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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 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 th... | 10/27/2011 |
| 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 overhang... | 10/06/2011 |
| 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... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110162487 | WIRE TWIST CONNECTOR TOOL A tool for installing a wire twist connector onto at least two wires includes an injection molded device having a through orifice arranged on a distal face of the device for accepting a wire twist connector. This through orifice includes a through opening and a pluralit... | 07/07/2011 |
| 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. T... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110113932 | AIR FRAME FASTENER INSTALLATION TOOL An air frame fastener wrench includes first and second handles pivotally attached to one another. A ratchet head of the first handle includes a selectively rotatable driver mateable with a socket. As the first and second handles are brought towards one another, the driv... | 05/19/2011 |
| 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 pe... | 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 inn... | 11/25/2010 |
| 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 s... | 10/28/2010 |
| 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 magn... | 07/29/2010 |
| 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 b... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100101380 | Versatile Tool A versatile tool is driven by a drive tool and comprises a body defined with a through channel, two steel balls, two slide sleeves, and a rod member. The two slide sleeves are provided at both ends of the body, and the two steel balls are movably assembled in the throug... | 04/29/2010 |
| 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 cra... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100058900 | INSTALLATION TOOL FOR A THREADED OBJECT A tool for installing a threaded object includes a bit or inner implement that has a tip for engaging a head of the threaded object, and a sleeve surrounding the inner implement for securing the threaded object to the tool during the installation process. The sleeve inc... | 03/11/2010 |
| 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 (15) seated in bottom. The magnet (15) ensures engagement of rod-ty... | 03/04/2010 |
| 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 l... | 12/17/2009 |
| 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 fo... | 11/05/2009 |
| 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 t... | 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 ... | 08/27/2009 |
| 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.) i... | 07/23/2009 |
| 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 punctur... | 06/18/2009 |
| 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... | 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 relativ... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090084227 | ROTARY TOOL For accurate holding, easy attachment and detachment, and sufficient rotation force, a rotary tool has a holding and transmitting part 1 to hold a hexagonal column of a rotated body and give rotation force, comprising a recessed part 2, which has an inner ... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20090007732 | RECESSED SCREWING DRIVING ASSEMBLY A recessed screwing driving assembly comprises a driving portion having an engaging opening; each apex of the engaging opening being formed as an apex recess which has a concave cambered shape; a middle section of each side of the engaging opening being formed with a mi... | 01/08/2009 |
| 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 socke... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080145181 | Tamper Resistant Fastener A tamper resistant fastener includes a body (10) of substantially circular cross-section having a plurality of depressions (15′) formed in its surface. Each depression (15′) has a curved concave surface (16′) at one end and a curved con... | 06/19/2008 |
| 20080034926 | Bi-directional pawl-less wrench A wrench has a handle integral with a ratchet head that defines a chamber having a generally circular sidewall. An annular rotor has radial teeth about an outer surface thereof and is located in the chamber. The rotor teeth engage a single set of teeth extending radiall... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20070245858 | RETAINER RING FOR WRENCH WITH BOX END A wrench includes a box end and a resilient retainer ring. The box end includes an inner periphery having a plurality of corners and defining a hole. An annular groove is defined in an end of the inner periphery. The retainer ring is mounted in the annular groove. The r... | 10/25/2007 |
| 20070245859 | TIE ROD REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION TOOL A tool for removal of inner tie rods having a generally cylindrical end includes a hollow tube with a butt plate at one end and an annular collar at the opposite end for attachment to the tie rod by means of three set screws arranged within an angular range of approxima... | 10/25/2007 |
| 20070227311 | Socket for a wrench This invention comprises a main body that has a proximal end and a distal end; the central axis of the proximal end extends to the distal end. The main body has recess at inside on the proximal end with punctures on the recessed periphery; each puncture has a moving par... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070125204 | SOCKET HAVING ANTI-SLIPPAGE STRUCTURE FOR PREVENTING DETERIORATION OF A SC The present invention relates to a socket, at an end of the socket is formed an engaging hole for engaging with a screw head to be operated, and at another end of the socket formed a coupling hole for engaging with a locking portion of a socket wrench, wherein the socke... | 06/07/2007 |
| 20070084314 | Socket wrench apparatus A socket-wrench socket is provided having a plurality of longitudinally extending members therein mounted within wall circumferential slots of the workpiece-receiving opening of the socket and secured in place by a flexible web. These members have flat surfaces for enga... | 04/19/2007 |
| 20070056411 | Wrench A wrench includes at least one working end being configured as a circumferentially continuous box and a stop plate configured to be locatable in a working position external from and adjacent to the circumferentially continuous box. The stop plate may include opposed fir... | 03/15/2007 |
| 20070044596 | Bit connector A bit connector includes a cylindrical body which has a polygonal recess for receiving a screw bit therein and a passage is defined radially through a wall of the body and communicates with the polygonal recess. A flexible G-shaped positioning member is mounted to the b... | 03/01/2007 |
| 20060278050 | Holding chuck for fastening tools A holding chuck for fastening tools includes a spindle in the center that has one end coupling with a fastening tool to receive a rotational driving force and another end coupling with a screw head of a screw to perform fastening or unfastening. The spindle is coupled w... | 12/14/2006 |
| 20060254394 | Fastener driver A fastener driver (20) is provided. The fastener driver includes a driver body (32) and a guide (26). The driver body includes a cavity (30) formed in one end of the driver body and an attachment shank (32) formed in another end. The g... | 11/16/2006 |
| 20060236822 | THREADED MEMBER DRIVER WITH RETENTION SYSTEM The present disclosure provides methods and apparatus for driving threaded members. The methods and apparatus facilitate holding or retaining a threaded member with a driver. Therefore, the driver and the threaded member may be coupled together at any orientation withou... | 10/26/2006 |
| 20060213335 | Ratchet wrench having rotatable rings for operating engaging member A ratchet tool comprises a head having a hole and a ratchet mechanism received in an inner periphery of the hole, an engaging member rotatably engaged with the hole and the ratchet mechanism, and a first ring connected to a side of the engaging member and located above ... | 09/28/2006 |
| 20060196318 | Wrench with end stopper arrangement A wrench includes a wrench body and an end stopper arrangement. The end stopper arrangement includes a turning head extended at a handle portion of the wrench body, wherein the turning head has a through turning cavity and a plurality of gripping muscles spacedly and in... | 09/07/2006 |
