Patents by Inventor Nolan J. Henton
Nolan J. Henton 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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Patent number: 12249816Abstract: A fish tape drum includes a frame and a drum portion rotatable relative to the frame. The drum portion has an outer wall and an inner wall. The first tape drum also includes a length of fish tape arranged between the inner wall and the outer wall. The fish tape drum further includes a constricting assembly configured to bias the length of fish tape toward the inner wall.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2024Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Justin Miller, Aaron C. Grode, Nolan J. Henton, Samuel J. Krohlow, Jacob K. Lindsey
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Publication number: 20250052247Abstract: A stick pump assembly includes a tube having a first end, a second end, and an axis extending through the first end and the second end. The stick pump assembly also includes a pump having a motor and an impeller. The pump has an inlet adjacent the first end and in fluid communication with the tube. The stick pump assembly also includes a chamber surrounding the pump. The chamber is fluidly separated from the motor. The stick pump assembly also includes a handle having an outlet adjacent the second end and in fluid communication with the tube, a receptacle configured to receive a battery pack, and a grip formed by an outer periphery of the handle. The grip is configured to be grasped by a user during operation of the stick pump assembly. The outlet and the grip are positioned along the axis between the tube and the receptacle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2024Publication date: February 13, 2025Inventors: Nolan J. Henton, Justin Miller
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Patent number: 12163524Abstract: A stick pump assembly includes a tube having a first end, a second end, and an axis extending through the first and second ends. The tube accommodates fluid to flow therethrough. The stick pump assembly also includes a pump including a motor and an impeller. The pump has an inlet adjacent the first end and in fluid communication with the tube. The stick pump assembly further includes a handle having an outlet adjacent the second end and in fluid communication with the tube. The handle includes a receptacle configured to receive a battery pack. The stick pump assembly also includes a filter assembly supported by the pump and in fluid communication with the inlet. Fluid flows into the stick pump assembly though the inlet, around the motor, through the tube, and out of the stick pump assembly through the outlet.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2023Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Nolan J. Henton, Justin Miller
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Publication number: 20240283229Abstract: A fish tape drum includes a frame and a drum portion rotatable relative to the frame. The drum portion has an outer wall and an inner wall. The first tape drum also includes a length of fish tape arranged between the inner wall and the outer wall. The fish tape drum further includes a constricting assembly configured to bias the length of fish tape toward the inner wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2024Publication date: August 22, 2024Inventors: Justin Miller, Aaron C. Grode, Nolan J. Henton, Samuel J. Krohlow, Jacob K. Lindsey
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Publication number: 20240106210Abstract: A cable stripping tool removes a cable jacket from a cable to expose a plurality of neutral wires, the cable stripping tool including a housing, a frame coupled to the housing, a mandrel extending from the housing and rotatable about a first axis, and a motor supported by the housing and operably coupled to the mandrel to rotate the mandrel about the first axis. The frame supports the cable stripping tool on the cable and the mandrel engages a starter wire of the plurality of neutral wires. Rotation of the mandrel by the motor winds the starter wire around the mandrel such that the cable jacket is torn by the starter wire. The cable stripping tool further includes a termination tool configured to score the cable jacket at a desired distance from an end of the cable.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Nolan J. Henton, Justin Miller, Joseph J. Pechstein, Matthew R. Wolf
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Publication number: 20230406670Abstract: A fish tape tool includes a housing including a base and a cover. The housing defines a chamber between the base and the cover. The base defines an exit opening and a channel extending from the chamber to the exit opening. The fish tape tool also includes a drum configured to be inserted into the chamber of the housing, the drum containing a fish tape. The drum is configured to be manually rotatable relative to the housing to dispense or retract the fish tape from the housing via the channel and the exit opening. The cover defines a central aperture that is aligned with a central bore of the drum.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Justin Miller, Aaron C. Grode, Nolan J. Henton
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Publication number: 20230406669Abstract: A fish tape tool includes a housing and a drum supported by the housing for rotation relative to the housing. The drum includes an inner surface that at least partially defines a fish tape storage zone. The inner surface is made of a first material having a first coefficient of friction. The fish tape tool also includes a fish tape positioned at least partially within the fish tape storage zone of the drum. The fish tape is dispensed or retracted from the drum as the drum rotates. The fish tape tool further includes a friction layer positioned on at least a portion of the inner surface of the drum. The friction layer has a second coefficient of friction that is greater than the first coefficient of friction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2021Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventor: Nolan J. Henton
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Publication number: 20230366405Abstract: A stick pump assembly includes a tube having a first end, a second end, and an axis extending through the first and second ends. The tube accommodates fluid to flow therethrough. The stick pump assembly also includes a pump including a motor and an impeller. The pump has an inlet adjacent the first end and in fluid communication with the tube. The stick pump assembly further includes a handle having an outlet adjacent the second end and in fluid communication with the tube. The handle includes a receptacle configured to receive a battery pack. The stick pump assembly also includes a filter assembly supported by the pump and in fluid communication with the inlet. Fluid flows into the stick pump assembly though the inlet, around the motor, through the tube, and out of the stick pump assembly through the outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: Nolan J. Henton, Justin Miller
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Patent number: 11808268Abstract: A stick pump assembly includes a tube having a first end, a second end, and an axis extending through the first and second ends. The tube accommodates fluid to flow therethrough. The stick pump assembly also includes a pump including a motor and an impeller. The pump has an inlet adjacent the first end and in fluid communication with the tube. The stick pump assembly further includes a handle having an outlet adjacent the second end and in fluid communication with the tube. The handle includes a receptacle configured to receive a battery pack. The stick pump assembly also includes a filter assembly supported by the pump and in fluid communication with the inlet. Fluid flows into the stick pump assembly though the inlet, around the motor, through the tube, and out of the stick pump assembly through the outlet.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Nolan J. Henton, Justin Miller
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Patent number: 11787659Abstract: A fish tape tool includes a housing, a chamber defined in the housing, and a motor supported by the housing. The motor is configured to rotate in a first direction and a second direction that is opposite the first direction. An output reel is disposed in the chamber and is rotatable in response to receiving torque from the motor. A drum contains a fish tape and including a rotatable drum portion having an inner wall that is engaged by the output reel when the drum is inserted into the chamber of the housing. When the drum portion is rotated by the output reel in the first direction, fish tape is dispensed from the drum. When the drum portion is rotated by the output reel in the second direction, fish tape is retracted into the drum.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2019Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Justin Miller, Aaron C. Grode, Nolan J. Henton
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Publication number: 20230234817Abstract: A strap hoist assembly comprises a strap hoist including a frame and a reel for reeling strap, and a drive assembly removably coupled to the strap hoist. The drive assembly includes a power unit and an onboard battery pack. The drive assembly is configured to provide an output torque to rotate the reel in a rotational direction to apply an output force to the strap. The strap hoist is configured to be powered by the drive assembly or manually operated when disconnected from the drive assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2023Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventors: Nolan J. Henton, Justin Miller
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Patent number: 11511963Abstract: A fish tape tool includes a housing and a chamber defined in the housing. A drum is configured to be inserted into the chamber of the housing. The drum contains a fish tape. The drum is rotatable relative to the housing to dispense or retract the fish tape from the housing. The drum is one of a plurality of drums that are insertable into and removable from the chamber of the housing. Each drum contains a different type of fish tape.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Justin Miller, Aaron C. Grode, Nolan J. Henton
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Publication number: 20220120293Abstract: A stick pump assembly includes a tube having a first end, a second end, and an axis extending through the first and second ends. The tube accommodates fluid to flow therethrough. The stick pump assembly also includes a pump including a motor and an impeller. The pump has an inlet adjacent the first end and in fluid communication with the tube. The stick pump assembly further includes a handle having an outlet adjacent the second end and in fluid communication with the tube. The handle includes a receptacle configured to receive a battery pack. The stick pump assembly also includes a filter assembly supported by the pump and in fluid communication with the inlet. Fluid flows into the stick pump assembly though the inlet, around the motor, through the tube, and out of the stick pump assembly through the outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Inventors: Nolan J. Henton, Justin Miller
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Publication number: 20220102949Abstract: A fish tape for use with a fish tape tool. The fish tape includes an inner core formed of a first material, and an outer sheath surrounding the inner core formed of a second material that has a lower coefficient of friction than the first material.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Justin Miller, Nolan J. Henton, Samuel J. Krohlow, Sean T. Kehoe, Aaron C. Grode, Chun Ping Liu, Jian Gang Qu
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Publication number: 20210163255Abstract: A fish tape assembly includes a fish tape tool including a housing, a chamber defined in the housing and a motor supported by the housing. The fish tape assembly also includes a fish tape drum configured to be inserted into the chamber of the housing. The fish tape drum contains a type of fish tape and includes a rotatable drum portion configured to rotate in response to receiving torque from the motor. The fish tape tool includes a sensor configured to detect the type of fish tape in the fish tape drum inserted into the chamber of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2020Publication date: June 3, 2021Inventors: Justin Miller, Aaron C. Grode, Nolan J. Henton, Samuel J. Krohlow, Jacob K. Lindsey
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Publication number: 20210078821Abstract: A fish tape tool includes a housing and a chamber defined in the housing. A drum is configured to be inserted into the chamber of the housing. The drum contains a fish tape. The drum is rotatable relative to the housing to dispense or retract the fish tape from the housing. The drum is one of a plurality of drums that are insertable into and removable from the chamber of the housing. Each drum contains a different type of fish tape.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventors: Justin Miller, Aaron C. Grode, Nolan J. Henton
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Publication number: 20190292005Abstract: A fish tape tool includes a housing, a chamber defined in the housing, and a motor supported by the housing. The motor is configured to rotate in a first direction and a second direction that is opposite the first direction. An output reel is disposed in the chamber and is rotatable in response to receiving torque from the motor. A drum contains a fish tape and including a rotatable drum portion having an inner wall that is engaged by the output reel when the drum is inserted into the chamber of the housing. When the drum portion is rotated by the output reel in the first direction, fish tape is dispensed from the drum. When the drum portion is rotated by the output reel in the second direction, fish tape is retracted into the drum.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2019Publication date: September 26, 2019Inventors: Justin Miller, Aaron C. Grode, Nolan J. Henton