Patents by Inventor Ronald M. Hubert

Ronald M. Hubert 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).

  • Automated centrifuge loading device
    Patent number: 6589789
    Abstract: This invention relates to an automated device for loading a centrifuge where tubes are presented to the centrifuge via an automated routing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Quest Diagnostics Incorporated
    Inventors: Ronald M. Hubert, Rodney D. Miller
  • Automated centrifuge loading device
    Patent number: 6586255
    Abstract: This invention relates to an automated device for loading a centrifuge where tubes are presented to the centrifuge via an automated routing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Quest Diagnostics Incorporated
    Inventors: Ronald M. Hubert, Rodney D. Miller
  • Locking mechanism
    Patent number: 6129478
    Abstract: A locking mechanism for releasably locking together a first apparatus and a second apparatus is provided and having a first docking device on the first apparatus to which a second docking device on the second apparatus mates when the apparatuses are brought together, the first docking device having one or more engagement projections extending therefrom, the second docking device having a number of receiving cavities corresponding to the number of engagement projections into which the engagement projections are received when the first and second docking positions are brought together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Assignee: Quest Diagnostics Incorporated
    Inventor: Ronald M. Hubert