Patents Assigned to Klein Tools, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20220107343
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are devices (100), systems, and methods for testing a circuit (114). A circuit test device (100) includes a housing (102) and a circuit (104) disposed in the housing (102). The circuit (104) includes an electromagnetic field (EMF) sensor (106) and a signal detector (110) coupled to the EMF sensor (106). The circuit test device (100) includes an interface (112) connected to the circuit (104) and extending through the housing (102). The interface (112) is adapted for coupling the circuit (104) to a circuit under test (CUT) (114). The EMF sensor (106) is configured to generate a signal in the presence of a time varying flow of current from the CUT (114) in the circuit (104). The EMF sensor (106) is configured to provide the signal to the signal detector (110).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce R. Kuhn, Christian A. Castro
  • Patent number: 11292115
    Abstract: A manually operated staple gun includes a frame, a staple magazine, and a user-actuated unit. The user-actuated unit is mounted in the frame to switch between a first condition wherein the magazine is configured to guide staples of a first width along a guide axis into a ready position to be driven into a work piece and a second condition wherein the magazine is configured to guide staples of a second width along the guide axis into the ready position to be driven into a work piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventor: Catalin Virgil Captarencu
  • Publication number: 20220091187
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are devices, systems, and methods for testing an arc fault circuit interrupt (AFCI) device. An AFCI tester device includes a housing and a circuit assembly disposed within the housing. The circuit assembly includes a first load switching circuit for creating a pulse pattern having a plurality of pulses. The circuit assembly includes a second load switching circuit for creating an overlay signal superimposed upon at least one pulse of the plurality of pulses. The AFCI tester device includes an interface receiving the plurality of pulses and the overlay signal. The interface extends outside of the housing and is adapted for electrically coupling the circuit assembly to the AFCI device under test (DUT). The interface is adapted to transmit the pulse pattern and the overlay signal to the AFCI DUT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce R. Kuhn, Christian A. Castro
  • Publication number: 20220089421
    Abstract: An accessory mount system is provided for mounting on an aerial work platform having sidewalls extending upwardly from a base to a rim or lip. The mount system is configured to be releasably attached to the lip and one or more of the sidewalls of the work platform and includes quick-connect accessory mounts that allow various types of accessories or accessory mount/holders to be mounted on the system and, via the system, on to the work platform. The system can include a quick-connect mechanism for releasably mounting an accessory to the system. The quick-connect mechanism includes a catch mounted to a frame to pivot between a release position and a lock position and a user actuated release lever connected to the catch to allow a user to actuate the catch from the lock position to the release position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Hargis, John Kargenian, Jonathan Gimondo, Zachary Carlins
  • Patent number: 11280366
    Abstract: A gated safety hook includes a structural, load bearing frame, a gate, and a user actuated catch. The gate closes automatically in response to an object being mounted on the hook, the catch automatically moves to lock the gate closed in response to an object being mounted on the hook, and the gate cannot be opened with an object mounted on the hook without engaging against the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Caleb Nielsen, John H. Kargenian
  • Patent number: 11273538
    Abstract: A plier wrench is provided and includes a jaw that can be disengaged from the remainder of the wrench and reengaged with the remainder of the wrench while the remainder of the wrench remains in its fully assembled condition. In one form, the jaw is “reversible” and includes two different jaw surfaces that can be selectively utilized depending upon the type of workpiece that will be engaged by the plier wrench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Amina Gibic, Jordan L. Fisher
  • Patent number: 11266199
    Abstract: A multiple component system is provided for mounting on a safety helmet and includes a first component housing carrying a first component, and a second component housing carrying a second component. Each housing has a first mount connector and a second mount connector located on opposing faces of the housing. The first mount connectors are configured to be compatible with the second mount connectors to provide quick release mount connections between the housings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventor: Kingston T. Wong
  • Publication number: 20220065286
    Abstract: A gated safety hook includes a structural, load bearing frame, a gate, and a user actuated catch. The gate closes automatically in response to an object being mounted on the hook, the catch automatically moves to lock the gate closed in response to an object being mounted on the hook, and the gate cannot be opened with an object mounted on the hook without engaging against the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Caleb Nielsen, John H. Kargenian
  • Patent number: 11260513
    Abstract: A powered fastening device is provided and is capable of applying multiple strikes to a fastener to drive the fastener to a preselected depth in a work piece and then automatically stopping the strikes when the preselected depth has been achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Zachary Carlins, John H. Kargenian
  • Patent number: 11241060
    Abstract: A safety helmet fan system includes a fan housing carrying a fan and configured to be mounted on an exterior of a safety helmet shell above a brim of the safety helmet shell, and an elongate cooling air duct connected to the fan housing to direct cooling air flow from the fan housing around the brim and into an interior of the safety helmet shell. The duct can have a flexible construction that allows the duct to be selectively reshaped to accommodate different safety helmet brim configurations. The duct can have a releasable connector configured to releasably connect the duct to a brim of a safety helmet shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventor: Kingston T. Wong
  • Publication number: 20220009063
    Abstract: A screwdriver device including a handle having an elongate channel extending partially therethrough of the handle and an axial blade member having a first distal end and a second distal end being configured and disposed for sliding through the elongate channel of the handle and a locking mechanism configured and disposed for releasably locking the axial blade member at a first operable position relative to the handle wherein the first distal end is exposed and the second distal end is disposed within the handle. The screwdriver device further includes a first tool head disposed on the first distal end of the blade member and an ejection mechanism configured and disposed within the handle to constantly urge the axial blade member out of the locking mechanism from the first operable position to a second inoperable position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Jestwin E. Lee, IV, Raul Rosales, Kevin A. Ekdahl
  • Publication number: 20210379739
    Abstract: A nut driver includes an elongate drive shank and a reversible socket. The socket has a first hex socket opening sized to engage a hexagonal profile of a first size, and a second hex socket opening sized to engage a hexagonal profile of a second size that is larger than the first size. The socket is mountable on the drive shank in either a first orientation that presents the first hex socket opening for use, or a second orientation that presents the second hex socket opening for use. Additionally, in the first orientation, the socket is mountable in either a screw head receiving position or a drive bit receiving position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Austin Minor, Jordan L. Fisher, Michael D. Bronk
  • Publication number: 20210372603
    Abstract: A battery powered lighting device is configured to be attached to a lift bucket having sidewalls and an upper lip extending from uppermost portions of the sidewalls. The lighting device includes a main housing, a securing member, and a main light mounted to the main housing and located to illuminate areas outside of the lift bucket. The main housing includes a first securing surface includes a pair of planar portions spaced from each other by a concave portion. The planar portions are configured to engage a planar surface of a sidewall or the upper lip of the lift bucket. The concave portion is configured to engage a convex surface of a sidewall or the upper lip located at a corner of the lift bucket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Clayton J. Gable, Kozeta C. Topchian, Eric Salinas, Scott M. Hargis, John H. Kargenian
  • Publication number: 20210372600
    Abstract: A battery powered lighting device is configured to be attached to lift bucket having sidewalls and an upper lip extending from uppermost portions of the sidewalls. The lighting device includes a main housing, a securing member, and a main light mounted to the main housing and located to illuminate areas outside of the lift bucket. The main housing includes a first securing surface and an upper housing portion, with the upper housing portion configured to be located above the upper lip of the lift bucket with the first securing surface engaged against a surface of the lift bucket. The main light is mounted to the main housing to move between a lower position wherein the main light is positioned below the upper housing portion and an upper position wherein the main light is positioned above the upper housing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Clayton J. Gable, Kozeta C. Topchian, Eric Salinas, Scott M. Hargis, John H. Kargenian
  • Patent number: 11187401
    Abstract: A battery powered lighting device is configured to be attached to a lift bucket having sidewalls and an upper lip extending from uppermost portions of the sidewalls. The lighting device includes a main housing, a securing member, and a main light mounted to the main housing and located to illuminate areas outside of the lift bucket. The main housing includes a first securing surface includes a pair of planar portions spaced from each other by a concave portion. The planar portions are configured to engage a planar surface of a sidewall or the upper lip of the lift bucket. The concave portion is configured to engage a convex surface of a sidewall or the upper lip located at a corner of the lift bucket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Clayton J. Gable, Kozeta C. Topchian, Eric Salinas, Scott M. Hargis, John H. Kargenian
  • Patent number: 11148261
    Abstract: A reversible tool holder assembly is adapted for insertion into a handle in either of two orientations to present two different ends extending from the handle. The reversible tool holder assembly includes a first barrel and a second barrel that are axially aligned, and a ratcheting mechanism that is disposed axially between the first and second barrels and configured to provide a reversible ratcheting mechanical connection between the first and second barrels. The ratcheting mechanism is configured to provide a reversible ratcheting mechanical connection or a solid mechanical connection between the two barrels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Molina, Kevin A. Ekdahl, Raul Rosales
  • Patent number: 11148262
    Abstract: A screwdriver device including a handle having an elongate channel extending partially therethrough of the handle and an axial blade member having a first distal end and a second distal end being configured and disposed for sliding through the elongate channel of the handle and a locking mechanism configured and disposed for releasably locking the axial blade member at a first operable position relative to the handle wherein the first distal end is exposed and the second distal end is disposed within the handle. The screwdriver device further includes a first tool head disposed on the first distal end of the blade member and a second tool head disposed on the second distal end of the blade member and an ejection mechanism configured and disposed within the handle to constantly urge the axial blade member out of the locking mechanism from the first operable position to a second inoperable position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Jestwin E. Lee, IV, Raul Rosales, Kevin A. Ekdahl
  • Publication number: 20210316421
    Abstract: A multifunction socket tool is provided that has first socket component for engagement with a first size drive portion of a threaded fastener, and a second socket component for engagement with a second size drive portion of a threaded fastener, with the second size being smaller than the first size The second socket component translates from a first position where it can torque a drive portion of the second size to a second position where the first socket component can torque a drive portion of the first size. The first socket component includes a first pair of opposed slots for receiving and torqueing the eye of an eyebolt, and the second socket component includes a second pair of opposed slots for aligning the first pair of slots with the eye prior to engagement of the eye by the first pair slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan T. M. Gimondo, Scott M. Hargis
  • Patent number: 11103981
    Abstract: An angled impact wrench includes a housing mounting a motor having an output shaft rotatable about a first axis, and an impact drive unit mounted in the housing for rotation about a second axis that is nonparallel to the first axis. The impact drive unit is configured to repeatedly cycle between an energy storing and energy release conditions in response to a drive torque supplied by the motor. The impact drive unit has a through passage extending along the second axis to allow a workpiece to extend completely through the impact wrench while the drive unit torques a threaded fastener onto the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Klein Tools, Inc
    Inventors: Scott M. Hargis, John H. Kargenian
  • Patent number: D947628
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Johnnie M. Coats, Daniel R. Pearson