| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 081418000 | Jaw features | 31 |
| 20080257120 | Swivel jaw face for tensile and similar testing - A wedge action grip for tensile or similar testing is provided with a pair of jaws wherein at least one jaw includes a swiveling element with a gripping surface. The jaw and associated swiveling element may have cylindrical swiveling surfaces whereby the swiveling element swivels with a single degree of freedom about a vertical or horizontal axis or may have spherical swiveling surfaces whereby the swiveling element swivels with two degrees of freedom about a point. The two jaws may have different swivel characteristics, and one of the jaws may have a non-swiveling fixed gripping surface. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090126539 | Fastener Extraction Tool - The hand tool is used to extract a fastener from a material. The hand tool has a head with two pivotally joined halves including at least one pair of gripping jaws. The tool head preferably includes tips that may be used to dig beneath a fastener head that is flush with or set below a surface. The tool includes a pair of handles operable to close the gripping jaws. The handles are preferably offset above the plane of the tool head such that they operate as a lever in cooperation with a fulcrum on the bottom of the tool head to extract the fastener. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20120103145 | MASTER LINK CLIP REMOVAL TOOL - A master link tool comprising a pair of jaw members stretching laterally, a set of handle grips extending from the pair of jaw members, where the set of handle grips enable a user to manipulate the pair of jaw members, a pivot rivet attached between the pair of jaw members and the set of handle grips, to enable the set of handle grips to move the pair of jaw members, a pair of tips attached to a distal end of the pair of jaw member, and a set of inward projections fastened to the pair of tips wherein the set of inward projections engage a master link clip within a master link to permit a user to squeeze the set of handle grips thus tightening the pair of jaw members in order to dislodge the master link from a roller chain. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20140000418 | FISHING PLIERS WITH FISHING LINE RAMP | 01-02-2014 |
| 20150290777 | WORK TOOL HAVING FUNCTION PART WITH FRICTION FACE - A work tool includes a tool body having a function part connected to one end of the tool body. The function part has at least one contact face which has at least one area that has multiple abrasive particles. The abrasive particles are the same as those used for a grinding wheel so as to form a friction surface in the at least one area. By friction surface in the at least one area, the work tool can firmly hold an object. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150343609 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RELEASING A CABLE TIE - One example of the present disclosure relates to a tool for releasing a cable tie. The tool includes a front member having a front indexing surface and a front extension member. The tool includes a rear member movably coupled to the front member, with the rear member including a rear indexing surface and a rear extension member. When the front member and the rear member engage a head of the cable tie in a closed state, the front extension member protrudes into an opening in the head, in an insertion direction, a front extension distance that is less than the length of the head minus a distance from the rear surface to a pawl of the cable tie along the insertion direction, and spaces a contact portion of the pawl, along a transverse direction, by a distance sufficient to disengage the cable tie. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20160021862 | FISHING PLIERS WITH FISHING LINE RAMP - Fishing pliers that enable the user to conveniently extend fishing line into the eyelet of a fishing lure, the fishing pliers comprise a pair of opposing first and second elongate members connected at a pivot, the elongate members capable of moving between an open position and a closed position. The first elongate member has an intermediate section that has a magnet and is configured such that an interchangeable modular platform can be mounted thereon with the magnet adjacent a slot of the platform. The interchangeable modular platform is configured to receive fishing line. The magnetized slot is configured to receive an eyelet of a fishing lure. The slot is capable of orienting the eyelet so that line can conveniently enter the eyelet after passing through a channel of the platform. | 01-28-2016 |
| 081419000 | Tined or digitated jaws | 1 |
| 20150040730 | CLEVIS TOOL WITH SPLIT ENDS - A clevis tool has a first and second handle extending from a proximal end to a distal en, the first handle and the second handle being rotatably coupled to each other between respective proximal and distal ends. An engagement member is configured to be attached to the distal end of one of the first and second handles and a distal end having a opening extending from the distal end toward the proximal end to engage the prongs of a clevis fastener. | 02-12-2015 |
| 081420000 | Jaws extend laterally beyond side edge plane of handle(s) | 2 |
| 20080210063 | Gripping Tool - A gripping tool includes a body assembly and gripping assembly with a grip surface adapted to move from a retracted position to an engaged position to radially engage a work piece in response to relative axial displacement. A linkage is provided to act between the body assembly and the gripping assembly which, upon relative rotation in at least one direction, of the body relative to the grip surface results in relative axial displacement of the grip surface to activate the gripping elements. This tool was developed for use on drilling and service rigs having top drives, and supports rapid engagement and release, hoisting, pushing, and rotating. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20150303638 | Pigtail Pliers - Disclosed is a pair of pliers adapted to remove and replace a pigtail comprising a handle; a neck connected to the handle, the neck including a fulcrum; a set of C-clamp jaws connected to the neck opposite of the handle; the neck is bent at a bend point, the bend point located between the fulcrum and the jaws, thereby offsetting the C-clamp jaws from the neck at an offset angle. There is a foot at the end of each C-clamp jaw adapted to grasp the pigtail. When the pliers are closed the feet come in contact with each other and a gap is formed between the rest of the jaws. | 10-22-2015 |
| 081421000 | Jaw attachment and/or inserts | 10 |
| 20090217791 | Head of Pliers - The present invention relates to a head of crimping pliers for crimping a work piece. The head comprises two inserts. Each insert builds at least two halves of at least two nests for the work piece. The inserts are guided along a guiding axis for a sliding movement between a first and second relative position. The guiding axis is directed transverse to the crimping axis. Two nests built by the halves might be used in one and the same position by moving the inserts from the first to the second relative position. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20130239760 | SPRINKLER REPAIR PLIERS - Sprinkler repair pliers include a pair of opposed plier halves, each having a handle, an overlapping middle section, and a top section forming a semi-circular gripping jaw. A fulcrum pin connects the middle sections in a see-saw manner, and a spring imparts a pressure onto each handle to maintain the pliers in the closed position. The pliers acting to engage a tubular device via the gripping jaws by imparting a uniform pressure across a 360 degree diameter. | 09-19-2013 |
| 081422000 | Selective | 8 |
| 081423000 | By detachment | 8 |
| 20090013835 | Tool to Crimp Non-Metallic Tubing Onto Fittings - A low-cost crimping tool is provided for crimping non-metallic tubing such as PEX tubing connections. The tool includes two primary pieces which fit together forming an integral pivot without being pinned together about which the tool may be closed with pliers to form a secure tubing connection. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20100018365 | REMOVABLE CLAMPING MEMBER - An improved, removable clamping member for use with clamping devices, said clamping members configured in unlimited variations of shape, texture, and hardness and optionally being moveable relative to the jaws of the clamping devices. The improvements allow increased flexibility of use of the clamping devices over traditionally configured clamping devices with regard to difficult work pieces and environments. The interchangeable clamping members allow a single clamping device to be used for multiple applications, thereby making the invention a low cost and convenient alternative to multiple special purpose tools, as well as permitting quick and inexpensive replacement of wear elements. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100101379 | REPLACEABLE DIE FOR PLIERS, PLIERS HAVING SUCH A DIE, AND STORAGE FIXTURE - The invention relates to a replaceable die for pliers to press workpieces, such as for crimping pliers for pressing electrical connector elements. By replacing the die, the pliers can be adapted to the press operation to be performed, such as adapting a crimping pliers to different types and sizes of the connector elements to be pressed. The die according to the invention comprises a first and a second die half that can be inserted into the pliers together and removed from the pliers together. The two die halves each have a guide for this purpose. Both die halves each further have a first connecting element for releasably attaching the die to the pliers. Both die halves finally each have a second connecting element for releasably attaching the die to a storage fixture. This ensures that the die formed by the two die halves is held in the storage fixture during or after removal from the pliers, and remains therein for storage. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20110296963 | PLIERS INCLUDING REMOVABLE JAWS - A pliers that includes a jaw member removably coupled to a head of the pliers. The jaw member includes a grip surface and a flange including an aperture. The pliers further includes a fastener that extends into the aperture of the flange and an aperture of a longitudinal side of the head to removably couple the jaw member to the head. The jaw member is slidable along the jaw surface of the head from the first longitudinal side toward the second longitudinal side to uncouple the jaw member from the head when the fastener is uncoupled from at least one of the jaw member and the head. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20120180607 | AXIAL CONNECTING STRUCTURE OF PLIERS - An axial connecting structure of pliers contains two symmetrical bodies axially connected together by using a first screw bolt and a nut; each body including a first extension with a grip and a second extension axially connected with a clamping paw, wherein the second extension includes a hollow fitting member, the fitting member includes a central hole, a limiting shaft, a positioning orifice to receive a spring and a ball, and a circular disc; the clamping paw includes an annular tab having a central post, the post includes an axial aperture, the tab also includes a receiving chamber to fit the fitting member and an inner fringe, the receiving chamber includes a guiding groove based on a radian of a predetermined degree of first central angle, the inner fringe includes plural recesses arranged thereon based on a radian of a second central angle. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120255401 | PAIR OF PLIERS AND A MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - A pair of pliers has a body and two jaws. The body has two connecting sections and two handles. The jaws are detachably mounted on the connecting sections of the body, and each jaw has a working nose and a mounting section. The mounting section has a mounting hole formed in a bottom surface of the mounting section and corresponding to the connecting section of the body in the shape and having a circular hole with a depth D and a diameter R, an enlarged hole with a depth smaller than the depth D and an inner diameter larger than the diameter R at the circular hole and cutting chips deposited and accumulated in the circular hole and shaped as a hill with a convex top. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20130291692 | PLIERS INCLUDING REMOVABLE JAWS - A pliers that includes a jaw member removably coupled to a head of the pliers. The jaw member includes a grip surface and a flange including an aperture. The pliers further includes a fastener that extends into the aperture of the flange and an aperture of a longitudinal side of the head to removably couple the jaw member to the head. The jaw member is slidable along the jaw surface of the head from the first longitudinal side toward the second longitudinal side to uncouple the jaw member from the head when the fastener is uncoupled from at least one of the jaw member and the head. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20140208898 | Locking Plier Jaws - A hand tool assembly in one embodiment includes a pair of pivotable jaws, a first jaw mounted component, and a second jaw mounted component. The first jaw mounted component includes a first mounting portion that removably mounts the first jaw mounted component on a first of the pair of pivotable jaws. The second jaw mounted component includes second mounting portion that removably mounts the second jaw mounted component on a second of the pair of pivotable jaws. A first working surface of the first jaw mounted component and a second working surface of the second jaw mounted component define a channel when the first working surface is placed in direct opposition to the second working surface. The channel is complementary to the outer surface of a tubular work-piece and is configured to hold or work the work-piece when the pivotable jaws are pivoted to a clamped position. | 07-31-2014 |
| 081424500 | Nonplanar jaw face | 11 |
| 20090255382 | Plier tool for closing clam-shell type electrical connectors - A plier tool for closing clam shell type electrical connectors onto electrical wires includes a pair of handles, an upper jaw and a lower jaw. The upper jaw and the lower jaw are movable between an open position and a closed position. The jaws move relatively closer together during a closing operation upon squeezing together of the handles. An upper die member having a pivotal connection point is pivotally attached to the upper jaw for pivotal movement during the closing operation. The upper die member also has a generally planar upper contact surface. The upper contact surface is adapted to continuously contact and slide upon a lid portion of a clam shell type electrical connector during the closing operation. A lower die member is rigidly attached to said lower jaw and has a lower contact surface. The lower contact surface has a cavity therein sized to receive and retain a base portion of clam shell type electrical connector during the closing operation. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20100024609 | SPRING PLIER - A spring plier is disclosed. The plier comprises a clipping handle and two symmetrical plier leg plates, and the clipping handle including two reverse direction similar shape plier plates mounted with rivets, the handle mounted with a cover, characterized in that the front end of the two clipping plier plate are respectively provided with a screw hole and a protruded post, the two plier leg plate corresponding to the screw hole and the protruded post are provided with a L-shaped fastening slot and an oval hole, and the front end is a pointed insertion leg, the L-shaped fastening slot engages at a screw fastened to the screw hole at the front end of the plier plate, and the oval hole is placed onto the protruded post, the oval hole provides fine adjustment of leg plate and provides a tolerance facilitating loading and unloading of leg plate, then the screw is tighten so as to secure and limit the two leg plates. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100319500 | Fuel Rail Clip Tool - A clip installing tool and method for installing the clip are provided. The clip includes a clip holding portion and a leveraging portion, each having a handle at an end. The clip holding portion includes a receiving portion to hold the clip therein. When a force is applied to the clip holding and leveraging portions, the clip is forced around a connector portion of a fuel in order to hold the connector portion with a fuel injector. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20130160615 | PLIER - The invention provides a pair of pliers capable of properly pinching a screw head and reliably removing a screw from an object to which the screw has been fastened even if the screw has small thickness of a peripheral face to be pinched between pinching teeth. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20150343610 | LUG NUT CAP REMOVER PLIERS - The present invention constitutes a new and useful improvement in a plier-type hand tool for easy and safe removal of lug nut caps. The pliers comprises of a pair of elongated handles having jaw portions, and neck portions therebetween. The elongated members oppositely arching in the neck portions are connected thereby using a shoulder bolt as a hinge and the shoulder portion of the bolt seating in the aperture of both neck members, held in place by a nut. | 12-03-2015 |
| 081426000 | And diversely shaped face | 3 |
| 20080307934 | Multi-purpose cable crimping tool - A multi-purpose cable crimpring tool includes upper and lower dies configured to compress and deform various types of cable ferrules and/or core pins. When brought together, the upper and lower dies are configured to form a plurality of cable crimping cavities. Some cable crimping cavities are shaped as irregular polygons to allow substantially even distribution of swage loads on a cable ferrule being compressed and deformed therein. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080314205 | Quick release pliers for push-fit couplers - A pair of pliers for connecting or disconnecting a push-fit coupler with an internal toothed grab ring has forked, U-shaped opposing jaws, one of which is sized to fit to hold a cylindrical pipe connected to a push-fit coupler, and the other jaw sized to hold the exterior support sleeve of the coupler, so that squeezing the pliers will compress the internal grab ring, causing the teeth to splay thus freeing the pipe so that it may be removed from the coupler. The pliers may also be used to splay the teeth while inserting a pipe into the coupler. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20160023335 | Confined Space Upright Cleco Plier - This invention relates to improvements made to the traditional cleco plier. The object of this invention shall be cleco pliers with handles that are more upright than the current cleco pliers in use. They will have an upright set of handles with the angle of the handles, relative to the horizontal workspace, to be between 70 and 140 degrees, versus the traditional handle axis angle that is between 15-45 degrees above the horizontal work space. The object of this invention may include ergonomic elements to assist in gripping the pliers, and a hook or loop at the end of one or both handles to allow the user to better grip the pliers with their thumb or fingers. | 01-28-2016 |
| 081426500 | Work conforming face | 3 |
| 20090165603 | Pliers device for changing light bulb in physically constrained location - A light bulb holding pliers device having movably coupled longitudinal members. A handle region may be provided at one end of the longitudinal members and a bulb gripping or holding structure may be provided at the other end. The holding structure may include a frame having at least three points of contact and a compressive material may extend inwardly of a frame, towards the other frame. A releasable locking mechanism permits the device to be clamped to a light bulb to hold it securely without breaking it. The device of the present invention is particularly useful in changing light bulbs in constrained areas, such a motor vehicle dashboards and the like. The longitudinal member may be long and narrow to facilitate this task. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20100031786 | DISPENSING MATERIAL FOR APPLICATIONS - A device to facilitate dispensing of material is presented. The device includes a gripping portion that includes handles for user to hold the device and a holding portion. The holding portion includes jaws when meeting together form openings with varying diameters to hold probes of different sizes. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20140260830 | SEAL-BREAK PLIERS - A seal-break pliers used to separate components in food processing, chemical, or pharmaceutical manufacturing or processing system. The seal-break pliers including a first section and a second section. Each section includes a handle, a head section, and a transition section disposed and angularly orientated between the handle and the head section. A fastener pivotally couples the first section to the second section such that displacing the first and second handles toward each other results in a relative movement of the head sections toward each other. Each head portion includes a guide projection, a flange notch adjacent to the guide projection, and a wedge projection adjacent to the flange notch. The flange notch is configured to receive a portion of the flange of a component. The wedge projection may include a pointed edge proximate the flange notch and an inclined surface extending away from the pointed edge. | 09-18-2014 |
