| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 081570220 | Multiple drive or driven means | 10 |
| 20090100972 | VEHICLE TOE SET ADJUSTMENT DEVICE AND METHOD - A vehicle toe set adjustment device and method for adjusting a vehicle tie rod includes an adjustment head adapted to be received over a tie rod. The adjustment head includes a surface for engaging a tie rod fastener, a plurality of moveable collet keys mounted on the adjustment head, and a drive member engaging surface. An actuator on the adjustment head moves the collet keys to engage the tie rod after the tie rod is received in the adjustment head. A method is also provided for engaging moveable collet keys on an adjustment head to engage the tie rod for rotation of the tie rod to adjust the toe set of a vehicle wheel. The device and method are useful with a variety of tie rod assemblies on various vehicles having different sized tie rod assemblies. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090178516 | HAND TOOL - A hand tool comprises a support, a handle, at least two spindles, a driver, at least two followers and at least two spanners. The handle is rotatably mounted on a middle portion of the support. The at least two spindles are respectively fixed to two opposite ends of the support by ends thereof. The driver is mounted on an end of the handle. The at least two followers are respectively rotatably attached on another end of each spindle and drivably connected with driver. The at least two spanners are attached on a surface of each follower which is away from the corresponding spindle. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20100162854 | SCREWDRIVING SYSTEM WITH VARIABLY ADJUSTABLE SCREWDRIVING SPINDLES - The invention relates to a method for screwing in several fastening means such as screws/nuts, which are disposed especially on a circular path, with the aid of a screwing mechanism ( | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100175511 | DUAL SCREWDRIVER ADAPTABLE TO CONNECTOR ASSEMBLIES OF DIFFERENT TYPES AND SIZES - A dual screwdriver is provided for connecting and disconnecting a connector assembly having first and second jackscrew guideposts. In one embodiment, the dual screwdriver includes a housing, a user input rotatably coupled to the housing, first and second manually-bendable shafts each rotatably coupled to the housing, and first and second bits mounted to the distal end portions of first and second manually-bendable shafts, respectively. The first and second bits are configured to matingly engage the first and second jackscrew guideposts. A gear train is disposed in the housing and mechanically couples the user input to the first and second manually-bendable shafts. The rotation of the user input drives the rotation of the first and second manually-bendable shafts and, therefore, the rotation of the first and second jackscrew guideposts when matingly engaged by the first and second bits, respectively. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20110265611 | APPARATUS FOR ACTUATING FASTENERS ARRANGED IN RESTRICTED PERIPHERAL CONFIGURATION - An apparatus for actuating fasteners includes at least first and second base supports, a plurality of engagement tools, and a compound peripheral actuator. The base supports are configured so that when they are brought into operable alignment, they form a periphery with an open interior, for extending around a first part connected to a second part. The engagement tools are rotatably coupled to the base supports, and each includes a rotator member and a fastener coupler. The compound peripheral actuator is dimensioned to extend around and engage the rotator members of the engagement tools around the periphery. In operation, the base supports are deployed around the first part, and moved for engagement of the fastener couplers with fasteners connecting the first part to the second part. The compound peripheral actuator is deployed to engage and rotate the rotator members, for simultaneous rotation of the fasteners connected to the fastener couplers. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110265612 | FASTENING DEVICE FOR FASTENING LOCKNUTS - A fastening device used to fasten two locknuts to an object simultaneously includes a pedestal defining a first sliding groove, a pair of fixing blocks, a pair of rotating elements, a pair of first gear wheels and a second gear wheel. The fixing blocks are received and fixed in the first sliding groove. Each of the fixing blocks defines a through hole. Each of the rotating elements includes an operating portion and a shaft portion received in the through hole. Each of the pair of gear wheels includes a gear body attached to corresponding one of the shaft portions respectively and a sleeve protruding from the gear body and snugly receiving one of the locknuts. The second gear wheel is attached to the pedestal and engaging the pair of first gear wheels to achieve synchronous movements of the pair of first gear wheels. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20120227548 | One-Way Wrench - A one-way wrench includes a head, a wheel, a pawl, a spring-biased detent assembly, a handle, a grip, a shaft and a transmission unit. The wheel includes a rack extending thereon. The pawl is for engagement with the wheel. The spring-biased detent assembly pushes the pawl against the wheel. The handle is connected to the head. The grip is rotationally located on the handle. The shaft is rotationally inserted through the handle and includes a first end fit in the grip and a second end located outside the handle. The transmission unit includes a first gear connected to the second end of the shaft, a second gear engaged with the first gear, a third gear engaged with the second gear, and a fourth gear connected to the third gear on one hand and engaged with the rack of the wheel on the other hand. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20130074658 | Adjustable Socket Wrench Extension - An adjustable socket wrench extension includes a gear train of meshing gears that translates torque from a first end to a second, opposite end; a female drive fitting to apply the torque from the socket wrench to the first end of the gear train; a male drive fitting to provide the torque to a socket at the second end; a frame that retains the gear train in a plane; a plurality of locking plates on the first side of the frame; a locking tab on the first side of the frame to retain the locking plates in a relative orientation; and a pushbutton on the second side of the frame to temporarily disengage the locking tab from the locking plates so that the relative orientation between the plates may be changed, thereby changing the shape of the device. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130139651 | FASTENING DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - Disclosed herein are different embodiments of a fastening device. In particular, various embodiments of a fastening device are described herein for enabling fasteners of different types (e.g. shape and/or size, etc.) to be fastened using a common input drive. For example, different embodiments of the herein described fastening device comprise two or more output sockets in attending to the fastening of different fastener types, which output sockets are selectable in one example by reorienting the fastening device via activation of the input drive. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20150013502 | Tensioning device for expanding a threaded bolt - In a tensioning device for expanding a threaded bolt by a pull on its threaded end portion, a supporting tube surrounds the threaded end portion and a nut is screwed onto the threaded end portion. A cylinder is arranged in the prolongation of the supporting tube and has at least one piston movable therein in the longitudinal direction and connectable to a hydraulic supply. An interchangeable bush is screwable to the threaded end portion and is drivable axially by the piston. A gear arrangement for adjusting the nut is provided. Components of the gear arrangement are a driver element engaging externally on the nut and a drive shaft provided with an engagement structure for a drive tool. In this case, the axis of rotation of the drive shaft is arranged at an angle of preferably 90° to the longitudinal mid-axis of the piston. | 01-15-2015 |
