Patents by Inventor René Laprise

René Laprise 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: 6914195
    Abstract: An oil-filled pole-mounted distribution transformer comprises a tank housing a transformer core-coil assembly immersed in cooling oil. The tank is made of a corrosion-proof composite material and a radiator is provided for cooling the oil. The radiator is external to the tank and has a hot oil inlet and a cool oil outlet located at different levels into the tank for causing a natural circulation of oil through the radiator by thermal siphoning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: VA Tech Transformateurs Ferranti-Packard (Quebec) Inc.
    Inventors: Marc-Antoine Archambault, Bernard Lefebvre, Viet Pham, Daniel Bastarache, Christian Fournelle, René Laprise, Guy Morissette
  • Publication number: 20040217836
    Abstract: An oil-filled pole-mounted distribution transformer comprises a tank housing a transformer core-coil assembly immersed in cooling oil. The tank is made of a corrosion-proof composite material and a radiator is provided for cooling the oil. The radiator is external to the tank and has a hot oil inlet and a cool oil outlet located at different levels into the tank for causing a natural circulation of oil through the radiator by thermal siphoning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventors: Marc-Antoine Archambault, Bernard Lefebvre, Viet Pham, Daniel Bastarache, Christian Fournelle, Rene Laprise, Guy Morissette
  • Publication number: 20030091421
    Abstract: The fork assembly for lumber stackers includes a plurality of mechanized arms. Each mechanized arm includes a biasing assembly that provides a movable carrying surface onto the arm upper surface Such movable carrying surface is for example in the form of an endless belt, that biases an object deposited onto the arm towards a distal end thereof. The fork assembly according to the present invention prevents smaller pieces of lumber to rise when the fork assembly is retracted above a lumber stacker elevator during deposition of the lumber from the fork assembly to the elevator's platform. The present invention further allows creating stack of lumbers having different configurations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventors: Guy Piche, Rene Laprise, Sylvain Truchon