Patents Assigned to Forkardt Inc.
  • WORK-HOLDING CHUCK WITH QUICK-RELEASE JAWS
    Publication number: 20140252728
    Abstract: A system, in certain embodiments, includes a wedge-lock coupling configured to connect a jaw to an actuator arm of a chuck. The wedge-lock coupling includes a wedge portion having a path of travel between a release position and a lock position, and a locking direction along the path of travel gradually wedges the wedge portion between the actuator arm and the jaw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: FORKARDT INC.
    Inventors: Thomas H. DEJONGHE, Douglas L. ROUSH, Thomas M. GROBBEL
  • Work-holding chuck with quick-release jaws
    Patent number: 8746704
    Abstract: A system, in certain embodiments, includes a wedge-lock coupling configured to connect a jaw to an actuator arm of a chuck. The wedge-lock coupling includes a wedge portion having a path of travel between a release position and a lock position, and a locking direction along the path of travel gradually wedges the wedge portion between the actuator arm and the jaw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Forkardt Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas H. Dejonghe, Douglas L. Roush, Thomas M. Grobbel
  • WORK-HOLDING CHUCK WITH QUICK-RELEASE JAWS
    Publication number: 20130320638
    Abstract: A system, in certain embodiments, includes a wedge-lock coupling configured to connect a jaw to an actuator arm of a chuck. The wedge-lock coupling includes a wedge portion having a path of travel between a release position and a lock position, and a locking direction along the path of travel gradually wedges the wedge portion between the actuator arm and the jaw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: FORKARDT INC.
    Inventors: Thomas H. Dejonghe, Douglas L. Roush, Thomas M. Grobbel
  • Work-holding chuck with quick-release jaws
    Patent number: 8534677
    Abstract: A system, in certain embodiments, includes a wedge-lock coupling configured to connect a jaw to an actuator arm of a chuck. The wedge-lock coupling includes a wedge portion having a path of travel between a release position and a lock position, and a locking direction along the path of travel gradually wedges the wedge portion between the actuator arm and the jaw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Forkardt Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas H. Dejonghe, Douglas L. Roush, Thomas M. Grobbel
  • Quick-release jaws with single-piece bearing chuck
    Patent number: 8528914
    Abstract: A system, in certain embodiments, includes a cutting tool, a drive and a chuck rotatable by the drive. The chuck includes multiple actuator arms, multiple jaws and multiple spring-loaded lock pins coupling the respective jaws to the respective actuator arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Forkardt Inc.
    Inventors: Brian J. Crowley, Charlie S. Carmoney, Thomas H. Dejonghe, Thomas M. Grobbel, William R. Stickney, Thomas Allen Borysiak