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Chucks or sockets February patents and inventions 02/08

20080048403 - Actuator levers, collets, and collet removers: Actuator levers, collets and collet tools for use in process control devices are disclosed. An example apparatus includes an actuator lever, a collet coupled to the actuator lever, and a collet tool. In the example apparatus, the collet tool is removably coupled to at least one of the lever or... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20080048404 - Chuck holder incorporating independent arrayed wedge clamps for clamping such as irregularly shaped and thin wall parts with a minimum of deformation: A work holder assembly for use in clamping a workpiece being machined. A chuck includes a fixed sleeve about which is mounted a rotatable collet. A plurality of individual clamps extend from circumferential spaced locations associated with the collet. The clamps each include a first spring biased and linear traveling... Agent: Douglas S. Bishop Bishop & Heintz, P.C.

20080042375 - Locking chuck: A chuck includes a generally cylindrical body and a plurality of jaws moveably disposed with respect to the body in communication with the body's axial bore. A generally cylindrical sleeve is rotatably mounted about the body in operative communication with the jaws so rotation of the sleeve in a closing... Agent: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

20080042374 - Chuck for holding a device under test: A chuck for a probe station.... Agent: Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel

20080042376 - Probe station: A probe station for testing a wafer.... Agent: Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel

20080036163 - Quick chucking unit, with sealing unit, and quick chucking system: The invention relates to a quick chucking unit with a chuck receptacle formed by a basic body, with at least one chucking element that can move relative to the basic body between an unlatched and latched position, with a cylinder and a piston element situated within the cylinder, which together... Agent: Dreiss, Fuhlendorf, Steimle & Becker

20080029976 - Clamping apparatus and method: A method and apparatus are provided, for clamping a fiber placement tool to a fiber placement machine, along a rotational axis of the fiber placement machine, through use of a clamping apparatus having a plurality of drive lugs extending axially from the machine, and having three intersecting faying surfaces thereof... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.

20080029977 - Chuck for a photoresist spin coater: A chuck for a photoresist spin coater has a bracket and a disk. The bracket is electrically conductive. The disk is mounted on the base, holds a glass substrate and is electrically conductive. Therefore, The disk allows static electricity on the disk to discharge to protect the glass substrate from... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20080029978 - Apparatus for adapting a workpiece holding device to a machine tool: An apparatus for adapting a workpiece holding device to a chuck of a machine tool includes a plurality of chuck locators configured for attachment to the chuck, such that the plurality of chuck locators includes at least three chuck locators. The apparatus further includes a mounting plate configured for attachment... Agent: Law Offices Of James E. Walton, PLLC