Plate Or Bar Forms Work-engager Patents (Class 29/266)
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Patent number: 11454290Abstract: A hydraulic brake caliper piston/plunger tool includes a handle, a barrel with rear and front tubes, and a shaft. The handle is provided therein with a fluid reservoir and a fluid chamber, and pivotally connected with an operation lever having a plunger inserted into the fluid chamber. The shaft is attached with a piston and fitted through the rear tube, the barrel and the front tube. A return spring is fitted around the shaft in a central hole of the barrel, between the piston and the front tube. A front end of the shaft is adapted to be fitted with an accessory for a disc brake. A rear end of the shaft is adapted to be connected with a turning tool. In use, alternately depressing and releasing the operation lever enables fluid to enter the central hole of the barrel to have the piston together with the shaft moved forward.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2019Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Inventors: Shu-Hui Chen, Oliver Sir
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Patent number: 10914058Abstract: Implementations of a garbage disposal assembly apparatus are provided. In some implementations, the garbage disposal assembly apparatus comprises a top part, an elongated member, a handle, and a support member. In some implementations, a method of using the garbage disposal assembly apparatus comprises installing a garbage disposal assembly to a sink using the garbage disposal assembly apparatus. In some embodiments, the support member includes a holding element adapted to hold a portion of a garbage disposal assembly during the installation process.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2020Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Inventor: Anthony Pruitt
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Patent number: 9302380Abstract: A seat puller removes a valve seat or bushing from a structure such as a fluid pump. The seat puller may be formed of a shaft having a threaded adjusting nut fastening region, a central shaft region, a land region, a cone shaft region and an end stopper region. The seat puller includes a slide lock jaw held onto the shaft at the land region by a spring. The spring permits the slide lock jaw to open slightly and thereby permits the slide lock jaw to slide down the shaft to the cone shaft region. This causes the slide lock jaw to open and engage the internal and bottom surfaces of a seat with its outer circumference, thereby permitting the seat puller to remove the seat from the structure in which it is seated.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2015Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Inventor: Samuel Weaver
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Publication number: 20150121675Abstract: An axle hub puller may include a puller body. The puller body may include a plurality of counter sink holes and a threaded puller screw hole. The puller body may be operable to removably attach to hub with a plurality of wheel lugs by having the plurality of wheel lugs pass through the plurality of counter sink holes. A puller screw may be inserted into the threaded puller screw hole. The puller screw may be turned against a hub axle center allowing for the removal of the hub and a brake rotor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2013Publication date: May 7, 2015Inventor: Joseph Richard Campoli
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Patent number: 8819910Abstract: A positioning tool includes an actuating member and a rotating member rotatably attached to the actuating member. The actuating member includes a supporting lump. Two positioning pins are located on the supporting lump. The rotating member includes a rotating plate located between the two positioning pins. Three latching pins are located on the rotating plate.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2012Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (WuHan) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yu-Lan Liu, Chang-Jun Li, Chao-Jie Cai, Yu-Lin Liu
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Patent number: 8745832Abstract: A hub remover is provided. The hub remover includes a cross bar; a set of jaws having a receiving hole dimensioned to allow the cross bar to fit through the receiving hole to connect the jaws together via the cross bar; a forcing screw configured to extend through the cross-bar and between the jaws; a forcing screw nut configured to threadably engage an end of the forcing screw; and a resilient friction device located in the hole and configured to generate friction between the cross bar and the jaw when the cross bar moves through the hole in the cross bar. A method of operating a hub remover is provided. The method includes extending the forcing screw through a hole in the hub; placing a forcing screw nut on an end of the forcing screw that has extended through the hub; placing a foot portion of a jaw behind a portion of the hub; and turning the forcing screw to urge the forcing screw nut against a rear portion of the hub and thereby push the hub off of a spindle assembly.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2010Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Bosch Automotive Service Solutions LLCInventors: Jose O. Barrios, Cory Pleschourt, Todd Derby
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Patent number: 8667655Abstract: An apparatus for securing a drive system to a ring in a medical imaging gantry, the ring defining a central longitudinal axis. The apparatus includes a ring having an outer race and an inner race rotatively mounted within the outer race, the inner race defining inner race teeth about a portion of its circumference, The apparatus also includes a drive system having a drive gear, defining drive gear teeth that are engaged with the inner race teeth, and defining tooth clearance there between. A mounting assembly is also included having at least one mounting bar rigidly attached to the outer race outer facing surface, the mounting bar including a transverse face being substantially perpendicular to the ring outer race circumference, at least one mounting plate secured to the drive system and transverse face of the at least one mounting bar.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2012Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.Inventors: Michael Robert Campbell, Jeff Scribner
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Publication number: 20140026380Abstract: A fire damper tool is provided for assisting a user opening the shutters of an HVAC fire damper after the shutters have closed. The device comprises a scissor tool that is hand-driven for separating the closed shutters without requiring the user to exert force on the doors while opening. The tool comprises a first and second set of scissor arms connected to a common pin. A threaded rod connects the proximal ends of the scissor arms along one side of the pin, while the distal ends of the scissor arms are positioned between the closed fire damper doors. A hand driven nut draws the proximal ends of the scissor arms together, causing the proximal ends thereof to spread, and in turn spread the fire damper doors. The tool is useful for confined areas where mechanical advantage is necessary for separating items, and is particularly suited for commercial HVAC applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2013Publication date: January 30, 2014Inventor: Stephen Doonan
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Patent number: 8595911Abstract: An extraction device for removing a vehicle fastener includes a housing, a body, and cam members. The housing has a camming surface and the body is slidably connected to the housing. The cam members are rotatably connected to the body. Slidable movement of the body and the housing relative to one another causes engagement between the camming surface of the housing and the cam members to cause the cam members to rotate. This rotation of the cam members results in the vehicle fastener being unfastened.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2010Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jason Hendren, Deron Payne
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Patent number: 8490522Abstract: A wheel bearing removal tool system comprising a dome structure, comprising a round bowl portion and a flat lip; a protrusion affixing the dome structure to a power drill, a plurality of recesses on the flat lip, a plurality of tool post, wherein the first post end comprises a complementary screw thread for screwing the tool posts into the plurality of recesses and affixing them to the flat lip.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2011Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Inventor: Abrie Bryan
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Patent number: 8458875Abstract: A removal tool includes a staking unit configured to deform a circlip located at a bore of an apparatus when the removal tool is pushed into the bore, and a spring fork unit configured to push a ferrule ring located at the bore when the removal tool is pushed into the bore.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2010Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: International Engine Intellectual Property Company, LLCInventor: Joshua Kyle Dalrymple
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Patent number: 8418363Abstract: A plunger installation tool that exerts a force on a plunger for a reciprocating pump to install the plunger into a pump cylinder opening. Maintenance of the pump typically includes repacking of the packing that surrounds the plunger and revalving of the pump's inlet and outlet valve. To allow repacking or revalving, the pump is disassembled and the plunger is removed. The plunger installation tool threads onto the pump cylinder opening to provide a reaction point for a threaded rod that is driven at one end by a driver and engages the plunger at an opposite end during installation to push the plunger into the cylinder opening without the use of hammers by personnel.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2010Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: S.P.M. Flow Control, Inc.Inventor: Pankaj Patel
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Patent number: 8347473Abstract: A stud installation tool comprising a slide shaft including a pair of arms angled towards each other, a slide bar with a triangular head at an end engaged within the pair of arms to enable the slide bar to move along the slide shaft without disengaging, a receiving brace attached to the slide shaft at an opposing end from the slide bar, where said receiving brace includes a threaded hole, a bolt threaded through the slide bar and extending down and through the threaded hole, a bolt head fastened to the bolt and positioned above the slide bar, and a stud holder connected to the slide bar at an end opposite from the triangular head wherein the stud holder includes an opening to accept a stud after the stud is slid through a hole in an axle plate and positioned between the receiving brace and the stud holder.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Inventor: Alton Wayne Hux
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Patent number: 8276251Abstract: A hand tool comprises: a body; a handle extending from the body; a hand-operable lever pivotally connected to the body and pivotable from a resting position towards the handle to a working position; a shaft extending through the body along a longitundal axis, and movable between forward and reverse directions along the axis relative to the body; a shaft drive mechanism mounted to the body and operatively connected to the shaft and lever such that pivoting of the lever to the working position causes the shaft drive mechanism to incrementally advance the shaft only in the forward direction; and a shaft release mechanism mounted to the body and comprising a shaft locking member operatively connected to the shaft and lever, wherein the shaft locking member is movable by the lever between a locking position and an unlocking position, and wherein movement of the lever from the resting position away from the working position moves the shaft locking member to the unlocking position and enables the shaft to be moved iType: GrantFiled: July 20, 2009Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Private Brand Tools (Australia) Pty LtdInventor: David Mitchell
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Patent number: 8256081Abstract: A bearing remover is configured to cooperate with a puller to remove a bearing from an axle. The bearing remover includes a claw that has an opening to receive a portion of the axle, and a lip that can be inserted between the bearing and the wall. The bearing remover also includes a centering component that fits about the axle. The claw and centering component are mechanically coupled to assist in maintaining the claw about the bearing, and to transmit a force to the claw.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2009Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Inventor: Gideon Fridman
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Patent number: 8214988Abstract: A bearing handling tool is revealed. The bearing handling tool includes a tool body having a fixing member arranged at a middle part thereof. The fixing member is for fixing the tool body to a machine such as engines or transmissions of car models, ship models, airplane models, etc. The tool body further has a connection end on one end and a plurality of locking parts on the other end thereof. The connection end is to handle the bearing near a surface of the machine while the locking part is for handling the bearing in the machine. The handling tool is used depending on the condition and providing convenient assembling and disassembling. Moreover, the attaching and detaching of the bearing have no influence on the machine and with high industrial application value.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2010Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: Jyi Fu Tay Co., Ltd.Inventors: Siang-Ting Lee, Jian-Fu Lin
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Patent number: 8132331Abstract: An apparatus that aids in the removal of heavy-duty universal joints or Spicer® joints is herein disclosed. The apparatus is comprised of a metal plate approximately four (4) inches long and two-and-a-half (2½) inches wide. Two (2) outer apertures in the metal plate attach to the corresponding retaining bolt holes on an existing universal joint. The inner hole has a driver shaft driven by a three-quarter (¾) inch hex fitting. This driver shaft facilitates the removal of the joint caps of the universal joint. The apparatus is secure and will not slip or reposition itself while in use. When finished, the apparatus is removed from the drive shaft. The use of the apparatus allows for the removal of heavy-duty universal joints in an efficient manner.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2008Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Inventor: Brian Rutherford
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Patent number: 8087137Abstract: A flat clamping hand tool structure includes a left clamping seat having one side with a left fixing portion facing a right fixing portion on one side of a right clamping seat. The first and second fixing members move up and down in left and right mounting slots of the left and right clamping seats by left and right swing plates which are pivotally connected with upper and lower holders. The left and right clamping seats are guided to move by guiding blocks of the upper and lower holders to slide along guiding grooves of the left and right clamping seats. Left and the right arms pivot together through a first pivot member. Left and right limit portions of the left and right swing plates mesh with each other so as to drive the left and right clamping seats to carry out a clamping motion.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2009Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Inventor: Tian Shoei Wang
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Publication number: 20110277289Abstract: A bearing handling tool is revealed. The bearing handling tool includes a tool body having a fixing member arranged at a middle part thereof. The fixing member is for fixing the tool body to a machine such as engines or transmissions of car models, ship models, airplane models, etc. The tool body further has a connection end on one end and a plurality of locking parts on the other end thereof. The connection end is to handle the bearing near a surface of the machine while the locking part is for handling the bearing in the machine. The handling tool is used depending on the condition and providing convenient assembling and disassembling. Moreover, the attaching and detaching of the bearing have no influence on the machine and with high industrial application value.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2010Publication date: November 17, 2011Applicant: JYI FU TAY CO., LTD.Inventors: SIANG-TING LEE, JIAN-FU LIN
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Publication number: 20110219597Abstract: A brake drum removal device providing the user with a method of disengaging a brake drum from the drum assembly of a car. The present invention provides users with a device and method to remove the brake drum in a timely manner without the need to strike the drum with a hammer. The present invention makes use of a drum disc with a plurality of drum arms that are able to latch onto a brake drum. The user is able to use a rotary tool to pull the brake drum off of the drum assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2011Publication date: September 15, 2011Inventor: Timothy MILLER
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Patent number: 7908728Abstract: An improved system and method for removing extrusion screw elements includes a puller assembly for removing at least one screw element from a screw shaft of a screw-type extrusion machine. The at least one screw element includes a sleeve portion received annularly about the screw shaft and at least one flute extending radially outward from the sleeve portion. The puller assembly includes a body having a sleeve portion with an inner diameter sufficiently sized for axially fitting over the at least one screw element on the screw shaft. At least one engaging element is removably secured to the body for enabling the body to be axially installed on the at least one screw element when the at least one engaging element is removed from the body and axially locking the body on the at least one screw element when the at least one engaging element is installed in the body.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2007Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Inventor: Ismael Marcial, Jr.
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Patent number: 7517191Abstract: An assembled pump compressor arrangement of an air-conditioning system having a housing enclosing an impeller with a thrust collar positioned thereon. The arrangement includes a tool for applying torque to the impeller having an outer cylindrical element and a plurality of arcuate sections. The arrangement further includes a releasable clamp for interconnecting the arcuate sections and the outer cylindrical element with the impeller clamped between the outer cylindrical element and the arcuate sections. A torque bar is provided which extends through the outer cylindrical element in a spaced relation to the impeller through which the torque is applied to effect disassembly of the high-speed thrust collar and removal of the impeller from the housing of the air-conditioning system.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2005Date of Patent: April 14, 2009Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Thomas Bein, Matthew Frank, William L. Tucker
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Patent number: 7272886Abstract: A support adaptor assembly for a bearing press comprising a rectangular shaped header plate (1), a pair of adjustable support rods (4) each with an adaptor (9) on one end for providing a means of supporting an object (50) to be worked on with a bearing press either above or below the support members of the bearing press.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2003Date of Patent: September 25, 2007Inventor: David John Thomson
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Patent number: 7196282Abstract: A movable contact unit arrangement includes a movable contact disposed close to a magnetic sensor. The movable contact unit includes a base sheet made of insulating resin, and a movable contact made of elastic metal plate material and having a downwardly opening dome shape. The movable contact is stuck to the base sheet. The magnetic sensor has an operation magnetic flux density during operation, and the movable contact is a demagnetized movable contact so that a residual magnetic flux density of the movable contact is smaller than the operation flux density of the magnetic sensor.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2006Date of Patent: March 27, 2007Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideki Mitsuoka, Hiromichi Koyama
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Patent number: 7140086Abstract: A support assembly useful in supporting a plumbing fixture in the course of effecting connections thereto includes a base provided with a vertical tube segment supporting a nut assembly threadably engaged to a rod partly received in the segment with the upper rod end supporting an adapter conformed to the supported fixture. An offset bar fixed to the rod exterior engages a lateral recess on the segment to fix the rod in rotation as the nut assembly is turned. The assembly may include rods of differing lengths and adapters of various forms.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2006Date of Patent: November 28, 2006Inventor: Kenneth Heaton
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Patent number: 7062846Abstract: An apparatus is provided for engaging electrical hardware devices. The apparatus has a handle; a planar body; a planar engagement bar projecting normal from the body; a pair of arms, one arm formed at each of two ends of the bar; and each arm further bending and terminating in a bottom hook portion, the bottom hooks aligned in a common plane parallel to and spaced a gap distance from the bar and generally normal to the planar body. The hook spacing dimension is about equal to or slightly greater than an outer dimension of an electrical hardware device workpiece body but less than an outer dimension of a rectilinear lip element projecting from the hardware device workpiece. The gap distance is about equal to or slightly greater than a thickness dimension of the rectilinear lip element.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2003Date of Patent: June 20, 2006Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Adam I. Armstrong, Alexander V. Verrigni
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Patent number: 7024743Abstract: A support assembly useful in aligning and mounting a garbage disposal to the drain fitting of a sink includes a base provided with a vertical tube segment supporting a nut assembly threadably engaged to a rod partly received in the segment with the upper rod end supporting an adapter conformed to the disposal. An offset bar fixed to the rod exterior engages a lateral recess on the segment to fix the rod in rotation as the nut assembly is turned. The assembly may include rods of differing lengths and adapters of various forms.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2004Date of Patent: April 11, 2006Inventor: Kenneth Heaton
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Patent number: 7017253Abstract: A culvert band installation tool includes two end plates that are substantially parallel to one another and a bolt to draw the end plates together facilitating the culvert band installation process. The ends plates are maintained substantially parallel to one another by using slip shafts that pass through long sleeves that pass through holes in the end plates. The slip shafts are substantially parallel to the bolt. Indexing pins are installed in the end plates that engage holes in the flanges of the culvert band. A band is installed by using the culvert installation tool to clamp the flanges sufficiently close together to fasten with carriage bolts.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2003Date of Patent: March 28, 2006Inventor: Robert T. Riggle
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Patent number: 6880218Abstract: A tool for, and method of, removing a first component, such as a disc brake rotor, from an assembly, such as a disc brake assembly. The tool includes an elongated bar and a pressing device. The elongated bar has a pressing surface for pressing against the first component, and a backing surface opposite the pressing surface. The pressing device is connectable to the backing surface of the elongated bar. The pressing device is adjustable to engage a second component that is fixed to the assembly, in order to apply a force between the first component and the second component, to thereby remove the first component from the assembly.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2003Date of Patent: April 19, 2005Inventor: Mark J. Christopher
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Patent number: 6877198Abstract: A liner remover and installer assembly for a cylinder that includes a base having an opening to receive a rod with a tool at an end, an adjustment member and a support member. The support member can have an alignment feature adapted to mate with a dowel pin on an engine block. The tool can be a liner installer or remover. The liner remover can have a shoe with a lip. The support member and the lip can be made from a material that will not score the engine such as aluminum.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2002Date of Patent: April 12, 2005Assignee: SPX CorporationInventor: Michael Shevela
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Patent number: 6851168Abstract: A clamp for quickly, effectively and safely removing a cathode collar from an HDP deposition chamber for routine maintenance, cleaning or replacement of the collar. The clamp includes a pair of clamp plates which are capable of pivoting movement on respective ends of a connecting rod. A clamp shoe for gripping a corresponding edge of the annular collar is provided on the bottom end of each clamp plate, and a turnbuckle is fitted with a pair of threaded shafts which engage the upper end portions of the respective clamp plates. By rotating the turnbuckle, the threaded shafts are advanced away from each other against the clamp plates, which pivot on the connecting rod and cause the clamp shoes to tightly engage respective edges of the collar. The clamp is grasped to lift the collar from the chamber and replace the collar in the chamber after cleaning or maintenance.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2002Date of Patent: February 8, 2005Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., LtdInventors: Wen-Shan Chang, Jung-Chang Chen, Shih-Chang Hsu, Li-Chung Wang, Cheng-Chia Kuo, Jong-Min Lin, Kuo-Ming Yu, Da-Hsiang Chou, Kuo-Chuan Chen, Ming-Te Chen
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Patent number: 6701596Abstract: In order to improve a clamping and spreading device for the relative movement of two workpieces which have surfaces lying essentially parallel to a common plane, comprising a first holder, to which the first workpiece can be fixed, and a second holder, to which the second workpiece can be fixed, wherein the two holders are movable relative to one another, in such a manner that this can be used in a simple manner comfortable for the operator it is provided for the first holder and the second holder to be connected to one another via a guiding device so as to be displaceable and for the guiding device to comprise an actuating element which is mounted not only on the first holder so as to be movable but is also mounted on the second holder so as to be movable and via which a relative movement of the two holders can be actuated.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2001Date of Patent: March 9, 2004Assignee: Bessey & Sohn GmbH & Co.Inventors: Gerhard Kloepfer, Karl Philipp
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Patent number: 6684491Abstract: An extraction device for removing a connector plug from a disc drive socket including first and second lever plates having a length extending between opposed first and second ends and a width extending between opposed sides and the first and second lever plates being pivotally connected between the first and second ends to form lever handles and lever arms. The lever arms include opposed fingers spaced along the width of the lever plates between opposed sides. The lever arms include a slot between fingers, a width of which is sized to enclose a length of the connector plug. A spring biases the lever arms of the first and second lever plates towards one another and the lever plates being movable against a spring bias to open the lever arms to remove a connector plug. A method for removing a connector from a disc drive socket including aligning an extraction device with the connector plug and operating the device to remove the connector plug.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2000Date of Patent: February 3, 2004Assignee: Seagate Technology LLCInventor: Philippe Vaillant
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Patent number: 6671959Abstract: A tool for extracting a bearing race from a bearing support structure. The tool is sufficiently narrow for sideways insertion into the bearing race. The tool can then be rotated within the race so that the tool engages with an annular flange of the bearing race. A threaded bolt engaged in a threaded bore of the tool is used to extract the bearing race from the support structure.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2002Date of Patent: January 6, 2004Inventor: Michael D. Skaggs
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Publication number: 20030233746Abstract: A clamp for quickly, effectively and safely removing a cathode collar from an HDP deposition chamber for routine maintenance, cleaning or replacement of the collar. The clamp includes a pair of clamp plates which are capable of pivoting movement on respective ends of a connecting rod. A clamp shoe for gripping a corresponding edge of the annular collar is provided on the bottom end of each clamp plate, and a turnbuckle is fitted with a pair of threaded shafts which engage the upper end portions of the respective clamp plates. By rotating the turnbuckle, the threaded shafts are advanced away from each other against the clamp plates, which pivot on the connecting rod and cause the clamp shoes to tightly engage respective edges of the collar. The clamp is grasped to lift the collar from the chamber and replace the collar in the chamber after cleaning or maintenance.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2002Publication date: December 25, 2003Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Wen-Shan Chang, Jung-Chang Chen, Shih-Chang Hsu, Li-Chung Wang, Cheng-Chia Kuo, Jong-Min Lin, Kuo-Ming Yu, Da-Hsiang Chou, Kuo-Chuan Chen, Ming-Te Chen
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Patent number: 6591468Abstract: A sink lifting device for aiding in the removal and installation of sink assemblies. The sink lifting device includes a base member designed for extending over a sink, a lifting assembly that is coupled to the base member such that the lifting assembly is couplable to a sink for removal and installation of the sink.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2001Date of Patent: July 15, 2003Inventor: John Q. Douglas
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Patent number: 6574846Abstract: A tool set for replacing brake pads of disc braking systems in the present invention includes a screw rod, a sleeve, a first plate body, a second plate body, a guide rod, and at least one connector with various sizes, by which a selective combination of the components described above is capable of providing an automobile with a specialized tool for pressing an outward piston to its initial position for convenient replacing new brake pads when the outward piston is gradually traveled toward old brake pads with a continuous wearing in linings of the old disc brake pads. Moreover, various selective combinations of the components described above are also capable of providing automobiles employed with different types of disc braking systems with variety of suitable specialized tools fitting functional requirements and being convenient in operation.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2001Date of Patent: June 10, 2003Inventor: Hsin Fa Kang
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Patent number: 6557229Abstract: A tool to assist in the installation of a waste disposer beneath a kitchen sink includes a central, threaded shaft with a flared bottom end supporting a lift plate which is cocked on the shaft so that it may be inserted into the top of the waste disposer. The tool further contains a threaded stabilizing plate which mates with the threaded shaft, and which is inserted and retained in the top of the sink strainer, so that the shaft and lift plate extend through the sink strainer and into the waste disposer beneath. When the lift plate is straightened on the shaft, and the shaft rotated relative to the stabilizing plate, the waste disposer is drawn up until it engages the adapter on the sink strainer, to which it attaches.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2002Date of Patent: May 6, 2003Inventor: Rudolph V. Ricci
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Patent number: 6523238Abstract: A brake caliper depressor device for pushing back disc brake caliper pistons when installing new brake pads. The brake caliper depressor device includes a gun assembly including a main portion and a barrel portion connected to the main portion and also including a trigger mechanism being attached to the main portion; and also includes a push rod member being movably disposed through the gun member and having a first end and a second end; and further includes a plurality of caliper piston engagement members being attached to the second end of the push rod member.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2001Date of Patent: February 25, 2003Inventor: Thomas O. Priddy
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Patent number: 6502293Abstract: A kit of tooling components for facilitating removal of a gear from a shaft includes a plurality of jaw members that are adapted to fit through blanking holes defined in the gear. The jaw members are further adapted to engage the gear. The kit further includes a set of studs with each of the studs adapted to engage one of the jaw members and a plate adapted to couple to the studs. The kit further includes a jack adapted to engage and fit between the plate and the shaft. Included as a part of this disclosure is a method of removing a camshaft gear by use of the kit of tooling components.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2000Date of Patent: January 7, 2003Assignee: Cummins Engine Company, Inc.Inventor: Ram B. Khurana
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Patent number: 6446328Abstract: This invention is a specialized tool to install bearing cups on trucks and other large vehicles. Typically, conventional means to install bearing cups would be to use a device that includes striking the device with a hammer. Such an installation tool could damage the trucks wheel hub or the bearing cup. Other means exist utilizing complex, hard to use, mechanical devices. This invention is a simple, non-impact type bearing cup installation tool utilizing a rod, specialized cap tools, and a wrench. With just a few simple turns, the bearing cups are installed effortlessly and safely.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 1999Date of Patent: September 10, 2002Assignee: R&F Technologies, LLCInventor: Fred Heflin
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Patent number: 6327769Abstract: A tool for brake spring maintenance provides the ability both to release brake springs and then hold them out of the way for removal and replacement of brake shoes or for other maintenance operations related to drum brake arrangements. A main support bar is adapted to be received on an exposed wheel mounting member. The bar has a pair of threaded pins and cooperating threaded nuts for controlled axial movement of the pins. The pins have hooked ends and are situated for engaging respective brake springs whenever the tool is properly positioned on the exposed wheel mounting member. By rotating the threaded nuts to move the pins a set axial distance with the pin hooked ends engaged with the brake springs, such springs can be drawn back from their hold on the brake shoes, to permit disassembly and maintenance of the entire drum brake arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2000Date of Patent: December 11, 2001Inventor: James H. Strickland
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Patent number: 6212775Abstract: A blind hole bushing puller and method, wherein the puller comprises: a rectangular cross block having a first end-portion and a second end portion, a pair of elongated leg screws, a circular bushing insert, and a bolt with a matching washer and a nut. Each of the end-portions of the cross block have a threaded leg hole formed therethrough, the cross block also has a centrally located unthreaded cross block hole. One of the leg screws passes through one of the threaded leg holes, and the other leg screw passes through the other threaded leg hole. The bushing insert has a centrally located unthreaded bushing insert hole and is sized to snugly fit about an inside diameter of the bushing. The bolt is sized to pass through the bushing insert hole and the cross block hole with a head of the bolt being positioned adjacent an upper portion of the bushing insert.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 1998Date of Patent: April 10, 2001Assignee: Fulcrum Tools, Inc.Inventors: Garry A. Sarver, Wayne D. Decker
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Patent number: 6195863Abstract: A pneumatically operated disc brake piston installation tool is disclosed for use in installing a piston into the piston bore of a disc brake caliper housing. The tool comprises a first piston engaging plate and a second plate positionable against the inside surface of an outer shoe bracket of the caliper housing. A cylinder extends from the second plate. A piston shaft is centrally attached to the first plate and extends perpendicularly therefrom, passing slidably through an opening in the second plate into the cylinder. In response to pneumatic pressure, the piston shaft is pushed outwardly against the piston to force the piston back into the piston bore of the caliper housing.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2000Date of Patent: March 6, 2001Inventor: Basil R. Blake
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Patent number: 6085398Abstract: A new dual disk brake pad spreader for positioning the pistons of a dual piston caliper assembly into the piston cylinders of the caliper to provided proper clearance so that a disk brake pad may be installed. The inventive device includes a plate having first and second surfaces, a pair of end edges, a pair of side edges extending between the end edges. The plate has a plurality of spaced apart holes which are extended between the surfaces of the plate with one of the holes positioned towards one of the end edges of the plate and the other hole positioned towards the other end edge of the plate. A pair of nuts are associated with each of the holes of the plate. Each of the nuts has a threaded opening therethrough. One of the pair of nuts is coupled to the first surface of the plate while the other nut of the pair is coupled to the second surface of the plate. A threaded bolts is threadedly inserted through an associated hole and its associated pair of nuts.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 1998Date of Patent: July 11, 2000Inventor: Edward T. Arch
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Patent number: 6026550Abstract: The invention is directed to a tool for removing and replacing the operating nut on a subterranean gate at the bottom of a valve tile. The tool comprises an elongated threaded rod moveably mounted inside of an elongated outer tube and having a threaded nut secured to its upper end. A bifurcated member is affixed to the lower end of the rod. The bifurcated member is configured to fit easily underneath the operating nut for lifting the nut off of the valve stem. A nut retaining member is mounted to the lower end of the tube for holding a new operating nut on top of the bifurcated member during the replacement operation.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 1998Date of Patent: February 22, 2000Inventor: Peter Silano
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Patent number: 6018867Abstract: An integrated circuit cartridge extracting tool includes a generally u-shaped frame including a crossbar and first and second legs extending from the crossbar. An upper bar is located adjacent to the crossbar. First and second rods are coupled to the upper bar and extend through the crossbar. Each rod has a dowel extending out from a lower portion thereof for engaging a device to be extracted, such as an integrated circuit cartridge. A cam lever is operatively in contact with the upper bar and the cross bar. The cam lever can be moved from a first position to a second position which causes the upper bar to move away from said crossbar.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 1997Date of Patent: February 1, 2000Assignee: Micron Electronics, Inc.Inventor: Craig L. Boe
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Patent number: 5937495Abstract: A solid, steel plug includes a disc-shaped plug portion and a disc-shaped flange on one of the plug portion and extending radially outwardly therefrom. The plug can be advanced into an oil gallery access hole in a cylinder head of an engine to seal the hole. A tool is disclosed for urging the plug into the hole. The tool includes a base that is configured for flushly fitting on the head over the access hole, and a bolt that is threadably engaged with the base for urging the plug into sealing engagement within the hole.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 1997Date of Patent: August 17, 1999Assignee: Chrysler CorporationInventor: Shau-fen Kuo
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Patent number: 5893202Abstract: A tool and method by which an inner oil seal may be installed in the hub of a wheel assembly which is in a normal upright position. The tool comprises a shaft with a tool mounting plate affixable to the outer end of a hub with the tool shaft extending axially therethrough and terminating in a threaded end. A seal locator and pusher is slidably mountable on said tool shaft from the threaded end thereof. The locator and pusher has a portion facing the tool mounting plate on which the inner seal may be slidably mounted. The opposite face of the locator and pusher is provided with a thrust bearing and thrust washer. The tool includes a nut engageable on the threaded tool shaft end. The wheel assembly is removed form its axle and is maintained in an upright position. The seal mounting tool is bolted to the hub. The inner oil seal is mounted on the locator and pusher which is mounted on the tool shaft from its threaded end.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 1997Date of Patent: April 13, 1999Assignee: Chiquita Brands, Inc.Inventors: Charles R. Graham, Rodney R. Phelps
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Patent number: 5842261Abstract: A semiconductor package extractor is provided that extracts a semiconductor package from a socket on a circuit board. The extractor has an outer base and an inner base which are attached via a bolt. Turning the bolt raises or lowers the inner base. The inner base has an inner frame with multiple levers that swing freely inward and outward attached to the inner frame. The levers swing outward to surround the semiconductor package as the inner base is lowered onto the inner base and underlying circuit board. The levers swing inward to securely grip the semiconductor package as the outer base is lowered onto the circuit board. As the bolt is turned, the inner base, gripping the semiconductor package, is raised, removing the semiconductor package from the circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 1996Date of Patent: December 1, 1998Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.Inventor: Daniel C. Ortiz