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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8070168 | Drill chuck The invention relates to a clamping drill chuck including a chuck body (1), a clamping cone (2) that can be rotated coaxially in relation to the chuck body (1) and is axially supported on a jaw holder (3) mounted on the chuck body (1 | 12/06/2011 |
| 7845650 | Drill chuck A drill chuck has a body formed with a forwardly open threaded bore and a holder sleeve rotatable on the body and formed with a plurality of forwardly open angled guides angularly equispaced about the axis. Respective jaws are shiftable radially along the guides bet... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7841601 | Self-tightening drill chuck A drill chuck has a chuck body centered on and rotatable about an axis, a jaw holder rotatable on the body and formed with a plurality of angularly spaced guides, a sleeve surrounding the holder and body, and jaws in the guides between the sleeve and the body. Inter... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7726663 | Self-tightening drill chuck A drill chuck has a chuck body, a holder body, and a front sleeve surrounding the bodies, with jaws between them. A ring of teeth on one of the bodies can be engaged by a pawl angularly fixed on the other of the bodies. When engaged, the pawl and the array of teeth ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7690658 | Tool chuck with power take off feature A tool chuck may include a shaft supporting chuck jaws. The shaft may provide a first transmission power path for rotationally driving the chuck jaws. The shaft may have a through hole. A chuck actuating mechanism may be provided in the through hole. The chuck actua... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7644930 | Mechanism for providing residual thrust load on chuck actuating screw A tool chuck may include an input shaft. A chuck actuating shaft may be mounted for rotation on the input shaft. A chuck actuating screw may be screw coupled to the chuck actuating shaft. A spring may be interposed between the chuck actuating shaft and the input sha... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7503565 | Lockable drill chuck A drill chuck has a chuck body formed with an annular row of radially outwardly directed teeth. A sleeve axially fixed but rotatable about the chuck axis on the chuck body has a plurality of angularly spaced guides holding respective radially displaceable jaws. A sc... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7360770 | Keyless chuck with automatic and manual locking A keyless chuck having both an automatic locking feature and a manual locking feature. The automatic locking feature provides for automatic locking of the chuck in a tightened state when a predetermined tightening torque has been exceeded. The chuck can be utilized ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7354230 | Bit holding apparatus for use with a power tool An attachment (10) for use with a power tool (12) which can conveniently convert a rotatable chuck (14) or adapter (78) used with a first bit device (22) to usage with a second bit device (36) and vice versa. Either first or... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7331584 | Chuck with nutating gear reduction A tool chuck may include a chuck body that supports chuck jaws. The chuck body may define a longitudinal axis. A driven gear may be mounted for rotation on the chuck body. The rotational axis of the driven gear may be parallel to the longitudinal axis of the chuck b... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328904 | Power tool with power-take-off driven pusher-type chuck having device for reducing tension in pusher screw A chuck for a drill/driver. The chuck can include an input shaft having a cavity, a chuck actuating shaft and a chuck actuating screw. The chuck actuating shaft can be received in the cavity and can be rotatable about a chuck axis. The chuck actuating shaft can have... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7316404 | Drill/driver chuck A drill/driver chuck has a cylindrical member (2) with a central axial bore (4). A plurality of further bores (6) slanted with respect to the axis of the cylindrical member (4). A jaw actuator (10) is coupled to each jaw (8)... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7296803 | Chuck The present invention relates to a self-tightened reverse locking chuck, comprising: a body member, a nut, jaws, a bearing, a drive sleeve, a front sleeve, an annular drive member, a movable ratchet wheel, a reverse locking ratchet wheel, a detent lock ring, a contr... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7290425 | Gripping apparatus and method A quick change gripping apparatus for gripping a workpiece having a profile. The apparatus includes a cylindrical housing having a first end and a second end. The cylindrical housing also includes an inner feature having a tapered wall. The housing also has a bottom... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7284761 | Bit stop for drill chuck A tool bit stop located on an inner surface of a clamping jaw of a drill chuck. The tool bit stop is located a distance from a jaw gripping surface of the clamping jaw. The tool bit stop is adapted to provide a surface to register an end of a tool bit in a consisten... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7258351 | Quick-action chuck A quick-action chuck, in particular for a power tool, has an actuating element (20) and a control device which includes at least one mechanism (12, 22, 36, 42, 50) for controlling at least one locking device (10) that serves to absorb a chucking... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7246801 | Self-tightening keyless chuck The present invention relates to a self-tightening keyless chuck to enable electric percussive drills to grip a tool shank. The chuck includes a rear sleeve, a body, a bearing ring, a bearing assembly, a nut, a jaw, a front sleeve and a stopper and so on. The bearin... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7243923 | Centering drill chuck A drill includes a chuck which has a body member including a bore to receive a tool. Jaw members frictionally engage the tool to retain the tool in the chuck. A member is associated with the jaw members and the body to move the jaw members between clamping and non-c... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7222862 | Tool holder A tool holder for a power tool, in particular a drilling and/or hammering tool comprising a manually actuable sleeve (40) wherein components of the tool holder are held within the sleeve by a snap ring (100) which snap ring is fitted within the sleeve.... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7216873 | Drill chuck A drill chuck has a chuck body centered on and axis, and a tightening element surrounding the body and rotatable thereon about the axis. The tightening element has a front sleeve formed with jaw-holding guides and a rear sleeve releasably coupled with the front slee... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7213491 | Ratcheting tool A ratcheting tool having an axial pawl ratcheting mechanism is provided that may be used for a screwdriver or wrench and comprises a first gear including axial gear teeth on a first side providing for ratcheting in a first direction. A second bidirectional gear has ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7207573 | Chuck assembly To provide an excellent chuck assembly that is superior in assembling workability, may be produced in low cost and is superior in mass-production property, in which a rotary sleeve (2) provided on a body (1) is rotated, jaws (4) engaged with rot... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7198439 | Quick chuck A quick chuck for a hand power tool has an actuating element, at least one arresting element for receiving a clamping support force, a control device having at least one control unit for controlling the at least one arresting element, the arresting element controlla... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7185895 | Chuck with locking system This is a chuck for equipping a rotary machine, comprising a body intended to be fixed to a drive shaft of the machine, in which there are mounted several jaws which slide in bores converging forward and which each have an outwardly facing threaded part, a sleeve be... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7175184 | Collect tool holder and method of making same A tool holder for a tool with a recess having detent disposed therein for holding the tool axially, and having a sleeve telescoped over a collet which has flexible fingers and with the sleeve and the fingers having camming surfaces for effecting clamping onto the to... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7160065 | Chuck with quick change A chuck includes a generally cylindrical body and a plurality of jaws reciprocally disposed in the body in communication with a central bore in the body. A first detent extends radially into the central bore and is releasable in a radially outward direction. Upon in... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156402 | Quick-tighten drill chuck A drill chuck has a chuck body centered on and rotatable about an axis and having a screwthread, a main sleeve axially fixed but rotatable about the axis on the body and formed centered on the axis with a plurality of angled forwardly open guides, and respective cla... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7147546 | Tool holder with moveable alignment finger Method and apparatus for facilitating sharpening of a tool. A tool holder is provided to present the tool for sharpening against an abrasive member, such as a grinding wheel. A moveable jaw member preferably engages a side of the tool to align the tool with a refere... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7073606 | Manual machine tool The invention is based on a power tool comprising toolholder (12, 102) driveable in at least rotary fashion via a drive motor and via a driven shaft (10, 98, 100), which comprises a workholding fixture (14) for attaching tools (16, 104) a... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7069761 | Gripping apparatus and method A quick change gripping apparatus for gripping a workpiece having a profile. The apparatus includes a cylindrical housing having a first end and a second end. The cylindrical housing also includes an inner feature having a tapered wall. The housing also has a bottom... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7044480 | Non-impact keyless chuck A non-impact keyless chuck suitable for use with manual or powered drivers is disclosed. The chuck comprises a body which carries a rotatable split nut having a relatively fine thread and a plurality of slidable jaws, which may be identical, driven by the rotatable ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7021400 | Power Tool This invention relates to a power tool 1 of the kind having a driven member 15 adapted to releasably hold at least one working element 46. The power tool 1 can operate in either a working mode in which the driven member 15 is drive... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7008151 | Power driver having geared tool holder A power driver includes a motor and a spindle having a distal end thereof opposite the motor. The distal end has an axial bore formed therein. A gear assembly is disposed operatively between the motor and the spindle so that the motor rotationally drives the spindle... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7000926 | Manually tightened drill chuck A manually tightened drill chuck includes a drill body, a nut, a front sleeve and a rear sleeve. The front sleeve is provided on the front end of the drill body with the nut being provided in the middle. A decorative sleeve is mounted on the front end of the drill b... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6921092 | Drill chuck A drill chuck has a chuck body centered on and adapt d to be rotated about a longitudinal axis and unitarily formed with a plurality of forwardly open angled guides angularly spaced about the axis and with a rim, respective jaws displaceable along the guides in the ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6908086 | Chuck The chuck (10) is comprised of a chuck body (11) having an inner cone surface and a grip head (12) with a corresponding outer cone surface. The grip head (12) is subdivided into individual clamping jaws (21) by several seperating s... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6883808 | Drill-chuck jaw with hard-metal inserts A drill-chuck jaw hag an elongated metal body formed with a toothed back face and an opposite front face. The body is generally symmetrical to a longitudinal plane bisecting the back and front faces. A pair of hard-metal insert parts fixed to the front face are each... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6843484 | Quick change chuck There is provided a keyless chuck, a clutch assembly, and an associated method for releasably gripping a bit. The chuck includes a jaw assembly that is adjustable between open and closed positions, a threaded shaft in operable communication with the jaw assembly, an... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6834864 | Chuck having quick change mechanism A chuck for use with a manual or powered driver having a drive shaft, the chuck including a body having a nose section and a tail section, the tail section configured to rotate with a drive shaft of a driver and the nose section having an axial bore formed therein, ... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6742786 | Clamping jaw A clamping jaw for a tool holder chuck, wherein the clamping chuck has two clamping jaws arranged spaced apart and diametrically opposite one another relative to an axis of rotation of the clamping chuck and moveable toward and away from one another for clamping a t... | 06/01/2004 |
