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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7430945 | Ratcheting torque wrench A tool is provided for driving fasteners that includes a torque limiting mechanism therein. The torque limiting mechanism includes a first frictional engagement member disposed on the drive shaft for the tool that is engaged by one or more second frictional engageme... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7383756 | Torque screwdriver structure A torque screwdriver structure that has a positioning bar, a fixing ring, fixing balls, a sliding tube, a spring and a torque adjusting tuber providing strong mechanism between clutch and torque-adjusting button and being easy in use and simple in assembly when manu... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7281457 | Wrench with adjustable maximum operational torque A wrench includes a casing having a compartment, a rod rotatably received in the casing and having an end for coupling with a drive member for driving a fastener, an adjusting member mounted in the rod, and an elastic element for retaining the rod mounted between th... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7243581 | Fixed torque limiting driver A clutch assembly for use with a torque limiting driver. The clutch assembly comprises two relatively rotatable clutch plates, a driving plate and a camming plate, that face one another, with a plurality of rolling members housed between the two members. The driving... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7222559 | Screwdriver with torque setting mechanism A screwdriver comprises a torque setting mechanism including a torque adjustment ring, an actuation rod threadedly secured to the upper torque adjustment ring and a lower torque adjustment nut, a spring biased sleeve with the actuation rod passed, and a clutch ring ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7159494 | Torque limiting wrench for ultrasonic scaler tip insertion A torque wrench for preventing transmission of torque in excess of a threshold level to avoid damage to replaceable scaler tips and hand pieces of ultrasonic dental instruments. The torque wrench has a housing with a core seated therein, with a cam mechanism or spri... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7127955 | Torque limiting handle A torque limiting tool including an inner handle having a tool coupling portion, a biasing assembly aperture, and at least one radially oriented slot. At least one interface member is located in the radially oriented slot. The interface member includes an elongated ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7093522 | Torque indicating wrench A wrench comprises a casing and a rod. The rod has a driven portion, a driving tip, and a straight section which extends therebetween. The driven portion has a clamped section, a rotating section and a cantilever section connected therebetween, the clamped section b... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7055411 | Ratchet coupling means for a driving tool An improvement in ratchet coupling means of a driving tool includes a driving member inserted into a handle and covered by a control ring, a ratchet ring and a circular cap, a pair of springs biase the checking blocks in the driving member each having teeth on the s... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7044036 | Preset torque wrench with multiple setting torque selector mechanism A torque wrench has an elongated lever arm with working and distal ends, the lever arm carrying a wrench head at the working end, a selector mechanism at the distal end and a torque-responsive mechanism coupled to the selector mechanism for movement therewith among ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7021180 | Torque sensing tool A torque applying tool such as a nutrunner or torque wrench incorporates torque sensors responsive to strain in a shaft mounting an output square drive head the strain being measured as it exists immediately adjacent the drive head. The shaft is a hollow quill shaft... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6964408 | Cable adjustment tool A cable adjustment tool includes an upper bar and a lower bar each having a top side, a bottom side, a first end and a second end. The first end of the upper bar has a slot extending therein for receiving a first of a pair of lug nuts. The first end of the lower bar... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6948410 | Torque wrench with sleeve for locking rotatable handle A torque wrench is provided having body and a handle that is rotatably mounted to the body for adjusting the torque setting, and an axially movable sleeve operable to selectively lock the handle. The sleeve includes a rigid member and an elastomeric member, such as ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6945144 | Torque wrench with finite plurality of selectable torque values A manually operated torque wrench is capable of providing a finite plurality of selectable torque values. The torque wrench has a wrench head, a handle, and a torque-responsive mechanism for producing an indication when a torque value has been applied by the torque ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6931969 | Adjustable spanner having a torque detection function A adjustable spanner includes a main body having a first end formed with a handle portion and a second end formed with a drive portion having a fixed jaw, a movable jaw movably mounted on the drive portion relative to the fixed jaw, and a torque detection device mou... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6886434 | Wrench with a fixed maximum operational torque A wrench includes a drive member for driving a fastener, a retainer securely engaged with the drive member to move therewith, and a casing having a compartment for accommodating the retainer. The casing includes a retaining section defining a retaining space for ret... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6666117 | Wrench with a fixed maximum operational torque A wrench comprises a rod comprising a driving portion for engaging with a fastener, a retainer having an end securely engaged with the rod to move therewith, and a casing comprising a compartment for accommodating the retainer. The casing comprises a reta... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6662693 | Wrench with a fixed maximum operational torque A wrench includes a rod, a slide control member, a casing for rotatably accommodating the slide control member, and a retaining device. The rod comprises a driving portion on an end thereof for engaging with a fastener. The slide control member is securel... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6439086 | Torque limiting device A torque limited applicator is useful for a wide variety of purposes where a mechanical device, such as a fastener, is to be driven but a maximum level of torque not exceeded. The applicator is reusable, and preferably easily constructed from integral pie... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6330846 | Chuck for bits or the like A invention relates to a chuck having a shank which provides two shank sections (5, 6), forms a clamping section (1) at one end for clamping in place in a drive member and forms a tool mounting (2) at the other end for mounting a tool, in particular a scr... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6178853 | Actuating device for an electrical power wrench An actuating device for an electrical power wrench includes a base member connected to a motor and an output shaft is rotatably connected to the base member. A pin biased by a spring movably extends through the base member. A ball biased by a spring is re... | 01/30/2001 |
| 5735183 | Power screwdriver and clutch mechanism used therein A power screw driver includes a clutch mechanism composed of a coiled clutch spring so designed as to entangle a drive shaft member and an output shaft member to connect them together, thereby enabling the drive and output shaft members to rotate in uniso... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5643089 | Non-jarring torque wrench with removable output shaft A torque wrench has a non-jarring design such that it resets without jarring the output shaft after it delivers the preset maximum torque, it accommodates interchangeable output shafts so that a variety of different drive tips may be employed with the sam... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5617766 | Torque wrench device A torque wrench device has a torque wrench structure which includes a substantially tubular handle, a head pivotally secured to on end of the handle through a pivot pin, a toggle link connected to the head, a thruster coupled to the head through the toggl... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5224403 | Predetermined torque yielding wrench A calibrated torquing wrench that can be set to a predetermined value and upon reaching this torque by the rotation of the wrench will release the gear (28), spring (34) engagement and will allow the wrench to free-wheel for a small angle before re-engage... | 07/06/1993 |
| 4832299 | Clamp fixture An improved clamp fixture is provided for supporting a medical instrument or the like in a selected orientation relative to a variety of different support structures, such as an upright pole, a tabletop edge, a bed rail, etc. The clamp fixture comprises a... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4571696 | Electronically controlled screwdriver with quality check indicator Backwards counters (11,12) are preset with upper and lower limits of the angle through which screws are to be driven, the counters being loaded when a certain value of torque is reached, at which time counting down begins with each increment of rotary ang... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4446766 | Bladed rotor turning apparatus A bladed rotor turning tool comprising a rotatable shaft (1), a finger (7) articulated on the end of the shaft about an axis substantially perpendicular to the shaft axis, the inclination of the finger relative to the shaft axis being controlled by cam me... | 05/08/1984 |
| 4249435 | Workpiece turning hand tool with torque control A tool for turning a screw, nut, bolt or other rotatable workpiece includes a bottom housing carrying a workpiece engageable part and, above the housing, a handle engageable by the hand of a user. The handle is axially and angularly shiftable relative to ... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4238978 | Torque wrench Torque wrench having an output shaft driven through a torque-limiting clutch including a clutch cam and a clutch ball held in driving relationship by a spring.... | 12/16/1980 |
