Patents by Inventor Ernest E. Shipman

Ernest E. Shipman 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: 4845823
    Abstract: A disc brake caliper tool is set forth wherein a plurality of generally "L" shaped offset jaws are provided with confronting surfaces to impinge on a respective individual of a pair of disc brake pads within a caliper of an automotive disc brake assembly. The offset jaws are actuated by a toggling actuation mechanism in turn actuated by a plier-type plurality of force application handles wherein an individual of said handles is provided pivotally thereto with an adapter bar pivotal from a first position adjacent and parallel to said handle to a second position parallel to but coextensive to said handle for deflecting a disc brake caliper without removal of said caliper from association with a rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1989
    Inventor: Ernest E. Shipman