Patents by Inventor Mark D. Greene

Mark D. Greene 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: 8991442
    Abstract: A rotary filling machine includes a magnetic funnel attachment that can be easily installed, removed, and reinstalled into the machine for cleaning, changing the size of the funnel, inspecting, or replacing a damaged funnel. The magnetic funnel attachment includes a fill plate segment for receiving one or more funnels, and a funnel for attachment to the fill plate. The fill plate and funnel have mating alignment mechanisms to assist in the correct positioning of the funnel on the fill plate segment, and magnets to assist in the coupling of the funnel to the fill plate segment. This is especially helpful in creating a quick and easy method for funnel installation and removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery, Inc.
    Inventors: David Navin, Mark D. Green
  • Publication number: 20140158688
    Abstract: A closure for a container is described. The container has an opening through which contents of the container are dispensed and a holding member (255, 285, 295, 305, 315, 316, 317, 340, 350) for cooperating with the closure to retain the closure on the container. A sealing member (220) is configured to sealingly close the container opening. The sealing member includes a retention member (260, 275, 290, 300, 310, 325, 335, 345, 355) engageable with the holding member of the container to retain the sealing member in sealing engagement with the container. A cap member (225) has a top rim and a sidewall depending from the top rim. The sidewall includes an attachment member (160) for attachment to the container and an engagement member (245) that operatively couples the sealing member to the cap member upon placement of the cap member on the container. The cap member is rotatable relative to the container and relative to the sealing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
    Inventors: Thomas D. Loughrin, Dennis V. Boruszewski, David C. Ulstad, Christopher A. Cox, Mark D. Green, Terrence B. Mazer, Frank S. Walczak, Kenneth M. Cramer, James P. Perry
  • Publication number: 20020163818
    Abstract: A magnetic device, method of manufacture therefor and a power supply employing the magnetic device. In one embodiment, the magnetic device includes a metal substrate and a first dielectric layer formed over the metal substrate. The magnetic device further includes a first conductive layer formed over only a portion of the dielectric layer and a magnetic core mounted proximate the first conductive layer adapted to impart a desired magnetic property thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2001
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Inventors: Mark D. Green, Allen Frank Rozman
  • Patent number: 5860612
    Abstract: A guidance system for tape in a tape cartridge includes two corner guides and an optional third guide. The two corner guides may be angled or tapered to produce a bow or slope in the tape, and to steer the tape. If provided, the third guide is readily adjustable during manufacture to an exact predetermined distance from the two corner guides, thereby avoiding problems due to build-up of manufacturing tolerances. A method of constructing such a system provides an interference fit ferrule on a pin or a nail-like pin as the third guide, such that the position of the ferrule or nail head of the pin can be adjusted to the exact position desired during manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignee: Imation Corp.
    Inventors: John F. Runyon, Robert A. Muehlhausen, Charles L. Dennis, II, Leslie M. Milner, Mark D. Green, Keith T. Johnson
  • Patent number: 4688448
    Abstract: A motorized drive is provided, of a type which includes a pair of coaxial shafts that are individually motor driven, which is especially economical to manufacture and assemble, while providing reliable operation. The drive includes coaxial shafts and upper and lower assemblies that each includes a motor mounted on a plate disposed about the shaft, a gear disposed about the shaft and driven by the motor, and a tapered bushing which couples the gear to a corresponding shaft. A coil spring disposed around the shafts presses the upper and lower assemblies apart to urge the tapered bushings into the tapered holes of the gears to couple them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1987
    Assignee: ITT Corporation
    Inventors: Richard E. Hollis, Mark D. Greene
  • Patent number: D349144
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1994
    Inventor: Mark D. Greene