Patents by Inventor Steeve Lepine

Steeve Lepine 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 and method for perforating beams
    Patent number: 9221189
    Abstract: This invention concerns an apparatus and method for perforating a beam. The apparatus comprises a main longitudinal support structure to support the beam. A cutting zone is located along the main longitudinal support structure. Controllable translating means translate the beam longitudinally in the cutting zone. A detector detects a presence of the beam in the cutting zone and in response, a router is controllably moved substantially orthogonally and transversally with respect to the beam, while the beam is translated. The combined controlled movement of the router and the beam results in a perforation of the beam following a predetermined perforation pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: BOIS D'INGENIERIE HYBRID JOIST INC.
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Lachance, Benoit Maille, Pierre Martel, Steeve Lepine
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORATING BEAMS
    Publication number: 20120103472
    Abstract: This invention concerns an apparatus and method for perforating a beam. The apparatus comprises a main longitudinal support structure to support the beam. A cutting zone is located along the main longitudinal support structure. Controllable translating means translate the beam longitudinally in the cutting zone. A detector detects a presence of the beam in the cutting zone and in response, a router is controllably moved substantially orthogonally and transversally with respect to the beam, while the beam is translated. The combined controlled movement of the router and the beam results in a perforation of the beam following a predetermined perforation pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Jean-François LACHANCE, Benoit Maille, Pierre Martel, Steeve Lepine