Patents by Inventor Dale Robert Ryan

Dale Robert Ryan 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).

  • Auxiliary sample supply for a clinical analyzer
    Patent number: 7402282
    Abstract: A sample handler includes a plurality of sealable metering tips, each of the tips, when sealed, containing a fluid volume of a test fluid and in which each of the sealed metering tips acts as an auxiliary sample supply container for use with at least one chemistry system of a clinical analyzer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael W. LaCourt, James David Shaw, Michael Avdenko, Lee William David, Dale Robert Ryan
  • Auxiliary sample supply for a clinical analyzer
    Publication number: 20030026733
    Abstract: A sample handler includes a plurality of sealable metering tips, each of the tips, when sealed, containing a fluid volume of a test fluid and in which each of the sealed metering tips acts as an auxiliary sample supply container for use with at least one chemistry system of a clinical analyzer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2001
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventors: Michael W. LaCourt, James David Shaw, Michael Avdenko, Lee William David, Dale Robert Ryan
  • Terminal insertion machine having improved shearing mechanism
    Patent number: 5813108
    Abstract: A machine (10) is disclosed for inserting terminals (22) into a substrate (14). The machine (10) includes an insertion head (90) having an improved mechanism for shearing the terminal (22) from its carrier strip (26). The shearing mechanism includes a die (124) and opposing punch (130) arranged to cooperatively engage the terminal to sever it from its carrier strip. A pair of pivoting cam arms (154), each having a die side cam surface (164) and a punch side cam surface (166), are arranged to move the die (124) and punch (130) into shearing engagement with the terminal upon pivoting of the two cam arms. A pair of followers (168, 170) are in following engagement with the die side and punch side cam surfaces (164, 166) so that when the followers are moved vertically by a linear actuator (184), the followers cause the cam arms to pivot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventor: Dale Robert Ryan
  • Immunohematology manual work station
    Patent number: D719276
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale Robert Ryan, Kenneth Lee Kruppner, Stephen Craig Bailey