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Darin St. Germain, Gilbert, IA US
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| 20090165357 | Adjustable Buoyancy Fishing Bobber System - An adjustable buoyancy fishing bobber system for efficiently increasing or decreasing the buoyancy of a bobber to match the particular combined weight of the fishing line, lure and bait being currently utilized. The adjustable buoyancy fishing bobber system generally includes a casing including a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion extends from the second portion, wherein the casing includes a chamber formed within the first portion and the second portion. Adjusting the first portion with respect to the second portion adjusts a volume of air within the casing. A vent including a channel extends from the casing, wherein the channel extends through vent and fluidly connects to the chamber of the casing to allow the air from within the chamber to escape or enter within the chamber during adjusting. | 07-02-2009 |
Darin L. St. Germain, Gilbert, IA US
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| 20110253613 | CONTAMINANT REMOVAL SYSTEM UTILIZING DISC FILTER - A system is adapted to remove one or more contaminants, particularly phosphorus, from an influent. The system includes a first section receiving the influent and discharging a first flow. A first coagulant inlet is positioned upstream of the first section and is in fluid communication with the influent to introduce a first coagulant selected to precipitate the contaminant. A second section receives the first flow and discharges a second flow, and a third section including a disc filter receives the second flow and discharges an effluent. A second coagulant inlet is positioned downstream of the first section and upstream of the third section to introduce a second coagulant selected to precipitate the contaminant. | 10-20-2011 |
Dennis St. Germain, Chadds Ford, PA US
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| 20090107573 | Apparatus for making slings - An apparatus for manufacturing industrial slings which is especially adapted for making roundslings. The apparatus can make slings having one load-lifting core or multiple load-lifting cores. The apparatus has three primary sections, namely, a yarn feeder assembly, a control assembly and a tail section assembly. The sling-making apparatus may be left-handed or right-handed. | 04-30-2009 |
Donald L. St. Germain, Scarborough, ME US
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| 20110159010 | Compositions and Methods for Decreasing Type III Deiodinase Activity to Modulate Adiposity and Blood Glucose Levels - The present invention features methods for decreasing fat mass, increasing energy expenditure, increasing resistance to obesity, and lowering blood glucose levels in a subject with an agent that inhibits the expression or activity of type III deiodinase. In this regard, agents of the invention are useful in treating diabetes and obesity. | 06-30-2011 |
George Frederick Dennis St. Germain, Chadds Ford, PA US
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| 20090108603 | Synthetic sling whose component parts have opposing lays - A sling for industrial lifting made of a load-bearing core and a cover. The cover protects the plurality of yarns that make-up the core. Each core yarn is made of a number of core threads twisted together. The core yarns are twisted together where the twist is in the same direction as the individual core strands and a different direction than the twist of the cover. The present invention describes the method of twisting the core yarns together by inserting core yarns substantially parallel into a cover that has a twist opposite of each core strand. As the core strands are inserted into the cover, the twists of the individual core yarns interact with the twist of the cove, resulting in the core yarns twisting together. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20110169285 | Synthetic Sling With Component Parts Having Opposing Lays - A sling for industrial lifting comprising a cover having fibers twisted in a first direction; and a load-bearing core within the cover, the core having a helical twist of a plurality of core strands, each core strand twisted in a second direction. | 07-14-2011 |
Girard Charles St. Germain, Dallas, GA US
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| 20110271505 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DESALINATING WATER COMBINED WITH POWER GENERATION - A method and apparatus for desalinating water combined with power generation, wherein a desalination system is used for desalinating coastal seawater and is operationally related to a power generation system, wherein such dual purpose co-generation facility captures the heat vapor exhausted or a steam turbine generator's condenser is replaced by the desalination plant's heat exchanger enabling such captured heat energy to reduce the energy requirements of the desalination plant, and wherein brine solution being utilized by the desalination plant is circulated from and to the substrata sea water table via supply and return wells. | 11-10-2011 |
Jon St. Germain, Elk River, MN US
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| 20090062824 | Magnetic gastric band or the like, and related methods - A structure that can be used as a gastric band (and that may also have other uses as an implant elsewhere in a patient) includes a plurality of magnetic elements in a serial array that can be implanted so that the array extends in a circumferential direction around the patient's stomach (or other body tissue structure in the patient). Circumferentially adjacent magnetic elements magnetically attract one another to apply radial pressure to the tissue structure encompassed by the array, but those elements can also move apart in response to sufficient outward pressure from the encompassed tissue structure and/or the contents of (e.g., food in) that tissue structure. When used as a gastric band, the device can provide resistance to excessive food intake, which can help promote weight loss. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20110098731 | MAGNETICALLY ASSISTED CLASPS FOR PROSTHETIC IMPLANTS, AND RELATED METHODS - A prosthesis for implanting in a patient may include an elongated, laterally flexible structure having first and second end portions that are spaced from one another along a length of the elongated structure. First and second magnetic structures may be respectively secured to the first and second end portions. The first and second magnetic structures may magnetically attract one another when brought into proximity with one another. This magnetic attraction can facilitate achieving desired final relative positioning and/or alignment of the magnetic structures. Thereafter, this magnetic attraction can keep (or help to keep) the end portions of the prosthesis proximate to one another, thereby forming the prosthesis into a desired closed ring shape. | 04-28-2011 |
Jon P. St. Germain, Elk River, MN US
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| 20110106132 | PARTIAL AORTIC OCCLUSION DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CEREBRAL PERFUSION AUGMENTATION - Methods are provided for partial aortic obstruction for cerebral perfusion augmentation in patients suffering from global or focal cerebral ischemia. Alternatively, the methods can be used to partially obstruct aortic blood flow to condition the spinal cord to secrete neuroprotective agents prior to abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Partial obstruction of a vessel can be accomplished by a device comprising an elongate catheter and a distally mounted expandable member. The expandable member may comprise one or two balloons. Other medical devices, such as an angioplasty, stent, or atherectomy catheter, can be inserted distal the expandable member to provide therapeutic intervention. | 05-05-2011 |
Michael St. Germain, Somerville, MA US
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| 20120268204 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EQUALIZATION - Apparatus and methods for equalization are provided. In one embodiment, an apparatus for equalizing an input voltage includes a first capacitor and a first resistor having a first end and a second end, the first end configured to receive the input voltage. The apparatus further includes a second resistor having a first end electrically connected to the second end of the first resistor at an output node. The apparatus further includes an inverting voltage buffer for substantially inverting the input voltage to generate an inverted input voltage. The apparatus further includes a transconductance buffer for receiving the inverted input voltage and for generating a current from a first end of the first capacitor to the output node having a magnitude equal to about the magnitude of the input voltage signal divided by the impedance of the first capacitor. | 10-25-2012 |
Michael C. St. Germain, Medford, MA US
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| 20110076967 | IMPEDANCE MATCHED LANE REVERSAL SWITCHING SYSTEM - An impedance matched lane reversal switching system including first and second transceiver pairs, each of the pairs including a transmitter connected to a receiver, the output of the transmitter connected to the input of the receiver and to a node, the node of each pair interconnected with a transmission line and a switching circuit for selectively enabling one of the transmitters of one of the transceiver pairs and disabling the other and selectively utilizing one of the receivers of the other of the transceiver pairs and not the other to selectively reverse an egress side and an ingress side of the lane. | 03-31-2011 |
Patrick C. St. Germain, Iron River, WI US
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| 20090101745 | Web tensioning device with improved excursion control - A web tensioning device utilizes a dancer device, either angular or linear, which can be positioned by a controlled servo motor. In a preferred embodiment, the controller for the servo motor receives an input signal based on the acceleration (positive or negative) of the dancer device caused by a web excursion and implements a compensation necessary to oppose the web excursion. The controller may also receive additional input signals indicative of the acceleration of the web itself, resulting from the web excursion. | 04-23-2009 |
Randy St. Germain, Fargo, ND US
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| 20100068821 | METHOD FOR DETECTION AND ANALYSIS OF AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS FROM WATER - Methods for analyzing aromatic hydrocarbons dissolved in water are discussed. The methods include providing a substrate coated with a thin film layer of a material, wherein the material has a high affinity for at least one aromatic hydrocarbon, the material is substantially optically transparent, and the material has near-zero auto fluorescence, inserting the coated substrate directly into an environmental location including water, waiting for an exposure time permitting at least one aromatic hydrocarbon to absorb into the thin film layer, retrieving the coated substrate from the environmental location, removing any non-absorbed matter from the coated substrate, and performing fluorescence analysis on the coated substrate to detect aromatic hydrocarbons present in the thin film layer. Also methods for analyzing aromatic hydrocarbons dissolved in water contained in coated vessels are provided. | 03-18-2010 |
Scott J. St. Germain, Albany, CA US
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| 20120032814 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING ELECTRICAL DEMAND PERFORMANCE - A method and associated system for monitoring electrical demand performance in a building, industrial complex or university campus is disclosed. According to a preferred method, historical data is initially complied and statically analyzed to determine demand forecast for a baseline day. Further according to the method, electrical demand is plotted with another indication, more particularly outside air temperature. Additionally the invention provides and electronic alert to building engineers when demand falls outside the expected demand range. Still further a control chart is provided with the expected electrical load range. Outside air temperature is also optionally considered historically and in real time in the method. The invention further contemplates commissioning building engineers to reduce demand when a real time demand is higher than an expected energy demand. A system is also disclosed herein having instrumentation and electronic devices controlled by software and transmitting data. | 02-09-2012 |
Stephen St. Germain, Scottsdale, AZ US
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| 20090250794 | METHOD OF FORMING A SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND STRUCTURE THEREFOR - In one embodiment, a semiconductor package is formed to include a leadframe that includes a plurality of die attach areas for attaching a semiconductor die to the leadframe. The leadframe is positioned to overlie another leadframe that forms some of the external terminals or leads of the package. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20110068451 | MULTI-CHIP SEMICONDUCTOR CONNECTOR - In one exemplary embodiment, a multi-chip connector is formed to have a first conductive strip that is suitable for attaching to a first semiconductor die and a second conductive strip that is attached suitable for attaching to a second semiconductor die. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110169152 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE - In one embodiment, a semiconductor package is formed to include a leadframe that includes a plurality of die attach areas for attaching a semiconductor die to the leadframe. The leadframe is positioned to overlie another leadframe that forms some of the external terminals or leads of the package. | 07-14-2011 |
Thomas St. Germain, Bridgeview, IL US
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| 20080265728 | BOLTLESS STORAGE CABINET - A cabinet comprises a plurality of selected cabinet-defining components wherein components defining said cabinet integrally define at least one respective cooperating part of at least one coupling element, said components all secured respectively together exclusively by said respective cooperating parts and the coupling elements formed by said respective cooperating parts. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20110272373 | OUTSIDE WRAP POST COUPLER WITH ASSEMBLY ASSIST - A post coupler includes coupler flanges, reverse bend flanges extending therealong and rounded end projections extending longitudinally from said coupler flanges defining ends of the coupler, the length of the reverse bend flanges being less than the overall coupler length between ends of the rounded end projections. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110272541 | OUTSIDE WRAP POST COUPLER ACCOMMODATING BEAM RIVET - A post coupler is provided with a pair of coupler flanges having rivet receiving apertures for receiving rivets extending from horizontal shelf-supporting beams to facilitate vertical shelf placement in a shelving unit unfettered by the vertical disposition of the post couplers. Apertures in the coupler index with apertures in abutting corner post sections to permit rivet extension therethrough. The reverse bend flanges of the coupler have a length shorter than the overall length of the coupler. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110272542 | INSIDE WRAP POST COUPLER ACCOMMODATING BEAM RIVET - A post coupler is provided with a pair of coupler flanges having rivet receiving apertures for receiving rivets extending from horizontal shelf-supporting beams to facilitate vertical shelf placement in a shelving unit unfettered by the vertical disposition of the post couplers. Apertures in the coupler index with apertures in abutting corner post sections to permit rivet extension therethrough. The reverse bend flanges of the coupler have a length shorter than the overall length of the coupler and wrap around edges of post sections, to be coupled, from the inside to the outside. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110272543 | INSIDE WRAP POST COUPLER WITH ASSEMBLY ASSIST - A post coupler includes coupler flanges, reverse bend flanges extending therealong and tapered end projections extending longitudinally from said coupler flanges defining ends of the coupler, the length of the reverse bend flanges being less than the overall coupler length between ends of the rounded end projections, and the reverse bend flanges preferably oriented along outer surfaces of said coupler flanges. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20120000871 | PORTION OF SHELF AND SUPPORT FOR SHELVING UNIT - A shelving unit includes formed front and rear beams providing shelf supporting and lower flanges, respectively. A C-shaped tie bar extends centrally between respective front and rear beams and is captured between the beam flanges with tie bar ends engaging the beams providing loaded shelf support and resisting loaded beam twisting. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120000872 | CONVERTIBLE MULTIFUNCTIONAL SHELVING - A convertible, multiple function shelf unit includes shelves which can be supported horizontally or on an incline and having opposed edge members extending from the shelf. When horizontal, these members define a trough-like configuration with apexes extending outwardly from shelf edges. When the shelf is inverted, these apexes fit over opposed and vertically spaced braces to support the shelf in an inclined position. The distance between the apexes is greater than the distance between the shelf edge inboard of the extended members to accommodate the greater distance between opposed support braces when respectively vertically spaced, as opposed to residing in the same horizontal plane to support a shelf in a horizontal position. A shelf comprises one shelf member or, alternatively, a plurality of independent shelf members. Accessory bins and screens are provided. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120000873 | VARIABLE CONFIGURATION SHELVING APPARATUS AND METHODS - A variable configuration shelving apparatus including shelf-supporting reversible beams. In one position, beam top edges are flush with a shelf thereon. In another position, the beams form upstanding lips about a shelf. Beam structure is included. | 01-05-2012 |