Patents by Inventor Paul Kukucka

Paul Kukucka 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).

  • Publication number: 20240139921
    Abstract: A fastener extractor and dislodging tool apparatus includes a torque-tool body, a threaded opening, a plurality of engagement features, and a release bolt. The plurality of engagement features that grips the lateral surface of the stripped fastener is radially positioned around a rotation axis of the torque-tool body. The plurality of engagement features being perimetrically connected around a base of the torque-tool body thus delineating a socket body that removes the stripped fastener. The threaded opening traverses through the base so that the release bolt can be threadedly engaged with the threaded opening, opposite of the plurality of engagement features. When the stripped fastener is jammed within the plurality of engagement features, the release bolt can be threadedly moved into the space between the plurality of engagement features thus dislodging the stripped fastener from the torque-tool body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Paul Kukucka, Thomas Kukucka
  • Patent number: 11897099
    Abstract: A fastener extractor and dislodging tool apparatus includes a torque-tool body, a threaded opening, a plurality of engagement features, and a release bolt. The plurality of engagement features that grips the lateral surface of the stripped fastener is radially positioned around a rotation axis of the torque-tool body. The plurality of engagement features being perimetrically connected around a base of the torque-tool body thus delineating a socket body that removes the stripped fastener. The threaded opening traverses through the base so that the release bolt can be threadedly engaged with the threaded opening, opposite of the plurality of engagement features. When the stripped fastener is jammed within the plurality of engagement features, the release bolt can be threadedly moved into the space between the plurality of engagement features thus dislodging the stripped fastener from the torque-tool body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: GRIP HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Paul Kukucka, Thomas Stefan Kukucka
  • Publication number: 20240009815
    Abstract: A screw bit body allows for efficient torque force application onto a socket fastener. The screw bit body includes a plurality of laterally-bracing sidewalls, a first base, and a second base. The laterally-bracing sidewalls are radially distributed about a rotation axis of the screw bit body with each further including a first lateral edge, a second lateral edge, a first bracing surface, a second bracing surface, and an engagement cavity. The engagement cavity creates an additional gripping point to prevent slippage in between the screw bit body and the socket fastener. The engagement cavity traverses normal and into the screw bit body from the first base to the second base. The engagement cavity comprises a protrusion arranged between a first cavity section and a second cavity section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Paul Kukucka, Thomas Stefan Kukucka
  • Publication number: 20230321801
    Abstract: An anti-slip fastener remover tool includes a torque-tool body, a plurality of paired engagement features, and a plurality of intersection points. The plurality of paired engagement features that grips the lateral surface of the stripped fastener head is radially positioned around a rotation axis of the torque-tool body. The torque-tool body is inwardly extended from an outer wall of the torque-tool body to the plurality of paired engagement features. Each paired engagement feature comprises a first engagement feature and a second engagement feature. The first engagement feature and the second engagement feature each comprise a bracing section, a cavity section, and a connector section. The cavity sections of the first and second engagement features are adjacently connected to each other. The bracing sections of the first and second engagement feature are oppositely positioned about the cavity sections of the first and second engagement features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Paul Kukucka, Thomas Stefan Kukucka
  • Publication number: 20230302610
    Abstract: An anti-slip remover tool is an apparatus that does not easily slip off a fastener when the apparatus is engaged with the fastener. The apparatus may include a torque-tool body and a plurality of engagement features. The torque-tool body serves to transfer torque to the fastener. The plurality of engagement features ensures that the torque-tool body does not slip off the fastener. The torque-tool body includes a first base and a second base corresponding to the bases of the torque-tool body. A cross-section for each of the plurality of engagement features includes a convex section, a concave section, and a plurality of gripping features. The convex section allows the torque-tool body to be securely engaged to the fastener. The concave section facilitates the engagement of the torque-tool body to the fastener. The plurality of gripping features prevents the slippage of the torque-tool body off the fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Paul Kukucka, Thomas Stefan Kukucka
  • Patent number: 11759918
    Abstract: An anti-slip torque tool with integrated engagement features includes a torque-tool body and a plurality of engagement features. The plurality of engagement features is radially distributed around a rotational axis of the torque-tool body. Each of the plurality of engagement features includes a first cavity surface, a first bracing surface, a second bracing surface, and a second cavity surface. The first bracing surface and the second bracing surface are adjacently connected to each other through an intersection point. The first cavity surface is terminally connected to the first bracing surface through a first connection point as the first bracing surface is positioned in between the second bracing surface and the first cavity surface. The second cavity surface is terminally connected to the second bracing surface through a second connection point as the second bracing surface is positioned in between the first bracing surface and the second cavity surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: GRIP HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Paul Kukucka, Thomas Stefan Kukucka
  • Publication number: 20230256576
    Abstract: A fastener extractor tool and a method of using said tool. The tool comprising a torque-tool body, a plurality of engagement features, and a plurality of gripping edges. The engagement features radially positioned around a rotational axis of the torque-tool body and each comprising a first slanted section, a second slanted section, and a hollow section. The first and second slanted sections terminally and oppositely connected to the hollow section and an acute cavity angle being delineated between the first and second slanted sections of each engagement feature. The method comprising providing the fastener extractor tool, engaging the torque-tool body and engagement features with a fastener, cutting a channel into the fastener with the gripping edge, and rotating the fastener with the torque-tool body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Paul Kukucka, Thomas Stefan Kukucka
  • Patent number: 11701757
    Abstract: An anti-slip fastener remover tool includes a torque-tool body, a plurality of paired engagement features, and a plurality of intersection points. The plurality of paired engagement features that grips the lateral surface of the stripped fastener head is radially positioned around a rotation axis of the torque-tool body. The torque-tool body is inwardly extended from an outer wall of the torque-tool body to the plurality of paired engagement features. Each paired engagement feature is offset by 30 degrees, comprising a first engagement feature and a second engagement feature. The first engagement feature and the second engagement feature each comprise a bracing section, a cavity section, and a connector section. The cavity sections of the first and second engagement features are adjacently connected to each other. The bracing sections of the first and second engagement feature are oppositely positioned about the cavity sections of the first and second engagement features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: GRIP HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Paul Kukucka, Thomas Stefan Kukucka
  • Publication number: 20230182274
    Abstract: A screw bit body allows for efficient torque force application onto a socket fastener. The screw bit body includes a plurality of laterally-bracing sidewalls, a plurality of intermittent sidewalls, a first base, and a second base. The laterally-bracing sidewalls are radially distributed about a rotation axis of the screw bit body with each further including a first lateral edge, a second lateral edge, a first bracing surface, a second bracing surface, and an engagement cavity. The engagement cavity creates an additional gripping point to prevent slippage in between the screw bit body and the socket fastener. The engagement cavity traverses normal and into the screw bit body from the first base to the second base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Paul Kukucka, Thomas Stefan Kukucka
  • Publication number: 20230173648
    Abstract: An anti-slip multidirectional fastener remover tool includes a torque-tool body and a plurality of engagement features. A cross section for each of the plurality of engagement features includes a bracing portion, at least one cavity portion, a first interior angle, and a second interior angle. The plurality of engagement features is radially and outwardly distributed about a rotational axis of the torque-tool body. The bracing portion and the cavity portion are adjacently connected to each other about the first interior angle. The cavity portion is oriented towards the rotational axis as the second interior angle is delineated between a first lateral section and a second lateral section of the cavity portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Paul KUKUCKA, Thomas Stefan KUKUCKA
  • Patent number: 11602828
    Abstract: A screw bit body allows for efficient torque force application onto a socket fastener. The screw bit body includes a plurality of laterally-bracing sidewalls, a first base, and a second base. The laterally-bracing sidewalls are radially distributed about a rotation axis of the screw bit body with each further including a first lateral edge, a second lateral edge, a bracing surface, and an engagement cavity. The engagement cavity creates an additional gripping point to prevent slippage in between the screw bit body and the socket fastener. The engagement cavity traverses normal and into the bracing surface. Additionally, the engagement cavity traverses into the screw bit body from the first base to the second base. The engagement cavity is specifically positioned offset from the first lateral edge by a first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: GRIP HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Paul Kukucka, Thomas Stefan Kukucka
  • Publication number: 20230076724
    Abstract: A foreign object removing socket adaptor includes a pusher, an adaptor, an external thread, an internal tread, and a stop. The pusher includes a drive head and a main shaft. The adaptor includes a tool body, a socket attachment body, and a main channel. The drive head and the main shaft are adjacently connected to each other. The external thread is laterally connected around the main shaft. The stop is connected to the main shaft, opposite of the drive head. The tool body and the socket attachment body are adjacently connected to each other. The main channel concentrically traverses through the tool body and the socket attachment body. The internal thread is laterally connected within the main channel. The main shaft is threadedly engaged with the main channel through the external thread and the internal thread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Paul Kukucka, Thomas Stefan Kukucka
  • Publication number: 20230060398
    Abstract: A method for removing a fastener with an extractor tool. The method comprising providing the fastener and the extractor tool, wherein the fastener includes a head portion and the extractor tool includes a drive head, a torque-tool body, an external thread, and a tubular sleeve. The method further comprising driving the torque-tool body of the extractor tool into an engagement recess of the fastener head portion and applying rotational force to the extractor tool to rotate the fastener. The method further comprising rotating the tubular sleeve along the external thread and into contact with the fastener, pressing the external sleeve axially against the fastener to remove the fastener from the extractor tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Paul Kukucka, Thomas Stefan Kukucka
  • Patent number: 11590637
    Abstract: A method of using a fastener torque-tool body, torque arm, and release bolt to engage a stripped threaded fastener in an object. The method comprising the steps of selecting a torque-tool body suitable for the fastener being removed, engaging the torque-tool body with the fastener, engaging the torque arm with the torque-tool body, applying rotational force to the torque arm to rotate the fastener within the object, engaging the release bolt with the torque-tool body, and applying rotational force to the release bolt to dislodge the fastener from the torque-tool body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: GRIP HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Paul Kukucka, Thomas Stefan Kukucka
  • Patent number: 11511409
    Abstract: A foreign object removing socket adaptor includes a pusher, an adaptor, an external thread, an internal tread, and a stop. The pusher includes a drive head and a main shaft. The adaptor includes a tool body, a socket attachment body, and a main channel. The drive head and the main shaft are adjacently connected to each other. The external thread is laterally connected around the main shaft. The stop is radially connected around the main shaft, opposite of the drive head. The tool body and the socket attachment body are adjacently connected to each other. The main channel concentrically traverses through the tool body and the socket attachment body. The internal thread is laterally connected within the main channel. The main shaft is threadedly engaged with the main channel through the external thread and the internal thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: GRIP HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Paul Kukucka, Thomas Stefan Kukucka
  • Publication number: 20220362910
    Abstract: An anti-slip fastener remover tool includes a torque-tool body, a plurality of paired engagement features, and a plurality of intersection points. The plurality of paired engagement features that grips the lateral surface of the stripped fastener head is radially positioned around a rotation axis of the torque-tool body. The torque-tool body is inwardly extended from an outer wall of the torque-tool body to the plurality of paired engagement features. Each paired engagement feature is offset by 30 degrees, comprising a first engagement feature and a second engagement feature. The first engagement feature and the second engagement feature each comprise a bracing section, a cavity section, and a connector section. The cavity sections of the first and second engagement features are adjacently connected to each other. The bracing sections of the first and second engagement feature are oppositely positioned about the cavity sections of the first and second engagement features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Paul Kukucka, Thomas Stefan Kukucka
  • Patent number: D966063
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: GRIP HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Paul Kukucka, Thomas Stefan Kukucka
  • Patent number: D996167
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: GRIP HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Paul Kukucka, Thomas Stefan Kukucka
  • Patent number: D1021584
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: GRIP HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Paul Kukucka, Thomas Stefan Kukucka
  • Patent number: D1026602
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: GRIP HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Paul Kukucka, Thomas Stefan Kukucka