Patents by Inventor Joseph Patrick Menning

Joseph Patrick Menning 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: 10676341
    Abstract: A dispensing assembly for a pressure dispense package includes a connector having separate and distinct liquid and extraction conduits, and having a pressurization gas conduit. A liner fitment adapter may include a longitudinal bore to receive a probe portion of a connector defining a liquid extraction conduit, and may include a lateral bore to enable removal of gas. Insertion of a connector into a dispensing assembly simultaneously makes fluidic connections between (a) a gas extraction conduit and a dispensing volume; (b) a liquid extraction conduit and the dispensing volume, and (c) a pressurization gas conduit and a space to be pressurized within a pressure dispense vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Entegris, Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn M. Tom, Joseph Patrick Menning, Matthew Kusz, Amy Koland, Donald D. Ware, Richard D. Chism
  • Publication number: 20180237285
    Abstract: A dispensing assembly for a pressure dispense package includes a connector having separate and distinct liquid and extraction conduits, and having a pressurization gas conduit. A liner fitment adapter may include a longitudinal bore to receive a probe portion of a connector defining a liquid extraction conduit, and may include a lateral bore to enable removal of gas. Insertion of a connector into a dispensing assembly simultaneously makes fluidic connections between (a) a gas extraction conduit and a dispensing volume; (b) a liquid extraction conduit and the dispensing volume, and (c) a pressurization gas conduit and a space to be pressurized within a pressure dispense vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Glenn M. TOM, Joseph Patrick MENNING, Matthew KUSZ, Amy KOLAND, Donald D. WARE, Richard D. CHISM
  • Publication number: 20160107877
    Abstract: A fluid dispensing system for delivering a gas free chemical. The fluid dispensing system includes a gas separation device that separates a liquid from bubbles entrained in the liquid and accumulating the gas from the bubbles in a reservoir. A level sensor detects if the liquid in the reservoir drops too low, triggering the gas separation device to vent the gas from the reservoir. An empty detect apparatus that detects pressure droop of the liquid may also be implemented for taking appropriate action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Glenn M. TOM, Joseph Patrick MENNING, Matthew KUSZ, Amy KOLAND, Donald D. WARE, Richard D. CHISM
  • Publication number: 20150008234
    Abstract: An apparatus for receiving a fluid is disclosed. The apparatus comprises an at least partially flexible vessel. The vessel includes a top wall and a plurality of sidewalls, a first of said sidewalls having a first length in a first plane that is greater than a second length of the second, generally orthogonal sidewall in the first plane, and a bottom wall depending from the at least two sidewalls. The vessel may have a generally rectangular cross section, and may include a depending portion. The vessel may be at least partially rigid. Related methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Joseph Patrick Menning, Anthony Paganelli, Vishwas Pethe, David M. Shofi
  • Publication number: 20120291627
    Abstract: A dispensing assembly for a pressure dispense package includes a connector having separate and distinct liquid and extraction conduits, and having a pressurization gas conduit. A liner fitment adapter may include a longitudinal bore to receive a probe portion of a connector defining a liquid extraction conduit, and may include a lateral bore to enable removal of gas. Insertion of a connector into a dispensing assembly simultaneously makes fluidic connections between (a) a gas extraction conduit and a dispensing volume; (b) a liquid extraction conduit and the dispensing volume, and (c) a pressurization gas conduit and a space to be pressurized within a pressure dispense vessel. Presence of fluid or change in phase of flowing fluid within a fluid circuit may be sensed by comparing outputs of first and second temperature sensing elements, with one sensing element including a heater to increase temperature of the sensing element in exposure to gas but not in exposure to liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Glenn M. Tom, Joseph Patrick Menning, Matthew Kusz, Amy Koland, Donald D. Ware, Richard D. Chism