US Patent Issued to WORKHOLDING US HOLDINGS on Jan. 28 for "Chuck with improved gripping stroke" (Pennsylvania, Michigan, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,452, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to WORKHOLDING US HOLDINGS LLC (Elmira, N.Y.).

"Chuck with improved gripping stroke" was invented by Richard M. Kesterke III (Lawrenceville, Pa.), Brian Lee Kinney (Traverse City, Mich.), Daniel R. Duell (Traverse City, Mich.) and Chun Zhang (Pine City, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chuck for gripping a workpiece includes: a chuck body; a jaw connected to the chuck body for constrained movement relative to the chuck body along a jaw path in jaw-closing and jaw-opening directions; an actuator body connected to the chuck body for constrained movement relative to the chuck body along an actua...