Donald W Turner

US Patent:

6756151, Jun 29, 2004

Filed:

Jan 8, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/039976

Inventors:

Shijian Zhou - Carmel IN
Timothy H. Kline - Anderson IN
Donald F. Turner - Farmland IN
James R. Nowakowski - Indianapolis IN

Assignee:

General Motors Corporation - Detroit MI

International Classification:

H01M 212

US Classification:

429 86, 429 89, 4650, 4653, 4671, 4679, 4286, 4295, 138 42, D15 5

Abstract:

A draining device including a threaded portion, the threaded portion depending outwardly from an annular portion and having an inner opening in fluid communication with a pair of openings in the annular portion, where said pair of openings provides a pathway for draining.

US Patent:

7988912, Aug 2, 2011

Filed:

Oct 6, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/574659

Inventors:

Samuel H. Rizzotte - Fishers IN, US
Paul N. Avgerinos - Indianapolis IN, US
Donald A. Turner - Lebanon IN, US

Assignee:

Beckman Coulter, Inc. - Brea CA

International Classification:

G01N 21/00
G01N 31/00
G01N 33/00
G01N 35/00

US Classification:

422 63, 422 64, 422 65, 422500, 901 16, 901 17, 901 18

Abstract:

A microtiter plate transport device is configured to grip a microtiter plate in a first location. The microtiter plate transport device is configured to make a vertical approach to the microtiter plate and grip the microtiter plate in either a portrait orientation or a landscape orientation along either the opposing longer sides or the opposing shorter sides of the microtiter plate. The device comprises a Cartesian coordinate robot including a first gripping member and a second gripping member opposed to the first gripping member. The first gripping member and the second gripping member are supported by an arm configured to move along a vertical axis which extends between the first gripping member and the second gripping member. The first gripping member and the second gripping member are configured to rotate about the vertical axis.

US Patent:

20060263270, Nov 23, 2006

Filed:

May 15, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/434048

Inventors:

Samuel Rizzotte - Fishers IN, US
Paul Avgerinos - Indianapolis IN, US
Donald Turner - Lebanon IN, US

Assignee:

Beckman Coulter, Inc. - Fullerton CA

International Classification:

B01L 9/00

US Classification:

422104000, 422099000

Abstract:

A microtiter plate transport device is configured to grip a microtiter plate in a first location. The microtiter plate transport device is configured to make a vertical approach to the microtiter plate and grip the microtiter plate in either a portrait orientation or a landscape orientation along either the opposing longer sides or the opposing shorter sides of the microtiter plate. The device comprises a Cartesian coordinate robot including a first gripping member and a second gripping member opposed to the first gripping member. The first gripping member and the second gripping member are supported by an arm configured to move along a vertical axis which extends between the first gripping member and the second gripping member. The first gripping member and the second gripping member are configured to rotate about the vertical axis.

US Patent:

D327945, Aug 15, 1989

Filed:

May 7, 1986

Appl. No.:

6/860740

Inventors:

Donald R. Turner - Shelbyville IN
Karl C. Kramer - Dunellen NJ
Gerald S. Wasserman - E. Brunswick NJ

Assignee:

General Foods Corp. & Williams Industries - DE

US Classification:

D 9447

US Patent:

D2938715, Jan 26, 1988

Filed:

Jun 24, 1985

Appl. No.:

6/748283

Inventors:

Donald R. Turner - Shelbyville IN
Slawko Yadlowsky - Manville NJ

Assignee:

General Foods - White Plains NY
William Industries, Inc. - Shelbyville IN

US Classification:

D 7318

US Patent:

49498657, Aug 21, 1990

Filed:

Jan 2, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/459527

Inventors:

Donald R. Turner - Shelbyville IN

Assignee:

Williams Industries, Inc. - Shelbyville IN

International Classification:

B65D 4132

US Classification:

220 904

Abstract:

A lid to cover a liquid holding container includes a circular rim portion for engaging the container rim and a cover opening for permitting liquid to pass in and out of the container. A support is centrally situated in the cover, the support having an upper margin situated at least as high as the circular rim portion. A closure member is formed unitarily with the cover and configured to seal the cover opening. A hinge permits the closure member to be pivoted between a position where the closure member is engaged in the cover opening and a position where the closure member is displaced from the cover opening. The hinge is molded unitarily to the upper margin of the central support in the cover.

US Patent:

54490898, Sep 12, 1995

Filed:

Feb 2, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/190277

Inventors:

Donald R. Turner - Shelbyville IN
Ronald L. Kennedy - Fishers IN
Christopher C. Bidwell - Dunwoody GA
Bruce A. Williams - Shelbyville IN

Assignee:

Williams Industries, Inc. - Shelbyville IN

International Classification:

B65D 142

US Classification:

220675

Abstract:

A plastic bell fountain cup includes a bottom surface, and a side wall formed integrally with and extending upwardly from the bottom surface. The side wall has a lower portion adjacent the bottom surface, an upper lip portion defining a top opening of the cup, and a radially outwardly expanded portion located between the lower portion and the upper lip portion. The radially outwardly expanded portion has a maximum diameter larger than a diameter of the bottom surface and larger than a diameter of the top opening. The side wall has a substantially uniform thickness throughout the lower portion, the radially outwardly expanded portion, and at least a part of the upper lip portion.

US Patent:

D3154742, Mar 19, 1991

Filed:

May 19, 1987

Appl. No.:

7/052347

Inventors:

Donald R. Turner - Shelbyville IN

Assignee:

Kraft General Foods Inc. - Glenview IL
Williams Industries Inc. - Shelbyville IN

US Classification:

D 7391