Patents by Inventor Robert D. Auger

Robert D. Auger 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).

  • Tool Housing with Adjustable Center of Gravity
    Publication number: 20260027695
    Abstract: A hydraulic power tool with adjustable center of gravity, the hydraulic power tool includes a handle assembly having a frame, the handle assembly capable of being operatively coupled to one of a plurality of differently configured working head assemblies and a power unit housed by the frame. The power unit is longitudinally movable and positionable within the frame depending on which of the plurality of differently configured working head assemblies is operatively coupled to the handle assembly to maintain a substantially constant center of gravity of the hydraulic power tool regardless of which of the plurality of differently configured working head assemblies is operatively coupled to the handle assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2025
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Inventor: Robert D. Auger
  • PORTABLE HAND-HELD HYDRAULIC TOOLS
    Publication number: 20250162125
    Abstract: Portable, hand-held hydraulic tools having a modular power unit within a handle assembly and a working head assembly mated to the handle assembly. The working head assembly can have a pair of movable jaws or a movable jaw and a fixed jaw. The jaws can be configured to perform different operating operations, such as crimping operations and cutting operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2025
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Inventors: John David LeFavour, Robert D. Auger, Lawrence N. Brown, Thomas Romeo Faucher, Peter Matthew Wason
  • Portable hand-held hydraulic tools
    Patent number: 12208502
    Abstract: Portable, hand-held hydraulic tools having a modular power unit within a handle assembly and a working head assembly mated to the handle assembly. The working head assembly can have a pair of movable jaws or a movable jaw and a fixed jaw. The jaws can be configured to perform different operating operations, such as crimping operations and cutting operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: John David LeFavour, Jr., Robert D. Auger, Lawrence N. Brown, Thomas Romeo Faucher, Peter Matthew Wason
  • PORTABLE HAND-HELD HYDRAULIC TOOLS
    Publication number: 20230120099
    Abstract: Portable, hand-held hydraulic tools having a modular power unit within a handle assembly and a working head assembly mated to the handle assembly. The working head assembly can have a pair of movable jaws or a movable jaw and a fixed jaw. The jaws can be configured to perform different operating operations, such as crimping operations and cutting operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: John David LeFavour, JR., Robert D. Auger, Lawrence N. Brown, Thomas Romeo Faucher, Peter Matthew Wason