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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8051750 | Guiding device A guiding device includes a connecting member, a first clamping arm, and a second clamping arm. The first clamping arm defines a first restricting groove and a first receiving groove in an end, and the first restricting groove communicates with the first receiving g... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8037789 | Wall anchor installation device A drywall anchor installation device comprising, inter alia, a main driver member configured to engage a Philips head screw top, a plunger member configured to engage a Philips head screw top, and a plunger member guiding mechanism including a compression spring and... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7913593 | 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... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7779734 | Fastener drive-starter In the present invention, a fastener drive-starter includes a primary shaft having a hollow drive end, a drive tip within the drive end, and a spring mounted within the primary shaft biasing the drive tip toward the drive end. A releasable fastener-locking mechanism... | 08/24/2010 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7255522 | Spiral drive fastener with engagement ramp The fastener of this application is designed to facilitate the insertion of rotating power driven tools into the fastener recess. The recess of this fastener generally uses spirally configured driving surfaces and is formed in a counterbore in the upper surface of t... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7249544 | Screw holding type screwdriver bit and combination thereof with screws A screw holding screwdriver bit capable of effectively preventing a come-out from occurring by improving the structure of the blade portions thereof, capable of being manufactured in a simple structure at a low cost, and capable of remarkably increasing a working ef... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7237291 | Combined nut recess cleaner and nut driver tool A combined nut area cleaner and nut driver tool for manipulating nuts residing in recesses prone to filling with environmental debris. The tool having a body connecting with or forming a handle, a nut (or fastener) driver for connecting with the body and for driving... | 07/03/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7216566 | Screwdriver-and-nut wrench-combined tuning tool for radio frequency filter Provides is a screwdriver-and-nut wrench-combined tuning tool for radio frequency filter which is capable of preventing a movement of a tuning screw occurred when locking it with a tuning nut by making their combined body, preventing a difficulty of tuning resulted ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7194935 | Hexagonal driving tool with pawl piece A hexagonal driving tool includes a socket having a reception hole and the socket is connected with a hand tool. A hexagonal driving rod has a first end inserted in the reception hole and a groove is defined longitudinally in the hexagonal driving rod. A recess is d... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7174812 | Driving tool having fastener retaining device A driving tool includes a driving shank having a handle for rotating the driving shank and having an engaging hole formed by two or more spring blades for receiving a fastener, and an actuating device for actuating the spring blades to move radially inward and to fo... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7174615 | Screw holder A screw holder for securing a screw having a longitudinal shank and a central axis, a spindle adjoining the front end of the shank and having a bore therethrough flush with a groove, configured and dimensioned for receiving an elastic component to secure a screw int... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7162922 | Non-invasive method for detecting and measuring filling material in vessels A non-invasive method for measuring the level of filling material in a vessel and for detecting the presence of the filling material in the vessel at a predetermined set point level is based on monitoring the oscillation of the vessel's outside wall that follows an ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7140281 | Elastic connection wedge wrench A tool, specifically described for a hex wrench, using a split head with the pieces joined by an elastic connector allowing for deformation of the exterior of the head shape to wedge into the hex socket. The split pieces of the head have an exterior profile matching... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7137322 | Screw holder A screw holder for securing a screw having a longitudinal shank and a central axis, a spindle adjoining the front end of the shank and having a bore therethrough flush with a groove, configured and dimensioned for receiving an elastic component to secure a screw int... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7137766 | Screw and plastic part unit A screw-plastic part unit in which the plastic part can be a guide having a tapered bottom end for fitting into a countersink to center the tip end of the screw in the countersink and also can have at least one cut-out portion at its top end to facilitate fracturing... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7112206 | Instrumentation for inserting a spinal fusion implant having deployable bone engaging projections Instrumentation is disclosed for inserting an interbody spinal fusion implant for implantation at least in part within and across the generally restored height of a disc space between two adjacent vertebral bodies of a human spine. The implant has an external housin... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7090680 | Method for removing orthopaedic hardware A method for gaining access to and removing mechanical fasteners such as pedicle screws. A small arthroscopic incision is made over the location of the fastener. A guide wire is then placed into the incision and attached to the fastener. A series of progressively en... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7069826 | Screwdriver attachment An attachment for drivers of screw type fasteners for releasably holding the fastener in place at the end thereof for inserting or removing. The attachment comprises a shaft collar, a spring, and a grasper, the grasper comprising an upper and a lower guide ferrule, ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7044034 | Slide stop device of a hexagonal spanner A slide stop device of a hexagonal spanner serves for preventing a rounded edged inner hexagonal screw to slide as the hexagonal spanner drives the inner hexagonal screw. The slide stop device comprises a spanner body; one end of the spanner body having a driving po... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7017457 | Screwdriver with screw holder A tool is described comprising a shaft having a first longitudinal axis and a front segment, wherein the front segment has a cross-sectional area, wherein the front segment is configured to engage at least a portion of a screw head, and wherein the front segment has... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6997086 | Locking screwdriver A locking screwdriver which engages and locks to the head of a screw preventing unseating of the screwdriver from the screw during screw removal and firmly holding and guiding self-tapping screws during their placement. ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6969039 | Driving device for support device A driving device for driving a support device into an object. The driving device includes a driving end adapted to receive a blow from a driving tool and an extension portion extending from the driving end, the extended portion adapted to contact a shank of the supp... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6904836 | Screw holding screwdriver adapter A screw holding screwdriver adapter includes first and second elongated mating elements held together by a mounting member. The mounting member engages the elongated mating elements in an opposed relationship so as to define a screwdriver shank engaging portion betw... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6857343 | Spring-loaded threaded fastener holder A threaded fastener holder holds a screw in place and then automatically disengages from the screw and withdraws axially in the proximal direction to permit the user to continue inserting the screw without interruption. The threaded fastener holder has a shaft havin... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6739219 | Damaged light bulb base extractor A damaged light bulb base extractor has a generally cylindrical, resilient, expandable base-engaging member mounted on a handle member. With the base-engaging member sandwiched between compression plates, relative movement of the compression plates toward each other... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6704987 | Tool used in combination with cable security device The present invention is a terminator tool used in combination with a cable security terminator for installing or removing the cable security terminator. The terminator tool includes a handle, a shaft, a retaining pin and a spring member. The shaft is hollow and ext... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6701812 | Screw catcher for power driven screwdrivers An attachment means which attaches the device close to the front end of the bit of a power driver or an electric screwdriver, a screw capturing chuck means with several elastic holding fingers, the front end of said holding fingers being placed around the... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6543317 | Screw holder and torquing tool A screw holder and torquing tool having a one-piece body with a cavity for receiving a screw in a sturdy and stable condition. The screw can be applied in stabilizing bone, and the tool can apply sufficient torque though it is of a relatively small overal... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6520509 | Screw guide device with drill bit/screw bit and counter sink/drill stop means A holder for holding a tool bit having an elongated connector means with a first end and a second end. The elongated connector means has a central longitudinal hole, of a cross-section corresponding to the cross-section of a mounting portion of the tool b... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6393953 | Combination of screw with driver bit or wrench A screw with a polygonal hole (30) formed with a polygonal hole (32) disposed in the center of a screw head (30a) and comprising a vertical wall (33) with a preset depth, and with a cone base oriented from the lower edge of the vertical wall toward the ce... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6367358 | Driver for threaded fasteners with spiral drive A spiral drive system for threaded fasteners includes driver-engageable surfaces on the head end of the fastener in which at least some of the driver-engageable surfaces are defined by a spiral segment configured to maximize torque transmission while spre... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6209426 | Magnetically attractive driver bit assembly A magnetically attractive driver bit assembly shows a strong magnetic attraction when applied to a screwing robot arm so that the operating speed of the robot arm can be increased. The magnetically attractive driver bit assembly comprises an iron driver b... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6189422 | Screwdriver A screwdriver for introducing and screwing a screw into the human or animal body and/or for unscrewing and removing a screw from the human or animal body has a handle and a shaft whose front end has a blade that can be brought into engagement with a screw... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6128982 | Spring-loaded screwdriver with cover and changeable heads A spring-loaded screwdriver with cover and changeable heads for covering an entire screw to guide it directly into its threading hole. The device includes a handle portion having an outer end and an inner end. An outer cylinder is secured to the outer end... | 10/10/2000 |
| 5943923 | Retaining device of socket spanner A socket spanner is disclosed which includes a socket and a U-shaped elastic body. The socket includes: (1) a driven member, a drive member and an intermediate section located therebetween; (2) a pair of longitudinally extending grooves provided on an inn... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5791207 | Fastener feeder A fastener feeding apparatus provides an aperture for inserting fasteners into the interior of the apparatus so that the fastener lies on the longitudinal axis of the apparatus. A bit is then forced into contact with the fastener in order to engage it for... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5724872 | Socket spanner having a nut retaining device A socket spanner having U-shaped elastic body and a fitting end configured to receive a nut. The fitting hole of the fitting end contains a pair of grooves respectively provided on two opposite inner walls thereof for engaging the U-shaped elastic body. T... | 03/10/1998 |
