Patents by Inventor Robert Lee Suter

Robert Lee Suter 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).

  • Roller bearing ratchet tool
    Patent number: 8210072
    Abstract: A ratchet bit driving tool includes a hexagonal tool driving shaft with planar faces and vertices between the faces; a handle drive sleeve with a cylindrical inner bore and adapted for attachment to a handle; and a roller bearing ratchet clutch with an annular roller bearing cage between the tool driving shaft and handle drive sleeve which is adapted to selectively engage the tool driving shaft on rotation of the handle drive sleeve. The roller bearing cage includes at least three roller bearing apertures in separated by at least three resilient locator bars with a substantially cylindrical roller bearing resiliently retained in each aperture between a face of the tool driving shaft and the handle sleeve by the locator bars. The roller bearing cage additionally includes at least three inwardly facing resilient position indexing notches operable to engage with a vertex of the tool driving shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Inventor: Robert Lee Suter
  • ROLLER BEARING RATCHET TOOL
    Publication number: 20110209584
    Abstract: A ratchet bit driving tool includes a hexagonal tool driving shaft with planar faces and vertices between the faces; a handle drive sleeve with a cylindrical inner bore and adapted for attachment to a handle; and a roller bearing ratchet clutch with an annular roller bearing cage between the tool driving shaft and handle drive sleeve which is adapted to selectively engage the tool driving shaft on rotation of the handle drive sleeve. The roller bearing cage includes at least three roller bearing apertures in separated by at least three resilient locator bars with a substantially cylindrical roller bearing resiliently retained in each aperture between a face of the tool driving shaft and the handle sleeve by the locator bars. The roller bearing cage additionally includes at least three inwardly facing resilient position indexing notches operable to engage with a vertex of the tool driving shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventor: Robert Lee SUTER
  • Multi-bit ratchet screwdriver
    Patent number: D714121
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Inventor: Robert Lee Suter
  • Single blade ratchet screwdriver
    Patent number: D716629
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Inventor: Robert Lee Suter