Patents by Inventor Gary Stuckle

Gary Stuckle 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: 5281059
    Abstract: An adjustably expandable fluted tap to reform damaged threads defined in a blind hole, such as a spark plug hole. The tool provides an elongate body with a first end defining an expandable fluted tap having a relaxed diameter smaller than but matingly similar to the threads to be repaired, and a second end defining a butterfly handle. The body defines a medial channel carrying an arbor with a first end having a tapered forcing cone for expanding the fluted tap, and a second end threadedly engaged in a round knurled nut carried externally of the second end of the body. The tap is inserted in a hole beyond the damaged threads, the knurled nut tightened to retract the forcing cone to expand the fluted tap into mating engagement with the undamaged threads and the tool is then screwed out of the hole by revolving the butterfly handle to reform the damaged threads as it is withdrawn therepast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1994
    Inventor: Gary Stuckle