Patents Examined by Paul M Janeski
  • Patent number: 11130208
    Abstract: A spindle apparatus for use at a machine tool, having: an assembly including a workpiece spindle to receive an elongated workpiece and a motor for driving spindle rotation of the workpiece spindle about a spindle axis; a rotary guide-bush assembly being axially arranged with the workpiece spindle with respect to the spindle axis, the rotary guide-bush assembly receiving the elongated workpiece supported at the rotary guide-bush assembly to rotate about the spindle axis enabling movement of the elongated workpiece; wherein the rotary guide-bush assembly includes a portion to clamp the elongated workpiece, received in the rotary guide-bush and in the workpiece spindle, to transfer driving torque applied from the spindle motor during a driven acceleration of the rotation through the clamped elongated workpiece for rotation of the rotary guide-bush synchronized with the driven acceleration of the rotation of the workpiece spindle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: GILDEMEISTER ITALIANA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Mirko Passerini, Valter Ginami
  • Patent number: 11123806
    Abstract: A chuck is provided for use with a powered driver having a rotatable drive shaft. The chuck includes a plurality of jaws (22) movably disposed in passageways (40) of a cylindrical body (14), a nut (16) rotatably mounted about the body (14) and in communication with the jaws (22) such that rotation of the nut (16) in a closing direction moves the jaws (22) toward each other and rotation of the nut (16) in an opening direction moves the jaws (22) away from each other, and a sleeve rotatably mounted about the body (14). The sleeve is in communication with the nut (16) such that rotation of the sleeve rotationally drives the nut (16). The chuck also including a biasing element (208) disposed between the nut (16) an at least a portion of the sleeve configured to bias the sleeve toward a neutral position. The biasing element (208) limits an inertial force of the sleeve applied to the nut during operation of the powered driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: APEX BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: Jichun Zhou, Tingwei Zeng, Michael C. Goodson
  • Patent number: 11123805
    Abstract: A tool holder includes a main body, a deformable receptacle for clamping a tool, and at least one blocking element which, in order to prevent axial migration of the tool out of the tool holder, is configured to engage in a corresponding counterpart element on the tool and is arranged at the receptacle. In order to allow particularly high concentricity of the tool holder and stable fastening of the clamped-in tool, and at the same time to ensure easy production, the receptacle has two spaced-apart clamping portions, between which the at least one blocking element is arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: FRANZ HAIMER MASCHINENBAU KG
    Inventor: Franz Haimer
  • Patent number: 11117197
    Abstract: Instrument couplings and related methods are disclosed herein, e.g., for coupling a surgical instrument to a navigation array or other component. The coupling can reduce or eliminate movement between the instrument and the navigation array, improving navigation precision. The coupling can be quick and easy to use, reducing or eliminating the need for extra steps or additional tools to attach or detach the instrument from the coupling. In some embodiments, the single step of inserting an instrument into the coupling can automatically lock the instrument within the coupling in a toggle-free manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: MEDOS INTERNATIONAL SARL
    Inventors: Philippe Lindenmann, Felix Aschmann, Daniela Wehrli
  • Patent number: 11117198
    Abstract: A cooling chuck relating to a technical field of mechanical manufacturing of drill chuck is provided, including a drill body, a clamping jaw, a nut, a sleeve and a back cover, wherein: a connection hole is provided at a back end of the drill body for connecting to a drive mechanism; a clamping jaw outlet is provided at a front end of the drill body; a clamping jaw cavity is arranged on the drill body outside the connection hole at the back end of the drill body; the clamping jaw is arranged in the clamping jaw cavity; a thread section is arranged at a back part of the clamping jaw; the thread section at the back part of the clamping jaw is engaged with the nut arranged at an outer side surface of the clamping jaw cavity; the nut is connected to the sleeve; the back cover is arranged at the back end of the drill body; a clamping jaw slope is arranged at a back end of the clamping jaw; the clamping jaw slope inclines downward clockwise or anticlockwise along a rotation direction of the drill body; air inlets ar
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: SHANDONG WEIDA MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenzhang Qiao, Cong Liu, Zhonggang Liu
  • Patent number: 11110525
    Abstract: Provided is cutting tool. The tool, in certain examples, includes a drill body that defines a drill axis, and a tool window formed in the drill body. The tool also includes a drill bit extending from the drill body, and a material reworking attachment (“MRA”) coupled to the drill body and storable within the tool window. The MRA is extendable from a stored position into either a surface-finishing position or a material-removal position. The MRA includes a first chamfering blade, a second chamfering blade, and a finishing surface interposed between the chamfering blades. The tool also includes a position manager to detect a position of the cutting tool with reference to a workpiece, and an actuator to transition the MRA from the stored position to the material-removal position, followed by a transition to the surface-finishing position, and followed by a transition to material-removal position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Mark Albrecht, Kwok Tung Chan
  • Patent number: 11103932
    Abstract: A cutting head operated by a centrifugal force according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: an external housing that is rotatable; an internal housing installed within the external housing so as to be able to advance and retreat in a diameter direction, advanced toward a cut surface of a workpiece positioned outside the external housing by a centrifugal force according to rotation of the external housing, and retreated in a direction that becomes distant from the cut surface by an elastic member while the centrifugal force disappears; and a cutting tool unit provided in the internal housing and processing a groove in the cut surface while being advanced and retreated by a micro advance and retreat member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALS
    Inventors: Jong-Kweon Park, Byung-Sub Kim
  • Patent number: 11097356
    Abstract: A clamping device for clamping a workpiece to a machine spindle includes at least one clamping bush which extends around a central axis and has at least one clamping surface for the workpiece and at least one clamping body. The clamping bush on a side remote from the clamping surface at least one support surface which extends about the central axis along a helical line. On a side facing, the clamping bush comprises at least one support surface which extends about the central axis along a helical line with a predefined pitch and is inclined at an angle of inclination to a direction axial to the central axis. The clamping body includes a hydraulic chamber in the interior of the clamping body. The clamping device also includes a displacement element, and at least one pressure generator. A clamping force is generatable between the clamping bush and workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: EMUGE-WERK RICHARD GLIMPEL GMBH & CO. KG FABRIK FUER PRAEZISIONSWERKZEUGE
    Inventor: Ruediger Watzke
  • Patent number: 11097354
    Abstract: A gear self-tightening drill chuck, comprising a rear pressing cover or a retaining ring, a rear body, a main body, a front sleeve, clamping jaws, and driven bevel gears; the rear body is arranged inside the main body; one end of the rear body is provided with a driving bevel gear, the large end thereof being arranged next to the rear body; the driving bevel gear is arranged inside the main body, and is engaged with the driven bevel gears; a plurality of driven bevel gears are arranged uniformly with the axis of the driving bevel gear as the centre line; the driven bevel gears have an inner screw thread; one end of the clamping jaw has an outer screw thread for use together with the inner screw thread; the main body is provided with clamping jaw holes and bevel gear holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Inventor: Yaoting Liu
  • Patent number: 11097359
    Abstract: A cutting tool includes a body having a base and a cutting portion. The cutting portion defines a plurality of first edges and a plurality of second edges. The body defines a trunk passage, a plurality of first branch passages, and a plurality of first independent passages. Each of the first branch passages is open to the trunk passage and has an outlet open to an exterior of the cutting portion proximate to a corresponding one of the second edges. Each of the first independent passages is independent of the trunk passage and the first branch passages and has an outlet open to an exterior of the cutting portion proximate to a corresponding one of the first edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Alan Stephenson, Ethan Timothy Hughey
  • Patent number: 11084102
    Abstract: A metal cutting tool includes a main tool body and a slider element received at least partially in the main tool body and arranged movably relative. The slider element has a cutting edge or supports a cutting insert having a cutting edge. An internal coolant supply is arranged to supply coolant from the main tool body to the cutting edge and has a coolant channel running within the main tool body and within the slider element. The main tool body, or a transfer element that has the coolant channel being part of the internal coolant supply and connected with the main tool body, includes a first sealing surface on which an outlet of the coolant channel of the main tool body is arranged. The slider element, or the transfer element, includes a second sealing surface on which an inlet of the coolant channel of the slider element is arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Sandvik Intellectual Property AB
    Inventor: Peter Frank
  • Patent number: 11084106
    Abstract: Jigs and fixtures for aligning, guiding, and/or holding a workpiece on woodworking machinery during a woodworking operation are described, as well as methods of making, modifying, and using jigs and fixtures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Inventor: Mark A. Duginske
  • Patent number: 11084149
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a socket tool which is used to be connected to a driving head of a tool, and the socket tool is especially suitable for a driving head which is equipped with a friction ring. The socket tool includes a connecting portion and a working portion. The connecting portion which is located on one side of the socket tool includes a top surface and a polygonal hole. The top surface is recessed along an axis of the socket tool to form an indentation which can accommodate the friction ring of the driving head. The polygonal hole which can accommodate the driving head penetrates the indentation along the axis of the socket tool. The working portion which is located on the other side of the socket tool has, for example, a hexagonal hole that can be used to cover a bolt or a nut. The indentation can accommodate the friction ring of the driving head, so that an abutting surface of the driving head can contact the top surface of the socket tool directly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Panda Tool Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ting-Ysai Wu
  • Patent number: 11077504
    Abstract: A step drill includes a distal end, an opposite proximal end, a drill tip and at least one drill step. The drill tip has a tip at the distal end of the step drill and comprises a first number of geometrically defined cutters, each of which is paired with a first flute and lies on an imaginary first circular line about a longitudinal axis of the step drill. The imaginary first circular line has a first radius. The at least one drill step is arranged at a distance from the distal end and has an end face with a second number of geometrically defined cutters each of which is paired with a second flute and lies on an imaginary second circular line that runs about the longitudinal axis of the step drill and has a second radius. The first radius is smaller than the second radius. The first flutes of the drill tip and the second flutes of the drill step merge in a region, which is arranged at a greater distance from the distal end than the end face of the drill step, and form a single flute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: MAPAL FABRIK FUR PRAZISIONSWERKZEUGE DR. KRESS KG
    Inventors: Ulrich Krenzer, Serkan Topal
  • Patent number: 11077501
    Abstract: In accordance with various illustrative embodiments of the present disclosure, a rotationally symmetric surface of a workpiece is machined by a turning apparatus, wherein the workpiece is rotationally driven around a rotational axis, a cutting tool with a cutting edge positioned at the edge of a rake face is arranged relative to the workpiece, the cutting tool is brought into contact with the workpiece, and the cutting tool is advanced relative to the workpiece along a feed direction parallel to the rotational axis, the normal to the rake face being tilted relative to the feed direction, a first axis and a second axis, the first axis and the second axis are perpendicular to the feed direction and perpendicular to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventors: Makoto Abe, Christoph Zeiner
  • Patent number: 11077509
    Abstract: A pipe threader comprises a housing and a drive assembly including a motor and an output gear having a first plurality of teeth. A die holder defines a rotational axis and includes a gear member including an outer circumference with a second plurality of teeth engaged with the output gear. The gear member includes an inner circumference with a key recess. A lock ring is rotatable relative to the gear member and including a contact surface. A key is arranged in the key recess and a biasing member in the key recess and biasing the key toward the rotational axis. The lock ring is movable between a locked position, in which the contact surface inhibits the key from moving away from the rotational axis, and an unlocked position, in which the key is movable away from the rotational axis in response to insertion of a die into the die holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Brett J. VanDaalwyk, Kegan Markwardt
  • Patent number: 11072060
    Abstract: A tool bit assembly can include a housing comprising a channel at least partially extending into the housing, one or more interacting features in the channel, and a shaft configured to fit within a drill chuck to allow a drill to turn the shaft. The shaft can be at least partially disposed within the channel to rotate and slide relative to the housing. The shaft can include a striking structure configured to interact with the one or more interacting features in the channel to cause the housing to actuate linearly relative to the shaft if the shaft is rotated relative to the housing and the striking structure is positioned to interact with the one or more interacting features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Inventor: Raymond A. Noeth
  • Patent number: 11065744
    Abstract: A tool bit holder includes an inner sleeve in which a longitudinal bore is defined in which a tool bit is receivable and a detent is engageable with the tool bit for locking the tool bit within the longitudinal bore. An outer sleeve surrounds the inner sleeve and is movable relative to the inner sleeve between a locking position, in which the detent is engaged with the tool bit for locking the tool bit within the longitudinal bore, and a release position, in which the detent may be disengaged from the tool bit to permit removal of the tool bit from the longitudinal bore. A spring is positioned between the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve. The spring biases the outer sleeve toward the locking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Zimmermann, Xian Wei Xu
  • Patent number: 11059109
    Abstract: A cutting head rotatable about a head axis, has a cap portion and a mounting protuberance joined thereto and extending axially rearwardly therefrom. The mounting protuberance has a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart torque portions axially offset from a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart clamping portions. The clamping portions have clamping surfaces circumscribed by an imaginary clamping circle with a clamping diameter. The torque portions have torque protrusions and torque cut-outs, each torque protrusion having a torque transmission surface at least partially located outside an imaginary clamping cylinder defined by the imaginary clamping circle, and each torque cut-out having a recessed surface located inside the imaginary clamping cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shim'on Shitrit
  • Patent number: 11052564
    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: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Willi Fellmann, Bruno Luescher, Andreas Zurbruegg, Aldo Di Nicolantonio, Bruno Sinzig, Laurent Quebatte, Marcus Schuller