Patents by Inventor James A. Yaccarino

James A. Yaccarino 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: 20240269808
    Abstract: An impact tool includes a housing with a first and second housing portions and a first handle extending from the first housing portion, a motor supported in the housing, a battery receptacle is located at a bottom end of the first handle, and a battery pack removably coupled to the battery receptacle to provide power to the motor. The impact tool also includes a trigger located on the first handle to selectively energize the motor, a gear assembly, and a drive assembly for converting a continuous torque input from the motor to consecutive rotational impacts upon a workpiece such that the drive assembly is capable of developing at least 1,700 ft-lbs of fastening torque. A gear support is coupled to the first housing portion and the second housing portion and defines a gear case with the second housing portion to enclose the gear assembly and the drive assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Jacob P. Schneider, James A. Yaccarino, Daniel R. Ertl
  • Patent number: 11964368
    Abstract: An impact tool includes a housing that includes a motor housing portion, a front housing portion coupled to the motor housing portion, and a D-shaped handle portion extending from the motor housing portion in a direction opposite the front housing portion. The impact tool includes an electric motor supported in the motor housing portion, a battery pack supported by the housing for providing power to the motor, and a drive assembly for converting a continuous torque input from the motor to consecutive rotational impacts upon a workpiece capable of developing at least 1,700 ft-lbs of fastening torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jacob P. Schneider, James A. Yaccarino, Daniel R. Ertl
  • Publication number: 20220250216
    Abstract: An impact tool includes a housing that includes a motor housing portion, a front housing portion coupled to the motor housing portion, and a D-shaped handle portion extending from the motor housing portion in a direction opposite the front housing portion. The impact tool includes an electric motor supported in the motor housing portion, a battery pack supported by the housing for providing power to the motor, and a drive assembly for converting a continuous torque input from the motor to consecutive rotational impacts upon a workpiece capable of developing at least 1,700 ft-lbs of fastening torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Jacob P. Schneider, James A. Yaccarino, Daniel R. Ertl
  • Patent number: 11318589
    Abstract: An impact tool includes a housing, an electric motor supported in the housing, and a drive assembly for converting a continuous torque input from the motor to consecutive rotational impacts upon a workpiece capable of developing at least 1,700 ft-lbs of fastening torque. The drive assembly includes an anvil rotatable about an axis and having a head adjacent a distal end of the anvil. The head has a minimum cross-sectional width of at least 1 inch in a plane oriented transverse to the axis. The drive assembly also includes a hammer that is both rotationally and axially movable relative to the anvil for imparting the consecutive rotational impacts upon the anvil, and a spring for biasing the hammer in an axial direction toward the anvil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jacob P. Schneider, James A. Yaccarino, Daniel R. Ertl
  • Publication number: 20190255687
    Abstract: An impact tool includes a housing, an electric motor supported in the housing, and a drive assembly for converting a continuous torque input from the motor to consecutive rotational impacts upon a workpiece capable of developing at least 1,700 ft-lbs of fastening torque. The drive assembly includes an anvil rotatable about an axis and having a head adjacent a distal end of the anvil. The head has a minimum cross-sectional width of at least 1 inch in a plane oriented transverse to the axis. The drive assembly also includes a hammer that is both rotationally and axially movable relative to the anvil for imparting the consecutive rotational impacts upon the anvil, and a spring for biasing the hammer in an axial direction toward the anvil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Jacob P. Schneider, James A. Yaccarino, Daniel R. Ertl