mounting brackets to fasten the mounting brackets to the hitch arms. A trailer connector is connected to the second ends of the left and right hitch arms. A vehicle having a trailer hitch is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC.
    Inventors: Thierry COTNOIR, Eric CHARLEBOIS, Pierre-Luc ROBILLARD
  • Patent number: D911254
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC.
    Inventors: Michel Bourassa, Pierre-Luc Robillard, Bart Vandenbogaard, Stefan Djerkic
  • Patent number: D988123
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC.
    Inventors: Pierre-Luc Robillard, Karl Dery St-Cyr, Bart Vandenbogaard, Mathieu Mercier, Alexandre Morin-Savard, Michel Bourassa, Samuel Simoneau
  • Patent number: D1018271
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC.
    Inventors: Pierre-Luc Robillard, Karl Dery St-Cyr, Bart Vandenbogaard, Mathieu Mercier, Alexandre Morin-Savard, Michel Bourassa, Samuel Simoneau
  • Patent number: D1019513
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC.
    Inventors: Pierre-Luc Robillard, Karl Dery St-Cyr, Bart Vandenbogaard, Mathieu Mercier, Alexandre Morin-Savard, Michel Bourassa, Samuel Simoneau
  • Patent number: D1021751
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC.
    Inventors: Pierre-Luc Robillard, Karl Dery St-Cyr, Bart Vandenbogaard, Mathieu Mercier, Alexandre Morin-Savard, Michel Bourassa, Samuel Simoneau