Patents by Inventor Stephane Michaud

Stephane 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: 11945829
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I): and also to the process for preparing same, and to the uses thereof. The present invention also relates to the polyurethanes obtained from the compounds of formula (I), and also to the uses of said polyurethanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Bostik SA
    Inventors: Boris Colin, Guillaume Michaud, Stéphane Fouquay, Frédéric Simon
  • Patent number: 11837813
    Abstract: A multipole electrical plug-in connector includes a plug-in connector housing and a mounting block. The plug-in connector housing has a housing base that extends perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the plug-in connector housing. The housing base has insertion openings. Contact elements are respectively inserted through the housing base insertion openings. Each contact element has a contact portion that is connectable to a mating plug-in connector, a press-in portion, with a fir tree profile, that is pressed into the housing base insertion opening in which the contact element is inserted through, and a connection portion for connecting an electrical connection line. Each contact element further has a retaining portion between the press-in portion and the connection portion. The retaining portions of the contact elements are inter-lockingly fastened in the mounting block. A method for producing a multipole electrical plug-in connector of this type is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: KOSTAL Kontakt Systeme GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Scherer, Dennis Gazke, Stephane Michaud, Andreas Scheib
  • Patent number: 11808481
    Abstract: A ventilation system in accordance with the present disclosure includes a housing and a core unit arranged in the housing. A fresh air inlet, an exhaust air inlet, a fresh air outlet, and an exhaust air outlet are arranged on the housing. The core unit is arranged between the inlets and outlets to transfer heat and/or humidity between fresh air and exhaust air flowing through the ventilation system. The exhaust air flows through ducting to an exhaust port in a wall of a building structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventors: Stéphane Michaud, Danic Vermette
  • Publication number: 20230324057
    Abstract: An air inlet for an air handling unit includes a duct defining a passageway leading to the air handling unit. The fresh air inlet further includes an intake screen that is formed to include a plurality of openings sized to allow airflow to pass through the openings to the air handling unit. Accumulated particles are removed from surfaces of the intake screen with a screen cleaning system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventor: Stéphane Michaud
  • Patent number: 11466879
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a supply fan assembly including a controller, a memory operably coupled with the controller. The supply fan assembly further includes at least one environment sensor operably coupled with the controller and a fan supplying fresh air from an exterior environment into a structure according to instructions from the controller. Additionally, the operational data is generated by the at least one of the environment sensor and the controller, and the controller instructs the fan in response to the operational data generated during a pre-defined time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventors: Danic Vermette, Simon Blanchard, Stephane Michaud, Michel Julien, Dominic Blanchette
  • Publication number: 20220128266
    Abstract: A ventilation system in accordance with the present disclosure includes a housing and a core unit arranged in the housing. A fresh air inlet, an exhaust air inlet, a fresh air outlet, and an exhaust air outlet are arranged on the housing. The core unit is arranged between the inlets and outlets to transfer heat and/or humidity between fresh air and exhaust air flowing through the ventilation system. The exhaust air flows through ducting to an exhaust port in a wall of a building structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Stéphane Michaud, Danic Vermette
  • Patent number: 11300307
    Abstract: A damper control assembly includes a damper body movable between a first threshold position and a second threshold position. A motor is operably connected to the damper body, wherein the motor drives the damper between the first threshold position to determine an open position and the second threshold position to determine a closed position. A controller is operably connected to the motor and has a stall detection module that detects a first rotor-lock condition when the motor drives the damper body to the first threshold position and a second rotor-lock condition when the motor drives the damper body to the second threshold position. The controller includes a memory module for storing the first and second threshold positions for use by the controller. The damper control assembly is calibrated to drive the damper body within an operating range having the open and closed positions and that is less extensive than a mechanical range defined by the first and second threshold positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventors: Stephane Michaud, Frederic Bazin, Simon Blanchard
  • Patent number: 11215373
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a supply fan assembly including a controller, a memory operably coupled with the controller. The supply fan assembly further includes at least one environment sensor operably coupled with the controller and a fan supplying fresh air from an exterior environment into a structure according to instructions from the controller. Additionally, the operational data is generated by the at least one of the environment sensor and the controller, and the controller instructs the fan in response to the operational data generated during a pre-defined time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventors: Danic Vermette, Simon Blanchard, Stephane Michaud, Michel Julien, Dominic Blanchette
  • Publication number: 20210408714
    Abstract: A multipole electrical plug-in connector includes a plug-in connector housing and a mounting block. The plug-in connector housing has a housing base that extends perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the plug-in connector housing. The housing base has insertion openings. Contact elements are respectively inserted through the housing base insertion openings. Each contact element has a contact portion that is connectable to a mating plug-in connector, a press-in portion, with a fir tree profile, that is pressed into the housing base insertion opening in which the contact element is inserted through, and a connection portion for connecting an electrical connection line. Each contact element further has a retaining portion between the press-in portion and the connection portion. The retaining portions of the contact elements are inter-lockingly fastened in the mounting block. A method for producing a multipole electrical plug-in connector of this type is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: KOSTAL Kontakt Systeme GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Scherer, Dennis Gazke, Stephane Michaud, Andreas Scheib
  • Publication number: 20200386429
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a supply fan assembly including a controller, a memory operably coupled with the controller. The supply fan assembly further includes at least one environment sensor operably coupled with the controller and a fan supplying fresh air from an exterior environment into a structure according to instructions from the controller. Additionally, the operational data is generated by the at least one of the environment sensor and the controller, and the controller instructs the fan in response to the operational data generated during a pre-defined time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Danic VERMETTE, Simon BLANCHARD, Stephane MICHAUD, Michel JULIEN, Dominic BLANCHETTE
  • Patent number: 10551808
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a computerized and electronic platform for driving urban equipment of various categories, wherein the computerized and electronic platform comprises an information base in which are recorded: category-based digital representations of each of the categories, each consisting of a plurality of attributes specific to the category considered; functional scripts controlling processing operations applied periodically for each of the items of equipment; a digital object whose structure is determined by the digital representation associated with the category and whose attribute values are determined as a function of the physical state of the associated item of equipment; a dialogue and interfacing layer common to the digital representations and ensuring the exchanges of digital information between the items of equipment of each of the categories and the associated digital object; and communication drivers associated with each of the items of equipment, ensuring the conversion of physical data
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Inventors: Stéphane Michaud, David Montoya, Franck Signorile
  • Publication number: 20190219290
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a supply fan assembly including a controller, a memory operably coupled with the controller. The supply fan assembly further includes at least one environment sensor operably coupled with the controller and a fan supplying fresh air from an exterior environment into a structure according to instructions from the controller. Additionally, the operational data is generated by the at least one of the environment sensor and the controller, and the controller instructs the fan in response to the operational data generated during a pre-defined time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Danic Vermette, Simon Blanchard, Stephane Michaud, Michel Julien, Dominic Blanchette
  • Publication number: 20190212023
    Abstract: A damper control assembly includes a damper body movable between a first threshold position and a second threshold position. A motor is operably connected to the damper body, wherein the motor drives the damper between the first threshold position to determine an open position and the second threshold position to determine a closed position. A controller is operably connected to the motor and has a stall detection module that detects a first rotor-lock condition when the motor drives the damper body to the first threshold position and a second rotor-lock condition when the motor drives the damper body to the second threshold position. The controller includes a memory module for storing the first and second threshold positions for use by the controller. The damper control assembly is calibrated to drive the damper body within an operating range having the open and closed positions and that is less extensive than a mechanical range defined by the first and second threshold positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Stephane Michaud, Frederic Bazin, Simon Blanchard
  • Publication number: 20170153612
    Abstract: The invention disclosure relates to a computerized and electronic platform for driving urban of various categories, wherein it comprises an information base in which are recorded: category-based digital representations of each of the categories, each consisting of a plurality of attributes specific to the category considered; functional scripts controlling processing operations applied periodically for each of the items of equipment a digital object whose structure is determined by the digital representation associated with the category and whose attribute values are determined as a function of the physical state of the associated item of equipment; a dialogue and interfacing layer common to the digital representations and ensuring the exchanges of digital information between the items of equipment of each of the categories and the associated digital object and communication drivers associated with each of the items of equipment, ensuring the conversion of physical data into digital data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Stephane Michaud, David Montoya, Franck Signorile
  • Publication number: 20170130983
    Abstract: An energy recovery ventilator (“ERV”) connecting an outside air intake to an outside air supply for an AHU or an interior space. The ERV includes a damper for controlling the outside air inflow to the AHU or the interior space. A humidity sensor and a temperature sensor can be mounted within the inlet air path proximate the damper to monitor the temperature and humidity of outside air approaching the ERV through the outside air intake. The damper can be positioned to according to the measured temperature and humidity of the outside air to control the outside air being supplied to the AHU or the interior space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Danic Vermette, Simon Blanchard, Stéphane Michaud, Michel Julien, Dominic Blanchette
  • Patent number: 7600344
    Abstract: A brake device for a cable-operated door operated by a tension cable, being mountable onto the cable-operated door and configured for cooperating with the tension cable so as to immobilize the cable-operated door with respect to the fixed structure by a braking arm in the event of a loss of tension in the cable. The brake device is provided with an anti-theft mechanism including a catcher assembly and a protrusion operatively projecting from the braking arm. The catcher assembly is operatively connectable to the fixed structure and the protrusion is shaped, positioned and sized with respect to the catcher assembly so as to be engaged with the catcher assembly when the braking arm is operated into the engaged configuration caused by a given loss of tension in the cable, thereby preventing the cable-operated door from being displaced upwardly along the fixed structure as a result of the catcher assembly abutting against the protrusion of the braking arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Canimex, Inc.
    Inventor: Stéphane Michaud
  • Patent number: 7350333
    Abstract: A brake device (1) is for use with a cable-operated door (3), such as garage doors (3) and the like. The device (1) is intended to reduce the risk of the door (3) falling, or at the very least slow down its descent, in the event of a failure in the counterbalancing mechanism of the door (3), which is generally represented by a loss of tension in a given tensioned cable (5) operating the door (3). The brake device (1) includes a support bracket (9), and a guiding assembly (15) and a braking assembly (17) mounted onto the support bracket (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Canimex Inc.
    Inventors: Stephane Michaud, Pascal Provencher, Pierre-Louis Foucault
  • Publication number: 20080023603
    Abstract: A brake device for a cable-operated door operated by a tension cable, being mountable onto the cable-operated door and configured for cooperating with the tension cable so as to immobilize the cable-operated door with respect to the fixed structure by means of a braking arm in the event of a loss of tension in the cable, the brake device being improved in that it is provided with an anti-theft mechanism including a catcher assembly and a protrusion operatively projecting from the braking arm. The catcher assembly is operatively connectable to the fixed structure and the protrusion is shaped, positioned and sized with respect to the catcher assembly so as to be engaged with the catcher assembly when the braking arm is operated into the engaged configuration caused by a given loss of tension in the cable, thereby preventing the cable-operated door from being displaced upwardly along the fixed structure as a result of the catcher assembly abutting against the protrusion of the braking arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: CANIMEX INC.
    Inventor: Stephane Michaud
  • Patent number: D679664
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: M2S Électronique Ltée
    Inventors: Sylvain Piche, Vincent Audy, Martin Dufour, Stephane Michaud, Marieve Begin, Eric Theriault, Patrick Mainville, Catherine Turgy, Norman Bedard
  • Patent number: D705043
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Inventors: Stephane Michaud, Danic Vermette