ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,751, issued on June 23, was assigned to SMW-Autoblok Spannsysteme GmbH (Meckenbeuren, Germany).
"Chuck" was invented by Eckhard Maurer (Oberteuringen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In the case of a clamping device (1) for holding a workpiece (3) to be machined by a machine tool (2), which is used in particular as a clamping chuck, vice or zero point clamping system, consisting of a housing (4), a supporting element (6), which is a component of the housing (4) or is fastened thereto, and thereby forms a supporting surface (6'), on which the respective workpiece (3) rests during the machining process, at least one clamping jaw...