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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 1991
Filed:
Aug. 24, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Donald W Garnett, Grand Ledge, MI (US);
Assignee:
The Olofsson Corporation, Lansing, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
279 / ; 279 / ; 279 83 ;
Abstract
A machine collet is provided for mounting and centering tools with minimum circular runout. The collet has a single pieces body formed with integral resilient flexures having lands for gripping the tool shank. The flexures are machined to the same dimensions and yield equally, thus maintaining centrality regardless of tool shank diameter.