Lisle Corporation Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140196265 | PUSH ROD REMOVAL TOOL - A tool for engaging and pivoting the rocker arm of an internal combustion engine to enable removal of a push rod from the engine by disengaging the rocker arm from the push rod includes a handle, a pair of bifurcated arms extending from the handle which fit on opposite sides of the rocker arm and further including connected outer ends of the bifurcated arms defining a prong to depress the valve spring. A transverse plate connecting the bifurcated arms engages the underside of a rocker arm as the bifurcated arms are positioned on the bracket supporting the rocker arm to enable pivoting the rocker arm and permit removal of the engine push rod. | 07-17-2014 |
20140182422 | Spark Plug Installation Tool - A spark plug installation tool includes to a grip handle, a coaxial, flexible shaft extending from the handle and a co-axial socket receiver assembly for engaging a spark plug socket. The distal end of the socket receiver assembly includes a magnet. The socket receiver assembly further includes a peripheral rim to limit the insertion of the socket receiver assembly into a socket drive opening. | 07-03-2014 |
20140141911 | Stretch Belt Removal and Installation Tool - A unitary stretch belt installation and removal tool includes an installation component having a slot for positioning the tool on the rim of a pulley and a wedge shaped element to stretch arid guide a belt into a pulley groove as the pulley is rotated and further having an integral removal component including a slot and a shaped, generally convex belt guide surface for stretching and guiding a belt from a pulley as the pulley is rotated. | 05-22-2014 |
20140041177 | SEAL DRIVER - A seal installation tool includes a drive handle upon which a metal drive plate is mounted coaxially with a seal retention member. The seal retention member includes multiple elastic, radial arms and is positioned coaxially with the drive handle and drive plate. The elastic arms center and retain a seal thereon and are capable of gripping multiple sizes and shapes of seals for placement in a seal housing. | 02-13-2014 |
20130167343 | AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR LINE AND VEHICLE FUEL LINE DISCONNECTOR TOOL - A tool for decoupling fluid lines includes first and second substantially identical handles pivotably joined and including jaws with spaced prongs in a plane parallel to a connecting pivot pin of the handles. The prongs of each handle may be differentially spaced to facilitate engagement with a coupler and coupler release device. | 07-04-2013 |
20130126197 | Reversible Drive Socket or Bit Holder With One-Way Clutch Mechanism - A finger operable, reverse drive holder tool includes an annular knob or handle with a one-way clutch axially retained within the handle and capable of removably receiving a selected holder having a uniform or standard sized body which is insertable into the one-way clutch and may be easily removed and reversed by insertion into the opposite side of the one-way clutch. | 05-23-2013 |
20130097837 | Single Brake Spring Tool and Method of Removal of Drum Brake Spring - A brake drum spring release tool includes a straight elongate rod member with a laterally projecting lever arm extending from one side and an extended hook member from the end of the rod member. The lever arm acts as a fulcrum when positioned on a drum brake spring simultaneously engaged by a hook member. Placing a generally lateral force on the grip end of the tool will cause rotational force imparted by the hook member on the spring typically with a mechanical advantage associated with the fulcrum of the lever arm to thereby release the spring from a drum brake shoe. | 04-25-2013 |
20130067710 | Magnetic Pinion Shaft Seal Installation Tool - A tool for replacing a seal on a shaft includes a cylindrical drive member with concentric, axial counterbores forming a through passage that receives a drive handle from either end of the drive member. Magnetized opposite end faces retain differently sized seals thereon whereby a seal mounted on either end face may be driven onto a shaft by inserting and driving the drive handle at the opposite end. | 03-21-2013 |
20120266428 | BRAKE PAD SPREADER TOOL FOR DISC BRAKE ASSEMBLIES - A tool for spreading disc brake pads and compressing pistons of a disc brake caliper assembly includes a manually operated handle to drive a rod attached to a pusher plate. An arm assembly also connects the back end of the drive rod to the pusher plate. The plates thus extend in cantilever fashion from the drive rod and may be maintained in alignment by the arm assembly which also serves to reinforce the cantilever arrangement of the plates. | 10-25-2012 |
20120060656 | Dual Drive Hexagonal Bit - A dual drive bit is formed as an integral body which includes a drive end which is shaped and configured for engagement with a fastener and an opposite driven end. The driven end includes an internal socket and an external, shaped surface enabling the drive bit to be driven by engaging the internal socket by a socket drive or externally by a wrench. Intermediate the drive end and the driven end is an intermediate or medial section of the body which includes a flange that extends at least in part radially beyond the circumference of the driven end to enable a user to positively engage the driven end and force it axially into engagement with a fastener. | 03-15-2012 |
20120055293 | Seized Fastener Removal Tool and Set - A tool may loosen seized bolts by sending shock waves into the bolt shank and thread areas via axial blows with a pneumatic hammer on the center of the bolt head prior to removal. The tool may allow impacts to be centered on the bolt head without damaging the bolt head or without worry of the bit jumping off the bolt. The tool may be comprised of a separate driver and one or more sockets. | 03-08-2012 |
20110252925 | Extractor Tool and Extractor Tool Kit - An extractor tool for Torx brand and other fluted fasteners comprising an end section for engaging a fastener opening comprising six equally spaced, uniformly sized, pitched flutes separated by uniform depth grooves located at the end of a shank with a cylindrical connecting section joined thereto, in turn, joined to an impact drive end of the shank. The fluted end section has a frusto-conical configuration with the narrow dimension of the fluted end section at the distal end of the tool and wherein the distal end has a flat surface transverse to the longitudinal axis of the shank. | 10-20-2011 |
20110185842 | FLYWHEEL LOCKING TOOL KIT - A flywheel locking tool kit comprises unitary body blocks designed to fit through and respectively compatible with the opening of a bell housing of a transmission so that teeth provided on one sector of the tool may be engaged with the flywheel teeth and projections and elements of the opposite end of the tool may be engaged with the sides or edges of the opening through the bell housing to retain the tool in a fixed, desired position. | 08-04-2011 |
20110179911 | Wrench for Removal of Motor Vehicle Radiator Cap and/or Oil Filter Cap - An automotive repair tool for removal of an engine fluid cap includes a scalloped interior opening through a circular base having a circumferential edge surface transverse to the axis of the rotation of the cap. The base receives a U-shape metal bracket welded thereto and aligned axially with the rotational axis of the base member. The opening through the base member is compatible with and generally congruent with a fluid cap for an internal combustion automobile engine. | 07-28-2011 |
20100171083 | TIE ROD AND BALL JOINT SEPARATOR - An automotive tool for separating ball joint connections, tie rods from steering arms, and other similar procedures has a wedge shaped head, with a pair of projecting prongs, and a handle. The head and handle are integral or removably secured together by a threaded connection so that different sized heads may be used either with a handle designed to be struck by a hand held hammer or an air hammer. Each prong of the wedge shaped head includes a longitudinally extending array of multiple, reverse taper steps or flats that facilitate engagement of the tool with the parts being separated. | 07-08-2010 |
20100050821 | Oil Filter Wrench - An oil filter wrench includes a flexible stainless steel band having a pattern of sputtered alloy material coating at least part of the inside surface of the band to enhance the gripping ability of the oil filter wrench as the band is tightened above the outside surface of a cylindrical canister during removal or installation of the oil filter canister. | 03-04-2010 |
20090255384 | TOOL KIT FOR REMOVAL OF BROKEN SPARK PLUGS - A kit for removal of a broken spark plug from a cylinder head includes first and second tools. The first tool is designed to position a broken porcelain element into the spark plug tip so that the second tool may be utilized to engage the tip by threading into the tip and thereafter axially withdraw the plug tip from the cylinder head by rotation of the tool. | 10-15-2009 |
20090230369 | TOOL FOR REMOVAL OF CENTER COVER OF A WHEEL RIM - A tool for removal of a center cover of a wheel rim includes a first and second opposite hook ends connected by a cylindrical rod center section. Each of the hook ends is differently sized, although the ends are generally mirror image configurations of one another and each includes first and second curved sections joined to an extended flat, planar section with an end prong. | 09-17-2009 |
20090199681 | HOSE CLAMP REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION TOOL - A hose clamp compression tool for engaging and compressing opposed or opposite end tangs of a hose clamp includes a first fixed plate and jaw and a second fixed plate spaced from the first fixed plate and jaw. The first and second plates are mounted on rails with a sliding plate and jaw also mounted on the rails and positioned between the fixed plates. The sliding plate is rotatably adjustable in spacing from the one fixed plate by means of a threaded rod journaled to the fixed plates and threaded to the sliding plate. The jaws each include both a transverse slot cooperative with an end tang of a band type hose clamp and a channel extending from the slot for engagement with the end tang of a ring or wire type hose clamp thereby enabling use of the tool for either a band type or a wire type hose clamp. | 08-13-2009 |
20090160180 | AIR LINE DISCONNECT TOOLS - A conduit disconnect tool is fabricated from a hollow tubular member having one end angled with respect to the longitudinal axis of the hollow tubular member and formed with a fork configuration at that end. The opposite end of the tool is milled to provide a semi-cylindrical section. Either end may be impinged on a fitting release plate to effect and permit removal of conduit from the fitting. | 06-25-2009 |
20090107299 | RATCHETING SERPENTINE BELT TOOL - A serpentine belt tool for releasing tension on a serpentine belt biased by an idler pulley includes an elongate handle which is connected to a ratchet mechanism. The pawl associated with the ratchet mechanism has three positions including a neutral position which facilitates placement of the tool on an idler pulley. | 04-30-2009 |
20090089991 | VALVE SPRING COMPRESSOR - A tool for compression of a spring comprises a yoke, a longitudinal bore defining an axis and three radial slots extending from the axis of the bore. Arms associated with an alignment pin are pivotal and engage hooked legs of the tool slidably mounted in two opposed radial slots to adjust the lateral spacing thereof. A drive rod positioned between the legs includes an anvil that may be driven to compress a coil spring engaged between the legs and the anvil. | 04-09-2009 |
20090021240 | CIRCUIT TESTER/JUMPER - A device which may be utilized as a circuit testing device or a power source conductor device includes a handle with a single lead wire electrically connected to a light in series circuit with a probe. Further included is a push button switch on the side of the handle which may be manually moved to disengage the light from the circuit and simultaneously enable a series circuit directly to the probe to thereby provide a power source. | 01-22-2009 |
20090000431 | TOOL TO ADJUST THE CASTER AND CAMBER WHEEL ALIGNMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A tool for adjusting the position of a control arm of a steering assembly in a vehicle and thereby set caster and camber includes a generally cylindrical body with a pin projecting from one side that is not coaxial with the body but which includes an axis generally parallel to the body axis. The body further includes a drive socket opening in the side opposite the projecting pin. | 01-01-2009 |
20080309347 | CIRCUIT TESTER DEVICE - A circuit tester in the form of a pliers includes first and second jaws with first and second probes respectively for engaging a wire to confirm circuit continuity and polarity. The probes are electrically connected in series with a bipolar or two color, light emitting diode and one of the probes may be pivoted out of the series circuit. | 12-18-2008 |
20080302218 | FOUR WHEEL DRIVE HUB LOCK REMOVAL TOOL - A hub lock removal tool comprises a pliers with special jaws designed to grip and hold, yet not damage, the generally cylindrical outer surface of a hub lock of a motor vehicle. The tool includes stop flanges which limit the pivotal movement of the pliers handles. | 12-11-2008 |
20080296091 | ANTI-SPLATTER PAN FOR DRAIN PAN - A drain pan for oil and other automotive fluids comprises a collection pan having a special liner pad consisting essentially of a layer of non-woven synthetic polyester fiber bonded with resin binders. | 12-04-2008 |
20080295914 | ANTI-SPLATTER PAD FOR DRAIN PAN - A drain pan for oil and other automotive fluids comprises a collection pan having a liner pad consisting essentially of a layer of non-woven synthetic polyester fiber bonded sin binders. | 12-04-2008 |
20080289460 | OXYGEN SENSOR SOCKET REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION TOOL - An oxygen sensor removal tool includes an axial throughbore with an oxygen sensor socket bore at one end and a socket drive bore at the opposite end, and further including a radially extending drive socket arm with a drive socket opening so that the tool may be placed over an oxygen sensor and a socket drive or other drive may be attached to the tool to provide for effective force to permit adequate torque to disengage the oxygen sensor from a vehicle exhaust system. | 11-27-2008 |