Patents by Inventor Jay Nicholas Whaley

Jay Nicholas Whaley 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: 11084086
    Abstract: A hammer punch tool having a guide and a punch that is slidably coupled to the guide. The guide has a force transfer surface and a cavity accessible through an opening in the guide. The punch has a portion that is slidably received within the cavity of the guide through the opening in the guide. The guide slides relative to the punch between a reset position of the guide (or extended position of the punch), in which a portion of the punch engages the guide to retain at least a portion of the punch within the cavity, and a hammer position of the guide (or retracted position of the punch), in which the force transfer surface of the guide engages the punch. A method of forming material with the hammer punch tool by striking the punch with the guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: EURO TOOL, INC.
    Inventor: Jay Nicholas Whaley
  • Patent number: 10639730
    Abstract: A ring sizing tool with a base and a guide movably coupled to the base. The base has first and second ends with a longitudinal axis extending between the ends. A cut guide surface is positioned adjacent the second end, and a base ring engaging surface is spaced apart from the cut guide surface. The guide has a guide ring engaging surface and at least one ring size indication spaced apart from the guide ring engaging surface. The guide is movable with respect to the base in a direction aligned with the longitudinal axis of the base between at least a first position, in which the guide ring engaging surface abuts the base ring engaging surface, and a second position, in which the guide ring engaging surface is spaced a distance from the base ring engaging surface. A method for sizing a ring with the ring sizing tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: EURO TOOL, INC.
    Inventor: Jay Nicholas Whaley
  • Patent number: D742211
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: EURO TOOL, INC.
    Inventor: Jay Nicholas Whaley