Patents by Inventor Joseph Leo Vento

Joseph Leo Vento 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).

  • Systems and methods for repairing chains
    Patent number: 11958102
    Abstract: A method of repairing a chain can include aligning a bore of an outer chain link with a bore of an inner chain link, inserting a pin through the aligned bores, the pin having a thread end opposite a head end, engaging a multi-jackbolt tensioner with the thread end of the pin, the multi-jackbolt tensioner having a plurality of fasteners, advancing each of the plurality of fasteners to press on the outer chain link, and forming an interference fit between the pin and the outer chain link at the bore of the outer chain link from the advancing of the fasteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: REXNORD INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Leo Vento, David Richard Woods, Kyle Steven Jansson
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REPAIRING CHAINS
    Publication number: 20220362835
    Abstract: A method of repairing a chain can include aligning a bore of an outer chain link with a bore of an inner chain link, inserting a pin through the aligned bores, the pin having a thread end opposite a head end, engaging a multi-jackbolt tensioner with the thread end of the pin, the multi-jackbolt tensioner having a plurality of fasteners, advancing each of the plurality of fasteners to press on the outer chain link, and forming an interference fit between the pin and the outer chain link at the bore of the outer chain link from the advancing of the fasteners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Joseph Leo Vento, David Richard Woods, Kyle Steven Jansson