Patents by Inventor Thomas Pelletier

Thomas Pelletier 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: 12409538
    Abstract: A hammer tacker comprises a housing, a staple holder, and a latch operatively connected to the staple holder. The latch comprises a pivotable press member that is movable about a pivot axis between a lock position and a release position. The pivotable press member is resiliently biased towards the lock position. An elongated body of the staple holder is biased towards a normal position and movable against such bias to a jam release position while the staple holder remains in the operative position. The elongated body has a rearward portion thereof extending in longitudinally overlapping relation with a rearward portion of the pivotable press member, such that pivotal movement of the pivotable press member towards the rearward portion of the elongated body causes the pivotable press member to be moved from the lock position to the release position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2025
    Assignee: STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Pelletier, Kun-Ta Wu
  • Publication number: 20250200064
    Abstract: A data warehouse connector service is described. The data warehouse connector service integrates with an identity resolution system of a customer data platform to systematically communicate identity-resolved customer profile data from the customer data platform to a cloud-based data warehouse. Operation of the data warehouse connector is managed through various configuration settings accessible to an end-user of the customer data platform via a user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2025
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Inventors: Udit Mehta, Thomas Pelletier, Max Luster, Brooks Taylor, Hanhan Wang, Ranjith Govindan, Rakesh Nair
  • Patent number: 12287803
    Abstract: A data warehouse connector service is described. The data warehouse connector service integrates with an identity resolution system of a customer data platform to systematically communicate identity-resolved customer profile data from the customer data platform to a cloud-based data warehouse. Operation of the data warehouse connector is managed through various configuration settings accessible to an end-user of the customer data platform via a user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Twilio Inc.
    Inventors: Udit Mehta, Thomas Pelletier, Max Luster, Brooks Taylor, Hanhan Wang, Ranjith Govindan, Rakesh Nair
  • Publication number: 20240232212
    Abstract: A data warehouse connector service is described. The data warehouse connector service integrates with an identity resolution system of a customer data platform to systematically communicate identity-resolved customer profile data from the customer data platform to a cloud-based data warehouse. Operation of the data warehouse connector is managed through various configuration settings accessible to an end-user of the customer data platform via a user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Udit Mehta, Thomas Pelletier, Max Luster, Brooks Taylor, Hanhan Wang, Ranjith Govindan, Rakesh Nair
  • Publication number: 20230390908
    Abstract: A hammer tacker comprises a housing, a staple holder, and a latch operatively connected to the staple holder. The latch comprises a pivotable press member that is movable about a pivot axis between a lock position and a release position. The pivotable press member is resiliently biased towards the lock position. An elongated body of the staple holder is biased towards a normal position and movable against such bias to a jam release position while the staple holder remains in the operative position. The elongated body has a rearward portion thereof extending in longitudinally overlapping relation with a rearward portion of the pivotable press member, such that pivotal movement of the pivotable press member towards the rearward portion of the elongated body causes the pivotable press member to be moved from the lock position to the release position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas PELLETIER, Kun-Ta WU
  • Patent number: 11766772
    Abstract: A hammer tacker includes an outer housing comprising a handle portion and a head portion, the outer housing formed from a fiber reinforced polymer material. The hammer tacker also includes an elongated staple holder carried at least partially within the outer housing, the elongated staple holder being slideable between a use position and a refill position. The outer housing having the fiber reinforced polymer material defines a channel extending through the handle portion and into the head portion, the channel configured to receive the staple holder. The staple holder is slidable along the channel of the outer housing between the use position and the refill position. The hammer tacker further includes a staple driver assembly operable to drive a staple from the staple holder into a workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Pelletier, Kun-Ta Wu
  • Patent number: 11633839
    Abstract: A safety device for tackers includes a safety slide slidably connected to the outlet of the tacker and the safety slide has a stop protruding from the inside thereof. The rod has one end contacts the stop and the other end of the rod has a plastic tip connected thereto. An ignition spring is connected between the plastic tip and a safety switch. A recovery spring is connected to another position of the rod to position the rod. The safety slide is slidably connected to grooves of the tacker. When the safety slide contacts against an object to be stapled, the rod is pushed by the stop and activates the ignition spring to activate the safety switch so as to reduce the impact of the rod and the safety switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Pelletier
  • Patent number: 11493339
    Abstract: A level comprising a level body and a bubble vial mounted on the level body. The bubble vial includes a bubble vial body comprising a clear material and an internal cavity containing a liquid. A top opening in the level body that interrupts at least a portion of a top wall to accommodate the bubble vial. An internal support structure disposed within the tubular configuration of the level body and spanning longitudinally along the level body so as to be disposed on both sides of the top opening to provide structural support to the level body in the vicinity of the top opening. A carrier positioned beneath the bubble vial and between the internal support structure and the bubble vial. The bubble vial body has a length that is less than a length of the top opening in the top wall of the level body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Pelletier, Aliaksei Chernyshou, Christopher Woolley, Johannes Komulainen, Juha Honkanen
  • Patent number: 11110585
    Abstract: A hand tool comprising a head portion, a shaft, and a grip component is provided. The grip component and the shaft form a handle of the hand tool. The grip component is a reverse-molded component formed by: forming the external portion of the grip component by molding a first thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) material or thermoplastic urethane (TPU) material into a shell that surrounds a first cavity; after forming the external portion; placing the shaft into the first cavity; and, after the external portion is formed and the shaft is placed into the first cavity, forming the inner portion of the grip component by injecting a second TPE material or TPU material into the first cavity and onto the shaft. The first TPE or TPU material has a first level of hardness, and the second TPE or TPU material has a second level of hardness lower than the first level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Lombardi, Aliaksei Chernyshou, Thomas Pelletier, George Soria, Antony Orsini
  • Patent number: 11073387
    Abstract: A level comprising a level body and a bubble vial mounted on the level body is provided. A top opening in the level body interrupts at least a portion of a top wall of the level body to accommodate the bubble vial. An internal support structure is disposed within the tubular configuration of the level body and spanning longitudinally along the level body so as to be disposed on both sides of the top opening to provide structural support to the level body in the vicinity of the top opening. The internal support structure includes a base portion, a pair of legs extending upwardly from the base portion, and an opening disposed between the pair of upwardly extending legs. A carrier structure is disposed in the opening of the internal support structure and positioned beneath the bubble vial and between the internal support structure and the bubble vial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Pelletier, Aliaksei Chernyshou, Christopher Woolley, Johannes Komulainen, Juha Honkanen
  • Publication number: 20210190486
    Abstract: A level comprising a level body and a bubble vial mounted on the level body is provided. A top opening in the level body interrupts at least a portion of a top wall of the level body to accommodate the bubble vial. An internal support structure is disposed within the tubular configuration of the level body and spanning longitudinally along the level body so as to be disposed on both sides of the top opening to provide structural support to the level body in the vicinity of the top opening. A carrier structure is positioned beneath the bubble vial and between the internal support structure and the bubble vial.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas PELLETIER, Aliaksei CHERNYSHOU, Christopher WOOLLEY, Johannes KOMULAINEN, Juha HONKANEN
  • Publication number: 20210039238
    Abstract: A safety device for tackers includes a safety slide slidably connected to the outlet of the tacker and the safety slide has a stop protruding from the inside thereof. The rod has one end contacts the stop and the other end of the rod has a plastic tip connected thereto. An ignition spring is connected between the plastic tip and a safety switch. A recovery spring is connected to another position of the rod to position the rod. The safety slide is slidably connected to grooves of the tacker. When the safety slide contacts against an object to be stapled, the rod is pushed by the stop and activates the ignition spring to activate the safety switch so as to reduce the impact of the rod and the safety switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventor: Thomas Pelletier
  • Patent number: 10814465
    Abstract: A safety device for tackers includes a safety slide slidably connected to the outlet of the tacker and the safety slide has a stop protruding from the inside thereof. The rod has one end contacts the stop and the other end of the rod has a plastic tip connected thereto. An ignition spring is connected between the plastic tip and a safety switch. A recovery spring is connected to another position of the rod to position the rod. The safety slide is slidably connected to grooves of the tacker. When the safety slide contacts against an object to be stapled, the rod is pushed by the stop and activates the ignition spring to activate the safety switch so as to reduce the impact of the rod and the safety switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Pelletier, Rachel Lai, Daniel Yip
  • Publication number: 20200316763
    Abstract: A hammer tacker includes an outer housing comprising a handle portion and a head portion, the outer housing formed from a fiber reinforced polymer material. The hammer tacker also includes an elongated staple holder carried at least partially within the outer housing, the elongated staple holder being slideable between a use position and a refill position. The outer housing having the fiber reinforced polymer material defines a channel extending through the handle portion and into the head portion, the channel configured to receive the staple holder. The staple holder is slidable along the channel of the outer housing between the use position and the refill position. The hammer tacker further includes a staple driver assembly operable to drive a staple from the staple holder into a workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas PELLETIER, Kun-Ta WU
  • Patent number: 10730173
    Abstract: A hammer tacker includes an outer housing comprising a handle portion and a head portion, the outer housing formed from a fiber reinforced polymer material. The hammer tacker also includes an elongated staple holder carried at least partially within the outer housing, the elongated staple holder being slideable between a use position and a refill position. The outer housing having the fiber reinforced polymer material defines a channel extending through the handle portion and into the head portion, the channel configured to receive the staple holder. The staple holder is slidable along the channel of the outer housing between the use position and the refill position. The hammer tacker further includes a staple driver assembly operable to drive a staple from the staple holder into a workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Pelletier, Kun-Ta Wu
  • Publication number: 20200130165
    Abstract: A hand tool comprising a head portion, a shaft, and a grip component is provided. The grip component and the shaft form a handle of the hand tool. The grip component is a reverse-molded component formed by: forming the external portion of the grip component by molding a first thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) material or thermoplastic urethane (TPU) material into a shell that surrounds a first cavity; after forming the external portion; placing the shaft into the first cavity; and, after the external portion is formed and the shaft is placed into the first cavity, forming the inner portion of the grip component by injecting a second TPE material or TPU material into the first cavity and onto the shaft. The first TPE or TPU material has a first level of hardness, and the second TPE or TPU material has a second level of hardness lower than the first level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Keith LOMBARDI, Aliaksei CHERNYSHOU, Thomas PELLETIER, George SORIA, Antony ORSINI
  • Patent number: 10583550
    Abstract: A hand tool comprising a head portion, a shaft, and a grip component is provided. The shaft is attached to or integral with the head portion, and the grip component is disposed around the shaft. The grip component and the shaft form a handle of the hand tool. The grip component comprises an external portion molded from a first thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) material or thermoplastic urethane (TPU) material, and an inner portion molded from a second TPE material or TPU material. The first TPE or TPU material has a first level of hardness, and the second TPE or TPU material has a lower level of hardness. The inner portion is disposed around the shaft, and the external portion forms a shell around the inner portion and is an exposed user contact surface. The grip component is attached to the shaft via at least a mechanical fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Lombardi, Aliaksei Chernyshou, Thomas Pelletier, George Soria
  • Patent number: 10580012
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to a system that suggests helpful articles to resolve a customer request. During operation, the system receives the customer request, wherein the customer request is associated with a product or a service used by the customer. Next, the system feeds a set of words from the customer request through a model to generate a request vector comprising numerical values representing words in the customer request. The system then compares the request vector against article vectors representing articles in a set of help center articles to determine whether the customer request matches one or more help center articles. If the customer request matches one or more help center articles, the system presents the one or more help center articles to the customer to facilitate automatically resolving the customer request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Zendesk, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Hausler, Michael G. Mortimer, Thomas Pelletier, Arwen Twinkle E. Griffioen, Soon-Ee Cheah, Anh Thien Dinh, Arvind Kunday Anantharaman, Bob Dharmendra Raman, Jason Edward Maynard, Wai Chee Yau, Sean D. Caffery, Jeffrey P. Theobald, Damen Turnbull
  • Publication number: 20190323837
    Abstract: A level comprising a level body and a bubble vial mounted on the level body is provided. A top opening in the level body interrupts at least a portion of a top wall of the level body to accommodate the bubble vial. An internal support structure is disposed within the tubular configuration of the level body and spanning longitudinally along the level body so as to be disposed on both sides of the top opening to provide structural support to the level body in the vicinity of the top opening. The internal support structure includes a base portion, a pair of legs extending upwardly from the base portion, and an opening disposed between the pair of upwardly extending legs. A carrier structure is disposed in the opening of the internal support structure and positioned beneath the bubble vial and between the internal support structure and the bubble vial.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas PELLETIER, Aliaksei CHERNYSHOU, Christopher WOOLLEY, Johannes KOMULAINEN, Juha HONKANEN
  • Patent number: 10386182
    Abstract: A level comprising a level body, and at least one bubble vial mounted on the level body is provided. The level body has a generally tubular configuration including a top wall and a bottom wall generally parallel to one another, and a pair of spaced side walls; a top opening in the level body that interrupts at least a portion of the top wall to accommodate the at least one bubble vial; and an internal support structure disposed within the tubular configuration of the level body and spanning longitudinally along the level body so as to be disposed on both sides of the top opening to provide structural support to the level body in the vicinity of the top opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Pelletier, Aliaksei Chernyshou, Christopher Woolley, Johannes Komulainen, Juha Honkanen