Patents by Inventor Nathan T. Mina

Nathan T. Mina 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: 11389842
    Abstract: A vehicle includes at least one hose extending from the vehicle and configured to extend below ground through a manhole, and a light system. The light system includes a storage member, such as a retractable reel, coupled to the vehicle, a flexible line wrapped at least partially around the storage member, and a light source coupled to the flexible line. The storage member is adapted to selectively extend and retract the light source together with the hose below ground, and the light source is storable on the vehicle adjacent the storage member. The light source has a self-contained power source. In some systems, the flexible line and/or the light source are removable from the vehicle so they can be moved to a remote location from the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Federal Signal Corporation
    Inventors: Jing Pan, Desmond Williams, Nathan T. Mina
  • Publication number: 20210129196
    Abstract: A vehicle includes at least one hose extending from the vehicle and configured to extend below ground through a manhole, and a light system. The light system includes a storage member, such as a retractable reel, coupled to the vehicle, a flexible line wrapped at least partially around the storage member, and a light source coupled to the flexible line. The storage member is adapted to selectively extend and retract the light source together with the hose below ground, and the light source is storable on the vehicle adjacent the storage member. The light source has a self-contained power source. In some systems, the flexible line and/or the light source are removable from the vehicle so they can be moved to a remote location from the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Jing Pan, Desmond Williams, Nathan T. Mina
  • Patent number: 8827132
    Abstract: Attachments for a fastening tool are configured to position the fastening tool raceway for driving a fastener from the tool into a workpiece at a desired location. The attachments include work contact elements including a pair of surfaces for contact with two surfaces of the workpiece to properly position the tool raceway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan T. Mina, Michael P. Johnson, Genaro O. Cortez, Jr., Richard E. Pope, Edward R. Brandt
  • Publication number: 20120223120
    Abstract: A pneumatic nailer includes a tool housing enclosing a cylinder with a reciprocating drive piston, and having a trigger and a workpiece contact element both connected to a trigger valve. A valve cap is mounted to the housing and includes a cycle valve and a dump valve, each valve reciprocating in a respective valve chamber. The dump valve controls drive pressure for the drive piston, the cycle valve controls the return of the dump valve to allow piston return. The valve cap and the valves are constructed and arranged such that the piston is returned to a start position independent of positions of the trigger or the workpiece contact element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan T. Mina
  • Patent number: 7784560
    Abstract: A fastener-driving tool is provided with a cap assembly which includes a switch mechanism that permits the tool to be operated in one of two firing modes of operation. The switch mechanism comprises a two-position switch mechanism such that when the switch mechanism is disposed at a first one of its two positions, the tool will be able to operate in a fully automatic continuous firing mode of operation so as to continuously fire fasteners into a substrate as long as the workpiece contact element and the trigger mechanism are disposed at their depressed positions, or alternatively, when the switch mechanism is disposed at the second one of the two positions, the tool can be operated in a one-shot firing mode such that the tool can only fire a single fastener, either in accordance with, for example, a sequential-firing mode of operation or a bump-firing mode of operation, until the trigger mechanism is released and again depressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan T. Mina, Genaro Cortez
  • Publication number: 20090266867
    Abstract: Attachments for a fastening tool are configured to position the fastening tool raceway for driving a fastener from the tool into a workpiece at a desired location. The attachments include work contact elements including a pair of surfaces for contact with two surfaces of the workpiece to properly position the tool raceway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Nathan T. Mina, Michael P. Johnson, Genaro O. Cortez, JR., Richard E. Pope, Edward R. Brandt
  • Publication number: 20090242604
    Abstract: A fastener-driving tool is provided with a cap assembly which includes a switch mechanism that permits the tool to be operated in one of two firing modes of operation. The switch mechanism comprises a two-position switch mechanism such that when the switch mechanism is disposed at a first one of its two positions, the tool will be able to operate in a fully automatic continuous firing mode of operation so as to continuously fire fasteners into a substrate as long as the workpiece contact element and the trigger mechanism are disposed at their depressed positions, or alternatively, when the switch mechanism is disposed at the second one of the two positions, the tool can be operated in a one-shot firing mode such that the tool can only fire a single fastener, either in accordance with, for example, a sequential-firing mode of operation or a bump-firing mode of operation, until the trigger mechanism is released and again depressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Nathan T. Mina, Genaro Cortez