Patents by Inventor Samuel Willits

Samuel Willits 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: 20260102886
    Abstract: A nut runner accessory for a power-driven tool is provided. The nut runner accessory can include a gear assembly received in a housing. The gear assembly transfers an externally generated force to a driver head of the nut runner accessory. The driver head can include a plurality of stepped pockets that can receive and engage different sizes and/or configurations of nuts to be threaded onto/off of a threaded rod. The driver head can be counterweighted, to counteract imbalance generated due to an offset between a center of mass of the driver head and a center of rotation of the driver head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2025
    Publication date: April 16, 2026
    Inventors: Benjamin Tucker, Thomas R. Kaye, JR., Marco Lourenco, Darren B. Moss, Aland Santamarina, Samuel Willits
  • Patent number: 12521850
    Abstract: A nut runner accessory for a power-driven tool is provided. The nut runner accessory can include a gear assembly received in a housing. The gear assembly transfers an externally generated force to a driver head of the nut runner accessory. The driver head can include a plurality of stepped pockets that can receive and engage different sizes and/or configurations of nuts to be threaded onto/off of a threaded rod. The driver head can be counterweighted, to counteract imbalance generated due to an offset between a center of mass of the driver head and a center of rotation of the driver head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2026
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Tucker, Thomas R. Kaye, Jr., Marco Lourenco, Darren B. Moss, Aland Santamarina, Samuel Willits
  • Publication number: 20240275145
    Abstract: A device may include a housing. A device may include a rotatable input shaft at least partially received in the housing and configured to be coupled to a power tool. A device may include a rotatable blade configured to be rotated upon rotation of the rotatable input shaft. A device may include a jaw assembly coupled to the housing and including a first jaw and a second jaw operable to grasp a cable, the jaw assembly operable to move the cable towards the rotatable blade allowing the rotatable blade to form a slit in an exterior jacket of the cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Samuel Willits, Thomas R. Kaye, JR., Marco Lourenco
  • Publication number: 20240066676
    Abstract: A power tool accessory system for a power tool includes a power tool accessory with a housing, an input shaft rotatably driven by a power tool, and a working tool driven to perform an operation upon rotation of the input shaft. The system also includes a brace configured to removably couple the housing to the power tool while the input shaft rotates. The brace includes a clamp assembly configured to be fixedly coupled to a base of the power tool handle, and an arm assembly with a first end portion configured to be coupled to the housing and a second end portion configured to be coupled to the clamp assembly. The second end portion is removable from the clamp assembly while the clamp assembly remains fixedly coupled to the power tool to enable removal of the power tool accessory from the power tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: MARCO LOURENCO, DARREN B. MOSS, ALAND SANTAMARINA, SAMUEL WILLITS, THOMAS R. KAYE, JR., MATTHEW VELDERMAN
  • Publication number: 20230128823
    Abstract: A nut runner accessory for a power-driven tool is provided. The nut runner accessory can include a gear assembly received in a housing. The gear assembly transfers an externally generated force to a driver head of the nut runner accessory. The driver head can include a plurality of stepped pockets that can receive and engage different sizes and/or configurations of nuts to be threaded onto/off of a threaded rod. The driver head can be counterweighted, to counteract imbalance generated due to an offset between a center of mass of the driver head and a center of rotation of the driver head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Benjamin Tucker, Thomas R. Kaye, Jr., Marco Lourenco, Darren B. Moss, Aland Santamarina, Samuel Willits
  • Publication number: 20220331942
    Abstract: A power tool accessory system for a power tool includes a power tool accessory with a housing, an input shaft rotatably driven by a power tool, and a working tool driven to perform an operation upon rotation of the input shaft. The system also includes a brace configured to removably couple the housing to the power tool while the input shaft rotates. The brace includes a clamp assembly configured to be fixedly coupled to a base of the power tool handle, and an arm assembly with a first end portion configured to be coupled to the housing and a second end portion configured to be coupled to the clamp assembly. The second end portion is removable from the clamp assembly while the clamp assembly remains fixedly coupled to the power tool to enable removal of the power tool accessory from the power tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Marco Lourenco, Darren B. Moss, Aland Santamarina, Samuel Willits, Thomas R. Kaye, JR.
  • Publication number: 20050235796
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for making articles using a pair of flat, mirror imaged, cutting dies formed by etching, machining, welding or a combination thereof, disposed opposite each other and having cutting knives facing each other. The dies are mounted in a flat die set and driven by a reciprocating flat-bed press which controls their spatial relationship to cut and score articles from flat stock sheets or other material adaptable to be paid out from cylindrical storage rolls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2004
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Steven Willits, Samuel Willits