Patents by Inventor Wayne T. Kuzma

Wayne T. Kuzma 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: 9670729
    Abstract: A hydraulic impact hammer having a hammer housing and a hydraulic piston. The hammer housing has means for attaching a hydraulic rotator converter which has a hydraulic rotator for rotating a drill bit for drilling holes on a surface while the drill bit receives pounding action from the piston. The drill bit has surface portions dimensioned to mate with bushing assembles and a cutout region to loosely engage with the locking mechanism in the hammer housing. After the holes are drilled, the converter is released from the hammer housing so as to allow a hammer tool with a larger diameter to be used for pounding over the holes. The hammer tool also has surface portions dimensioned to mate with the bushing assembles and a cutout region to engage with the locking mechanism so that the hammer tool can receive pounding action from the piston for pounding over the holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: JW Tooling, LLC
    Inventor: Wayne T. Kuzma
  • Patent number: 9566702
    Abstract: A hydraulic rotator converter for attachment to a hydraulic impact hammer having a hammer housing and a hydraulic piston. The converter has mounting brackets, a rotator housing, posts attached to the rotator housing and attachable to the mounting brackets, a hydraulic rotator assembly including a hydraulic rotator, a rotator wheel driven by the hydraulic rotator, and a rotator plate connected to the rotator wheel, the rotator plate having a central cutout region formed therein, and a rotator drill bit dimensioned to pass through a central cutout region of the rotator plate and to engage with the central cutout region so as to be rotatable by the rotator wheel while allowing the rotator drill bit to move in an axis perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the drill bit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: JW Tooling, LLC
    Inventor: Wayne T. Kuzma
  • Publication number: 20160084005
    Abstract: A hydraulic impact hammer having a hammer housing and a hydraulic piston. The hammer housing has means for attaching a hydraulic rotator converter which has a hydraulic rotator for rotating a drill bit for drilling holes on a surface while the drill bit receives pounding action from the piston. The drill bit has surface portions dimensioned to mate with bushing assembles and a cutout region to loosely engage with the locking mechanism in the hammer housing. After the holes are drilled, the converter is released from the hammer housing so as to allow a hammer tool with a larger diameter to be used for pounding over the holes. The hammer tool also has surface portions dimensioned to mate with the bushing assembles and a cutout region to engage with the locking mechanism so that the hammer tool can receive pounding action from the piston for pounding over the holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventor: Wayne T. KUZMA
  • Publication number: 20140367133
    Abstract: A hydraulic rotator converter for attachment to a hydraulic impact hammer having a hammer housing and a hydraulic piston. The converter has mounting brackets, a rotator housing, posts attached to the rotator housing and attachable to the mounting brackets, a hydraulic rotator assembly including a hydraulic rotator, a rotator wheel driven by the hydraulic rotator, and a rotator plate connected to the rotator wheel, the rotator plate having a central cutout region formed therein, and a rotator drill bit dimensioned to pass through a central cutout region of the rotator plate and to engage with the central cutout region so as to be rotatable by the rotator wheel while allowing the rotator drill bit to move in an axis perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the drill bit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventor: Wayne T. Kuzma