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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2000
Carol Jane Batman, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Greg Paul Carpenter, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Robert Glenn Davies, Carmel, IN (US);
Richard J. Kasle, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Kurt Gerard Klem, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Robert Anthony Parks, Springport, IN (US);
Timothy L. Ranney, Lebanon, IN (US);
William Brothers, Lafayette, IN (US);
Christopher Louis Belisle, Somerset, WI (US);
Michael Steven Ray, Somerset, WI (US);
Leonard Allen Vetsch, Elk Mound, WI (US);
Marvin W. Glass, Fayetteville, TN (US);
Richard W. Wilson, Noblesville, IN (US);
James R. Parker, Carmel, IN (US);
Vladimir Svetnik, Carmel, IN (US);
Lynne Denise Sly, Fishers, IN (US);
Sandy Mark Richards, Pershing, IN (US);
Nancy Kennedy Byrd, Fishers, IN (US);
Patricia A. Hopkinson, Lake Placid, NY (US);
Roche Diagnostics Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
An instrument ( ) has a well ( ) for receiving a dry cell ( ), an opening ( ) through which a first connector ( ) is exposed to the well ( ), and a boss ( ) adjacent the opening ( ). The boss ( ) precludes the wrong terminal of the dry cell ( ) from engaging the first connector ( ) when the dry cell ( ) is inserted into the well ( ) in incorrect orientation. A second connector ( ) includes a base ( ), a first leg ( ) resiliently connected to and extending away from the base portion, a second leg ( ) resiliently connected to and extending away from the first leg ( ), and a third leg ( ) resiliently connected to and extending away from the second leg ( ) and toward the first leg ( ). A display ( ) for the instrument ( ) has a lens ( ) having a substantially transparent substrate with a polyurethane coating. The instrument housing has first and second portions. At least one locator pin ( ) extends from one ( ) of the housing portions and at least one complementary socket ( ) extends from the other ( ) of the housing portions for receiving the pin ( ) to maintain the first ( ) and second ( ) portions in assembled orientation.