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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2015
Applicant:
Kennametal Inc., Latrobe, PA (US);
Inventor:
Michael R. McCormick, Greensburg, PA (US);
Assignee:
KENNAMETAL INC., Latrobe, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23B 31/20 (2006.01); B23B 31/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23B 31/20 (2013.01); B23B 31/02 (2013.01); B23B 2231/2078 (2013.01); Y10T 279/17495 (2015.01); Y10T 409/303752 (2015.01);
Abstract
Collet chucks are described herein having design and architecture for minimizing and/or mitigating collet misalignment during rotary tool coupling operations. For example, a collet chuck comprises a housing for connection and rotation with a spindle about an axis of rotation, wherein the housing defines a socket for receiving a collet. The collet comprises a nose end engaging the socket and a second tapered end engaging a locknut assembly.