Patents Examined by David B. Thomas
  • Patent number: 11724370
    Abstract: A lockable adapter is configured to couple a drive socket to a tool. The lockable adapter includes a body defining a longitudinal axis. The body is configured to couple the lockable adapter to the tool. The lockable adapter includes a sleeve moveably coupled relative to the body along the longitudinal axis of the body between a first position and a second position. The sleeve is configured to interface with the drive socket to support the drive socket on the sleeve. The lockable adapter includes a collar moveable relative to the sleeve. The sleeve moves into the second position configured to lock the drive socket to the sleeve in response to inserting the drive socket onto the sleeve. The sleeve moves into the first position configured to allow removal of the drive socket from the sleeve in response to moving the collar relative to the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael J. Zimmermann, James J. Van Essen
  • Patent number: 11724367
    Abstract: An attachment part for a power tool includes an elongated housing including an upper housing part, a lower housing part and an interconnection structure that interconnects the upper and lower housing parts. An input gear for connection to an output shaft of a power tool is arranged at a first end of the housing. An output gear with an output interface is arranged at a second end of the housing. The interconnecting structure includes a sleeve member extending through a first central bore at the first end of the upper housing part, which sleeve member receives the input gear, and a fixation member extending through a second central bore at the first end of the lower housing part and which is arranged to be secured to the sleeve member to clamp the upper and lower housing parts. A tool assembly includes a power tool and the attachment part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: ATLAS COPCO INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUE AB
    Inventors: Ulf Mikael Eriksson, Wojtek Malinowski
  • Patent number: 11717946
    Abstract: A method for evaluating a condition of a torque wrench includes connecting the torque wrench to an adapter, detecting a click point, where a click mechanism of the torque wrench is decoupled from a first position into a second position, and measuring a click torque value at the click point, detecting a peak point and measuring a peak torque value at the peak point, detecting a release point, where the click mechanism is moving back from the second position into the first position, and measuring a release torque value at the release point, determining that the evaluation was performed correctly if the click point, the peak point and the release point were detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: ATLAS COPCO INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUE AB
    Inventor: Uwe Brechenmacher
  • Patent number: 11717942
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a manual hydraulic multi-functional extra-high-voltage insulating gear gripper pliers stick for live-wire work and the pliers stick and, more specifically, to a manual hydraulic multi-functional extra-high-voltage insulating gear gripper pliers stick for live-wire work and an indirect live-wire construction method using the pliers stick, which: allow components or the like, which are installed on and removed from an electric pole in order to perform electric wire-stringing work or fix electric wires, to be remotely constructed by means of the indirect live-wire work while maintaining a safe distance from live wires when constructing power distribution equipment in an extra-high-voltage live-wire state; ensure safety by eliminating risks due to instability during work, said instability occurring due to the intensity of the labor and the physical limitations of the workers; and bring about improvements in utilization efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignees: DAEWON ELECTRIC CO., LTD., DAEWON INDUSTRY COMPANY
    Inventor: Sae Won Kwon
  • Patent number: 11712932
    Abstract: A tire changer apparatus for the assembly or disassembly of tires from a rim of a wheel of a vehicle, said tire changer apparatus comprising: a base; a drive unit movable along a predetermined direction and configured to rotate, around a rotation axis, a wheel of a vehicle; a frame emerging from the base. The rotation axis of the wheel and the predetermined direction define an ideal plane of movement of the drive unit. The apparatus also comprises a first and a second device, each of which comprises: an arm hinged to the frame and configured to rotate around a respective axis parallel to the rotation axis of the wheel, a tool configured to operate on a rim and/or a tire of a wheel; the first and second devices are configured to arrange the respective tools on opposite sides with respect to said ideal plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Butler Engineering and Marketing S.p.A. (BUTLER S.P.A.)
    Inventors: Tullio Gonzaga, Paolo Signorelli
  • Patent number: 11701756
    Abstract: A screwing tool, including an elongate handle which, at each of the two ends thereof, bears a head pivotable about a pivot axis and having two torque transmission flanks in each case and has a force application flank for introducing a force in order to produce a torque on the head remote from the relevant force application flank, wherein, in a pivoting end position of the head, in which a stop of the head lies against a counter stop of the handle, a narrow side of the head functionally directed away from the stop forms an extension of the force application flank. The second head forms an extension of the force application flank and can be used as a hand grip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Wera Werkzeuge GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Abel
  • Patent number: 11701762
    Abstract: A torque wrench (100, 400) may include a body (410), a force detector (420) operably coupled to the body and configured to detect a bending force applied to the body, and a user interface (140) operably coupled to the body and the force detector. The user interface may be configured to include a setting mode in which a variable feature of the torque wrench is adjustable. The user interface may be further configured to, when in the setting mode, adjust the variable feature based on the bending force applied to the body and detected by the force detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Apex Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Minglin Shi, Chenglai Zhang
  • Patent number: 11701761
    Abstract: An apparatus providing a platform for installing screws can include a cart with wheels, an assembly rail system mounted to the cart, and a screw assembly mounted to the assembly rail system. The screw assembly can include a screw feeding device, a screw guide tube, and a screwing device such as a drill that rotates a drive shaft that engages a screw received from the screw guide tube. The screw feeding device can include a screw rack that holds screws, and a magnetic grip that moves a screw from the screw rack to a screw feeding tube that is connected to the screw guide tube. The screw guide tube can include bristles for centering a screw received from the screw feeding tube. The apparatus can include a computer control system that operates the screwing device and the screw feeding device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Swinerton Incorporated
    Inventors: Eric Law, Tristen Magallanes, Alex Wuebben
  • Patent number: 11698107
    Abstract: A self-clamping torque adapter comprises a tool base, a central hub, a plurality of clamps, and a cam actuator mechanism. The tool base has a central axis and the central hub is rotatably coupled to the tool base and configured to rotate relative to the tool base about the central axis. The central hub comprises a torque input member configured to receive a torque input. The plurality of clamps are slidably coupled to the tool base, and configured to displace bi-directionally along a radial axis. The cam actuator mechanism couples each of the plurality of clamps to the central hub. Rotation of the central hub relative to the tool base causes the cam actuator mechanism to move each of the plurality of clamps in a radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: Christopher D. Remy
  • Patent number: 11697195
    Abstract: A fastener driving tool is provided for driving a fastener onto a threaded rod. The fastener driving tool includes a housing, and an input shaft rotatably supported by the housing. The input shaft defines a first rotational axis. An output member is rotatably supported by the housing. The output member is configured to rotatably support the fastener. The output member is configured to receive the fastener and a portion of the threaded rod. A transmission assembly is operatively coupled between the input shaft and the output member. The transmission assembly is configured to convert an input torque from the input shaft about the first rotational axis to an output torque about a second rotational axis acting on the output member. The second rotational axis is disposed at an angle relative to the first rotational axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kailyn M. Longueville
  • Patent number: 11691860
    Abstract: A device (1, 1?) for at least partially unscrewing a lid (30) from a container body (31) has a lid engagement portion (3) and a container body engagement portion (13) each having opposite first (4, 14) and second ends (5, 15). Levers (20, 21) project from these first ends (4,14). An elastically expandable member (22) is connected between the second ends (5, 15) of the lid engagement portion (3) and the container body engagement portion (13). If the lid engagement portion (3) is in contact with the lid (30) and the container body engagement portion (13) is in contact with the container body (31), moving the levers (20, 21) towards each other first causes the lid (30) to be entrained relative to the container body engagement portion (13) and the container body (31) to be entrained relative to the lid engagement portion (3) while the elastically expandable member (22) is stretched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Inventor: Taco Elzinga
  • Patent number: 11691251
    Abstract: An adjustable wrench is disclosed. The adjustable wrench is used for an assembly part. The adjustable wrench includes a frame and an adjustable member. An inner side of the frame has a first rack. The adjustable member has a second rack meshed with the first rack. The adjustable member and the frame are meshed with each other by the first rack and the second rack such that the adjustable member forms a first space inside the frame, wherein the adjustable member adjusts a meshing position of the second rack and the first rack to change the size of the first space; thus, the first space can match assembly parts of different specifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Hanlong Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chien-Chou Liao, Chien-Wei Huang
  • Patent number: 11679633
    Abstract: Described is a machine (1) for fitting and removing a tyre from a corresponding wheel rim of a vehicle, comprising: a wheel-holder unit (4), which rotates about a first axis (A); at least one bead breaker tool (29), movable along a second axis (B) parallel to the first axis (A); a roller (2) rotating about a fourth axis (D) parallel to the first axis (A) and configured to move by rotation about a fifth axis (E) spaced from the fourth axis (D), between an active position where it is in contact with a tyre tread of the wheel mounted on the wheel-holder unit (4), to a position of non-interference relative to the tyre; at least one sensor (40) connected to the roller (2) for detecting a signal representing a force transmitted to the roller (2) by the tyre; a removal tool (37), which is movable by rotation about a sixth axis (F) parallel to the first axis (A) and spaced from it, between a first position proximal to the first axis (A) and a second position distal from the first axis (A), which is movable in a direc
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: NEXION S.P.A.
    Inventor: Giulio Corghi
  • Patent number: 11679475
    Abstract: An electrically isolated coupler may include a driven body, a drive body and an insulating member. The drive body is made of first metallic material and has a driven end configured to interface with a fastening component. The driven body includes a first interface portion and the drive body includes a second interface portion. The drive body is made of a second metallic material and has a drive end configured to interface with a driving tool. The insulating member is disposed between the drive body and the driven body to electrically isolate the drive body and the driven body from each. The first interface portion includes at least one axially extending portion that extends toward the drive body, and the second interface portion includes at least one axially extending portion that extends toward the driven body. The insulating member is disposed between the respective at least one axially extending portions of the first and second interface portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: APEX BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: James Richard Raskin, Matthew Paul Keller
  • Patent number: 11673239
    Abstract: A tool bit includes a drive portion configured to be selectively coupled to a tool. The drive portion is composed of a first material. The tool bit includes a working end portion having a shape configured to correspond with a recess of a fastener for the working end portion to engage and drive the fastener. The working end portion includes a first segment and a second segment. The first segment is located between the second segment and the drive portion. The first segment is composed of the first material. The second segment is fixed to the first segment at a connection interface. The second segment is composed of a second material different than the first material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: James J. Van Essen, David Hlavac, Milorad Marich
  • Patent number: 11673242
    Abstract: A fastener device is disclosed. The fastener device includes a hub defining a bore, an attachment shank including a proximal stop and distal bit received within the bore, a retainer releasably engagable with a proximal end of the hub and a defining a passageway for a proximal mounting end of the attachment shank, a biasing element engaged with the proximal stop, and a split cam assembly disposed within a distal end of the bore. The split cam assembly is biased toward a closed configuration for engaging and retaining the head of a fastener, and is piovtable upon distal advancement of the attachment shank and distal bit, against the head, to release the head from engagement with the split cam assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SHUR-A-TAK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Walter Heinrich Nagel, III, Michael Pintz, Michael Keller, Andrew Somrack
  • Patent number: 11673236
    Abstract: A wrench combination device includes three open-jawed wrench sockets. A first open jawed wrench socket is at one end of the device, and a second open jawed wrench socket, which is substantially identical to the first, is at an extreme opposite end. A third open jawed wrench socket is centered between and is inline with the first and second open-jawed wrench sockets, and has two portals. The first portal is open at two opposite ends and extends normal to a plane passing through the first and second open jawed wrench sockets. The second portal opens on one side of the third socket and extends in the plane passing through the first and second open jawed wrench sockets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Inventor: Javier Negron
  • Patent number: 11667013
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a manual hydraulic multi-functional extra-high-voltage insulating gear gripper pliers stick for live-wire work and the pliers stick and, more specifically, to a manual hydraulic multi-functional extra-high-voltage insulating gear gripper pliers stick for live-wire work and an indirect live-wire construction method using the pliers stick, which: allow components or the like, which are installed on and removed from an electric pole in order to perform electric wire-stringing work or fix electric wires, to be remotely constructed by means of the indirect live-wire work while maintaining a safe distance from live wires when constructing power distribution equipment in an extra-high-voltage live-wire state; ensure safety by eliminating risks due to instability during work, said instability occurring due to the intensity of the labor and the physical limitations of the workers; and bring about improvements in utilization efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignees: DAEWON ELECTRIC CO., LTD., DAEWON INDUSTRY COMPANY
    Inventor: Sae Won Kwon
  • Patent number: 11667028
    Abstract: A telescopic tool includes a positioning device mounted between first and second rods. The first rod includes a first positioning hole, and a first gripping portion. The second rod includes a plurality of second positioning holes, and is movable relative to the first rod to align the first positioning hole with one of the second positioning holes. A switch controller is movable relative to the first rod and is movably coupled to a positioning member. The positioning member movably extends through the first positioning hole and is releasably engaged in one of the second positioning holes in response to movement of the switch controller relative to the first rod. A fixing member includes a second gripping portion mounted around the first rod. A resilient biasing member is pivotally connected to the first rod and pressing against the positioning member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Hong Ann Tool Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Cheng-Wei Su
  • Patent number: 11660732
    Abstract: The multi-function tool described herein includes a case, a drive ratchet installed in the case, a threading die held within the case, a file attached to the case such that a working surface of the file is exposed, a wrench tool removably secured to the case by a wrench retaining feature formed in the case, socket tools removably secured to the case by socket retaining features formed in the case, and a bar extension tool removably secured to the case by a bar extension retaining feature formed in the case. The ratchet has a fitting exposed at the top of the case, and a toggle switch exposed at the bottom of the case. The bar extension tool is compatible with the socket tools, the fitting of the ratchet is compatible with the socket tools, and the fitting of the ratchet is compatible with the bar extension tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Inventor: Alim Ahamad Khan