Patents by Inventor Dan Lee Neal

Dan Lee Neal 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: 6508613
    Abstract: A drill guide that is capable of guiding the drilling holes, in particular lockwire holes, transversely through one corner of a nut at an oblique angle to a face thereof and a method for using same. The drill guide comprises at least one guide component having a first and a second side transverse to the first side. The first side has a recess with first and second surfaces for receiving the corner of the nut, the first surface being closer to the second side. Also included is a drill bit guide for guiding a drill bit of a drill that is accessible from the second side and extends towards the first surface of the recess along a longitudinal axis in the direction of the second surface of the recess so that the drill bit is capable of drilling a hole transversely through the corner of the nut at an oblique angle to the face of the nut that the drill bit initially engages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Larry Dean Cline, Dan Lee Neal
  • Publication number: 20020168237
    Abstract: A drill guide that is capable of guiding the drilling holes, in particular lockwire holes, transversely through one corner of a nut at an oblique angle to a face thereof and a method for using same. The drill guide comprises at least one guide component having a first and a second side transverse to the first side. The first side has a recess with first and second surfaces for receiving the corner of the nut, the first surface being closer to the second side. Also included is a drill bit guide for guiding a drill bit of a drill that is accessible from the second side and extends towards the first surface of the recess along a longitudinal axis in the direction of the second surface of the recess so that the drill bit is capable of drilling a hole transversely through the corner of the nut at an oblique angle to the face of the nut that the drill bit initially engages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2001
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Inventors: Larry Dean Cline, Dan Lee Neal