Patents by Inventor Rudolph J. Makima

Rudolph J. Makima 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).

  • Spark plug ground electrode shield remover
    Patent number: 7987572
    Abstract: A tool for removing a spark plug from an internal combustion engine after such ground electrode shield has been broken away from an upper portion of a spark plug. The tool includes: a rod having a first end threaded to an interior portion of the shield; a hollow tube for receiving a portion of the rod between the first end of the rod and a second end of the rod, such tube having a stepped portion for engaging a shoulder of the engine; and an extracting means attached to the second end of the rod for generating a force axially along a longitudinal axis of the shield to remove the shield from the engine as such rod and shield are lifted by the generated force through the hollow region of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Badman, Rudolph J. Makima
  • SPARK PLUG GROUND ELECTRODE SHIELD REMOVER
    Publication number: 20080190245
    Abstract: A tool for removing a spark plug from an internal combustion engine after such ground electrode shield has been broken away from an upper portion of a spark plug. The tool includes: a rod having a first end threaded to an interior portion of the shield; a hollow tube for receiving a portion of the rod between the first end of the rod and a second end of the rod, such tube having a stepped portion for engaging a shoulder of the engine; and an extracting means attached to the second end of the rod for generating a force axially along a longitudinal axis of the shield to remove the shield from the engine as such rod and shield are lifted by the generated force through the hollow region of the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2007
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Badman, Rudolph J. Makima