Patents by Inventor Robert J. Conner

Robert J. Conner 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).

  • Post driver guide collet and method of using the same
    Patent number: 10329730
    Abstract: A guide collet for a post driver having a main body configured to partially receive a post therein is attachable to the main body of the post driver and comprises a plurality of parts that collectively form a collet opening when the parts are attached to the main body of the post driver. The collet opening is configured and adapted to slideably receive a post. The parts of the guide collet are separable from each other without tools when the guide collet is detached from the main body of the post driver such that the guide collet is capable of being separated from a post that previously extended through the collet opening without sliding an end of the post through the collet opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: RHINO TOOL COMPANY
    Inventors: Herbert W. Whitmer, Robert J. Conner, James V. Martin
  • Post Driver Guide Collet and Method of Using the Same
    Publication number: 20150217419
    Abstract: A guide collet for a post driver having a main body configured to partially receive a post therein is attachable to the main body of the post driver and comprises a plurality of parts that collectively form a collet opening when the parts are attached to the main body of the post driver. The collet opening is configured and adapted to slideably receive a post. The parts of the guide collet are separable from each other without tools when the guide collet is detached from the main body of the post driver such that the guide collet is capable of being separated from a post that previously extended through the collet opening without sliding an end of the post through the collet opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: Rhino Tool Company
    Inventors: Herbert W. Whitmer, Robert J. Conner, James V. Martin
  • Post driver chuck nut
    Patent number: D711733
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Rhino Tool Company
    Inventors: Herbert W. Whitmer, Robert J. Conner, James V. Martin
  • Post driver chuck tube
    Patent number: D733191
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Rhino Tool Company
    Inventors: Herbert W. Whitmer, Robert J. Conner, James V. Martin
  • Post driver collet
    Patent number: D742443
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Rhino Tool Company
    Inventors: Herbert W. Whitmer, Robert J. Conner, James V. Martin
  • Post driver handle
    Patent number: D745064
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Rhino Tool Company
    Inventors: Herbert W. Whitmer, Robert J. Conner, James V. Martin
  • Post driver crankcase cap
    Patent number: D755251
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Rhino Tool Company
    Inventors: Herbert W. Whitmer, Robert J. Conner, James V. Martin