Patents by Inventor Catalin Virgil Captarencu

Catalin Virgil Captarencu 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).

  • Publication number: 20250003747
    Abstract: A digital angle gauge includes a housing body. The housing body includes a first surface having a first light opening, a second surface, opposing the first surface, having a second light opening, and a third surface, adjacent the first surface and the second surface, having a third light opening. The digital angle gauge includes an orientation sensor configured to measure an orientation of the housing body with respect to gravity. The digital angle gauge includes a light source, wherein the light source emits light based on the measured orientation of the housing body. The digital angle gauge includes a light guide, disposed in the housing body, directing the light from light source to the first light opening, the second light opening, and the third light opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Catalin Virgil Captarencu, David Lightman
  • Publication number: 20240255267
    Abstract: A combination square is provided with a square head that includes a pair of bores extending through a blade receiving slot, a pair of pins, each pin having an eccentric outermost surface and being engaged in a corresponding one of the bores, and a ruled blade that is releasably engaged in the slot such that the relative angle between the head and the blade can be adjusted by rotating one or both of the pins about the axis of the corresponding bore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventor: Catalin Virgil Captarencu
  • Patent number: 11292115
    Abstract: A manually operated staple gun includes a frame, a staple magazine, and a user-actuated unit. The user-actuated unit is mounted in the frame to switch between a first condition wherein the magazine is configured to guide staples of a first width along a guide axis into a ready position to be driven into a work piece and a second condition wherein the magazine is configured to guide staples of a second width along the guide axis into the ready position to be driven into a work piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventor: Catalin Virgil Captarencu
  • Publication number: 20210178566
    Abstract: A manually operated staple gun includes a frame, a staple magazine, and a user-actuated unit. The user-actuated unit is mounted in the frame to switch between a first condition wherein the magazine is configured to guide staples of a first width along a guide axis into a ready position to be driven into a work piece and a second condition wherein the magazine is configured to guide staples of a second width along the guide axis into the ready position to be driven into a work piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventor: Catalin Virgil Captarencu
  • Publication number: 20200112150
    Abstract: A wire hook having a body portion adapted to connect to a fish rod set comprising two opposed hook members configured to engage a wire or rod in an open position and secure said wire or rod in a locked position such that the wire or rod may be lifted and pulled once from the other end of the fish rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Catalin Virgil Captarencu