Patents by Inventor Richard J. Heavel

Richard J. Heavel 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).

  • Removable chuck
    Publication number: 20010026051
    Abstract: A removable chuck has a chuck member for holding a drill bit. Also, a mechanism is coupled with the chuck body to retain the chuck body to a drill spindle. The retention mechanism, in a first position, a biasing member in a non-biasing condition, retains the chuck on the drill spindle and in a second position, with the biasing member in a biased condition, the chuck is enabled to be removed from the spindle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2001
    Publication date: October 4, 2001
    Applicant: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Robert H. Gifford, Richard J. Heavel, Alfred H. Judge, Thomas T. Bludis
  • Removable chuck
    Publication number: 20010005068
    Abstract: A removable chuck has a chuck member for holding a drill bit. Also, a mechanism is coupled with the chuck body to retain the chuck body to a drill spindle. The retention mechanism, in a first position, retains the chuck on the drill spindle and in a second position the chuck is enabled to be removed from the spindle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2001
    Publication date: June 28, 2001
    Inventors: Robert H. Gifford, Richard J. Heavel, Alfred H Judge
  • Spring-loaded quick clamp chuck
    Patent number: 6241260
    Abstract: A drill has a chuck with a body member and a bore to receive a cutting tool. A plurality of jaw members are coupled with the body to retain the cutting tool in the bore. A mechanism to secure the cutting tool in the jaws is coupled with the body. The mechanism applies a biasing force on the jaw members which enables the jaw members to slide on the body between a locked position securing the cutting tool in the jaw members and an unlocked position which enables egress and ingress of the cutting tool into and out of the jaw members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Alfred H. Judge, Richard J. Heavel, Robert H. Gifford