Patents by Inventor Rachel McConnell

Rachel McConnell 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: 10471626
    Abstract: The invention is a unique modification of biscuit joinery. The instant invention creates “two way” slots in joining wood [preferred embodiment] pieces, allowing a “shelf joint” in the center of a face of wood, to be fastened with a common nickel (or similar coin or disc). Rather than using a limited biscuit cutter/biscuit joiner, the instant method discloses use of a router with a specialized router bit (aka slot cutter bit); the slot cutter on the router [when the bit is machined in the following way infra, and then configured and used in the following way infra] allows a common 5¢ piece to become the spline joining the two wood pieces or panels, thereby allowing rapid assembly & disassembly of wood furniture. The precise ratios and proportions of grooves, slots, coin wells, overhangs, pushtool ‘raceways,’ and offsets therefor, make this invention possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Inventors: Gerard Dumuk, Rachel McConnell
  • Patent number: 8506831
    Abstract: A combination, composition and associated method for chemical mechanical planarization of a tungsten-containing substrate are described herein which afford tunability of tungsten/dielectric selectivity and low selectivity for tungsten removal in relation to dielectric material. Removal rates for both tungsten and dielectric are high and stability of the slurry (e.g., with respect to pH drift over time) is high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Dianne Rachel McConnell, Ann Marie Hurst