Patents by Inventor Charles R. Ashley

Charles R. Ashley 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: 5829434
    Abstract: A powder inhaler comprising:a powder housing for holding a supply of powdered material to be dispensed and a metering plate for holding a metered amount of said powdered material, the metering plate being alternately positionable below said supply of powdered material or within an inhalation conduit, by means of a bi-directional, angle-limited relative rotation about a common central axis;a counter for providing a visual count of the number of doses of said powdered material that have been dispensed or remain to be dispensed in response to the relative rotation, the counter including: a continuous counter ring and a coaxially mounted intermittent counter ring, both rings being mounted on a base in surrounding relation to a retaining post, being rotatable about the common central axis and having counting indicia thereon for displaying said visual count; anda display means through which at least one of the counting indicia is displayed to indicate a count corresponding to a number of doses of powdered material
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas J. Ambrosio, Charles R. Ashley, Alan J. Bilanin, Charles M. Huck, Andrew E. Kaufman, David J. Kenyon, Srinivas Manthena, Henry R. Sochon, Ken Wilkinson, Tsong-Toh Yang
  • Patent number: 5740792
    Abstract: A powder dispenser includes a powder housing for holding a supply of powdered material to be dispensed, the powder housing including an inhalation conduit provided displaced relation to the powdered material supply; a metering plate including a metered dose hole for holding a metered amount of the powdered material, and positioned below the powdered material supply, the metering plate and the powder housing being relatively rotatable with respect to each other about a common central axis; a counter providing a visual count of the number of doses of the powdered material that have been dispensed or remain to be dispensed in response to the relative rotation, the counter including counter rings providing the visual count, the counter rings being rotatable about the common central axis and having indicia thereon which display the visual count, and an actuating mechanism rotatable about the central axis for incrementally rotating the counter rings in response to the relative rotation; a nozzle for breaking up agg
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1998
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Charles R. Ashley, Charles M. Huck, Henry R. Sochon, Ken Wilkinson
  • Patent number: D616563
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Virwall Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles M. Huck, Charles R. Ashley
  • Patent number: D348928
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1994
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Charles R. Ashley, Ken Wilkinson, Charles M. Huck
  • Patent number: D350193
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1994
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Charles M. Huck, Charles R. Ashley, Ken Wilkinson, Henry R. Sochon
  • Patent number: D352113
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1994
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson and Company
    Inventor: Charles R. Ashley
  • Patent number: D352357
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1994
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson and Company
    Inventor: Charles R. Ashley
  • Patent number: D356889
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1995
    Inventors: Richard W. Abrams, Russell J. Crossman, Charles R. Ashley
  • Patent number: D357115
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1995
    Inventors: Richard W. Abrams, Russell J. Crossman, Charles R. Ashley
  • Patent number: D357353
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1995
    Inventors: Richard W. Abrams, Russell J. Crossman, Charles R. Ashley
  • Patent number: D357579
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1995
    Inventors: Richard W. Abrams, Russell J. Crossman, John E. Studer, Charles R. Ashley
  • Patent number: D357580
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1995
    Inventors: Richard W. Abrams, Russell J. Crossman, John E. Studer, Charles R. Ashley
  • Patent number: D357804
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1995
    Inventors: Richard W. Abrams, Russell J. Crossman, Charles R. Ashley
  • Patent number: D357805
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1995
    Inventors: Richard W. Abrams, Russell J. Crossman, Charles R. Ashley
  • Patent number: D358029
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1995
    Inventors: Richard W. Abrams, Russell J. Crossman, Charles R. Ashley
  • Patent number: D358480
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1995
    Inventors: Richard W. Abrams, Russell J. Crossman, Charles R. Ashley
  • Patent number: D362962
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1995
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard W. Abrams, Russell J. Crossman, Charles R. Ashley
  • Patent number: D363161
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1995
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard W. Abrams, Russell J. Crossman, Charles R. Ashley
  • Patent number: D363601
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1995
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard W. Abrams, Russell J. Crossman, Charles R. Ashley
  • Patent number: D385697
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1997
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard W. Abrams, Russell J. Crossman, Charles R. Ashley