Patents by Inventor Rick A. Boyd

Rick A. Boyd 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).

  • Ground rod
    Patent number: 5608186
    Abstract: The entire outer surface of a ground rod, including its pointed end portion, has a continuous and uniform electroplated coating. The rod has a blunt end portion shaped to minimize mushrooming when it is hammered for driving the rod into the ground. Jets of plating solution directed against the rod produce swirling motion of plating solution around the rod while it moves longitudinally through a plating bath. Uniformity of the plated coating may be enhanced by rotating the rod during longitudinal movement through the plating bath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1997
    Assignee: Thomas & Betts Corporation
    Inventors: Albert L. Collins, Jr., Rick A. Boyd, Herbert L. Bradshaw, II, Alvin J. Huber, Charles T. Wessner, Dennis B. Ruch