Patents by Inventor Luigi C. Salce, Sr.

Luigi C. Salce, Sr. 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: 4926699
    Abstract: A device for torquing and untorquing visable or hidden nuts or both disposed on a common circle of centers in the rotor assembly of a jet engine wherein said device comprises a bolt locating platform disposed outside of said rotor assembly, a trunnion assembly rotatably disposed within said rotor assembly, a connector between said platform and said trunnion assembly, a torquing assembly disposed on said platform and extending through and beyond said trunnion assembly, a torque box having a nut socket disposed thereon, said torque box being operably connected to said torquing assembly, a nut inserter assembly for transferring a nut from outside of said rotor assembly to a point within said assembly where said nut is transferred to the nut socket on said torque box and ultimately to a bolt within said rotor assembly and means operably connected to said device for monitoring and measuring the following parameters: bolt location, prevailing torque, applied torque, applied turn angle and/or breakaway torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 22, 1990
    Assignee: Advance Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Luigi C. Salce, Sr.