Patents by Inventor Kelly Converse

Kelly Converse 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).

  • Locking drive tool
    Patent number: 6851341
    Abstract: A drive tool is shiftable between locking and releasing configurations relative to an associated tool, the drive tool including a lock member moveable between a locking position and a release position relative to the associated tool, an actuator member moveable between a locking condition and a releasing condition, and coupling structure interconnecting the actuator member and the lock member. The lock member is tiltable to a latching condition which prevents its movement to its release position. In one embodiment the coupling structure is substantially rigid so that the lock member and the actuator move in substantially the same direction, and in another embodiment the coupling structure is flexible and resilient. The coupling structure may be fixedly coupled to the actuator member or may be loosely coupled thereto and biased to a rest condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Snap-on Incorporated
    Inventors: Dean J. Iwinski, Daniel M. Eggert, Gordon A. Putney, Kelly Converse, Michael H. Opgenorth
  • Locking drive tool
    Publication number: 20030047890
    Abstract: A drive tool is shiftable between locking and releasing configurations relative to an associated tool, the drive tool including a lock member moveable between a locking position and a release position relative to the associated tool, an actuator member moveable between a locking condition and a releasing condition, and coupling structure interconnecting the actuator member and the lock member. The lock member is tiltable to a latching condition which prevents its movement to its release position. In one embodiment the coupling structure is substantially rigid so that the lock member and the actuator move in substantially the same direction, and in another embodiment the coupling structure is flexible and resilient. The coupling structure may be fixedly coupled to the actuator member or may be loosely coupled thereto and biased to a rest condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventors: Dean J. Iwinski, Daniel M. Eggert, Gordon A. Putney, Kelly Converse, Michael H. Opgenorth