Patents by Inventor James E. Rodgers

James E. Rodgers has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Rotating air bearing
    Patent number: 4682920
    Abstract: An improvement in a machine tool or the like in which a work piece is held in a collet driven in a rotary sense and subject also to axial movements in which the work piece is gripped and released. A collet operating mechanism includes a frictionless air bearing allowing endwise movements and high speed rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1987
    Assignee: United Aircraft Products, Inc.
    Inventor: James E. Rodgers