Patents by Inventor Serge R. Michaud

Serge R. Michaud 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: 5960958
    Abstract: A palletized bundle of stacked elongate cable trays includes a pair of endcaps placed over each longitudinal end of the stack of cable trays. The endcaps are each cinched by a shipping strap to pallet spacer skids provided under each endcap. Each pallet spacer skid accommodates the lifting tines of a forklift. The pallet spacer skids also provide sufficient ground clearance to allow the palletized cable trays to be transversely engaged by the lifting tines of a forklift. The palletizing package may also include protective liners placed between the shipping strap and the stack of cable trays to further protect the cable trays from damage by the cinched shipping strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: Thomas & Betts Corporation
    Inventors: Serge R. Michaud, Jean-Pierre Dutrisac, Dick Brown
  • Patent number: 5932844
    Abstract: An electrical outlet box including a bottom wall having a plurality of cable accommodating bottom wall openings and an upstanding side wall perimetrically bounding the bottom wall and including a plurality of cable accommodating side wall openings. The bottom wall and side wall define a box interior. A cable clamp is adjustably mounted within the box interior. The cable clamp allows restricted passage of the cable through the side wall openings while covering the bottom wall openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Thomas & Betts Corporation
    Inventors: Mark A. MacAller, Mark A. Bordwell, Serge R. Michaud