Patents by Inventor Jeff RHODE

Jeff RHODE 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).

  • Publication number: 20260115967
    Abstract: A cutting bit assembly for attachment to a tool holder of a milling-type machine includes a cutting tip, a cylindrical shank extending from the cutting tip and comprising a rotation-limiting surface, and a spring clip surrounding a body of the shank. The spring clip includes a protrusion configured to interact with the rotation-limiting surface of the shank to limit rotation of the shank relative to the spring clip. The spring clip includes a contracted configuration and an expanded configuration, and in both the contracted configuration and the expanded configuration the protrusion interacts with the rotation-limiting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2024
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Inventors: Nicholas B. Johnson, Robert Edwin Carr, David Castillo, Jeff Rhode, David Bruno Parzynski, JR.
  • Publication number: 20240383051
    Abstract: A cutting bit assembly for attachment to a tool holder of a milling-type machine includes a cutting tip, a generally cylindrical shank extending from the cutting tip and comprising a rotation-limiting surface, and a spring clip surrounding a body of the shank. The spring clip includes a protrusion configured to interact with the rotation-limiting surface of the shank to limit rotation of the shank relative to the spring clip. The spring clip includes a contracted configuration and an expanded configuration, and in both the contracted configuration and the expanded configuration the protrusion interacts with the rotation-limiting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald D. MILLS, David CASTILLO, Jeff RHODE, Nicholas B. JOHNSON, Christopher BARNARD, Robert CARR, David B. PARZYNSKI, JR.
  • Publication number: 20240384653
    Abstract: A cutting bit assembly for attachment to a tool holder of a milling-type machine, including a cutting tip, a generally cylindrical shank extending from the cutting tip, a spring clip surrounding a body of the shank and including a contracted configuration and an expanded configuration, and a washer having an installed configuration in which the washer is disposed on a shoulder of the shank and an uninstalled configuration in which the washer surrounds the spring clip and retains the spring clip in the contracted configuration. At least one of a distal edge of the spring clip or a proximal edge of a bore of the washer comprises a bevel or radius.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: Caterpillar Paving Products Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher BARNARD, Jeff RHODE, David CASTILLO, David B. PARZYNSKI, Jr., Robert CARR, Nicholas B. JOHNSON