Patents by Inventor Bernard G. Rhoades

Bernard G. Rhoades 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: 7008149
    Abstract: A new and improved tool kit and method of using the tool kit for use in making a substantially perpendicular indented surface around an existing threaded bolt hole in a workpiece is disclosed. The kit comprises a guide rod and a grinder drill bit. The guide rod has a threaded distal end that is able to be threadedly fitted within the threaded bolt hole of the workpiece. The guide rod also has a cylindrical proximate end which has a first diameter. The grinder drill bit has a shank adapted to be coupled to a shank lock of an electrical drill. The grinder drill bit also has an elongated hollow cylinder attached to the shank, in which the elongated hollow cylinder has a centrally disposed orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Inventor: Bernard G. Rhoades