Patents by Inventor Marco LOURENCO

Marco LOURENCO 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: 10513017
    Abstract: A drive guide for driving a fastening bit includes a drive shaft, a socket shaft with a rear end non-rotationally coupled to the front end of the drive shaft and a front end with a socket that receives the fastening bit, and a sliding sleeve received over the socket shaft and slidable between a rear position and a forward position. A magnet is received in the socket with an air gap behind the magnet to magnetize a fastening bit received in the socket. An internal shoulder is integrally formed inside a rear end of the sliding sleeve. The internal shoulder abuts an external rear stop on one of the drive shaft and the socket shaft when the sliding sleeve is in the rear position and abuts a front external stop on the socket shaft when the sliding sleeve is in the forward position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Marco Lourenco, Michael P. Peters
  • Publication number: 20190168376
    Abstract: A tool container system includes a first tool container and a second tool container. The first tool container has a first base, a first cover pivotably attached to the first base by a first hinge portion, a first base locking member coupled to the base, a first cover locking member coupled to the first cover, and a first latch coupled to the first base and moveable between a first unlocked position in which the first cover is movable relative to the first base between a closed position and an open position, and a first locked position in which the first latch engages the first cover locking member and the first cover is locked to the first base in the closed position. The second tool container is stackable on the first cover of the first tool container and having a second locking member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen BROCKET, Alfred Yan Leung BUT, Leo XIAO, Weigang HAO, Marco LOURENCO, Lauren M. AUSTIN, Yosi SABBAG
  • Publication number: 20190168314
    Abstract: A holesaw assembly includes a holesaw and a pilot bit. The holesaw includes a hollow cup defining a center axis. The cup has a round base perpendicular to the center axis and a peripheral wall coupled to and extending axially forward of the base to a peripheral edge at a free end of the wall. The pilot bit is received in the holesaw along the center axis. The pilot bit has a shaft received in the base, a cutting head coupled to a front end of the shaft, and an at least partially threaded tip coupled to a front end of the cutting head. The holesaw is free of any radial cutting elements disposed inside the cup between the drill bit and the peripheral wall of the cup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Marco Lourenco, David N. Johnson, James R. Niblett
  • Publication number: 20170120347
    Abstract: A holesaw assembly includes a holesaw and a pilot bit. The holesaw includes a hollow cup defining a center axis. The cup has a round base perpendicular to the center axis and a peripheral wall coupled to and extending axially forward of the base to a peripheral edge at a free end of the wall. The pilot bit is received in the holesaw along the center axis. The pilot bit has a shaft received in the base, a cutting head coupled to a front end of the shaft, and an at least partially threaded tip coupled to a front end of the cutting head. The holesaw is free of any radial cutting elements disposed inside the cup between the drill bit and the peripheral wall of the cup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Marco Lourenco, David N. Johnson, James R. Niblett
  • Publication number: 20170028538
    Abstract: A drive guide for driving a fastening bit includes a drive shaft, a socket shaft with a rear end non-rotationally coupled to the front end of the drive shaft and a front end with a socket that receives the fastening bit, and a sliding sleeve received over the socket shaft and slidable between a rear position and a forward position. A magnet is received in the socket with an air gap behind the magnet to magnetize a fastening bit received in the socket. An internal shoulder is integrally formed inside a rear end of the sliding sleeve. The internal shoulder abuts an external rear stop on one of the drive shaft and the socket shaft when the sliding sleeve is in the rear position and abuts a front external stop on the socket shaft when the sliding sleeve is in the forward position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Marco LOURENCO, Michael P. PETERS
  • Publication number: 20160263732
    Abstract: A magnetic socket adapter is configured to be removably coupled to a plurality of differently sized socket drivers. The adapter includes a rear shank configured to be coupled to a tool holder or chuck of a power or hand tool and a front shaft coupled to the shank and defining a longitudinal axis. The front shaft has a head with a polygonal outer surface configured to be received in a corresponding polygonal shaped opening in each of the plurality of socket drivers. A magnet is coupled to a front end of the front shaft. A retaining projection is coupled to the head to removably retain each of the plurality of socket drivers on the adapter. An outer conical centering surface is disposed on the front shaft and configured to abut a corresponding internal conical centering surface in the polygonal opening in each of the plurality of socket drivers to center the socket drivers on the front shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Marco LOURENCO, Donald R. PERRON, James R. NIBLETT, Michael P. PETERS
  • Patent number: D858103
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Matthew A. Seibert, Marco Lourenco
  • Patent number: D872479
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Matthew A. Seibert, Marco Lourenco