Patents by Inventor William P. Bernard

William P. Bernard 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: 6056325
    Abstract: An improved ratcheting tool swivel body assembly which would include a swivel body having a principal body portion, and a threaded port extending outward from the wall of the stem body, the stem body would further include a continuous opening therethrough, for receiving an elongated stem member, the stem member including a port through the stem member, for allowing fluid to flow between the port and the stem member and the threaded port of the swivel body. The stem member would include a first end having a threaded male end for threadably engaging to the hydraulic fluid source of the torque wrench, and a second end terminating in a hex head portion which is engaged against the upper end of the swivel body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: Francis Torq/Lite
    Inventor: William P. Bernard
  • Patent number: 5097730
    Abstract: A wrench body pivotally connected to an end of a reciprocating power source, a tool head assembly attached to the opposite end of the reciprocating power source, which would include a tool head, having an aperture for the work piece, tracking arm attached to the tool head and for being matingly slideable into a surface of the wrench body; a retainer ring having at least two retainer grooves; at least two roller drive pins positioned within each of the retainer grooves, and biased away from the retainer rim by a leaf spring inserted between the wall of the rim and each drive pin; a ratcheting gear operative attached to the tool body and positioned in the aperture for connecting the work piece, the ratcheting gear having a plurality of axially aligned and beveled channels along the perimeter of the gear so that one of the drive pins are received into at least one of the channels, in order to achieve the ratcheting function, and through a movement of 15.degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1992
    Inventors: Oswald J. Bernard, Paul E. Bernard, William P. Bernard