Patents by Inventor Joseph M. Gallagher

Joseph M. Gallagher 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).

  • Publication number: 20240123518
    Abstract: A power tool chuck includes a body with a central bore extending along an axis and configured to receive a tool bit, a plurality of angled passageways, and a plurality of jaws received in the passageways and moveable between an axially forward and radially inward clamping position and an axially rearward and radially outward retracted position. At least one jaw has a rear end lying in a first plane transverse to the axis. A first key drive member coupled to a tail portion of the body is configured to be engaged by a second key drive member on a power tool output shaft to non-rotationally couple the body to the output shaft. The first key drive has a forward end lying in a second plane transverse to the axis. The second plane is axially forward of the first plane when the jaws are in the retracted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Joseph P. Kelleher, William F. Gallagher, Louis M. Vasiliades, Trevor J. Koenig, Heather Schafer
  • Patent number: 6104875
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for altering in the field the operating instructions used by an industrial process transmitter to collect, manipulate and transmit output signals representing the state of an industrial process. The method is used with an industrial process transmitter that includes at least one alterable storage device that has a first set of operating instructions stored therein. A controller device is connected to the alterable storage device and a configuration device is connectable to the industrial process transmitter via a communication link. The method includes entering a user-defined second set of operating instructions in the configurations device and then translating the second set of operating instructions into a format readable by the controller device. A communications link between the configuration and controller device is next established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: Honeywell Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph M. Gallagher, Mark A. Small, Pamela E. Gehman