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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2012
Xinhui Zhang, Hangzhou, CN;
Xinhui Zhang, Hangzhou, CN;
Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Broadview, IL (US);
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A power tool chuck includes at least one claw portion movable from a first position spaced apart from a centerline of the chuck toward a second position located closer to the centerline. The power tool chuck also includes a collar configured such that as the collar moves from a third position to a fourth position, the at least one claw portion is forced from the first position toward the second position. The power tool chuck also includes a locking member movable between a fifth position whereat the locking member locks the collar in the third position and a sixth position whereat the locking member does not lock the collar. The power tool chuck also includes a button movable between a seventh position whereat the locking member is forced into the fifth position and an eighth position whereat the locking member is free to move into the sixth position.