Patents by Inventor Kenneth K. Bercaw

Kenneth K. Bercaw 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: 4519722
    Abstract: A centerless grinder comprising a machine frame including bearings for supporting a shaft and a portion having a bore defined therein, a regulating wheelhead driving including a main drive shaft including a first shaft portion adapted to be supported by the bearings, a second threaded shaft portion axially adjacent the first shaft portion, and a third shaft portion extending through the bore, the third portion axially adjacent the second threaded portion and tapered inwardly toward the second shaft portion, a clamping ring having a threaded inner diameter for threadedly engaging with the second threaded shaft portion, and a plurality of holes defined in the outer diameter thereof for engagement by a suitable tool for rotating the clamping ring, a drive coupling having a tapered bore defining a surface for mating engagement with the tapered third shaft portion, and a threaded outer diameter, and drive lugs on the end remote from the first shaft portion, and a locking ring having a threaded inner diameter for t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1985
    Assignee: Litton Industrial Products, Inc.
    Inventors: William E. Shank, Kenneth K. Bercaw
  • Patent number: 4480412
    Abstract: An in-process grinding gage providing a means for continuously indicating the diameter of a cylindrical workpiece being ground comprising a mounting bracket gaging head means including a body including fixed upper and center pads and an arm pivotally secured to the body and including a lower pad, arm spring means for urging the lower pad into engagement with the workpiece, leaf spring means secured to the mounting bracket and having a free end, the gaging head means secured to the leaf spring and positioned so that the upper and center pads engage the workpiece which is to be ground to size, the leaf spring and the arm spring comprising means for continuously maintaining all three pads in contact with the workpiece as it is ground to size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 6, 1984
    Assignee: Litton Industrial Products, Inc.
    Inventors: William E. Shank, Kenneth K. Bercaw