ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,545, issued on Feb. 3.
"Rapid change chuck adapter" was invented by Seth Davidian (La Crescenta, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rapid change chuck adapter system includes a chuck adapter that is removably attachable to the chuck in place of removed chuck teeth. The chuck adapter is operable to engage a collet such that an operation of the chuck as if the chuck teeth were not removed operates the collet via the chuck adapter."
The patent was filed on April 13, 2022, under Application No. 17/719,945.
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