Patents by Inventor Richard Craig Lantow

Richard Craig Lantow 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).

  • Quick-change socket and hex key retainer assembly for a fastener installation tool
    Patent number: 7874232
    Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method for installing fasteners are disclosed involving a fastener installation tool and a socket assembly. The fastener installation tool comprises a tool component and a gear head. The gear head comprises a lever, a retaining slide, a retaining slide housing, and at least one gear. The socket assembly comprises a socket, a hex key, and a hex key retainer. An end of the drive shaft of the socket has an annular groove around the circumference of the exterior surface of the drive shaft. When the retaining slide is slid into a locked position, the retaining slide engages the annular groove of the drive shaft of the socket, thereby attaching the drive shaft of the socket to the gear head of the fastener installation tool. A socket gear of the gear head matingly engages the drive shaft of the socket to rotate the socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Huck Patents, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Paul Gauthreaux, Charles Henry Dibley, Richard Craig Lantow, Jay Raymond Olkowski
  • QUICK-CHANGE SOCKET AND HEX KEY RETAINER ASSEMBLY FOR A FASTENER INSTALLATION TOOL
    Publication number: 20100095811
    Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method for installing fasteners are disclosed involving a fastener installation tool and a socket assembly. The fastener installation tool comprises a tool component and a gear head. The gear head comprises a lever, a retaining slide, a retaining slide housing, and at least one gear. The socket assembly comprises a socket, a hex key, and a hex key retainer. An end of the drive shaft of the socket has an annular groove around the circumference of the exterior surface of the drive shaft. When the retaining slide is slid into a locked position, the retaining slide engages the annular groove of the drive shaft of the socket, thereby attaching the drive shaft of the socket to the gear head of the fastener installation tool. A socket gear of the gear head matingly engages the drive shaft of the socket to rotate the socket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Donald Paul Gauthreaux, Charles Henry Dibley, Richard Craig Lantow, Jay Raymond Olkowski