Patents by Inventor Joseph Leclair

Joseph Leclair 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: 9504135
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for magnetic control of an electron beam includes a control circuit having a first low voltage source and a second low voltage source. The control circuit also includes a first switching device coupled in series with the first low voltage source and configured to create a first current path with the first low voltage source when in a closed position and a second switching device coupled in series with the second low voltage source and configured to create a second current path with the second low voltage source when in a closed position. The control circuit further includes a capacitor coupled in parallel with an electron beam manipulation coil and positioned along the first and second current paths and a current source circuit electrically coupled to the electron beam manipulation coil and constructed to generate an offset current in the first and second current paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Antonio Caiafa, Maja Harfman Todorovic, Joseph Leclaire Reynolds
  • Patent number: 8642903
    Abstract: A rotary switch having a body, a rotary knob attached to the body, and at least two terminals attached to the body. An actuator is pivotably mounted within the body and operably connected to the rotary knob, the actuator pivoting upon a rotation of the rotary knob. A conductor is pivotably mounted in the body and is in communication with the actuator. The conductor is adapted to connect or disconnect the at least two terminals when the actuator is pivotably moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Carling Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter Sadowski, Joseph LeClair, III
  • Patent number: 8295442
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for an electron beam manipulation coil for an x-ray generation system includes the use of a control circuit. The control circuit includes a first low voltage source, a second low voltage source, and a first switching device coupled in series with the first low voltage source and configured to create a first current path with the first low voltage source when in a closed position. The control circuit also includes a second switching device coupled in series with the second low voltage source and configured to create a second current path with the second low voltage source when in a closed position and a capacitor coupled in parallel with an electron beam manipulation coil and positioned along the first and second current paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Antonio Caiafa, Maja Harfman Todorovic, Joseph Leclaire Reynolds
  • Publication number: 20120118713
    Abstract: A rotary switch having a body, a rotary knob attached to the body, and at least two terminals attached to the body. An actuator is pivotably mounted within the body and operably connected to the rotary knob, the actuator pivoting upon a rotation of the rotary knob. A conductor is pivotably mounted in the body and is in communication with the actuator. The conductor is adapted to connect or disconnect the at least two terminals when the actuator is pivotably moved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Walter Sadowski, Joseph LeClair, III
  • Publication number: 20120027164
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for an electron beam manipulation coil for an x-ray generation system includes the use of a control circuit. The control circuit includes a first low voltage source, a second low voltage source, and a first switching device coupled in series with the first low voltage source and configured to create a first current path with the first low voltage source when in a closed position. The control circuit also includes a second switching device coupled in series with the second low voltage source and configured to create a second current path with the second low voltage source when in a closed position and a capacitor coupled in parallel with an electron beam manipulation coil and positioned along the first and second current paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Antonio Caiafa, Maja Harfman Todorovic, Joseph Leclaire Reynolds
  • Publication number: 20120027165
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for magnetic control of an electron beam includes a control circuit having a first low voltage source and a second low voltage source. The control circuit also includes a first switching device coupled in series with the first low voltage source and configured to create a first current path with the first low voltage source when in a closed position and a second switching device coupled in series with the second low voltage source and configured to create a second current path with the second low voltage source when in a closed position. The control circuit further includes a capacitor coupled in parallel with an electron beam manipulation coil and positioned along the first and second current paths and a current source circuit electrically coupled to the electron beam manipulation coil and constructed to generate an offset current in the first and second current paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Antonio Caiafa, Maja Harfman Todorovic, Joseph Leclaire Reynolds
  • Patent number: 7506393
    Abstract: A cambered hydrofoil for mounting to a pool pole that uses a mounting collar to transfer hydrodynamic force to the pole and thus increase scrubbing action of the brush attached to the end of said pole. The assembly consists of a left and right hydrofoil (15, 21), left and right hydrofoil threaded pivots (22, 26), left and right ball-nosed spring plungers (16, 20), mounting collar (17) locking screws (19, 25) for fixing its position on the pole and collar dimples (18, 24, 45 and 46) that work with the spring plungers to hold the planes at the proper angle for either pool side or pool bottom brushing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Inventor: Gerald Joseph LeClair
  • Patent number: 4264740
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to an installation for treating residual water, particularly residual water resulting from the manufacture of sauerkraut, in order to transform such water into proteinic food products, especially yeasts. The novel installation comprises a fermentation vat, means for supplying said vat with residual water, nutritive salts and oxygen, means for evacuating the contents from the vat, in the form of paste and for feeding the latter to a centrifugal separator, connected to the storage tank for the paste previous concentrated in said separator, said vat further comprising a stirrer in its lower part and a foam separator in its upper portion and a cooling circuit extending through said vat, said installation being also provided with means for adjusting the pH of the medium submitted to fermentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1981
    Assignee: Christ Fils S.A.
    Inventors: Charles Christ, Jean M. Lebeault, Claude Noel, Joseph Leclair