Patents by Inventor Ricky D. Tucker

Ricky D. Tucker 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).

  • Key locking stud installation tool
    Patent number: 10882170
    Abstract: A tool for installing a stud having a plurality of locking keys into a workpiece bore includes a main body, an actuator within the main body, a nosepiece adjacent the main body and having an anvil portion, and a mandrel disposed within the nosepiece. The actuator includes a movable piston, a shaft extending axially from the piston, and a coupler on a shaft end opposite the piston. The mandrel includes a threaded head portion and a body portion, and is releasably secured to the coupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Derek T. Welch, Ricky D. Tucker
  • Key locked insert installation tool
    Patent number: 10668606
    Abstract: In a method for installing a key locked insert to a workpiece, the workpiece has a hole open to a first surface. The method includes: threading an insert body into the hole; threading a first portion of a mandrel into the insert body; after the threading of the first portion into the insert body, mating a second portion of the mandrel with an actuator; and using the actuator to extend an anvil relative to the mandrel to drive keys of the insert through a thread of the workpiece hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Derek T. Welch, Ricky D. Tucker
  • KEY LOCKING STUD INSTALLATION TOOL
    Publication number: 20190275652
    Abstract: A tool for installing a stud having a plurality of locking keys into a workpiece bore includes a main body, an actuator within the main body, a nosepiece adjacent the main body and having an anvil portion, and a mandrel disposed within the nosepiece. The actuator includes a movable piston, a shaft extending axially from the piston, and a coupler on a shaft end opposite the piston. The mandrel includes a threaded head portion and a body portion, and is releasably secured to the coupler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Derek T. Welch, Ricky D. Tucker
  • Key Locked Insert Installation Tool
    Publication number: 20190184535
    Abstract: In a method for installing a key locked insert to a workpiece, the workpiece has a hole open to a first surface. The method includes: threading an insert body into the hole; threading a first portion of a mandrel into the insert body; after the threading of the first portion into the insert body, mating a second portion of the mandrel with an actuator; and using the actuator to extend an anvil relative to the mandrel to drive keys of the insert through a thread of the workpiece hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Derek T. Welch, Ricky D. Tucker