Patents by Inventor Steve Ortiz

Steve Ortiz 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: 9061379
    Abstract: The improved installation tool for installing grommets in a hole in a panel having a countersink end includes an anvil having a convex surface for contacting the head of the grommet after the grommet is installed in the hole. A flaring die having a tapered tubular portion for inserting into the grommet is mounted on the open end there in and chamfered surface for deforming the end of the grommet so that it is deformed into the countersink. This is accomplished by a threaded rod that extends through a hole in the anvil, grommet and threadably engages internal threads in the die. Withdrawing of the rod causes the die to be moved against the grommet and flares the end of the grommet into the countersink and locks it in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: William T. Mead, Dennis Bowles, Steve Ortiz