Patents by Inventor Serge Desmeules

Serge Desmeules 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).

  • Stream flow hydroelectric generator system, and method of handling same
    Patent number: 8421254
    Abstract: The hydroelectric generator system can include a structure supporting a plurality of watermill units and having an enclosed internal volume and a plurality of lower openings, a stabilizer reservoir having an internal volume and positionable above a center of gravity of the system and an aperture, and connection tubes providing internal fluid flow communication between the stabilizer reservoir and the internal volume of the structure; wherein air can be extracted from the internal volume of the structure via the stabilizer reservoir, and blown into the internal volume of the structure via the stabilizer reservoir, to lower or raise the hydroelectric generator system in water, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Nordest Marine Inc.
    Inventor: Serge Desmeules
  • STREAM FLOW HYDROELECTRIC GENERATOR SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF HANDLING SAME
    Publication number: 20110285136
    Abstract: The hydroelectric generator system can include a structure supporting a plurality of watermill units and having an enclosed internal volume and a plurality of lower openings, a stabilizer reservoir having an internal volume and positionable above a center of gravity of the system and an aperture, and connection tubes providing internal fluid flow communication between the stabilizer reservoir and the internal volume of the structure; wherein air can be extracted from the internal volume of the structure via the stabilizer reservoir, and blown into the internal volume of the structure via the stabilizer reservoir, to lower or raise the hydroelectric generator system in water, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: NORDEST MARINE INC.
    Inventor: Serge Desmeules