Patents by Inventor Jacob C. Strachan

Jacob C. Strachan 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: 20240083065
    Abstract: A handheld punch tool includes a housing, a die holder coupled to the housing, a die supported by the die holder, the die and the die holder defining a feed slot therebetween for receiving a workpiece to be cut, a punch configured to reciprocate within the die holder along a punch axis, an electric motor disposed within the housing and having a motor shaft configured to rotate about a motor axis to reciprocate the punch, and a flywheel mass coupled for co-rotation with the motor shaft about the motor axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Jacob C. Strachan, Benjamin J. Boldt, Gerald A. Zucca
  • Patent number: 11820038
    Abstract: A handheld punch tool includes a housing, a die holder coupled to the housing, a die supported by the die holder, the die and the die holder defining a feed slot therebetween for receiving a workpiece to be cut, and a punch configured to reciprocate within the die holder, with a main body defining a first longitudinal axis extending centrally through the main body and a punch element extending from the main body along a second longitudinal axis parallel to the first longitudinal axis. The punch element is configured to cut a first distance into the workpiece per stroke of the punch when the feed slot faces a first side of the punch and to cut a second distance into the workpiece per stroke when the feed slot faces a second side of the punch opposite the first side. The first distance is greater than the second distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jacob C. Strachan, Benjamin J. Boldt, Gerald A. Zucca
  • Publication number: 20220111548
    Abstract: A handheld punch tool includes a housing, a die holder coupled to the housing, a die supported by the die holder, the die and the die holder defining a feed slot therebetween for receiving a workpiece to be cut, and a punch configured to reciprocate within the die holder, with a main body defining a first longitudinal axis extending centrally through the main body and a punch element extending from the main body along a second longitudinal axis parallel to the first longitudinal axis. The punch element is configured to cut a first distance into the workpiece per stroke of the punch when the feed slot faces a first side of the punch and to cut a second distance into the workpiece per stroke when the feed slot faces a second side of the punch opposite the first side. The first distance is greater than the second distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Jacob C. Strachan, Benjamin J. Boldt, Gerald A. Zucca