Patents by Inventor Xavier Douville

Xavier Douville 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).

  • Door actuators, integrated door actuator and method of operating a door actuator of a transit vehicle
    Patent number: 11001277
    Abstract: The door actuator generally has a receiving structure having a door carriage path; a first coil assembly and a second coil assembly both being mounted to the receiving structure along a common coil assembly plane and being longitudinally spaced from one another along the door carriage path by a spacing distance; and a door carriage being slidingly received by the receiving structure, the door carriage having a plurality of alternate-pole magnets provided along a magnet plane being parallel and spaced apart from the coil assembly plane, the first and second coil assemblies being operable to move the door carriage back and forth between the two ends of the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: TECHNOLOGIES LANKA INC.
    Inventors: Paul Cartier, Jean-Paul Dionne, Xavier Douville, Eric Dube
  • DOOR ACTUATORS, INTEGRATED DOOR ACTUATOR AND METHOD OF OPERATING A DOOR ACTUATOR OF A TRANSIT VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20190031211
    Abstract: The door actuator generally has a receiving structure having a door carriage path; a first coil assembly and a second coil assembly both being mounted to the receiving structure along a common coil assembly plane and being longitudinally spaced from one another along the door carriage path by a spacing distance; and a door carriage being slidingly received by the receiving structure, the door carriage having a plurality of alternate-pole magnets provided along a magnet plane being parallel and spaced apart from the coil assembly plane, the first and second coil assemblies being operable to move the door carriage back and forth between the two ends of the rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Paul Cartier, Jean-Paul Dionne, Xavier Douville, Eric Dube