Patents by Inventor Andrew L. Ducker, Jr.

Andrew L. Ducker, Jr. 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: 5405221
    Abstract: A tool bit includes a shaft portion having an adaptor end and a working end and a middle segment connecting the adaptor end and the working end, the middle segment having an average radius and a longitudinal axis, an adaptor base having an axial bore for receiving the adaptor end and having a fastening structure for removably securing the adaptor end within the axial bore, where the adaptor base has an average radius which is at least two times the average radius of the shaft portion middle segment, for enhanced tool bit stability, and where the adaptor base includes a lateral chuck engaging surface adapted to abut during rotational loading of the tool bit a corresponding lateral adaptor base engaging surface within a power tool chuck, and to abut the adaptor base engaging surface at a distance from the shaft portion longitudinal axis of at least two times the average radius of the middle segment so that the chuck engaging surface lockingly abuts the adaptor base engaging surface with a substantial moment, to
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1995
    Inventors: Andrew L. Ducker, III, Andrew L. Ducker, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5328308
    Abstract: A tool bit includes a shaft portion having a mounting end for insertion into a bit receiving opening of a chuck, having a working end, and having an average radius and a longitudinal axis, a flywheel portion, between the mounting end and the working end, having an average radius greater than the average radius of the shaft portion and greater than the average radius of the receiving opening of the chuck, and having a center of gravity, the flywheel portion being connected to the shaft portion such that the flywheel portion center of gravity is located substantially on the shaft portion longitudinal axis, the shaft portion, the mounting end and the flywheel portion being joined together as a single unified structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1994
    Inventors: Andrew L. Ducker, III, Andrew L. Ducker, Jr.