Patents by Inventor Joseph M. Rohde

Joseph M. Rohde 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).

  • Apparatus for installing conduit underground
    Patent number: 8596916
    Abstract: Apparatus for forming an underground passageway and simultaneously laying therein a conduit or other elongate components comprises a rotary drill member coupled to a rotary and axially movable drill stem. The coupling is one which virtually automatically enables the drill stem to be coupled to and uncoupled from the drill member and comprises as one embodiment interlocking driving lugs carried by the drill stem and the drill member. The driving lugs are sandwiched between telescoped portions of the drill member and the drill stem and thereby are reinforced by such portions of the drill stem and the drill member in such manner as to preclude movement of the driving lugs in both radially inward and radially outward directions. Other couplings can be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Inventors: Joseph M Rohde, Richard A Rohde, Robert L Gilling, James R. Heim, Michael J Kenny, Thomas A Kenny
  • Methods and apparatus for installing conduit underground
    Publication number: 20110280664
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for forming an underground passageway and simultaneously laying therein a conduit or other elongate components comprises a rotary drill member coupled to a rotary and axially movable drill stem. The coupling is one which virtually automatically enables the drill stem to be coupled to and uncoupled from the drill member and comprises as one embodiment interlocking driving lugs carried by the drill stem and the drill member. The driving lugs are sandwiched between telescoped portions of the drill member and the drill stem and thereby are reinforced by such portions of the drill stem and the drill member in such manner as to preclude movement of the driving lugs in both radially inward and radially outward directions. Other couplings can be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Joseph M. Rohde, Richard A. Rohde, Robert L. Gilling, James R. Heim, Michael J. Kenny, Thomas A. Kenny
  • Methods and apparatus for installing conduit underground
    Patent number: 7976243
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for forming an underground passageway and simultaneously laying therein a conduit or other elongate components comprises a rotary drill member coupled to a rotary and axially movable drill stem. The coupling is one which virtually automatically enables the drill stem to be coupled to and uncoupled from the drill member and comprises interlocking driving lugs carried by the drill stem and the drill member. The driving lugs are sandwiched between telescoped portions of the drill member and the drill stem and thereby are reinforced by such portions of the drill stem and the drill member in such manner as to preclude movement of the driving lugs in both radially inward and radially outward directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Green Core Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph M. Rohde, Richard A. Rohde, Robert L. Gilling, James R. Heim, Michael J. Kenny, Thomas A. Kenny
  • Methods and apparatus for installing conduit underground
    Publication number: 20080124178
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for forming an underground passageway and simultaneously laying therein a conduit or other elongate components comprises a rotary drill member coupled to a rotary and axially movable drill stem. The coupling is one which virtually automatically enables the drill stem to be coupled to and uncoupled from the drill member and comprises interlocking driving lugs carried by the drill stem and the drill member. The driving lugs are sandwiched between telescoped portions of the drill member and the drill stem and thereby are reinforced by such portions of the drill stem and the drill member in such manner as to preclude movement of the driving lugs in both radially inward and radially outward directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2007
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Inventors: Joseph M. Rohde, Richard A. Rohde, Robert L. Gilling, James R. Heim, Michael J. Kenny, Thomas A. Kenny