Patents by Inventor Len Tokish

Len Tokish 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).

  • Machining apparatus
    Patent number: 6562045
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for machining hard tissue and soft tissue associated therewith, having a housing, a rotating shaft having an axis essentially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the apparatus, and adapted to provide power to the apparatus by rotation of the shaft, a drive assembly, having a gear having a rotational axis oriented perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the apparatus and adapted to mesh with the rotating shaft, a gear hub rigidly attached to the gear, which rotates when the gear rotates, and adapted to attached to a bearing assembly, a bearing assembly having a moveable member rigidly attached to the gear hub, a non-moveable member rigidly attached to the housing, and one or more friction reducing members disposed between the moveable and non-moveable members, and two or more locking members adapted to generate opposing forces helping to hold the drive assembly together, and a cutting element rigidly attached to the drive assembly, wherein the gear hub and bearing assembl
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: SDGI Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Carlos Gil, Len Tokish
  • Machining apparatus
    Publication number: 20020111631
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for machining hard tissue and soft tissue associated therewith, having a housing, a rotating shaft having an axis essentially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the apparatus, and adapted to provide power to the apparatus by rotation of the shaft, a drive assembly, having a gear having a rotational axis oriented perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the apparatus and adapted to mesh with the rotating shaft, a gear hub rigidly attached to the gear, which rotates when the gear rotates, and adapted to attached to a bearing assembly, a bearing assembly having a moveable member rigidly attached to the gear hub, a non-moveable member rigidly attached to the housing, and one or more friction reducing members disposed between the moveable and non-moveable members, and two or more locking members adapted to generate opposing forces helping to hold the drive assembly together, and a cutting element rigidly attached to the drive assembly, wherein the gear hub and bearing assembl
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2001
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Inventors: Carlos Gil, Len Tokish