Patents by Inventor Mark E. Urbaniak

Mark E. Urbaniak 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).

  • Replacement tool for driveshaft yoke bushings
    Patent number: 9956674
    Abstract: A replacement tool removes an old bushing or installs a new bushing in a driveshaft yoke. A fixture has a guide chamber facing a bushing bore and a first threaded passage. A traveler mounted in the fixture has a plunger received in the guide chamber and a socket that holds the bushing. The plunger has a second threaded passage aligned with the first passage and having a smaller diameter. A set screw can lock the bushing into the socket. A removal bolt with a shaft matching the second passage is inserted through both passages. Turning of the removal bolt retracts the traveler and extracts the bushing. The tool is reconfigured with an installation bolt in the first passage only. A push plug is placed in the guide chamber to transfer force from the installation bolt to the plunger during turning of the installation bolt to press fit a new bushing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Curtis M. Hargrove, Robert B. Sunde, Mark E. Urbaniak, Scott Blevins
  • REPLACEMENT TOOL FOR DRIVESHAFT YOKE BUSHINGS
    Publication number: 20170209994
    Abstract: A replacement tool removes an old bushing or installs a new bushing in a driveshaft yoke. A fixture has a guide chamber facing a bushing bore and a first threaded passage. A traveler mounted in the fixture has a plunger received in the guide chamber and a socket that holds the bushing. The plunger has a second threaded passage aligned with the first passage and having a smaller diameter. A set screw can lock the bushing into the socket. A removal bolt with a shaft matching the second passage is inserted through both passages. Turning of the removal bolt retracts the traveler and extracts the bushing. The tool is reconfigured with an installation bolt in the first passage only. A push plug is placed in the guide chamber to transfer force from the installation bolt to the plunger during turning of the installation bolt to press fit a new bushing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Curtis M. Hargrove, Robert B. Sunde, Mark E. Urbaniak, Scott Blevins