Patents by Inventor Michael Richard Weiby

Michael Richard Weiby 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).

  • Screwdriver with force applying member
    Patent number: 10870188
    Abstract: A device for driving a fastener has a shaft and a driving portion formed on an end of the shaft. The driving portion is provided with one of a slot and a channel for securely holding a force applying member formed from a resilient material. When a tip of the driving member is positioned within a tip receiving portion tip portion of the fastener, a surface of the force applying member which faces towards the head of the fastener will frictionally engage with the head portion of the fastener to prevent the driving portion from slipping from the fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: IDEAL Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas A. Sanford, Michael Richard Weiby, Carl C. Aldag
  • SCREWDRIVER WITH FORCE APPLYING MEMBER
    Publication number: 20190134794
    Abstract: A device for driving a fastener has a shaft and a driving portion formed on an end of the shaft. The driving portion is provided with one of a slot and a channel for securely holding a force applying member formed from a resilient material. When a tip of the driving member is positioned within a tip receiving portion tip portion of the fastener, a surface of the force applying member which faces towards the head of the fastener will frictionally engage with the head portion of the fastener to prevent the driving portion from slipping from the fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Douglas A. Sanford, Michael Richard Weiby, Carl C. Aldag
  • Apparatus for tensioning a cable lacing tape device
    Patent number: 9701428
    Abstract: An apparatus for tensioning a material includes a housing, a spur shaft reciprocally coupled to the housing, a trigger operably coupled to the housing and to the spur shaft to effect translation of the spur shaft when the trigger is operably moved, a tensioning device mounted to the housing and operably coupled to the spur shaft such that translation of the spur shaft causes operation of the tensioning device, and a passage having an inlet and an outlet, the passage operably coupling the inlet and outlet to the tensioning device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: IDEAL Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Richard Weiby, Steven Luigi Lollino, John James Apida, Ian Robert Rittof, James Ray Falotico
  • APPARATUS FOR TENSIONING A CABLE LACING TAPE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160236804
    Abstract: An apparatus for tensioning a material includes a housing, a spur shaft reciprocally coupled to the housing, a trigger operably coupled to the housing and to the spur shaft to effect translation of the spur shaft when the trigger is operably moved, a tensioning device mounted to the housing and operably coupled to the spur shaft such that translation of the spur shaft causes operation of the tensioning device, and a passage having an inlet and an outlet, the passage operably coupling the inlet and outlet to the tensioning device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Richard Weiby, Steven Luigi Lollino, John James Apida, Ian Robert Rittof, James Ray Falotico