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Drive socket design for hold and drive fastener

US8347761B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 28, 2008
Grant dateJan 8, 2013
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Expiry dateMay 17, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB25B13/065
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A drive tool that includes a drive socket. The drive socket includes alternating flutes and lobes and has a conical portion. The lobes, rather than being tapered in the conical portion of the socket, are each uniform in width as they progress to an end of the socket. The fact that the lobes are uniform in width in the conical portion of the drive socket provides for better engagement with the flutes of a conical section of a fastener.

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