Patents by Inventor Robert B. Tugwell

Robert B. Tugwell 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: 5432434
    Abstract: A system is provided for matching a new hole in an overlying member with an existing hole in an underlying member. With a magnet placed in the existing hole, an indicator device having an internal cavity, an outer boundary, and a ferrous ball freely movable within the internal cavity is slid across the surface of the overlying member and in engagement therewith. When the ferrous ball overlies the magnet, a position on the overlying member aligned with the existing hole in the underlying member is thereby located. Thereafter, the indicator means is removed from the overlying member and replaced by a drill guide means. The drill guide means is used to locate a drill to cut a hole through the overlying member coincident with the existing hole in the underlying member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1995
    Assignee: Avco Corporation
    Inventor: Robert B. Tugwell