Patents Assigned to Drive Line Service, Inc.
  • Balance work support and chuck
    Patent number: 4545247
    Abstract: A balance support and chuck for use in an apparatus for performing work on workpieces such as automotive drive shafts, said work stations having a fixed headstock at one end and a laterally adjustable tailstock at the other end. The balance support and chuck may be coupled to an off-balance indicator for measurement of the amount of imbalance in a workpiece. The chuck has a supporting bearing assembly which rests on a surface of greater curvature in the balance support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1985
    Assignee: Drive Line Service, Inc.
    Inventors: Louis D. Wilson, Patrick Jones
  • Device for retaining a tool in either a stationary or movable position
    Patent number: 4532804
    Abstract: A device for retaining a workpiece in either a stationary or movable position for use in a machine which incorporates an off-balance indicator such as a strobe light and which is used to remove imbalance. The device selectively holds the tool in a first fixed stationary position for performing work operations thereon or releases the tool to allow it to oscillate so as to enable balancing operations to be carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1985
    Assignee: Drive Line Service, Inc.
    Inventors: Louis D. Wilson, Patrick M. Jones