Patents by Inventor Joseph S. LaTorre

Joseph S. LaTorre 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: 5305666
    Abstract: The invention is a tool for installing Hi-Lok-type fasteners consisting of a pin component having a headed end and a threaded end with a hex recess therein, and a collar component having a threaded body and a torque-off nut. The tool has a drive head in which a rotatably driven socket is supported for driving the collar component of the fastener during a fastener installation event. A tubular key holder is coaxial with the socket and rotationally fixed relative to the drive head, supporting a hex key against rotation in an axial keyway, the hex key being engageable in the pin component hex recess to hold the pin component against rotation during a fastener installation event. A retention shaft extends coaxially through the key holder, and its forward end is threadedly connected to the key to retain the key in the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1994
    Inventor: Joseph S. LaTorre
  • Patent number: 4836062
    Abstract: A blind fastener installation apparatus for making a plurality of different tools capable of installing a plurality of types and sizes of blind fasteners which have a stationary head element and a coaxial rotatable bolt element with a protruding wrench end. A plurality of tubular nose connecting elements at one end for connection to the body of an installation tool have nose tip connecting means for releasable connection with nose tip adapting elements that are connectable with nose connecting means adapted to hold a variety of blind fastener head elements stationary during installation in which wrench connecting elements located within the nose connecting elements are connected to wrench tip elements for driving a variety of blind fastener bolt element wrenching ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1989
    Assignee: Lok-Fast, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph S. LaTorre