Patents Examined by Chwen-Wei Su
  • Patent number: 10232482
    Abstract: A work seating detection device including a detection hole formed to discharge air from a work seating face of a chuck, a detection flow path connecting an air supply source supplying compressed air and the detection hole, a pressure switch detecting a secondary-side pressure of a throttle portion formed in the detection flow path, and a pressure regulator adjusting the secondary-side pressure is provided. An adjustment flow path branching on a secondary side of the throttle portion is formed in the detection flow path, an on-off valve is disposed at the adjustment flow path, an adjustment block provided with an adjustment face pressing an adjustment gauge is integrally formed in a tip portion, and an adjustment hole having the same size as the detection hole and communicating with the adjustment flow path is formed in the adjustment block for an opening portion to be positioned in the adjustment face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshifumi Suzuki, Osamu Nagai
  • Patent number: 10226831
    Abstract: A tap holder includes a body extending along an axis and having a front end portion defining a front opening and an externally threaded portion. A gripping assembly includes a spring having first and second legs, a first jaw mounted to the first leg, and a second jaw mounted to the second leg. Each jaw has a tapered outer wall and an inner wall with the inner walls of the jaws facing each other. A sleeve has an internally threaded bore threadably received on the externally threaded portion of the body, and an inner tapered surface configured to abut the tapered outer walls of the first and second jaws. As the sleeve is rotated relative to the body, a distance between the first and second gripping surfaces may be adjusted for gripping a tap between the inner walls of the first and second jaws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Darren B. Moss, Gregory R. Keier
  • Patent number: 10220543
    Abstract: The invention relates to a core drill with an end portion (3) and a drill bit portion (1-2). The end portion and the drill bit portion are joinable in a watertight fashion with a sealing element (11). The sealing element (11) is provided in a space between the end portion and the drill bit portion, such that it is being compressed in a sealing fashion when the end portion and the drill bit portion are joined. The end portion and the drill bit portion are locked together with a joining element (8, 10) which achieves this locking effect when moves in the radial direction of the core drill. When the joining element moves in this direction, the end portion and the drill bit portion move towards each other. Thus the sealing element is being compressed while concurrently the end portion and the drill bit portion are joined together. This is further achieved without the joining element having to extend in the axial direction of the core drill. Typically, the joining element (8, 10) is constituted by a set screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Inventor: Kjell Andersson
  • Patent number: 10213848
    Abstract: A rotary tool comprises a cylindrical sleeve including an opening formed in an outer circumferential surface thereof providing fluid communication between a hollow interior of the sleeve and an environment surrounding the sleeve. The sleeve includes an axially extending flow passage formed therein terminating in a first fluid outlet formed in an open end of the sleeve disposed adjacent a cutting element of the rotary tool. The fluid outlet is configured to deliver a flow of a fluid toward the workpiece to cause chips formed during the machining operation to be directed away from the workpiece and out of the hollow interior of the sleeve through the opening formed in the outer circumferential surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: DECATUR DIAMOND, LLC
    Inventors: Erik Koik, Kirk Bennett
  • Patent number: 10207385
    Abstract: An accessory for use with an oscillating power tool includes an attachment plate and a raised annular rim extending from the attachment plate. The raised annular rim has a central recess and a keyed sidewall with a star shape configured to be engaged by a first mating geometry of an oscillating power tool. The raised annular rim may further include a receiving portion formed thereon configured to be engaged by a second mating geometry of an oscillating power tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Sarah J. Montplaisir, David B Lee, Rachel A. Lombardo, Mark D. Miller, Jr., Kevin W. Covell
  • Patent number: 10207312
    Abstract: Forge lubrication processes are disclosed. A solid lubricant sheet is placed between a workpiece and a die in a forging apparatus. Force is applied to the workpiece with the die to plastically deform the workpiece. The solid lubricant sheet decreases the shear factor for the forging system and reduces the incidence of die-locking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: ATI PROPERTIES LLC
    Inventors: Scott Oppenheimer, Robin M. Forbes Jones, John Mantione, Ramesh Minisandram, Jean-Philippe Thomas
  • Patent number: 10207336
    Abstract: A rotary tool comprising two coupling parts, namely a carrier and a cutting head in a front end surface. The carrier comprises a pin receptacle into which a coupling pin of the cutting head is inserted. In order to prevent pulling-out in an axial direction, stop surfaces are provided on the pin receptacle and on the coupling pin, said stop surfaces being effective in an axial direction. For a design that is as simple as possible, in particular with regard to grinding, each stop surface of the coupling pin is adjoined by a lateral surface which freely tapers off in the direction toward the end surface as viewed in the axial direction. In particular, the lateral surface constitutes a torque surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Jürgen Schwägerl, Berthold Heinrich Zeug, Horst Manfred Jäger
  • Patent number: 10201857
    Abstract: In one aspect tool holder assemblies are described herein. Such tool holder assemblies can employ outer and inner spring-like members. For example, a tool holder assembly described herein comprises a drawbar having an outer diameter surface and an inner diameter surface defining an interior of the drawbar. The drawbar is movable or actuatable along a longitudinal axis between a locked position and an unlocked position. The tool holder assembly can further comprise a first spring-like member positioned around the outer diameter surface of the drawbar and a second spring-like member positioned in the drawbar interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventor: Lance Cariss
  • Patent number: 10201858
    Abstract: A drill bit, which is rotatable in a direction of rotation about an axis of rotation, is disclosed. The drill bit has a cutting portion with an annular portion where the annular portion has a first end on which is a cutting element and has at a second end a first insertion element. The drill bit has a drill shaft portion with a cylindrical drill shaft which has at an end, towards the cutting portion, a second insertion element. In a direction of insertion parallel to the axis of rotation, the insertion elements form a plug-in connection and can be additionally connected by way of at least one pin element which is movable in at least one slit-shaped clearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Matthaeus Hoop
  • Patent number: 10201860
    Abstract: A drill bit is disclosed. The drill bit has a cutting portion having an annular portion, where the annular portion has a first end on which is disposed a cutting element and a second end that includes an outer insertion element and a stop shoulder. The drill bit has a drill shaft portion having a cylindrical drill shaft, where the drill shaft has an inner insertion element with an end face on a side of the drill shaft facing the cutting portion. The outer insertion element and the inner insertion element together form a plug connection in an insertion direction that is parallel to the axis of rotation and the insertion elements are connectable to each other via a pin element that is movable into a slot-shaped recess. The pin element is attached to an outside of the inner insertion element and the outer insertion element has the slot-shaped recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Matthaeus Hoop, Christoph Weber, Thomas Britt, Christoph Amman
  • Patent number: 10183339
    Abstract: A depth limiting device for a drill includes a main body, an axial braking structure, and a limited shrinking structure. The axial braking structure is attached to the main body. The limited shrinking structure surrounds a drill rod of the drill, is slidably attached to the main body, and is in a home position or a compressed position. The axial braking structure axially brakes the drill rod such that the drill rod moves together with the depth limiting device. When the drill rod enters into a subject, the limited shrinking structure is pressed against the subject, moves from the home position to the compressed position, and stops the drill rod from entering further into the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Inventor: Kai Li
  • Patent number: 10183335
    Abstract: A chuck apparatus grips a workpiece by a gripping section having a pair of chuck members. The chuck apparatus is equipped with a cover member and pressing members. The cover member includes insertion holes through which fingers of the chuck members are inserted, and seal members that surround the insertion holes and abut against the fingers. The cover member is attached to a body so as to cover base portions of the chuck members, and is elastically deformable so as to follow displacement of the chuck members. The pressing members press the seal members against the fingers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Hara, Koichiro Ishibashi
  • Patent number: 10179381
    Abstract: An insertion tool includes at least one machining region, and at least one fastening region. The at least one fastening region is configured to couple to at least one tool holding fixture of a handheld machine tool, and has at least two fastening elements arranged substantially into a circle around a drive axis. The at least one fastening region is further configured to be at least substantially free of recesses in a radial direction within the circle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Bruno Luescher
  • Patent number: 10173268
    Abstract: A drill chuck having a chuck body, having a clamping sleeve with a conical basic shape that can rotate about the chuck axis of the chuck body, by the rotation of which clamping sleeve a plurality of clamping jaws can be moved relative to the clamping body. The clamping sleeve is made in two parts, having a conical, metallic outer sleeve, having a conical, inner sleeve made of plastic, wherein the outer sleeve has a cylindrical subsection on its inner circumference for radial centering of the outer sleeve on the inner sleeve. A clamping sleeve and a method for producing knurling on the clamping sleeve are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Roehm GmbH
    Inventor: Peter Schenk
  • Patent number: 10160043
    Abstract: A device for coupling and centering tools has a tubular portion with a coupling seat laterally delimited by a cylindrical centering surface, a first threaded hole with a first tightening dowel projecting into the coupling seat, a second threaded hole with a second tightening end projecting into the coupling seat, a third hole tangential to the centering surface and a locking pin removably lockable in the third hole in a position interfering with the coupling seat, and removable from the third hole to free the coupling seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Cembre S.p.A.
    Inventors: Gualtiero Barezzani, Michele Orizio
  • Patent number: 10155269
    Abstract: In a drill, a negative land is provided on a rake face, and a ridge line at an intersecting position of the negative land and a flank face, a ridge line at an intersecting position of the flank face and a margin, and a ridge line at an intersecting position of the negative land and the margin are convex faces in a longitudinal rectangular cross section. When a curvature radius of the convex face of a first ridge line at the intersecting position of the flank face and the negative land is 1, at curvature radius of the convex face of a second ridge line at the intersecting position of the flank face and the margin is 0.8 to 1.5 times the curvature radius of the first ridge line, and a curvature radius of the convex face of a fourth ridge line at the intersecting position of the negative land and the margin is 1.5 to 3.0 times the curvature radius of the first ridge line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventor: Masaaki Jindai
  • Patent number: 10144068
    Abstract: A pocket hole jig including a base having a clamp end and a toggle end, a guide carried by the base intermediate the clamp end and the toggle end and a clamp assembly carried by the base intermediate the clamp end and the guide, and reciprocally movable between an engaged position when moved toward the guide and a disengaged position when moved away from the guide. The clamp assembly includes a carriage slidably carried by the base, a clamp arm extending above and carried by carriage, a foot coupled to the clamp arm for engaging a workpiece, and a platform extending from the carriage overlying the base for receiving a workpiece and preventing the workpiece from contacting the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Inventors: Robert N. Poole, Daniel L. Poole, Michael G. Asimakis
  • Patent number: 10131032
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rapid-replacing structure of multifunctional saw, including a head housing, a tool rest and an output device, wherein the output device comprises an output shaft. It also includes a quick-change device that consists of a rapid-replacing buckle, an eccentric block, a movable rod, a collet chuck, a tensioning rod and a compression spring. The rapid-replacing buckle and the eccentric block are connected with the top of the head housing through a straight pin. The movable rod is arranged in the output shaft, with its top end closely connected to the eccentric block and its bottom end connected to the tensioning rod by screw thread. The rapid-replacing structure of the multifunctional saw can realize the purpose of blade removal and replacement simply by shifting the rapid-replacing buckle on the upper side of the head housing, without using other auxiliary means, so it is simple and fast to operate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG JINMEI ELECTRIC TOOLS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinyun Gao, Zhiming Feng
  • Patent number: 10130998
    Abstract: A drill chuck having a chuck body, having a clamping sleeve with a conical basic shape that can rotate about the chuck axis of the chuck body, by the rotation of which clamping sleeve a plurality of clamping jaws can be moved relative to the clamping body. The clamping sleeve is made in two parts, having a conical, metallic outer sleeve, having a conical, inner sleeve made of plastic, wherein the outer sleeve has a cylindrical subsection on its inner circumference for radial centering of the outer sleeve on the inner sleeve. A clamping sleeve and a method for producing knurling on the clamping sleeve are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Roehm GmbH
    Inventor: Peter Schenk
  • Patent number: 10124461
    Abstract: A clamp arrangement for securing an accessory to an oscillating power tool can include a clamp assembly including a first clamp member that moves relative to the accessory between a closed position wherein the clamp assembly retains the accessory and an open position wherein the first clamp is offset from the accessory permitting removal of the first accessory from the clamp assembly. The clamp assembly can further comprise a second clamp member having a first portion that opposes the first clamp member and cooperates with the first clamp member to clamp the accessory between the first and second clamp members. An attachment plate can carry the clamp assembly. The attachment plate can have a first mating detail formed thereon that is configured to selectively and removably mate with a complementary second mating detail on the power tool in an assembled position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Brent A. Kuehne, Oleksiy Sergyeyenko, Kevin W. Covell