Patents Examined by Eric A. Gates
  • Patent number: 11969911
    Abstract: A tool device for a hand-held power tool, which can be operated such that the tool device is rotated about an output shaft of a tool-holding device, has at least one connecting device, which is detachably connected to an output shaft of the power tool. The connecting device is fastened to the tool-holding device so that a drive axis of the output shaft and a tool axis of rotation substantially coincide. The connecting device has a cut-out and at least one clamping wing, which at least partly bounds the cut-out in the radial direction of the tool axis of rotation and which is bounded substantially in the direction radial to the tool axis of rotation by a first bounding edge, which lies on a first bounding circle around the tool axis of rotation. The clamping wing extends at least substantially along a plane orthogonal to the tool axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Willi Fellmann, Bruno Luescher, Andreas Zurbruegg, Aldo Di Nicolantonio, Bruno Sinzig, Laurent Quebatte, Marcus Schuller
  • Patent number: 11969804
    Abstract: The invention relates to a single-lip drill and a double-lip drill having a plurality of chip-forming devices or depressions in the rake face which are arranged in succession and at a distance from one another. As soon as a cutting edge and/or the associated chip-forming device or the associated depression is worn, the deep hole drill according to the invention can be reground using simple means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: botek Präzisionsbohrtechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Gotthold Schur, Jürgen Deeg
  • Patent number: 11964331
    Abstract: A chuck-claw guide structure includes a guide-space delimiting part that delimits a guide space in communication with an attachment groove, and a regulation part provided on the guide-space delimiting part. The guide-space delimiting part has a contact surface configured to regulate the claw in contact therewith at a position along the attachment groove in a first direction. The regulation part is configured to regulate the claw at a position along the attachment groove in a second direction different from the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: HOWA MACHINERY, LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Nagaosa
  • Patent number: 11964332
    Abstract: A hole saw arbor with mechanically automated plug removal to automatically remove the center plug of debris following drilling with the hole saw. A slidable collar is placed in an upper position on a threaded shaft to drill with the hole saw, and slid to a lower position on the threaded shaft for automated function of an ejection plate to rise within the hole saw to slowly eject a plug of removed material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Inventor: Harry Omer Morrison, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11951551
    Abstract: A positioning cutter/collet assembly has a cutter/collet and a magnetic attracting position key. The cutter/collet has a cutter/collet key seat recessed in an external annular surface thereof. The magnetic attracting position key is mounted on and magnetically attracts the cutter/collet key seat. The magnetic attracting position key has a body having a protruding rod and a magnetic attracting portion combined with the body and magnetically attracting the cutter/collet to prevent the magnetic attracting position key from separating from the cutter/collet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SHIN-YAIN INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Pen Hung Chen
  • Patent number: 11945068
    Abstract: A machining head for the mechanical, in particular cutting, machining, in particular for the actuation, of a workpiece, having: —a housing, —a housing-side coupling region for coupling a machining tool to be coupled to the machining head, wherein the housing-side coupling region comprises at least one coupling interface for directly coupling a machining tool to be coupled to the machining head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: AFW HOLDING GMBH
    Inventor: Dominik Weingärtner
  • Patent number: 11945036
    Abstract: A robotic drilling apparatus is described which has been adapted for drilling holes in ceilings and walls on a construction site. The apparatus (100) comprises a robotic arm (110) mounted to a substructure (112), the substructure comprising a lifting mechanism arranged to lift the robotic arm to a working position, wherein the robotic arm has a base end (110a) and a movable end (110b), the base end being mounted to an upper surface (114) of the lifting mechanism and the movable end being capable of movement with respect to the base end in a three dimensional space, wherein the robotic drilling apparatus further comprises a mount (120) provided on the movable end for holding a drilling device (122) and a control unit (134) for controlling the operation of the robotic arm. The lifting mechanism preferably comprises a scissor-jack lifting platform. The robotic arm (110) and any support structure (134) for the robotic arm weighs less than 43 kg, and preferably individually weigh less than 23 kg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: HILTI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Havard Halvorsen, Tom Asle Henninge, Konrad Fagertun
  • Patent number: 11945088
    Abstract: A hand-held power tool includes a tool receptacle with which a tubular tool holder configured to receive an application tool is associated, and a locking device configured to lock the application tool in the tubular tool holder. The locking device locks the application tool in a locking position via at least one locking element in the tubular tool holder. The locking device has a locking sleeve and a pressure ring spring loaded via an associated spring element. The spring-loaded pressure ring is configured to force the locking sleeve into the locking position and, in the locking position, forces the at least one locking element against the tool holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Immanuel Werner
  • Patent number: 11938553
    Abstract: According to one implementation, a hole finishing tool includes a reaming cutter and a holder. The reaming cutter has a first detaching structure. The first flow path for ejecting cutting oil is formed inside the reaming cutter. The holder has a second detaching structure. The second detaching structure is detached from and attached to the first detaching structure. The second flow path for supplying the cutting oil to the first flow path is formed inside the holder. The holder has a shank. The shank is held by a tool rotating device. The holder has a sliding portion. The sliding portion has no back taper. The sliding portion is inserted into a positioning bush and slid inside the positioning bush. The sliding portion has a concave portion for storing lubrication oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohei Ono, Masao Watanabe, Tatsuo Nakahata
  • Patent number: 11931812
    Abstract: An auto-adjusting pocket hole jig docking station including a housing and an adjustment mechanism. The adjustment mechanism carried by the housing and including a first rack and a second rack reciprocally movable between raised and lowered positions, relative the body. A double pinion gear is rotatably carried by the housing with a first gear in meshing engagement with the first rack and a second gear in meshing engagement with the second rack. The first gear and the second gear having a rotational ratio therebetween wherein movement of one of the first rack and the second rack moves the other of the first rack and the second rack a distance proportional to the rotational ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Inventor: Robert N. Poole
  • Patent number: 11931813
    Abstract: A tool holder includes a main body defining a mounting end and a receiving end, the mounting end positioned opposite from the receiving end, the main body defining a main body bore extending into the receiving end toward the mounting end; an extension defining a tool head attached to a rod, the tool head defining a tool head end opposite from the rod, a tool holder length defined between the mounting end and the tool head end, the tool head configured to receive at least one cutting tool, the rod received within the main body bore; and a locking mechanism engaging the extension and the main body in a locked position, the locking mechanism being disengaged from either the main body or the extension in an unlocked position, the locking mechanism being selectively positionable about and between the locked position and the unlocked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Mueller International, LLC
    Inventors: Anjian Chen, Jeffrey Allen Huffman
  • Patent number: 11931816
    Abstract: A thread-cutting die head includes a die carrier, defining a central axis, for supporting a plurality of thread-cutting dies, a cam plate coaxial with the die carrier including a plurality of cam members for engaging with the plurality of thread-cutting dies, and a locking system including a positioning screw extending through an arcuate slot in the cam plate, a bushing surrounding the positioning screw, and a handle threadably coupled to the positioning screw configured to impart a force against the bushing to press the flange portion of the bushing against the first surface of the cam plate, thereby developing a frictional force between the bushing and the cam plate to lock the rotational position of the cam plate relative to the die carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventor: Matthew R. Wolf
  • Patent number: 11919095
    Abstract: Provided is a lathe capable of shortening the spindle. The lathe comprises a spindle, a spindle support which supports the spindle through a bearing on an outer side of the spindle, a collet disposed on a front end of the spindle, an inner ring holder provided on the spindle to hold a front of an inner ring of the bearing, an outer ring holder provided on the spindle support to hold a front of an outer ring of the bearing, a cap screwed into the spindle in front of the inner ring holder, and a cover detachably provided on the spindle support side. The cover has an inner circumferential surface facing an outer circumferential surface of the cap. A first air purging unit is provided between the inner circumferential surface of the cover and the outer circumferential surface of the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: STAR MICRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Deno, Daisuke Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11919143
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method for a hand tool with a plurality of quick release work heads. The hand tool includes a handle having a socket having a first longitudinal axis and an inner cavity extending rearward from an open distal end, the inner cavity having a first non-circular cross section transverse to the first longitudinal axis, the socket further having a quick release transverse to the first longitudinal axis, the quick release releasably disposing a locker transversely across a portion of the inner cavity. The hand tool also includes at least one work head having a second longitudinal axis and a shaft having a second non-circular cross section concentrically conforming to the first non-circular cross section of the inner cavity, the shaft further having a locking groove transverse to the second longitudinal axis and disposed to engage with the quick release locker when the shaft is disposed within the socket of the handle. An associated method of use is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Inventor: Barry D. Nelson
  • Patent number: 11911832
    Abstract: A cutting guide apparatus for guiding placement of bore holes in a door may include an engagement interface and a backset assembly. The engagement interface may be configured to retain the apparatus proximate to an edge of a door. The engagement interface may include a handle hole guide structure and an edge bore guide structure. The backset assembly may be operably coupled to the engagement interface to enable an amount of backset from the edge of the door to a center of the handle hole guide structure to be adjusted. The engagement interface may include a first leg configured to be disposed along a first face of the door, and a second leg configured to be disposed along a second face of the door. The backset assembly may be configured to engage the edge of the door at a variable location between the first and second legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Apex Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Maxwell Daniel Stacey, Jeremy Hickman
  • Patent number: 11904392
    Abstract: A ratcheting anti-lock chuck guard for regulating access to a lathe chuck includes a guard assembly having a main body section and an actuation section pivotally coupled to the main body section. The chuck guard includes an access assembly having a mounting shaft coupled to the guard assembly and a ratcheting assembly coupled to the shaft, the ratcheting assembly being rotatably movable to predetermined angular positions when urged by actuation of the guard assembly. The guard assembly is rotated to an open configuration as the mounting shaft and ratcheting assembly is rotated. The ratcheting assembly includes a serrated lock wheel coupled to the mounting shaft that has a plurality of teeth each defining a lock pocket and includes a lock pawl configured to communicate with the lock pockets as the ratcheting assembly is incrementally operated. Operation the lathe is locked until the chuck guard is rotated to a predetermined angle/position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Inventor: Joseph Peter Gasparino, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11904424
    Abstract: A dust extractor for a drill is provided, including a single air flow path, a shroud having an internal chamber for collecting dust in fluid communication with a first end of the single air flow path, a filter assembly located in the single air flow path, a vacuum source connected to a second end of the single air flow path, and an air flow control mechanism controlling a direction of air flow generated by the vacuum source. During a normal operation, the vacuum source draws air and entrained debris from the internal chamber of the shroud through the single air flow path. During a back flush operation, the vacuum source blows air and entrained debris through the single air flow path towards the shroud. The air passes through the filter assembly to remove the entrained debris in either direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: Markus Rompel, Ian S. Bell, Uwe Nemetz
  • Patent number: 11897039
    Abstract: A tapping head configured to hold and drive different size taps with a slip joint that introduces a small amount of play bet ween the tap head and the tap to compensate for excessive lead that may damage the tap or the workpiece. The tapping head includes a base, a drive coupler, a drive sleeve, a driver, a clutch pack, a pressure ring, a clutch cover, a drive cover and a lock nut. The driver and drive sleeve are longitudinally coupled by splines that form a slip joint. The clutch pact includes discs that against the inside surface of the base and lower surface of the pressure ring. Mounted on the lower surface of the pressure ring are a plurality of clutch springs that force the pressure ring upward against the clutch pack. Disposed between the drive couple and the driver are thrust springs that exert downward forces on the driver. The clutch cover includes internal threads configured to attach to external threads formed on the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Inventor: Jerome Sailing
  • Patent number: 11901212
    Abstract: A wafer processing apparatus includes a rotating chuck rotatably installed on a driver, a vacuum chuck which is disposed on the rotating chuck and on which a wafer is seated, a chuck module installed in the rotating chuck to fix the wafer to the vacuum chuck, and a moving module configured to move the vacuum chuck or the chuck module to increase a gap between adjacent dies of the wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: ZEUS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woon Kong, Ji Hoon Song, Ung Jo Moon, Ji Ho Park, Won Seok Choi
  • Patent number: 11883894
    Abstract: A cutting tool includes a tubular body made of a composite material, such as carbon reinforced fiber polymer (CFRP). A front support structure comprising a central hub and a plurality of spokes extending radially outward from the central hub is attached proximate the front end of the tubular body. A rear support structure comprising a central hub and a plurality of spokes extending radially outward from the central hub is attached proximate the rear end of the tubular body. Cartridge supports are attached directly to one of the front and rear support structures. A rear machine connection member is attached to the rear support structure for providing coolant to the front and rear support structures. The CFRP tubular body increases the stiffness to weight ratio of the cutting tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Alan J. Bookheimer, Logan M. Semnisky