Patents by Inventor Alan J. Fahrner

Alan J. Fahrner 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: 4969781
    Abstract: A hand tool for the preparation of an off-set bore relative to a countersunk recess in a structural plate member wherein a pilot sleeve with a central bore slidably support an upper hollow sleeve that is spring biased away from the pilot sleeve. A bushing secured to the upper portion of said hollow sleeve also retains a drill bit that extends in to the pilot sleeve while the shank end is connectable to a drill for rotation and axial movement with the hollow sleeve relative to the pilot sleeve to drill a through bore in the plate member whose axis is off-set relative to a tapered countersunk conical recess in the plate member. The lower end of the pilot sleeve has a tapered annular surface or conical recess whose central axis is off-set relative to the axis of the central bore of said pilot sleeve, and a handle is secured to the pilot sleeve to position and hold the hand tool in the countersunk recess of the plate member as it is drilled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1990
    Assignee: The B. F. Goodrich Company
    Inventors: Alan J. Fahrner, Thomas S. Betchel