Patents by Inventor Earl T. Wootton

Earl T. Wootton 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).

  • Swaging tool for axially swaged fittings
    Patent number: 5680687
    Abstract: A swaging tool for swaging an axially swaged fitting for connecting tubes and pipes is disclosed. The tool comprises a housing and a piston movable in opposite axial directions within the housing. A first engaging member in the form of a U-shaped yoke is formed on the outer surface of the housing. A second engaging member, also in the form of a U-shaped yoke, is formed on the outer surface of the piston and is adapted to slide within slots in the outer surface of the housing. Both of these yokes are configured to allow either side of each yoke to engage a portion of the fitting to swage it when the yoke of the second engaging member is moved toward the yoke of the first engaging member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1997
    Assignee: The Deutsch Company
    Inventors: Arthur J. Hyatt, Biing-Kwang Kelvin Hsieh, Earl T. Wootton
  • Swaging tool for axially swaged fittings
    Patent number: 5398394
    Abstract: A swaging tool for swaging an axially swaged fitting for connecting tubes and pipes is disclosed. The tool comprises a housing and a piston movable in opposite axial directions within the housing. A first engaging member in the form of a U-shaped yoke is formed on the outer surface of the housing. A second engaging member, also in the form of a U-shaped yoke, is formed on the outer surface of the piston and is adapted to slide within slots in the outer surface of the housing. Both of these yokes are configured to allow each yoke to engage a portion of the fitting to swage it when the yoke of the second engaging member is moved toward the yoke of the first engaging member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1995
    Assignee: The Deutsch Company
    Inventors: Arthur J. Hyatt, Biing-Kwang K. Hsieh, Earl T. Wootton