US 11,919,130 B2
Tool for installation and/or removal of a pitot tube cover
Steven A. DeGroff, Decatur, IN (US); Phillip R. Russel, Fort Wayne, IN (US); and David J. Hockemeyer, Hoagland, IN (US)
Assigned to DeGroff Aviation Technologies, Berne, IN (US)
Filed by DeGroff Aviation Technologies, Berne, IN (US)
Filed on May 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/738,145.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/185,505, filed on May 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0355450 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B25B 27/02 (2006.01); B64F 5/10 (2017.01)
CPC B25B 27/02 (2013.01) [B64F 5/10 (2017.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pitot tube cover handling tool configured to temporarily hold a pitot tube cover during installation and/or removal of a pitot tube cover which is configured to closely fit on an elongated pitot tube having an opening at a near end and a mounting to a vehicle on a distal end of said pitot tube, said pitot tube cover having a rear portion comprising an aperture to accommodate said pitot tube at said rear end of said pitot tube, an inner passage along a major axis for closely holding an exterior of said pitot tube, upper and lower exterior edges along a length of said pitot tube cover substantially parallel to said major axis, and a substantially closed front portion; said pitot tube cover handling tool comprising:
a) a dome-shaped nose structure configured to closely fit over the substantially closed front portion of said pitot tube cover to substantially enclose said closed front portion of said pitot tube cover;
b) two substantially parallel support arms extending rearward from said dome-shaped nose structure, said support arms configured to extend on either side along the length of the pitot tube cover thereby forming a linear slot; and,
c) at least one holding structure extending perpendicularly from a distal end on each of said parallel support arms, said at least one holding structure sized and configured to extend at least partially over a rear edge of said rear portion of said pitot tube cover.