Patents by Inventor James B. Howard

James B. Howard 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).

  • Impact tool
    Patent number: 10471573
    Abstract: An impact tool includes a housing, a 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. The drive assembly includes an anvil, a hammer that is both rotationally and axially movable relative to the anvil, and a spring for biasing the hammer in an axial direction toward the anvil. The spring is rotationally unitized to the hammer for co-rotation therewith at all times during operation of the impact tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: James B. Howard, Jacob P. Schneider
  • IMPACT TOOL
    Publication number: 20170190028
    Abstract: An impact tool includes a housing, a 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. The drive assembly includes an anvil, a hammer that is both rotationally and axially movable relative to the anvil, and a spring for biasing the hammer in an axial direction toward the anvil. The spring is rotationally unitized to the hammer for co-rotation therewith at all times during operation of the impact tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: James B. Howard, Jacob P. Schneider
  • Lock-nut wrench
    Patent number: D379053
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 6, 1997
    Inventor: James B. Howard