Patents by Inventor Vincent R. Cantacessi

Vincent R. Cantacessi 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).

  • Patent number: 5400499
    Abstract: A tool for removal of the internal bushings from a piston coupling of a CRD. The tool incorporates a spring-loaded and hardened collet supported on one end of a ram. The collet has a pair of arms with shoulders or projections which latch inside the internal bushing ring to be removed. The tool is inserted into the piston coupling from either end, depending on which internal bushing is to be removed. The tool is inserted until the latching shoulders or projections snap behind the radially inwardly projecting internal bushing, with the contact surfaces of the shoulders or projections in contact with a radial end surface of the bushing. The bushing can then be dislodged, from the inside out, by impacting the other end of the ram with a hammer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1995
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Robert S. Tsukida, Douglas K. Ethridge, Frank Ortega, Vincent R. Cantacessi