Patents by Inventor Donald Devereaux Munn

Donald Devereaux Munn 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).

  • Apparatus and method for measuring forces imparted on valve assemblies of metered dose delivery containers during manufacture thereof
    Patent number: 7324864
    Abstract: An axial force measurement apparatus (40) comprises a head member (42) adapted for receiving force imparted by an external force-applying source, and a transducer (44) such as a load cell for measuring the amount of force applied to the head member (42). Electronic circuitry (61) for receiving, processing, storing and/or sending electrical information generated by the transducer is provided either externally to the measurement apparatus (40), or is integrated with the apparatus (40). The apparatus (40) can be used to calibrate the valve crimping station (75) and/or the test firing station (125) of a metered dose delivery canister production line. The apparatus (40) is designed to emulate an actual canister (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham Corporation
    Inventors: Lee A. Barger, David Brian Moody, Donald Devereaux Munn
  • Apparatus and method for measuring forces imparted on valve assemblies of metered dose delivery containers during manufacture thereof
    Publication number: 20040148042
    Abstract: An axial force measurement apparatus (40) comprises a head member (42) adapted for receiving force imparted by an external force-applying source, and a transducer (44) such as a load cell for measuring the amount of force applied to the head member (42). Electronic circuitry (61) for receiving, processing, storing and/or sending electrical information generated by the transducer is provided either externally to the measurement apparatus (40), or is integrated with the apparatus (40). The apparatus (40) can be used to calibrate the valve crimping station (75) and/or the test firing station (125) of a metered dose delivery canister production line. The apparatus (40) is designed to emulate an actual canister (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventors: Lee A. Barger, David Brian Moody, Donald Devereaux Munn