| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 081125000 | Work-holding | 24 |
| 20100064859 | Fastener Driver - A socket for driving two different types of fasteners in one embodiment includes a driving portion with an outer surface and a driving bore, a base portion, a plurality of lands extending along the driving bore and configured to drive a first type of fastener, and a cradle positioned within the driving bore and defining a driving surface for a second type of fastener, the driving surface curved within a first plane perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the socket and curved within a second plane in which the longitudinal axis extends. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20090272237 | ADJUSTABLE SOCKET - An adjustable socket having a housing with a longitudinal axis. A collar is couplable to and movable along the housing. The collar's lower end is bevelled. A plurality of circumferentially spaced apertures extend through the housing. A jaw is mounted in each aperture for slidable, radial movement through the aperture. Each jaw has a flat inward face and a bevelled outward face. The jaws are biased radially outwardly away from the axis. Rotation of the collar around the housing in a first direction forces the collar's bevelled end against the jaws' bevelled faces, forcing the jaws radially inwardly and forcing their inward faces against a fastener located between the inward faces. Rotation of the collar in the opposite direction allows the jaws to be biased radially outwardly to release the fastener. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090151520 | SOCKET FOR WRENCHES - This present invention discloses a socket for wrenches, which comprises a main body having a proximal section, a distal section, and a central axis extending from proximal section to distal section. The main body has recess at inside on the proximal section with punctures on the recessed periphery and each puncture has a moving part mounted therethrough. A sleeve is in slide-fitting communication with the main body, which has an inner wall provided a plurality of push fronts thereon, each push front surface rises gradually by a plurality of continuous steps from one end to the other. When the sleeve is rotated of axially moved with respect to the main body, the gradual rising steps of the push fronts are pushing the moving parts toward the central axis to match with varieties of scales of work pieces. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20100122611 | SOCKET WRENCH - A socket wrench for driving a fastener associated with an electrical line is provided. The socket wrench includes a socket member and a handle member. The socket member has a proximal end portion and a distal end portion. The socket member includes a socket head and a base member. The socket head extends between the proximal end portion and the distal end portion of the socket member. The socket head is configured to receive the fastener. The base member is configured at the distal end portion of the socket member. The base member has an aperture configured therein. The aperture allows the electrical line to pass therethrough. The handle member extends from the distal end portion of the socket member. The handle member is substantially hollow to allow the electrical line to pass therethrough. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20090211408 | Spark plug socket wrench - A spark plug socket wrench includes a socket member having a non-circular chamber for receiving a nut member of a spark plug, and having an engaging hole for engaging with a driving tool, and having a compartment communicating with the chamber and the engaging hole of the socket member, a casing engaged into the compartment of the socket member and having a space for receiving an insulator of the spark plug, and a spring-biased projection attached to the casing and having a detent biased by a spring member for engaging with the spark plug and for retaining the spark plug to the socket member and for preventing the spark plug from being disengaged from the socket member inadvertently. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090211409 | SOCKET ASSEMBLY FOR QUICKLY RELEASING OBJECT ENGAGED WITH THE SOCKET - A socket assembly includes a socket having a mounting hole which includes a plurality of insides and yield recesses located alternatively between the insides. A control member is rotatably mounted to the socket and has a through hole, a plurality of stops extend inward from an inner periphery of the through hole. The stops are deformable when being applied with a force along the axis of the through hole. A polygonal object can be forced into the mounting hole by squeezing and bending the stops. After the object is loosened and received in the socket, the stops support the nut from dropping from the mounting hole. When the control member is rotated to off align the stops from the path that the corners of the polygonal object may drop, the object is easily take out from the socket. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20100186556 | Socket - A socket assembly includes a socket and at least one magnet. The socket includes a polygonal cavity and at least one groove. The polygonal cavity is defined in the socket. The groove is defined in an internal side of the socket. The groove includes an open end. The magnet is slid into the groove from the open end. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20110209588 | Magnetic Driving Device - A driving device includes a driving shank, a magnetic member mounted in the driving shank, a stop ring secured in the driving shank to stop the magnetic member, and an elastic member biased between the driving shank and the magnetic member. The driving shank has a first end provided with a mounting post and a second end formed with a mounting hole and a receiving chamber. The stop ring has an inner wall formed with a through hole and an outer wall provided with a toothed portion engaging a peripheral wall of the receiving chamber. The magnetic member has a peripheral wall formed with a stop flange that is movable to abut the stop ring. Thus, the elastic member provides a buffering effect to the magnetic member to reduce the pressure applied on the magnetic member. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110239831 | Wrench with wrench head having a planar overhang - A wrench head having a jaw with jaw members having interior side faces and throat support surfaces defining an interior for mateably receiving a nut or bolt head. Extending from the top side of each jaw member and the top side of a handle connection portion and overhanging the interior defined by the interior side faces of the jaw members and throat support surfaces is a wrench head overhang, that, when placed over a nut or bolt head, is in contact with the top side of the bolt head or top side of the nut. The wrench head overhang serves to retain the wrench head over the nut or bolt head so that the wrench head cannot slip down off of the nut or bolt head. The overhang is dimensioned so as to that when the wrench of the present invention is used to rotate a nut that has been threaded on a bolt shaft, the bolt shaft will clear the sides of the overhang. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110067532 | MAGNETIC STRUCTURE FOR A SOCKET - A magnetic structure for a socket includes a containing body made of a soft material. The containing body has an embedding hole defined therein. A magnetic element is received in the embedding hole. The containing body has a plurality of ribs disposed around an outer periphery of the containing body. When the containing body is embedded into the socket, the rib abuts an inner wall of the socket for appropriately adjusting a compression level of the containing body with respect to the inner wall of the socket to securely couple the containing body with the socket. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20100294087 | TOOL SLEEVE CLAMPING STRUCTURE - A tool sleeve clamping structure includes a sleeve body and a clamp member. The sleeve body includes a socket at one end thereof and a blind hole therein. The socket has a chamber therein. The blind hole interconnects with the chamber. The chamber has a plurality of inner side walls, a pair of engaging recesses at two opposing inner side walls, and a plurality of positioning portions each disposed between every two of the inner side walls. The clamping member secured in the chamber of the sleeve body has at least two engaging sections, a through hole corresponding in position to the blind hole, and a plurality of protrusions. The two engaging sections engage with the pair of engaging recesses. The pair of engaging sections is provided with resilient plates for clamping a nut. Each of the protrusions is formed by the intersection of every two adjacent sides of the clamping member. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20090183606 | ASSEMBLY ELEMENT OF A HAND TOOL - An assembly element including accessories of force-applying hand tools (screwdrivers, wrenches, ratchets, etc.) such as a socket, a connecting bar, an adapter, a universal joint, a compression socket, etc. A polygonal portion (quadrangular, hexagonal, octagonal, etc.) is formed at the largest part of the accessories. An antislip portion is interposed between every two adjacent sides of the polygonal portion for avoiding an undesired rolling as well as for achieving an easy grip and a rapid tightening. More than one annular groove is formed in the polygonal portion of the above-mentioned accessories. The annular groove can be filled with a colored paint as an identification label for an easy identification of the item number, size, type, etc. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090126537 | Fastener Socket Holder - A socket assembly is provided for receiving and retaining a head of a fastener. The socket assembly includes a socket body having a longitudinal interior chamber defined by interior walls. The interior chamber extends axially within the socket body to a receiving end of the socket body. The interior walls of the interior chamber are configured to a shape of the head of a fastener for receiving the head of the fastener at the receiving end. A magnet is disposed within the interior of the socket body. The magnet is selectively movable in an axial direction within the interior chamber of the of the socket body. A fastening member is radially engaged to the socket body. The fastening member is configured to releasably secure the magnet within the socket body at a selected axial position in relation to the head of the fastener inserted within the receiving end. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090107302 | WRENCH - A wrench comprises a handle portion, a head portion releasably secured to the handle portion and a release device. The head portion has an inner surface that defines a fastener receiving aperture and a side entry to the fastener receiving aperture and is movable relative to the handle portion between a loading position in which the side entry is open and an operating position in which the side entry is closed. The head portion is operable to close around a fastener received in the fastener receiving aperture in response to a torque applied in a predetermined direction using the handle portion. The release device is arranged to at least assist in releasing the head portion from the handle portion to permit the head portion to be separated from the handle portion. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20080223182 | Slide-Driver - A tool for rotating fasteners has an inner body with a cavity in a forward end, the cavity being configured to engage the head of a fastener. An outer socket has a cavity in a forward end, the cavity being configured to engage the head of a fastener, and the outer socket is coaxial with and slidably carried on the inner body. The outer socket is movable between retracted and extended positions, the retracted position locating the cavity of the inner body in a position for engagement of the head of a fastener, the extended position locating the cavity of the outer socket in a position for engagement of the head of a fastener. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20090308210 | SOCKET WRENCH WITH WASHER GRIPPING ARMS - A multipurpose socket wrench includes an elongated tubular body with an internal opening extending longitudinally from the distal end and having a hexagonal cross-section. The body includes a driver receiving opening extending longitudinally from the proximal end. Two longitudinally extending grooves are formed in the outer surface of the body in diametrically opposed relationship. Elongated holding arms are positioned, one each in each of the pair of grooves. The arms are mounted in the grooves for limited longitudinal movement therealong between an extended position in which a portion of the arms extends beyond the distal end of the body and a retracted position. Each of the arms includes an attachment component gripping feature positioned in the portion of the arms extending beyond the distal end of the body with the arms in the extended position. The arms are further mounted for limited radial movement of the gripping features. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20110259159 | WRENCH WITH CLAMPING FUNCTIONS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A wrench with clamping functions is disclosed. The wrench includes a main body, a forcing jaw, a restraining jaw, and a clamping device disposed on the restraining jaw. The main body has an extending direction. The end of the forcing jaw is further from the main body than the end of the restraining jaw along the extending direction. The clamping device includes an elastic member and a block supported by the elastic member and protruded towards a forcing surface of the forcing jaw. When the block is pressed by an exterior force from a workpiece, the block can be partially pushed back into a space of the restraining jaw. On the other hand, the block returns to the origin position if the exterior force is removed, and the workpiece is clamped by the protruded block and the forcing jaw. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20120060654 | FAUCET NUT REMOVER SYSTEMS - Faucet Nut Remover provides a convenient and effective method for removing faucet nuts. The invention may comprise a piece of 1½″ square tubing with a hole at one end. Inside the tubing can be a spring-loaded shaft measuring approximately 3½″ in length, which may extend about 5/16″ beyond the tool. The top of the device preferably has four slats, one on each side, used to attach or remove a nut. A cut-out in the center of the tubing may show the spring component and the shaft as it retracts ⅞″ within the tubing. To use, consumers may simply reach under the desired faucet, securely attach the tool to a nut, and turn the device to unscrew the nut. It can be used to remove older sinks, or in new sink installations. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120160064 | Cleanable Magnetic Nut Driver - A magnet nut driver is provided with a cleanable magnet. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20100050823 | Tree step tool with custom magnet - In accordance with the present invention, a tool for starting, installing, and removing rod-type steps includes a handle (B), head (C), and a loading slot (A) also includes a custom magnet ( | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100269643 | NUT CAPTURING SOCKET ASSEMBLY - A nut capturing socket assembly includes a socket, an inner sleeve and an outer sleeve. The socket has a non-circular shaped interior opening to receive a nut and a circular cylindrical outer surface area. The inner sleeve has a circular cylindrical opening at one end sized to slidingly receive the socket. The inner sleeve has a non-circular shaped opening at an opposite end of the same size and configuration as the non-circular shaped interior opening of the socket. A first abutment element is fixed relative to the socket and a second abutment element is fixed relative to the inner sleeve. An elastic element is positioned between the first and second abutment elements to bias the inner sleeve rotationally relative to the socket. The outer sleeve surrounds the inner sleeve is sized to engage the inner sleeve to co-rotate therewith. The outer sleeve captures the elastic element internally of the socket assembly. All of the components of the socket assembly are permanently assembled together such that no components can become detached from one another. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20120085203 | NUT DRIVER FOR ELECTRICAL TERMINAL AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - A driver for a brass cylindrical type nut for an electrical terminal includes a handle, a sleeve, and a rotation axle. The handle has an exterior wall and an interior wall, in which the interior wall has a first accommodating space, and the exterior wall has a plurality of notches formed thereon in communication with the first accommodating space. The sleeve disposed in the first accommodating space and coupled to the interior wall further has a second accommodating space and a coupling opening arranged at a front end of the sleeve. The rotation axle is disposed in the second accommodating space and has a thread mated with the brass cylindrical type nut at an end corresponding to the coupling opening, while a rotation nut arranged within the first accommodating space and corresponding to the pair of notches is connected to the rotation axle. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20130014617 | Socket Tool for Lubricant Fitting - A socket tool can include a socket having a retention device configured to receive and retain a lubricant fitting to simplify removal or installation of the lubricant fitting. In one example, the retention device can be disposed within the socket between the first and second ends of the socket, and the retention device can be configured to receive and retain a nipple portion of the lubricant fitting at a depth inward from the second end of the socket such that a threaded portion of the lubricant fitting extends beyond the second end of the socket. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20110146462 | WATTS MAGNETIC WRENCH SYSTEMS - Watts Magnetic Wrench provides consumers with a wrench having an embedded magnet that substantially prevents the tool, nuts and bolts from being dropped when being loosened or tightened. This tool may be available in a variety of sizes to accommodate user preferences. The magnet(s) may be heavy duty and strong enough to sufficiently hold the tool to bolts and nuts and vice versa. The magnet is typically flush with the body of the tooling so as to keep the tooling as compact as possible thereby enabling it to function reliably inside confined areas. | 06-23-2011 |
