With Screw Or Gear Adjustment Means Patents (Class 33/799)
  • Patent number: 10160039
    Abstract: A height-setting tool is provided that includes a first clamping jaw, a second clamping jaw, an adjustment member, and an indicator member. The first clamping jaw includes a first clamping surface. The second clamping jaw is opposed to the first clamping jaw, and includes a second clamping surface. The first and second clamping jaws are configured to grasp a jaw of a chuck. The adjustment member is coupled to the first clamping jaw and second clamping jaw, and is configured such that a movement of the adjustment member moves the first and second clamping jaws by corresponding amounts in opposite directions. The indicator member includes an indicator surface. The indicator member is coupled to the adjustment member with the indicator surface equidistant from the first and second surfaces along a clamping direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: John Herbert Offermann