Patents by Inventor Jon W. Muir

Jon W. Muir 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).

  • Tool for seating a lockbolt fastener
    Patent number: 5060359
    Abstract: Methods and tools for installing fasteners of the lockbolt type. The fastener is pulled through cooperating apertures in a stackup of parts being joined by a tool with jaws which can be closed to grip the pintail of the fastener and then retracted to seat the fastener. A collar is swaged onto a grooved section of the fastener's shank and the pintail is broken off to complete the installation of the fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1991
    Inventor: Jon W. Muir