Patents by Inventor David Wortelboer

David Wortelboer 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: 20210348367
    Abstract: A faucet system includes a housing assembly configured to be coupled to a ceiling structure, wherein the housing includes a mixing valve disposed therein. The faucet system further includes a hose assembly coupled to the housing assembly. The hose assembly includes a flexible hose being fluidly coupled to the mixing valve and configured to hang below the housing assembly, a rotatable arm coupled to the housing assembly, and a control knob communicably coupled to the mixing valve. The rotatable arm is configured to facilitate rotation and adjustment of the hose and the control knob configured to control at least one of a temperature or a flow of water within the faucet system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Gregory de Swarte, Jacob Frye, David Wortelboer, Rodney Weekley, Drew Johnson
  • Patent number: 9433993
    Abstract: Compact tube and pipe expanders and flaring tools requiring reduced actuation force by a user. A flaring tool includes a flaring block and a yoke clampable to the flaring block by a clamping mechanism. The yoke includes a housing having a threaded release portion movable between a first position and a second position. A flaring cone of the yoke has a tapered flaring surface adapted to engage an internal surface of a tube and deform at least the engaged portion of the tube against the flaring block into a flared condition. A threaded feed screw is operatively coupleable to the flaring cone to move the flaring cone into engagement with the internal surface of the tube to deform it. The tool has a handle to rotate the feed screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Irwin Industrial Tool Company
    Inventors: Joseph J. Houle, David Wortelboer
  • Patent number: 9144835
    Abstract: In a crossbow-style tube bender, a curved bending mandrel having a channel into which the tube in bent to form the bent tubing length has at least one relief surface forming a localized recess or depression in the surface of the channel. A forming bar or cross bar adapted to cooperate with a bending mandrel has on a first side of the forming bar a least one first pair of forming mandrels configured for a first tubing size, and on a second side of the forming bar has at least one second pair of forming mandrels configured for a second tubing size. The bender has a quick connect-disconnect mechanism permitting quick disconnection from and connection to the forming bar to utilize either the at least one first or at least one second pairs of forming mandrels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Irwin Industrial Tool Company
    Inventors: Joseph J. Houle, David Wortelboer
  • Publication number: 20150000364
    Abstract: Compact tube and pipe expanders and flaring tools requiring reduced actuation force by a user. A flaring tool includes a flaring block and a yoke clampable to the flaring block by a clamping mechanism. The yoke includes a housing having a threaded release portion movable between a first position and a second position. A flaring cone of the yoke has a tapered flaring surface adapted to engage an internal surface of a tube and deform at least the engaged portion of the tube against the flaring block into a flared condition. A threaded feed screw is operatively coupleable to the flaring cone to move the flaring cone into engagement with the internal surface of the tube to deform it. The tool has a handle to rotate the feed screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Joseph J. Houle, David Wortelboer
  • Patent number: 8869581
    Abstract: Compact tube and pipe expanders and flaring tools requiring reduced actuation force by a user. A flaring tool includes a flaring block and a yoke clampable to the flaring block by a clamping mechanism. The yoke includes a housing having a threaded release portion movable between a first position and a second position. A flaring cone of the yoke has a tapered flaring surface adapted to engage an internal surface of a tube and deform at least the engaged portion of the tube against the flaring block into a flared condition. A threaded feed screw is operatively coupleable to the flaring cone to move the flaring cone into engagement with the internal surface of the tube to deform it. The tool has a handle to rotate the feed screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Irwin Industrial Tool Company
    Inventors: Joseph J. Houle, David Wortelboer
  • Publication number: 20120240652
    Abstract: Compact tube and pipe expanders and flaring tools requiring reduced actuation force by a user. A flaring tool includes a flaring block and a yoke clampable to the flaring block by a clamping mechanism. The yoke includes a housing having a threaded release portion movable between a first position and a second position. A flaring cone of the yoke has a tapered flaring surface adapted to engage an internal surface of a tube and deform at least the engaged portion of the tube against the flaring block into a flared condition. A threaded feed screw is operatively coupleable to the flaring cone to move the flaring cone into engagement with the internal surface of the tube to deform it. The tool has a handle to rotate the feed screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventors: Joseph J. Houle, David Wortelboer
  • Publication number: 20120240655
    Abstract: In a crossbow-style tube bender, a curved bending mandrel having a channel into which the tube in bent to form the bent tubing length has at least one relief surface forming a localized recess or depression in the surface of the channel. A forming bar or cross bar adapted to cooperate with a bending mandrel has on a first side of the forming bar a least one first pair of forming mandrels configured for a first tubing size, and on a second side of the forming bar has at least one second pair of forming mandrels configured for a second tubing size. The bender has a quick connect-disconnect mechanism permitting quick disconnection from and connection to the forming bar to utilize either the at least one first or at least one second pairs of forming mandrels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventors: Joseph J. Houle, David Wortelboer
  • Patent number: D783429
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: David A. Wortelboer, Steven W. Hyma, Kyle C. Anderson
  • Patent number: D783430
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: David A. Wortelboer, Steven W. Hyma, Kyle C. Anderson
  • Patent number: D787347
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: David A. Wortelboer, Steven W. Hyma, Kyle C. Anderson
  • Patent number: D979714
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Gregory de Swarte, Jacob Frye, David Wortelboer, Rodney Weekley, Drew Johnson