Patents by Inventor Brent K. Place

Brent K. Place 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).

  • Patent number: 10076792
    Abstract: A feed assembly, a boring head and an alignment device. The feed assembly may include a feed mechanism; an adjustment mechanism to adjust a feed rate of the feed mechanism; and a gage to indicate the feed rate. The boring head may include a body supportable on and for rotation with the bar; and a tool holder to support a tool to work on a workpiece and supported for radial movement on the body to adjust a radial position of the tool. An alignment device may include a clamp lockable in an axial position on the bar; an alignment member engageable with a bore of a workpiece; and an adjustment member between the locking clamp and the alignment member, the adjustment member and the alignment member include complementary threads, the adjustment member being rotatable about the axis to move the alignment member relative to the clamp along the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Actuant Corporation
    Inventor: Brent K. Place
  • Publication number: 20180021916
    Abstract: A honing assembly, a sanding assembly and a turning machine for performing an operation on a workpiece. The turning machine may include a rotatable machine housing operable to rotate around the workpiece; a first attachment including a first portion engageable with and operable to remove material from a workpiece, the first attachment having a first configuration, such as a honing attachment; and a second attachment including a second portion engageable with and operable to remove material from a workpiece, the second attachment having a second configuration, such as a sanding attachment, different than the first configuration, each of the first attachment and the second attachment being selectively supportable one at a time by the machine housing to operate on a workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventor: Brent K. Place
  • Publication number: 20160368109
    Abstract: A feed assembly, a boring head and an alignment device. The feed assembly may include a feed mechanism; an adjustment mechanism to adjust a feed rate of the feed mechanism; and a gage to indicate the feed rate. The boring head may include a body supportable on and for rotation with the bar; and a tool holder to support a tool to work on a workpiece and supported for radial movement on the body to adjust a radial position of the tool. An alignment device may include a clamp lockable in an axial position on the bar; an alignment member engageable with a bore of a workpiece; and an adjustment member between the locking clamp and the alignment member, the adjustment member and the alignment member include complementary threads, the adjustment member being rotatable about the axis to move the alignment member relative to the clamp along the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventor: Brent K. Place
  • Patent number: 9221102
    Abstract: A tool module for a machining apparatus including a rotatable portion. The tool module includes at least one adjustment clamp supported by the rotatable portion. A module base is supported by the at least one adjustment clamp and defines a linear movement track. A tool slide is configured to support a cutting tool and is movable along the linear movement track. The at least one adjustment clamp is movable from a release position to a locking position and vice versa, and in both the release position and the locking position the at least one adjustment clamp is connected to the rotatable portion. In the release position the at least one adjustment clamp permits the module base to translate relative thereto, and in the locking position the at least one adjustment clamp engages the module base to inhibit the module base from moving relative thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Actuant Corporation
    Inventor: Brent K. Place
  • Patent number: 9089899
    Abstract: An apparatus for facing a flange of a pipe includes a housing and an anchor assembly rotatably supported by the housing. The anchor assembly is configured to engage an inner surface of the pipe. The apparatus further includes a tool holder translatably supported by the housing. The tool holder is configured to support a facing tool for facing the flange of the pipe. The apparatus further includes a drive shaft that is rotatable relative to the housing to translate the tool holder relative to the housing. The housing is rotatable relative to the anchor assembly about a first axis in a first direction and the drive shaft is simultaneously rotatable relative to the housing about a second axis in a second direction opposite the first direction to move the tool holder along a spiral path and thereby face the flange of the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Actuant Corporation
    Inventors: Brent K. Place, Pieter W. Ernest
  • Publication number: 20130239762
    Abstract: A tool module for a machining apparatus including a rotatable portion. The tool module includes at least one adjustment clamp supported by the rotatable portion. A module base is supported by the at least one adjustment clamp and defines a linear movement track. A tool slide is configured to support a cutting tool and is movable along the linear movement track. The at least one adjustment clamp is movable from a release position to a locking position and vice versa, and in both the release position and the locking position the at least one adjustment clamp is connected to the rotatable portion. In the release position the at least one adjustment clamp permits the module base to translate relative thereto, and in the locking position the at least one adjustment clamp engages the module base to inhibit the module base from moving relative thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: ACTUANT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Brent K. Place
  • Patent number: 8282444
    Abstract: A belt sander includes a housing and an endless sanding belt supported by the housing. A first shaft is connected to the housing, and the housing is pivotable about the first shaft. A second shaft is connected to the housing and offset from the first shaft. The sander is mounted to the rotating portion of a rotary machining clam shell trackway and revolved around a pipe surface to be sanded while biasing the sander against the surface. The sander may also be pivotable to sand a tapered surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Actuant Corporation
    Inventor: Brent K. Place
  • Publication number: 20110083537
    Abstract: An apparatus for facing a flange of a pipe comprises a housing and an anchor assembly rotatably supported by the housing. The anchor assembly is configured to engage an inner surface of the pipe. The apparatus further comprises a tool holder translatably supported by the housing. The tool holder is configured to support a facing tool for facing the flange of the pipe. The apparatus further comprises a drive shaft that is rotatable relative to the housing to translate the tool holder relative to the housing. The housing is rotatable relative to the anchor assembly about a first axis in a first direction and the drive shaft is simultaneously rotatable relative to the housing about a second axis in a second direction opposite the first direction to move the tool holder along a spiral path and thereby face the flange of the pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Inventors: Brent K. Place, Pieter W. Ernest
  • Publication number: 20100029184
    Abstract: A belt sander includes a housing and an endless sanding belt supported by the housing. A first shaft is connected to the housing, and the housing is pivotable about the first shaft. A second shaft is connected to the housing and offset from the first shaft. The sander is mounted to the rotating portion of a rotary machining clam shell trackway and revolved around a pipe surface to be sanded while biasing the sander against the surface. The sander may also be pivotable to sand a tapered surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventor: Brent K. Place
  • Patent number: D614215
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Actuant Corporation
    Inventors: Brent K. Place, Pieter W. Ernest