US Patent Issued to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA on Oct. 20 for "Tool and method for removing helical insert tang" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,682, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Tool and method for removing helical insert tang" was invented by James Rose (Georgetown, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The tool can be used for manipulating a tang of a helical insert during installation. The tool can have a guide member having a working tip, and a holder. The tool can have a stem member slidingly engaged with the guide member, the stem member having a tang catch adjacent the first end, and an actuator protruding from the second end; and a biasing member coupled between the guide member and the stem member, the biasing...