Patents by Inventor Alfred W. Kuder

Alfred W. Kuder 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: 4082475
    Abstract: There is disclosed an attachment for a counter-rotating coaxial drive fastener gun having a cylindrical housing adapted to be threadably attached to the outer drive member of a coaxial drive fastener gun and having an inner cavity with a ring gear fixedly attached therein. A spider has a projecting end thereon adapted to engage the inner drive of the coaxial drive fastener gun and further has a plurality of planetary gears journaled therearound and is inserted into the inner cavity of the cylindrical housing with the planetary gears engaging the ring gear. A central drive gear of smaller diameter than the planetary gears is inserted into a central opening between the planetary gears and engages each of the planetary gears. A reamer is removably coupled to the central drive gear and rotated thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1978
    Assignee: Frank A. Klaus
    Inventor: Alfred W. Kuder
  • Patent number: 4034574
    Abstract: There is disclosed a universal or swivel joint having a ball member with an axis of rotation and a projection of substantially spherical shape centered on the axis, the surface of the projection containing a plurality of facets aligned with and uniformly and symmetrically positioned angularly around the axis of rotation, and a socket member having an axis of rotation and a receptacle centered on the axis which receptacle receives and mates with the ball member, the receptacle having an interior surface containing a plurality of facets aligned with and uniformly and symmetrically positioned angularly around the axis of rotation of the socket member, each of the facets of the receptacle mating with and being positioned in sliding engagement with a respective facet of the ball member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1977
    Assignee: Frank A. Klaus
    Inventor: Alfred W. Kuder