Apex Brands, Inc.

Jacobs Chuck Manufacturing Company

Michael C Goodson

Eugen A Bordeianu

Allan R Grovo

Thomas E Warner

Jichun Zhou

Tingwei Zeng

A chuck is provided for use with a powered driver having a rotatable drive shaft. The chuck includes a plurality of jaws () movably disposed in passageways () of a cylindrical body (), a nut () rotatably mounted about the body () and in communication with the jaws () such that rotation of the nut () in a closing direction moves the jaws () toward each other and rotation of the nut () in an opening direction moves the jaws () away from each other, and a sleeve rotatably mounted about the body (). The sleeve is in communication with the nut () such that rotation of the sleeve rotationally drives the nut (). The chuck also including a biasing element () disposed between the nut () an at least a portion of the sleeve configured to bias the sleeve toward a neutral position. The biasing element () limits an inertial force of the sleeve applied to the nut during operation of the powered driver.

Chuck with slip protection

A chuck including a body with a nose section defining an axial bore formed therein, a plurality of jaws movably disposed with respect to the body, and a sleeve rotatably mounted about the body so that rotation of the sleeve moves the jaws relative to the axial bore. A bearing has a first race, a second race, and at least one bearing element disposed therebetween, one of the first race and the second race defining a ratchet and the other defining a pawl biased toward the ratchet. A biasing element is disposed between the pawl and the sleeve. The biasing element exerts a biasing force on the pawl toward the ratchet and the ratchet and the pawl prevent the second race from rotating in the opening direction with respect to the first race when engaged.

Locking chuck

A chuck including a cylindrical body with a nose section and a tail section, the nose section having an axial bore formed therein. A sleeve is rotatably mounted about the body. Rotation of the sleeve in a closing direction moves the jaws toward a longitudinal axis of the axial bore and rotation of the sleeve in an opening direction moves the jaws away from the longitudinal axis. An O-ring is disposed adjacent the sleeve in a plane that is transverse to the longitudinal axis. A bearing has a first race adjacent the body, a second race adjacent the sleeve and bearing elements therebetween. One race defines a ratchet and the other of the first race and the second race defines a pawl biased toward the ratchet. The O-ring biases the pawl toward the ratchet and when the pawl engages the ratchet prevents the second race from rotating in the opening direction with respect to the first race.

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Anderson, SC, United States of America

Michael C Goodson