Patents by Inventor Matthew Christopher Green
Matthew Christopher Green 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).
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Publication number: 20240100609Abstract: A holesaw system comprises a holesaw including a base and a generally cylindrical wall with a proximal end coupled to the base and a distal end with a cutting edge; a pilot drill bit including a front cutting tip, a rear shank portion, and an intermediate portion between the front cutting tip and the rear shank portion; and an arbor coupleable to the holesaw and to the pilot drill bit. The arbor is configured to be operable in a first mode in which the holesaw and the pilot drill bit are rotatable in unison to form a hole in a workpiece and in a second mode in which the pilot drill bit is rotatable independently of the holesaw to remove a plug of material from the holesaw.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Poinon Z. SANOGO, Marco LOURENCO, Jackson Mead BRANDIN, Andrew C. REIST, Joseph T. NOVAK, Kenneth HALL, Matthew Christopher GREEN, Jeffrey Charles PROULX, Leonardo Altermann SERPA, Matthew SAVARINO, Joseph HUNTER
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Patent number: 11925993Abstract: An accessory for an oscillating power tool includes an attachment portion configured to be coupled to an oscillating power tool and a working portion coupled to the attachment portion and extending generally along a longitudinal axis. The working portion has a generally planar wedge shape bounded at least partially by a rear non-cutting end with a first width, a front cutting edge opposite the rear edge with a second width that is greater than the first width, a first side cutting edge extending from a first end of the rear end to a first end of the front cutting edge at a first angle to the longitudinal axis, and a second side cutting edge opposite the first side cutting edge and extending from a second end of the rear end to a second end of the front cutting edge at a second angle to the longitudinal axis.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.Inventors: Andrew Reist, Matthew Christopher Green, Matthew Savarino, Kevin M. Howe
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Publication number: 20240051045Abstract: A saw blade includes an elongated body with a working edge extending along a longitudinal axis. A first strip composed of carbide or cermet and including at least one first full cutting tooth is coupled to a first portion of the working edge by a first weld fusion zone composed of a ductile material. The first strip is set in a first direction at a first angle out of a plane of the body by a first bend in the first weld fusion zone. A second strip composed of carbide or cermet and including at least one second full cutting tooth is coupled to a second portion of the working edge by a second weld fusion zone composed of a ductile material. The second strip is set in a second direction, opposite the first direction, at a second angle out of the plane of the body by a second bend in the second weld fusion zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Inventors: POINON SANOGO, ASIF ELLISTON, MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER GREEN, DOUGLAS FOSBERG, STEVE HAMPTON, ASHKAN SHARIFI, JOSEPH T. NOVAK, KURT LANGHELD, WILLIAM B. KORB
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Publication number: 20240051039Abstract: A drill bit includes a shank, an intermediate portion with a helical flute, and a multi-stepped tip portion extending along the axis. The tip portion includes a cutting tip with a pair of primary cutting edges extending radially outward from the axis, a plurality of steps each having an elongated portion and a tapered portion tapered outward from the elongated portion relative to the axis. The elongated portions progressively increase in diameter from the cutting tip to the intermediate portion. The elongated portion of each step has an axial relief tapered inward toward the axis. A frontmost elongated portion has a first axial relief at a first angle relative to the central axis and a rearmost elongated portion has a second axial relief at a second angle greater than the first angle. The drill bit may be used as a pilot bit together with a holesaw in a system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Inventors: ANDRE DOS SANTOS GARCIA, CLEDERSON BARRO, FLORIAN PROBST, POINON Z. SANOGO, JEFFREY CHARLES PROULX, MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER GREEN, JACKSON MEAD BRANDIN, ANDREW C. REIST, JOSEPH T. NOVAK
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Publication number: 20240051040Abstract: A step drill bit includes a cutting head portion with a rear end coupled to a shank portion. The cutting head portion incudes a front cutting tip, a plurality of steps of progressively increasing diameter from the cutting head to the rear end portion. Each step includes a conical tapered portion that flares radially outward from the axis and a generally cylindrical portion that extends axially rearward from the tapered portion. A flute extends through the steps generally parallel to or helically relative to the axis. Primary and secondary cutting edges are formed at junctions between the tapered portions and the generally cylindrical portions and the flute. A depth stop flange extends radially outward from a rearmost step and has a diameter greater than the diameter of the cylindrical portion of the rearmost step. A deburring recess is disposed within or between one of the steps and includes a deburring edge at a junction between the deburring recess and the flute to remove burrs from an edge of a hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Inventors: ERICK TAYLOR BAILEY, CLEDERSON BARRO, YURI MARQUES DOS SANTOS, MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER GREEN, JACKSON MEAD BRANDIN, ANDREW C. REIST, JOSEPH T. NOVAK
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Patent number: 11813683Abstract: A saw blade includes an elongated body extending along a longitudinal axis and having an elongated cutting edge. A first hard metal strip is attached to a first portion of the cutting edge and includes at least one first full hard metal cutting tooth that is set left at a first angle relative to a vertical axis of the body that is generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. A second hard metal strip attached to a second portion of the cutting edge and includes a second full hard metal cutting tooth that is set right at a second angle relative the vertical axis.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.Inventors: Poinon Sanogo, Asif Elliston, Matthew Christopher Green, Douglas Fosberg, Steve Hampton, Ashkan Sharifi, Joseph T. Novak, Kurt Langheld, William B. Korb
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Publication number: 20230234150Abstract: An accessory tool for a power-driven oscillating tool may include a plate, with a first working section defined along a first peripheral edge portion of the plate, and a second working section defined along a second peripheral edge portion of the plate. The first and second working sections may define cutting or abrading or chipping sections of the accessory tool. The first and second working sections may be separated by a notch formed in a third peripheral edge portion of the plate. Corner portions of the first working section and the second working section may be defined where the first and second working sections meet respective edge portions of the notch, allowing the corner portions to be inserted into and engaged in corresponding corner portions of channels for removal of material from the corner portions of the channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2023Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventors: Kevin Howe, Matthew Christopher Green, Matthew Savarino, Jackson Mead Brandin, Joseph T. Novak
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Publication number: 20230112552Abstract: A hole cutter has a substantially cylindrical blade body defining a blade body circumference, a cutting edge formed on one end of the blade body, and an axially-elongated slot formed through the substantially cylindrical blade body. The axially-elongated slot is configured to receive chips flowing from the cutting edge within the interior of the blade body and (i) into the slot and/or (ii) through the slot, to prevent the collection of such chips within the interior of the blade body and/or at an interface between the blade body and the work piece. The axially-elongated slot defines a first end adjacent to the cutting edge, a second end axially spaced further from the cutting edge, and a slot area. The hole cutter further defines a total slot area to blade body circumference ratio within the range of about 0.1 to about 0.3 depending on the size of the hole cutter.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventors: Joseph Thomas Novak, Matthew Christopher Green
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Publication number: 20230042627Abstract: A reciprocating saw blade includes an elongated blade body extending along a blade axis and having a rear end, a front end, a cutting edge having a plurality of teeth, a non-cutting edge opposite the cutting edge; and a tang coupled to the rear end and configured to be received in a blade holder of a powered reciprocating saw. The cutting edge includes inclined and declined cutting edge portions. The inclined cutting edge portion extends away from the blade axis and toward the front end at an acute first angle and extends from a first tooth to a second tooth. The first tooth is closer to the rear end and closer to the blade axis than the second tooth. The declined cutting edge portion extends toward the blade axis and toward the front end at an acute second angle that is greater than the first angle and extends from a third tooth to the first tooth. The first tooth is closer to the front end and closer to the blade axis than the third tooth.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: POINON Z. SANOGO, ASIF ELLISTON, DOUGLAS K. FOSBERG, JR., MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER GREEN, STEPHEN A. HAMPTON, ASHKAN SHARIFI, ANDREW C. REIST, MEHDI SEBARADAR, JOSEPH T. NOVAK, KENNETH HALL
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Patent number: 11554425Abstract: A hole cutter has a substantially cylindrical blade body defining a blade body circumference, a cutting edge formed on one end of the blade body, and an axially-elongated slot formed through the substantially cylindrical blade body. The axially-elongated slot is configured to receive chips flowing from the cutting edge within the interior of the blade body and (i) into the slot and/or (ii) through the slot, to prevent the collection of such chips within the interior of the blade body and/or at an interface between the blade body and the work piece. The axially-elongated slot defines a first end adjacent to the cutting edge, a second end axially spaced further from the cutting edge, and a slot area. The hole cutter further defines a total slot area to blade body circumference ratio within the range of about 0.1 to about 0.3 depending on the size of the hole cutter.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventors: Joseph Thomas Novak, Matthew Christopher Green
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Publication number: 20220371105Abstract: A step drill bit includes a body with a plurality of cylindrical steps of increasing diameter from a front end toward a rear end, a flute extending from the front end toward the rear end, and cutting edges at junctions between each step and the flute. A cutting insert with a hardness greater than the hardness of the body is coupled to the front end portion and at least partially defines a cutting head portion. The cutting head portion includes a center cutting tip, a cutting edge extending radially outward from the cutting tip, a rake face extending from the cutting edge toward the rear end portion, a relief face extending from the cutting edge in a circumferential direction opposite a rotational cutting direction of the drill bit, and a chip clearing recess in communication with the flute, with the rake face facing the chip clearing recess.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventors: Joseph T. NOVAK, Matthew Christopher GREEN, Andrew C. REIST, Martin MORRIS, Nicholas Richard SIBLIA, Johnny Curtis ADAMS, Erick Taylor BAILEY
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Patent number: 11471963Abstract: A reciprocating saw blade includes an elongated blade body extending along a blade axis and having a rear end, a front end, a cutting edge having a plurality of teeth, a non-cutting edge opposite the cutting edge; and a tang coupled to the rear end and configured to be received in a blade holder of a powered reciprocating saw. The cutting edge includes inclined and declined cutting edge portions. The inclined cutting edge portion extends away from the blade axis and toward the front end at an acute first angle and extends from a first tooth to a second tooth. The first tooth is closer to the rear end and closer to the blade axis than the second tooth. The declined cutting edge portion extends toward the blade axis and toward the front end at an acute second angle that is greater than the first angle and extends from a third tooth to the first tooth. The first tooth is closer to the front end and closer to the blade axis than the third tooth.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventors: Poinon Sanogo, Asif Elliston, Douglas K. Fosberg, Jr., Matthew Christopher Green, Stephen A. Hampton, Ashkan Sharifi, Andrew C. Reist, Mehdi Sebaradar, Joseph T. Novak, Kenneth Hall
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Publication number: 20220297205Abstract: A hole cutting accessory for a power-driven tool may include an arbor that provides for quick release of an annular saw blade component of the accessory, and for quick release of a pilot drill bit component of the accessory. The quick release of the annular saw blade component from the arbor may be accomplished separately from the quick release of the pilot drill bit component from the arbor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Poinon Z. Sanogo, Matthew Christopher Green, Kenneth Hall, Joseph T. Novak, Andrew Reist
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Publication number: 20220184721Abstract: An accessory includes an attachment portion with a central opening configured to be coupled to an oscillating power tool and defining a first axis generally parallel to a power tool axis. An intermediate portion with a first side edge and a second side edge has a proximal end portion coupled to the attachment portion and extends away from the attachment portion to a distal end portion. A working portion is coupled to and extends away from a distal end portion at an angle to the intermediate portion and at an angle to the first axis. The working end portion has a non-cutting third side edge continuous with the first side edge and a cutting fourth side edge continuous with the second side edge. The intermediate portion wraps at least partially around an obstruction located along the first axis so the working portion can cut a workpiece located behind the obstruction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2021Publication date: June 16, 2022Inventors: Joseph T. NOVAK, Matthew Christopher GREEN, Andrew REIST, Kevin HOWE
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Publication number: 20210354209Abstract: A hole cutter has a cylindrical blade body including a cutting edge and one or more axially-elongated apertures formed within a side wall of the blade body. The axially-elongated aperture is configured to receive a lever, such as a screwdriver, therethrough. Each axially-elongated aperture includes a first fulcrum axially spaced adjacent to the cutting edge, a second fulcrum axially spaced further away from the cutting edge than the first fulcrum, and optionally a third fulcrum axially spaced between the first and second fulcrums. A lever, such as a screwdriver, can be inserted into the aperture and placed against each of the fulcrums to lever slugs out of the interior of the blade body.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2021Publication date: November 18, 2021Inventors: Joseph Thomas Novak, Matthew Christopher Green
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Patent number: 11103934Abstract: A hole cutter has a cylindrical blade body including a cutting edge and one or more axially-elongated apertures formed within a side wall of the blade body. The axially-elongated aperture is configured to receive a lever, such as a screwdriver, therethrough. Each axially-elongated aperture includes a first fulcrum axially spaced adjacent to the cutting edge, a second fulcrum axially spaced further away from the cutting edge than the first fulcrum, and optionally a third fulcrum axially spaced between the first and second fulcrums. A lever, such as a screwdriver, can be inserted into the aperture and placed against each of the fulcrums to lever slugs out of the interior of the blade body.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2019Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventors: Joseph Thomas Novak, Matthew Christopher Green
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Publication number: 20210229198Abstract: An accessory for an oscillating power tool includes an attachment portion configured to be coupled to an oscillating power tool and a working portion coupled to the attachment portion and extending generally along a longitudinal axis. The working portion has a generally planar wedge shape bounded at least partially by a rear non-cutting end with a first width, a front cutting edge opposite the rear edge with a second width that is greater than the first width, a first side cutting edge extending from a first end of the rear end to a first end of the front cutting edge at a first angle to the longitudinal axis, and a second side cutting edge opposite the first side cutting edge and extending from a second end of the rear end to a second end of the front cutting edge at a second angle to the longitudinal axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventors: ANDREW REIST, MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER GREEN, MATTHEW SAVARINO
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Publication number: 20210008649Abstract: A hole cutter has a substantially cylindrical blade body defining a blade body circumference, a cutting edge formed on one end of the blade body, and an axially-elongated slot formed through the substantially cylindrical blade body. The axially-elongated slot is configured to receive chips flowing from the cutting edge within the interior of the blade body and (i) into the slot and/or (ii) through the slot, to prevent the collection of such chips within the interior of the blade body and/or at an interface between the blade body and the work piece. The axially-elongated slot defines a first end adjacent to the cutting edge, a second end axially spaced further from the cutting edge, and a slot area. The hole cutter further defines a total slot area to blade body circumference ratio within the range of about 0.1 to about 0.3 depending on the size of the hole cutter.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Inventors: Joseph Thomas Novak, Matthew Christopher Green
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Publication number: 20200393083Abstract: A pump, such as a vacuum pump, includes at least one housing and a motor and oil reservoir disposed within the housing. The pump housing can include a bottom exterior surface and one or more side and/or front exterior surfaces that extend generally up from the bottom exterior surface. An oil drain port can be positioned at or near the intersection of the bottom exterior surface and the side or front exterior surface. The housing can include an interior bottom surface that defines at least a portion of a drain passageway for the pump and can be fluidicly coupled to the oil reservoir. At least a portion of the interior bottom surface can be angled downward at an acute angle to the horizontal towards the oil drain port to improve the draining and replacement of oil in the pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2020Publication date: December 17, 2020Inventor: Matthew Christopher Green
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Patent number: 10835967Abstract: A hole cutter has a substantially cylindrical blade body defining a blade body circumference, a cutting edge formed on one end of the blade body, and an axially-elongated slot formed through the substantially cylindrical blade body. The axially-elongated slot is configured to receive chips flowing from the cutting edge within the interior of the blade body and (i) into the slot and/or (ii) through the slot, to prevent the collection of such chips within the interior of the blade body and/or at an interface between the blade body and the work piece. The axially-elongated slot defines a first end adjacent to the cutting edge, a second end axially spaced further from the cutting edge, and a slot area. The hole cutter further defines a total slot area to blade body circumference ratio within the range of about 0.1 to about 0.3 depending on the size of the hole cutter.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2019Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventors: Joseph Thomas Novak, Matthew Christopher Green