US 12,240,062 B2
Weld collet
Peter M. Oyster, Ravenna, OH (US); Richard A. Erhard, Medina, OH (US); Bryan S. Reiger, Willowick, OH (US); Robert Bianco, Columbia Station, OH (US); and Jeremy Elek, Chagrin Falls, OH (US)
Assigned to SWAGELOK COMPANY, Solon, OH (US)
Filed by Swagelok Company, Solon, OH (US)
Filed on Jan. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/574,673.
Application 17/574,673 is a continuation of application No. 29/662,200, filed on Sep. 4, 2018, abandoned.
Prior Publication US 2022/0134490 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. B23K 37/04 (2006.01)
CPC B23K 37/0435 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A collet member for a colleting fixture, the collet member comprising:
a monolithic collet body including a clamping block engaging outer wall and a workpiece engaging inner wall extending circumferentially between first and second end walls, each of the outer wall, the inner wall, and the first and second end walls extending axially between first and second radial walls, such that the first end wall, the second end wall, the outer wall, the inner wall, the first radial wall, and the second radial wall together enclose at least one internal cavity.