Patents by Inventor Thomas R. Kaye

Thomas R. Kaye 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: 20240326207
    Abstract: A crimping tool includes a jaw assembly including a first and second jaws, each with a working portion. The jaw assembly is moveable between an open position where the first and second working portions are apart to receive a crimping ring, and a closed position where the first and second working portions apply a crimping force to the crimping ring. A ring support adjacent the first jaw includes first and second legs movable relative to the first jaw between a holding position with the jaw assembly in the open position and a crimping position with the jaw assembly in the closed position. In the holding position, the legs may hold a crimping ring while sliding it along the tube or pipe. In the crimping position, the legs may move to the crimping position to allow the jaws to crimp the crimping ring about the pipe or tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventor: Thomas R. Kaye, JR.
  • Patent number: 12070803
    Abstract: An accessory for coupling to an oscillating power tool includes a working end portion extending along a working axis and an attachment portion coupled to the working end portion including a top wall, a bottom wall spaced apart from the top wall, and a peripheral wall extending from the top wall to the bottom wall at least partially around the top wall to form a portion of a polygonal shape. A generally U-shaped opening defined in the top wall extends along an attachment axis at an obtuse angle to the working axis and is open to a gap in the peripheral wall. A plurality of radial openings is defined in the top wall between the U-shaped opening and the peripheral wall. The attachment portion is configured to couple the attachment portion to at least two differently configured oscillating power tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Thomas R. Kaye, Jr., Bradley J. Nohr
  • Publication number: 20240278339
    Abstract: A power tool accessory for cutting tubular members includes a housing, an input shaft configured to be coupled to a rotary power tool, a transmission, and a cutting head removably received in a front end of the housing. The transmission includes an input gear and an output gear with a first plurality of teeth. The cutting head has a central opening, a cutting blade protruding into the central opening, and a second plurality of teeth engaged by the first plurality of teeth. A clamp assembly coupled to the housing is moveable between a first position where the cutting head is removable from the housing and a second position where the cutting head is retained in the housing. The cutting head receives a tubular member in the central opening with the cutting blade engaging the tubular member to cut the tubular member as the cutting head rotates about the tubular member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas R. Kaye, JR., Melissa Wyrwas, Benjamin Tucker, Marco Lourenco, Aland Santamarina, Samuel McManus, Daniel Cohen
  • 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: 20240033890
    Abstract: A crimping accessory and/or a pinching accessory for a power-driven tool is provided. The crimping accessory and/or the pinching accessory can include first and second jaws that are rotatably coupled relative to a guide assembly and an actuating mechanism coupled in the guide assembly. The actuating mechanism includes a trunnion mounted on a rod. First and second cam followers exert a force on first cam surfaces of the first and second jaws as the trunnion moves in a first longitudinal direction, to bring the jaws together in a crimping and/or pinching area of the accessory and exert a crimping and/or pinching force on a workpiece. Movement of a pair of first pins and a pair of second pins along second cam surfaces of the first and second jaws guides an opening movement of the first and second jaws to release the force exerted on the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventor: Thomas R. Kaye, JR.
  • Publication number: 20230415311
    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 nut runner accessory can include an alignment device that can be automatically or manually operated to align an open ended slot of the gear assembly and driver head with an open ended slot of the housing. The alignment of respective open end portions of the open ended slots defined by the gear assembly, driver head, and housing allows a nut/threaded rod to be inserted into and removed from an engagement portion of the nut runner accessory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Benjamin Tucker, Thomas R. Kaye, JR., Marco Lourenco, Aland Santamarina
  • 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: 20230101161
    Abstract: A modular tool bit holder system includes an angle tool bit holder, a flexible shaft tool bit holder. The angle tool bit holder includes a housing containing a first input shaft, a first angle gear rotatably drivable about a first axis, a second angle gear, and a first bit holder rotatably drivable by the first angle gear about a second axis at an angle to the first axis. The flexible shaft tool bit holder includes a second input shaft, a flexible intermediate shaft rotatably drivable by the second input shaft, and a second tool bit holder rotatably drivable by the flexible intermediate shaft. The angle tool bit holder and the flexible shaft tool bit holder are operable separately or in combination. A connection assembly is configured to non-rotatably couple the angle tool bit holder and the flexible shaft tool bit holder when they are operable in combination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventor: Thomas R. Kaye, JR.
  • Patent number: 11534897
    Abstract: A modular tool bit holder system includes an angle tool bit holder, and a flexible shaft tool bit holder. The angle tool bit holder includes a housing containing a first input shaft, a first angle gear rotatably drivable about a first axis, a second angle gear, and a first bit holder rotatably drivable by the first angle gear about a second axis at an angle to the first axis. The flexible shaft tool bit holder includes a second input shaft, a flexible intermediate shaft rotatably drivable by the second input shaft, and a second tool bit holder rotatably drivable by the flexible intermediate shaft. The angle tool bit holder and the flexible shaft tool bit holder are operable separately or in combination. A connection assembly is configured to non-rotatably couple the angle tool bit holder and the flexible shaft tool bit holder when they are operable in combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas R. Kaye, Jr.
  • 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: 20220134526
    Abstract: A power tool accessory for cutting tubular members includes a housing, an input shaft configured to be coupled to a rotary power tool, a transmission, and a cutting head removably received in a front end of the housing. The transmission includes an input gear and an output gear with a first plurality of teeth. The cutting head has a central opening, a cutting blade protruding into the central opening, and a second plurality of teeth engaged by the first plurality of teeth. A clamp assembly coupled to the housing is moveable between a first position where the cutting head is removable from the housing and a second position where the cutting head is retained in the housing. The cutting head receives a tubular member in the central opening with the cutting blade engaging the tubular member to cut the tubular member as the cutting head rotates about the tubular member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas R. Kaye, JR., Melissa Wyrwas
  • Patent number: 11235452
    Abstract: An accessory for coupling to an attachment mechanism of an oscillating power tool includes a working end, an opposite rear end, and a fitment portion adjacent the rear end portion. The fitment portion includes a central opening having a central portion and a rearward portion open to the rear end, and configured to receive a post of a tool clamping mechanism. The fitment portion further includes a first plurality of openings in communication with and extending radially outward from the central portion, a second plurality of openings not in communication with and positioned radially outward from the central portion. The central portion, the first plurality of openings, and the second plurality of openings are configured to couple the fitment portion to a plurality of different configurations of attachment mechanisms for oscillating power tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Thomas R. Kaye, Jr., James R. Niblett
  • Publication number: 20200398415
    Abstract: An accessory for coupling to an attachment mechanism of an oscillating power tool includes a working end, an opposite rear end, and a fitment portion adjacent the rear end portion. The fitment portion includes a central opening having a central portion and a rearward portion open to the rear end, and configured to receive a post of a tool clamping mechanism. The fitment portion further includes a first plurality of openings in communication with and extending radially outward from the central portion, a second plurality of openings not in communication with and positioned radially outward from the central portion. The central portion, the first plurality of openings, and the second plurality of openings are configured to couple the fitment portion to a plurality of different configurations of attachment mechanisms for oscillating power tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas R. Kaye, JR., James R. Niblett
  • Publication number: 20200353605
    Abstract: A modular tool bit holder system includes an angle tool bit holder, a flexible shaft tool bit holder, and a connection assembly. The angle tool bit holder includes a housing containing a first input shaft and a first angle gear rotatably drivable about a first axis and a second angle gear and a first bit holder rotatably drivable by the first angle gear about a second axis at an angle to the first axis. The flexible shaft tool bit holder includes a second input shaft rotatably drivable about a third axis, a flexible intermediate shaft assembly bendable into a plurality of curved, straight, and curvilinear configurations, and a second tool bit holder rotatably drivable about a fourth axis, with the flexible intermediate shaft assembly configured to transmit rotation from the second input shaft to the second tool bit holder. The angle tool bit holder and the flexible shaft tool bit holder are operable separately or in combination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventor: Thomas R. Kaye, JR.
  • Patent number: 10792801
    Abstract: An accessory for coupling to an attachment mechanism of an oscillating power tool includes a working end, an opposite rear end, and a fitment portion adjacent the rear end portion. The fitment portion includes a central opening having a central portion and a rearward portion open to the rear end, and configured to receive a post of a tool clamping mechanism. The fitment portion further includes a first plurality of openings in communication with and extending radially outward from the central portion, a second plurality of openings not in communication with and positioned radially outward from the central portion. The central portion, the first plurality of openings, and the second plurality of openings are configured to couple the fitment portion to a plurality of different configurations of attachment mechanisms for oscillating power tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas R. Kaye, Jr., James R. Niblett
  • Patent number: 10702927
    Abstract: An accessory for coupling to an oscillating power tool includes a working end portion and an attachment portion. The working end portion defines and extends along a working axis. The attachment portion is coupled to the working end portion and includes a top wall, a bottom wall spaced apart from the top wall, and a peripheral wall extending from the top wall to the bottom wall at least partially around the top wall to form at least a portion of a polygonal shape. A generally U-shaped opening is defined in the top wall, extends along an attachment axis at an angle to the working axis, has a central portion at a center of the attachment portion, and is open to a gap in the peripheral wall. A plurality of radial openings is defined in the top wall and arranged between the U-shaped opening and the peripheral wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas R. Kaye, Jr., Bradley J. Nohr
  • Patent number: D871185
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Thomas R. Kaye, Jr., Bradley J. Nohr
  • Patent number: D873099
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Thomas R. Kaye, Jr., James R. Niblett
  • Patent number: D884444
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Thomas R. Kaye, Jr., James R. Niblett
  • Patent number: D924030
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas R. Kaye, Jr., Bradley J. Nohr