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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8171826 | High strength fastener system A fastener system is constructed wherein the installation and removal drive surfaces intersect an enlarged core diameter in a transitional surface that extends between the installation and removal surfaces of adjacent wings. The transitional surface has a concave fo... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8037788 | Tight-spot fitting and driver, and method of use thereof A tight-spot fitting includes an elongated body configured to be inserted into and extracted from an aperture of a device, a user-operable head configured to be manipulated by a user to rotate the elongated body with respect to the aperture of the device, a depressi... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7891274 | High strength fastener system A fastener system is constructed wherein the installation and removal drive surfaces intersect an enlarged core diameter in a transitional surface that extends between the installation and removal surfaces of adjacent wings. The transitional surface has a concave fo... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7437979 | Screwdriver bit A screwdriver bit includes a shank for coupling with a tool for rotating the shank. An engaging portion extends from one of two ends of the shank and includes an insertion section for coupling with a fastener. A reduced, threaded section is formed between one of the... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7383755 | Tool set A tool set includes two grips installed with a tool-mounting rod and a positioning member between. The tool-mounting rod is pivotally linked with plural tools. Each of the grips has a through hole for a projecting bar respectively projected at two ends of the positi... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7367979 | Screwdriver A scissor-action screwdriver and screwdriver attachment comprises a plurality of arms pivotally attached to one another; a bias element mounted in at least one of the plurality of arms; and a sleeve slidably mounted around at least one of the plurality of arms, wher... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7350314 | Calibration gauge for hair cutter bladesets A blade calibration gauge for a bladeset for a hair cutter has a moving blade laterally reciprocating relative to a stationary blade, where the moving blade and the stationary blade are adjustable relative to one another in a direction normal to a direction of recip... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7344118 | Holder for supporting a screwdriver from the handle thereof A holder in combination with a screwdriver provided with a through bore in the handle thereof for attachment by the holder. The holder has a support member provided with an aperture in an upper portion thereof. A pair of support arms depend in spaced-apart relations... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7341293 | Detachable chopstick A chopstick comprises an upper body having a penetrating receiving chamber; an upper inner side of the receiving chamber being formed with an annular groove; a lower end of the upper body having two through holes; a lower body having an insertion section at an upper... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7334607 | Protective cap for a sealing stopper in a collecting vessel of a condenser The invention relates to a protective cap (9) for sealing a collecting vessel of a condenser closed by means of a sealing stopper (4). ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331743 | Lobed drive for hi-lite fastener A drive socket for a male threaded fastener includes three rounded lobes of equal radius which are located equidistant from the center of the fastener and 120° apart from each other. The drive socket also includes three flat surfaces, each flat surface being locate... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328636 | Hex wrench device A hex wrench device, comprising at least one longitudinal member and at least one pair of complementary wrench sleeves which can be magnetically and longitudinally connected to the longitudinal member, wherein a hex key having a larger total surface area than that o... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7325469 | Co-extruded screwdriver The present disclosure provides a method, apparatus, and system to identify screwdrivers by characteristics without necessitating viewing the tips and/or shaft of the screwdrivers. The screwdriver handles can include a shaped structure within the handle correspondin... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325470 | Self-centering screw and retaining screw driver for use in surgery The present invention relates to an orthopedic screw and a corresponding screw driver wherein the screw has a torque driving head with a rounded side a spherical wall for multiaxial use, a self starting, self tapping insertion tip and a threaded portion including a ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322265 | Compound screwdriver head A compound screwdriver head, which comprises a first working portion and a second working portion of the same size, the first, second working portion of the bigger size is used for screwing and unscrewing a bolt of bigger, smaller size respectively, so that differen... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322986 | Bioabsorbable interference screw for endosteal fixation of ligaments A bioabsorbable interference screw having a tapered profile which extends along substantially the entire length of the screw. The tapered profile makes the screw easy to insert while providing superior fixation resulting from a progressively increasing diameter. Upo... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7311026 | Strip resistant screw head and screwdriver tip in combination A screw head and screwdriver for use in combination are provided to reduce the occurrence of stripping a screw head during tightening or removing the screw. The head slot employs slot walls that indent in some portion of the wall, the indent portion forming a ledge ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7293949 | Spiral drive fastener with friction engageable surface Interference surfaces are constructed on inner transition surfaces between wings of a fastener having a spiral recess. A portion of the transition surface is tapered to provide the interference. A standard driver for a spiral recess will engage the interference surf... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7293331 | Pry bar handle A pry bar has generally octagonal cross-section handle with a grip portion having four rounded surfaces formed of a soft elastomeric material and four alternating surfaces formed of hard thermoplastic material. The elastomeric material rounded surfaces are formed wi... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7290305 | Mop with cleaning pad insertion tool A cleaning pad insertion tool for facilitating coupling of disposable cleaning wipes onto a head of an electrostatic mop by inserting a portion of the disposable cleaning wipe into a grip assembly of the electrostatic mop, and method of use therefore. The cleaning p... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287450 | Tool device having rotatable driving shank A tool device includes a handle and a driving shank having one end engaged into the handle and rotatably attached and coupled to the handle with a pivot shaft for allowing the driving shank to be rotated relative to the handle from a straight position in line with t... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286059 | Talking tool holder A talking tool holder provides an audio message in response to a user selection that indicates the size of the tool the user has selected. The talking tool holder includes a housing with multiple uniquely-sized tool-receiving locations, with a corresponding sensor f... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284466 | Hand tool having replaceable tips A hand tool includes a handle body, a cover having two exposing slots and a stop plate formed with a passage, and two rotation wheels each rotatably mounted in the handle body and each having an inside formed with receiving holes to receive tips and a peripheral wal... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7278341 | Structural bolt security apparatus A structural bolt security apparatus includes a security nut forming a threaded central hole for a bolt; the security nut has a groove in an upper surface and/or a side surface. At least one groove is at least partially separated from the threaded central hole by th... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275465 | Non-marring tools In one embodiment, an enhanced hex key comprises a hex key composed of a first material (e.g., a metal such as steel) and non-marring, protective sleeve composed of a second material fitted onto the hex key bit portion of the hex key. In one embodiment, the sleeve m... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7275466 | Multiple-bit driver with spring-loaded actuation The driver has a number of cartridges assembled around a central axis, engaging each other along abutting longitudinal edges. Each cartridge has its own spring-loaded mechanism for extending or retracting a bit through a central axial opening of a collar at the dist... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7274896 | Coupling part, photosensitive drum, process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus A process cartridge, and a main assembly of an image forming apparatus to which the cartridge is detachably mountable. The main assembly includes a motor, a driving rotatable member for receiving a driving force from the motor, and a twisted hole substantially coaxi... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272997 | Floatable hand tool A floatable hand tool includes a shank having an inner wall formed with an axially extending through hole, and a tool tip mounted on an end of the shank and having an end portion provided with a protruding connecting rod inserted into the through hole of the shank s... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270031 | Light bulb tool A light bulb tool is describe having a resilient conical bowl with an inwardly depending lip sized for frictionally engaging a globe end of a typical light bulb; a cylindrical element coaxially positioned penetrating through forming an apex of the resilient conical ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267034 | Telescopic driving tool A telescopic driving tool comprises a handle having an axial hole at a front end thereof for receiving an engaging portion; an interior of an engaging portion being formed with a receiving space; a periphery of the engaging portion being formed with at least one sli... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7261016 | Multi-functional screwdriver A multi-functional screwdriver including a shaft forming a pair of coplanar bends rotatably mounted to a handle having therein a compartment for storing a plurality of bits is disclosed. To prevent rotation of the shaft within the handle, a locking device is provide... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7255028 | Multi-bit precision screwdriver In one embodiment, a screwdriver having interchangeable bit bodies with permanently affixed bit heads is provided. In another embodiment, at least one transparent end cap is provided to display a bit head in an engaged position ready for use. In another alternative ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7248814 | Coupling part, photosensitive drum, process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, wherein the main assembly includes a motor, a main assembly side gear for receiving driving force from the motor, a hole defined by twisted surfaces, the h... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7247780 | Wrench tremolo bar for a guitar A guitar has a wrench tremolo bar thereon, replacing the standard tremolo bar, with the wrench tremolo bar having a desired wrench on at least one end of the wrench tremolo bar, to cooperate with the string fasteners on the guitar, which greatly facilitates tuning, ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7237424 | Split die for forming grooved workpiece A method of forming a radially expandable externally grooved tubular fastener from metal, comprising the steps of providing a suitable tubular blank (11) having a tubular wall (12) and squeezing the tubular wall between an internal member (17) w... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7228632 | Cutlery implement A cutlery implement includes a blade, a tang and a handle. An insignia or making is located on an end surface of the handle facing away from the blade, the insignia indicating the type of blade attached to the handle. The blade and tang are part of a single piece of... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7231253 | IMD connector header with grommet retainer An implantable medical device (IMD) includes a connector header for making electrical and mechanical connections with a proximal connector assembly of an electrical medical lead and includes a retainer for retaining a penetrable grommet within a header grommet apert... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7226289 | Method for overmolding polymers over dental tools A method for overmolding a plurality of polymers having different properties onto a dental instrument. The method involves providing a dental instrument substrate made of metal, overmolding a first polymer onto a portion of the dental instrument substrate, and then ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7225710 | Combination driver and combination fastener A driver has a tip that enables it to engage each one of a conventional hexagonal-head fastener and a conventional lobed-head fastener. The tip includes alternating flutes and crests. The crests are substantially flat to engage straight walls of a hexagonal-head. Th... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7207248 | Threaded screw fastener characterized by high pull-out resistance, reduced installation torque, and unique head structure and drive socket implement or tool therefor A threaded screw fastener is provided with a head portion that has integrally incorporated therein dual drive structure whereby the single threaded screw fastener can be rotatably driven by alternative rotary drive socket implements or tools, such as, for example, h... | 04/24/2007 |
