Patents by Inventor Dominic George Webber
Dominic George Webber 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).
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Publication number: 20230384862Abstract: Broadly speaking, embodiments of the present techniques provide haptic button assemblies in which the haptic button has a low profile while still providing a satisfying tactile response or sensation to a user. Advantageously, the haptic button assemblies may have a profile that, for example, enables the assembly to be incorporated into the free space along an edge of a portable computing device. The haptic assemblies may, for example, be arranged to move the button perpendicularly with respect to the edge of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: David Kuan Wei Ooi, Peter Van Wyk, Joshua Carr, Thomas James Powell, Marc-Sebastian Scholz, Andreas Flouris, Andrew Benjamin Simpson Brown, Stephen Matthew Bunting, Dominic George Webber, James Howarth
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Patent number: 11762468Abstract: Broadly speaking, embodiments of the present techniques provide haptic button assemblies in which the haptic button has a low profile while still providing a satisfying tactile response or sensation to a user. Advantageously, the haptic button assemblies may have a profile that, for example, enables the assembly to be incorporated into the free space along an edge of a portable computing device. The haptic assemblies may, for example, be arranged to move the button perpendicularly with respect to the edge of the device.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2019Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: CAMBRIDGE MECHATRONICS LIMITEDInventors: David Kuan Wei Ooi, Peter Van Wyk, Joshua Carr, Thomas James Powell, Marc-Sebastian Scholz, Andreas Flouris, Andrew Benjamin Simpson Brown, Stephen Matthew Bunting, Dominic George Webber, James Howarth
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Patent number: 11642469Abstract: A medication delivery device and/or dosing mechanisms suitable for use in medication delivery devices, in particular in pen-type injectors, preferably having a dose setting system and a drive device enabling the administration of a medicinal product from a single- or multi-dose medication cartridge.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2019Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Michael Harms, Steffen Raab, Dominic George Webber, James Robert Howarth, Trevor John Beckett, Geoffrey Philip Gray, John David Cross
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Publication number: 20210365120Abstract: Broadly speaking, embodiments of the present techniques provide haptic button assemblies in which the haptic button has a low profile while still providing a satisfying tactile response or sensation to a user. Advantageously, the haptic button assemblies may have a profile that, for example, enables the assembly to be incorporated into the free space along an edge of a portable computing device. The haptic assemblies may, for example, be arranged to move the button perpendicularly with respect to the edge of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2019Publication date: November 25, 2021Inventors: David Kuan Wei Ooi, Peter Van Wyk, Joshua Carr, Thomas James Powell, Marc-Sebastian Scholz, Andreas Flouris, Andrew Benjamin Simpson Brown, Stephen Matthew Bunting, Dominic George Webber, James Howarth
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Publication number: 20200166024Abstract: Broadly speaking, embodiments of the present techniques provide apparatuses and methods for controlling the position and/or orientation of a moveable component of an actuator, using at least two shape memory alloy (SMA) actuator wires and at least one sensor for sensing position/orientation of the moveable component.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2018Publication date: May 28, 2020Inventors: Dominic George Webber, James Howarth, Andrew Benjamin Simpson Brown, David Charles William Richards, Andreas Flouris
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Publication number: 20190262548Abstract: A medication delivery device and/or dosing mechanisms suitable for use in medication delivery devices, in particular in pent-type injectors, preferably having a dose setting system and a drive device enabling the administration of a medicinal product from a single- or multi-dose medication cartridge.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventors: Michael Harms, Steffen Raab, Dominic George Webber, James Roberts Howarth, Tevor John Beckett, Geoffrey Philip Gray, John David Cross
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Patent number: 10286158Abstract: A medication delivery device and/or dosing mechanisms suitable for use in medication delivery devices, in particular in pen-type injectors, preferably having a dose setting system and a drive device enabling the administration of a medicinal product from a single- or multi-dose medication cartridge.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2016Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Michael Harms, Steffen Raab, Dominic George Webber, James Roberts Howarth, Trevor John Beckett, Geoffrey Philip Gray, John David Cross
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Patent number: 9802003Abstract: A medication delivery device having a housing having a proximal and a distal end, a medication receptacle designed to be engaged with the distal end of the housing by engagement of a first engagement feature with a second engagement feature and a dosing mechanism. The dosing mechanism includes a piston rod which is rotatable and moveable in a distal direction for medication delivery and a drive device for moving the piston rod in the distal direction for medication delivery. The medication receptacle includes an actuation element that brings a guiding element in a guiding position. The guiding element guides the piston rod for medication delivery. The first engagement feature and the second engagement feature are moveable into engagement by a movement of the medication receptacle which ends in a rotational movement without axial movement of the medication receptacle with respect to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2013Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHInventors: Michael Harms, Steffen Raab, Dominic George Webber, James Roberts Howarth, Tevor John Beckett, Geoffrey Philip Gray, John David Cross
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Patent number: 9717859Abstract: A medication delivery device and/or dosing mechanisms suitable for use in medication delivery devices, in particular in pen-type injectors, preferably having a dose setting system and a drive device enabling the administration of a medicinal product from a single- or multi-dose medication cartridge.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2016Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHInventors: Michael Harms, Steffen Raab, Dominic George Webber, James Robert Howarth, Trevor John Beckett, Geoffrey Philip Gray, John David Cross
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Publication number: 20160331906Abstract: The present invention relates to a medication delivery device, to dosing mechanisms suitable for use in medication delivery devices, in particular in pen-type injectors, preferably having dose setting means and a drive device enabling the administration of a medicinal product from a single- or multi-dose medication cartridge, to a use of such device, and to a method of manufacturing or assembling such device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2016Publication date: November 17, 2016Inventors: Michael Harms, Steffen Raab, Dominic George Webber, James Robert Horwath, Trevor John Beckett, Geoffrey Philip Gray, John David Cross
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Publication number: 20160310669Abstract: The present invention relates to a medication delivery device, to dosing mechanisms suitable for use in medication delivery devices, in particular in pen-type injectors, preferably having dose setting means and a drive device enabling the administration of a medicinal product from a single- or multi-dose medication cartridge, to a use of such device, and to a method of manufacturing or assembling such device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2016Publication date: October 27, 2016Inventors: Michael Harms, Steffen Raab, Dominic George Webber, James Roberts Howarth, Tevor John Beckett, Geoffrey Philip Gray, John David Cross
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Publication number: 20140039410Abstract: The present invention relates to a medication delivery device, to dosing mechanisms suitable for use in medication delivery devices, in particular in pen-type injectors, preferably having dose setting means and a drive device enabling the administration of a medicinal product from a single- or multi-dose medication cartridge, to a use of such device, and to a method of manufacturing or assembling such device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2013Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Michael Harms, Steffen Raab, Dominic George Webber, James Roberts Howarth, Tevor John Beckett, Geoffrey Philip Gray, John David Cross
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Patent number: 8593568Abstract: A shape memory alloy actuation apparatus comprises a movable element supported on a support structure by a suspension system comprising a plurality of resilient flexures. A shape memory alloy actuator drives movement of the movable element on contraction. An end-stop limits the movement of the movable element in the opposite direction. Rather than using the resilient flexures of the suspension system as the sole biassing means, an additional Massing element biasses the movable element against the SMA actuator. When the moveable element is held against the end-stop, the force applied by the biassing element is greater than the force applied by the flexures of the suspension system. This reduces the design constraints, for example allowing a greater range of movement.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2008Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Cambridge Mechatronics LimitedInventors: Richard Topliss, Dominic George Webber
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Patent number: 8579867Abstract: A medication delivery device comprising a housing, a medication receptacle, a piston rod which is moveable distally, and a drive device for rotating the piston rod in a first rotational direction. The piston rod comprises two threaded sections, a first threaded section for threaded engagement with a reset element and a second threaded section for threaded engagement with the drive device. In an operational state, the reset element is prevented from rotating and the piston rod prevented from moving proximally. In a resetting state, the reset element is allowed to rotate, such that the delivery device is resettable by rotating the piston rod and the reset element in a second rotational direction and moving the piston rod proximally.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2012Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHInventors: Michael Harms, Steffen Raab, Dominic George Webber, James Robert Howarth, Trevor John Beckett, Geoffrey Philip Gray, John David Cross
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Patent number: 8446475Abstract: A miniature camera lens actuation apparatus comprises a support structure, a camera lens element supported on the support structure by a suspension system; and an SMA actuator connected between the support structure and the movable element to drive movement of the camera lens element. The control circuit may include a drive circuit and a sensor circuit which have separate electrical connections to the SMA actuator to reduce the impact of the resistance of the electrical connections on the sensing. The control circuit may vary the drive signal in response to a temperature signal indicative of the ambient temperature. An endstop limits movement to prevent extension of the SMA actuator in its unheated state beyond a maximum length which is at or below the length corresponding the local maximum resistance of the resistance-length curve. Control of position is effected using resistance of the SMA actuator as a measure of position.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2008Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: Cambridge Mechatronics LimitedInventors: Richard Topliss, Dominic George Webber, Robert John Leedham, Anthony Hooley, David Charles William Richards, Thomas Matthew Gregory
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Publication number: 20130053789Abstract: The present invention relates to a medication delivery device, to dosing mechanisms suitable for use in medication delivery devices, in particular in pen-type injectors, preferably having dose setting means and a drive device enabling the administration of a medicinal product from a single- or multi-dose medication cartridge, to a use of such device, and to a method of manufacturing or assembling such device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2012Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Michael Harms, Steffen Raab, Dominic George Webber, James Robert Howarth, Trevor John Beckett, Geoffrey Philip Gray, John David Cross
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Patent number: 8267900Abstract: The present invention relates to a medication delivery device, to dosing mechanisms suitable for use in medication delivery devices, in particular in pen-type injectors, preferably having dose setting means and a drive device enabling the administration of a medicinal product from a multi-dose medication cartridge, to a use of such device, and to a method of manufacturing or assembling such device.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2008Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHInventors: Michael Harms, Steffen Raab, Dominic George Webber, James Robert Howarth, Trevor John Beckett, Geoffrey Philip Gray, John David Cross
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Patent number: 8187233Abstract: The present invention relates to a medication delivery device, to dosing mechanisms suitable for use in medication delivery devices, in particular in pen-type injectors, preferably having dose setting means and a drive device enabling the administration of a medicinal product from a single- or multi-dose medication cartridge, to a use of such device, and to a method of manufacturing or assembling such device.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2008Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHInventors: Michael Harms, Steffen Raab, Dominic George Webber, James Robert Howarth, Trevor John Beckett, Geoffrey Philip Gray, John David Cross
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Patent number: 8073320Abstract: A miniature camera lens actuation apparatus provides an auto-macro function in which a camera lens element has two focus positions. In one type of apparatus, a shape memory alloy actuator arranged to drive movement of the camera lens element relative to a support structure against an end-stop arranged to limit the movement. The shape memory alloy actuator is connected to one of the movable element and the support structure by a compliant connector. This limits the stresses on the shape memory alloy actuator and therefore increases its lifetime. In another type of apparatus, the suspension system supporting the movable element on the support structure provides the movable element with two stable positions along the movement direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2008Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Cambridge Mechatronics LimitedInventors: Richard Topliss, Shinichi Makino, Anthony Hooley, Dominic George Webber
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Publication number: 20100283887Abstract: A shape memory alloy actuation apparatus comprises a movable element supported on a support structure by a suspension system comprising a plurality of resilient flexures. A shape memory alloy actuator drives movement of the movable element on contraction. An end-stop limits the movement of the movable element in the opposite direction. Rather than using the resilient flexures of the suspension system as the sole biassing means, an additional Massing element biasses the movable element against the SMA actuator. When the moveable element is held against the end-stop, the force applied by the biassing element is greater than the force applied by the flexures of the suspension system. This reduces the design constraints, for example allowing a greater range of movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2008Publication date: November 11, 2010Applicant: CAMBRIDGE MECHATRONIC LIMITEDInventors: Richard Topliss, Dominic George Webber