Patents by Inventor Robert E. Krebs

Robert E. Krebs 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).

  • ANGLED PILOT HOLE ENTRY FOR ORTHOPEDIC GUIDE
    Publication number: 20240122611
    Abstract: A device may include a cutting instrument configured to cut a bone of a patient with one or more cutting features. A device may include a guide configured to mount to the bone, the guide defining an aperture having a guide hole portion and a pilot hole portion, wherein the pilot hole portion is configured to initially receive a portion of the bone cutting instrument, and wherein an axis of the pilot hole portion is oriented at an acute angle relative to an axis of the guide hole portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas R. Duquin, Robert E. Montgomery, Robert Douglas Krebs
  • Can flattening apparatus
    Patent number: 3948164
    Abstract: Apparatus includes a base having an elongated concave depression formed therein into which a cylindrical can may be laid upon its side. An arm on the base pivots down towards the base and carries an arcuate, convex die member for flattening the can body and cutting members to pierce the can body in advance of the die member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1976
    Inventors: Eckhard T. Pobuda, Robert E. Krebs