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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8156844 | Hold and drive device A socket driving device which includes a drive head portion and a hand-grippable drive body portion. The drive head portion has a socket portion for driving a target nut that includes a central fastener-receiving passage. The socket driving device further includes a... | 04/17/2012 |
| 7950309 | Power-driven torque intensifier A torque intensifying tool for tightening and loosening threaded connectors has at least one torque intensifier unit with a torque intensifier housing portion, an input and a first output and a second output, a drive connected with the input unit for transmitting a ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7735397 | Fluid operated torque tool for and a method of tightening a nut on a plate on railroad crossings A fluid operated torque tool tightens a nut through a spring washer on a plate on a railroad crossing, and has a housing, two coaxial drives applying equal turning forces in opposite directions around an axis, with one of the two coaxial drives located around the ot... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7367766 | Screw and nut fastening device A device for fastening two parts to each other includes fastening screws extending in aligned passages in the two parts and receiving nuts, and a removable element for preventing the screw heads from moving during tightening or loosening of the nuts on the screws, t... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7311020 | Tool for operating subterranean utility valves A tool for operating a subterranean utility valve having limited accessibility includes a hollow housing with a plurality of elongated members mounted for sliding movement within the housing. Each elongated member is movable in a direction away from the first open e... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7308842 | Blind fastener and nose assembly for installation of the blind fastener A blind fastener for securing a plurality of workpieces is provided that has a sleeve, and a pin member. In an alternate embodiment, the blind fastener has a sleeve, a pin member and a nut. The sleeves have a head with a plurality of rearwardly sloping recesses disp... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7296499 | Mushrooming expandable anchor installation tool The installation tool for a mushrooming expandable anchor has a hollow cylindrical sleeve with an inside diameter, the top having slots for engaging the base of the mushrooming component and a means for engaging and turning a threaded component, which compresses the... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7287447 | Fastener installation tool An improved fastener installation tool is provided of the type having a fixture pin for seated reception into a mating recess at the shank end of a threaded fastener, while a power-driven tool socket installs a threaded nut onto the fastener shank. The installation ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7287995 | Medical lead and lead connector system A lead connector arrangement includes a non-cylindrically shaped connector pin coupled to a lead conductor and a connector sleeve assembly for receiving the non-cylindrically shaped connector pin. The connector sleeve assembly includes an insert with an axial bore f... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7275450 | Tightening torque measuring unit and torque indicating tightening device A tightening torque measuring unit (4) has an inner shaft (31) connectable to a first output shaft (12) of a tightening device main body (1) and an outer shaft (32) connectable to a second output shaft (13) of the body. The ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7275903 | Light weight fastener for use on interference fits in automation A fastener for installation into an interference fit hole within a structure. The fastener may be installed through automated installation methods. The fastener includes an enlarged protruding head at a proximal end of the fastener. Distal the head is a substantiall... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7261017 | Stabilizer link removal tool for vehicles A tool for removal of a stabilizer link in vehicles includes a first socket adapted to rotationally receive a second socket attached to the shaped end of a threaded bolt. A socket drive rotates the second socket relative to the first socket as the first socket is pl... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7246542 | Holding socket for a washer nut The present invention includes a driven socket for a female threaded fastener formed from hexagonal steel stock or trilobe, D shaped stock, or round stock with other gripping or holding means. The driven socket also includes six radial lobes located adjacent to one ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7246540 | Nut and bolt holder and starter Three congruent prongs (16A, 16B, 16C) mounted on a shaft tube (12), converges simultaneously when an operating sleeve (14) moves forward. This action, along with their notches and shape provides a firm grip for holding and startin... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7234376 | Holding device for a fastening element A holding device for fastening elements which is securable to screw-driving power tool and includes at least two clamping members (20) which abut a stem (74) of the fastening element in a release position of the clamping members and which are displacea... | 06/26/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7188552 | Holding socket for a threaded fastener A holding socket for a fastener having a nut arrangeable on a threaded element, and a washer located between the nut and an object, the holding socket has a body having two opposite ends with a first end connectable to a part of a power tool and a second end which i... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7178430 | Volume damper adjustment tool A tool adjusts a damper assembly having a pivot arm and an arm fastener. The tool comprises an inner elongate member, an outer elongate member, and bushing collars. The inner member is telescopically received in the outer member. The inner and outer members each com... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7168343 | Limited access building connection A limited access building connection for connecting a holding structure and a held structure which includes an anchor member having a threaded end adapted for connection to holding structure. A nut having an inner threaded wall threadably engages the threaded end of... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7147509 | Coaxial connector torque aid A coaxial connector torque aid, in the form of a tubular grip element, is installed over a conventional coaxial connector to facilitate tightening of the connector onto an equipment port by hand. The tubular grip element includes an outer surface for being grasped b... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7137633 | Wrench-free manual chuck turbine A manual chuck includes a turbine having a centrally disposed aperture and a spindle including an elongated shaft portion positionable into the aperture in a substantially vertical direction. The spindle further includes a head portion integral with the shaft portio... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7117763 | Tool for installing threaded knives with lock nuts A tool for installing threaded parts with lock nuts onto a machine is disclosed. The tool includes an outer tube and an inner mechanism that rotate together or independently using cogs. When the outer tube and inner mechanism rotate together, the threaded part is ti... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7115027 | Grinding tool for sharpening work pieces A grinding tool for sharpening tools is provided comprising an oscillatory drive the output shaft of which is driven oscillatingly about its longitudinal axis. The grinding tool comprises a holder for mounting a working part which is configured as a grinding plate h... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7066053 | Washer, fastener provided with a washer A washer which has a body having a first bearing face surface at one axial side and adapted to cooperate with a nut, a second bearing face surface at an opposite axial side and adapted to cooperate with an object, at least one third turning resistant surface adapted... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7062998 | Hydraulic threaded bolt tightening device and method of use thereof A hydraulic threaded bolt tightening device (1) for tightening and loosening large bolted connections, comprising a cylinder supported on a machine part to be clamped by means of a threaded bolt and a nut (2), at least one piston which is guided thereo... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7059216 | Fastener removal apparatus An improved fastener removal apparatus is configured to remove a swaged fastener of the type having an elongated threaded pin and a collar, with the collar being swaged to the pin. The fastener removal apparatus includes a nose assembly that can be mounted to an act... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7055408 | Apparatus for tightening threaded member An apparatus (10) for tightening a hexagon head bolt (13) includes a vertically movable automatic robot arm (16), a screwing mechanism (18) having a rotational part (19), a shaft member (20) mounted to the rotational part, a... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7003862 | Power tool and method of assembling parts using a two-part separable washer A washer has a body having an axis and provided with a first bearing face surface located at one axial side and adapted to cooperate with a nut, a second bearing face surface located at an opposite axial side and adapted to cooperate with an object, at least one thi... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6978988 | Free-floating hydraulic clamping device with edge-gripping arbor The present invention provides a workholder and a method for securing a work piece by engaging either a bore contained in the work piece or by gripping the edge of the bore of the work piece. The workholder includes a support platform, and a bore clamping device tha... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6959625 | Fastener installation tool An improved fastener installation tool is provided of the type having a fixture pin for seated reception into a mating recess at the shank end of a threaded fastener, while a power-driven socket installs a threaded nut onto the fastener shank. The installation tool ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6941840 | Multiple nut tool and method A multiple nut tool apparatus and method includes a slide shaft. More than one socket receiver is connected to the slide shaft such that at least one of the socket receiver is movable. A socket adapter is connected to each of the socket receivers. ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6935209 | Key and key holder for fastener installation tool A fastener installation tool is provided that is used to install a threaded nut onto a threaded fastener of the type having a non-circular recess in an end of the fastener that matingly engages with a male member that has a complementary shaped non-circular tip end ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6868757 | Blind fastener and nose assembly for installation of the blind fastener A blind fastener for securing a plurality of workpieces is provided that has a sleeve, and a pin member. In an alternate embodiment, the blind fastener has a sleeve, a pin member and a nut. The sleeves have a head with a plurality of rearwardly sloping recesses disp... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6776068 | Valve operator Valve operator having a weighted powering assembly that is substantially supported and balanced on a generally upright elongated key that drivingly engages a rotatable valve nut. ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6763746 | Adjusting device and associated actuating tool The invention relates to a device for adjusting a relative position between two components, having a support part which is fastened to the one component and has a through-opening in a holder section. The device includes a setting screw which has an external thread t... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6732612 | Blade exchanging device and blade exchanging method therefor With a blade exchanging device, a cylindrical body is engaged with a nut that is fastened to a spindle, and at the same time the nut is held by fitting nails of a chuck member with grooves that are formed on the nut. Next, a torque wrench is inserted through the cyl... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6718849 | Clamping device for manually guided electric tools A tensioning device with a tensioning lever (1) and a detachable tensioning nut (2) has a pivotal tensioning cam (6), mounted elastically in the tensioning lever (1). The tensioning lever (1) has a seat (3) with a noncircula... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6701806 | Machine for clamping material to be fastened and automatically installing screws A machine for clamping material to be fastened and automatically installing screws has been disclosed through a method of a self loading barrel that also aligns the screw to be installed thus relieving the operator of the strain of holding an unstable scr... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6668688 | Expandable screw apparatus and method thereof An apparatus for an expandable screw including an outer screw, a inner screw, and an end nut. An assembly and method for driving and expanding an expandable screw apparatus into a surface or structure. The assembly and method dynamically expand the expand... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6666116 | Self-supporting retaining device for threaded fastener assembly A self-supporting retaining device for retaining the head or nut of a threaded fastener assembly. A first portion of the device has a retaining component, such as a socket, for engaging the head or nut. A second portion of the device is adapted to engage ... | 12/23/2003 |
