| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 081570390 | Step by step | 25 |
| 20090095136 | SELF ACTIVATING TORQUE TOOL - A self actuating torque tool includes a shoe having at least one guide track lying in a plane, and at least one jaw. Each jaw has a follower paired with a pivot axis normal to the plane of the guide track. The follower travels along the at least one guide track between an extended position and a retracted position. There is a drive coupling through which torque is applied to the shoe. One of left torque or right torque is applied to the drive coupling causing the follower to travel along the at least one guide track moving the jaw to the extended position, and another of left torque or right torque is applied to the handle causing the follower to travel along the at least one guide track moving the jaw to the retracted position. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090107297 | REACTION ARM FOR POWER-DRIVEN TORQUE INTENSIFIER - A reaction arm for a power-driven torque intensifier having a housing with an axis, a torque intensifier unit and a switching device for switching the torque intensifier unit between high speed/low torque and low speed/high torque, is configured for operating the switching device so that when the reaction arm is placed in a first position, the torque intensifier unit is switched to high speed/low torque and the reaction arm is usable as a handle by an operator, and when the reaction arm is placed in a second position the torque intensifier unit is switched to low speed/high torque and the reaction arm can abut against a stationary object since the high torque can not be absorbed by the operator. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20100212460 | EXPANDABLE COUNTER-TORQUE WRENCH - A counter-torque wrench includes a tubular outer body having distal and proximal ends and an inner shaft disposed within the outer body. The inner shaft has a proximal end and a distal end and is axially displaceable relative to the outer body. The distal end of the inner shaft has a gripping end portion disposed proximate to the distal end of the outer body. The gripping end portion comprises a plurality of branches extending distally of the outer body. The branches are radially displaceable between a relatively open position, in which the branches are displaced radially outwardly from one another, and a relatively closed position, in which the branches are displaced radially inwardly toward one another. The distance between the branches is greater in the open position than in the closed position. A method of using the counter-torque wrench is also provided. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100313715 | POWER DRIVEN RATCHET WRENCH - A power driven ratchet wrench includes a handle, a working portion and a switch portion. The working portion includes a yoke, a ratchet head and a socket. The yoke is disposed on the handle and defines a receiving space therein, and it has a first through hole. The ratchet head is coupled with a transmission element and has a third through hole corresponding to the first through hole. The ratchet head is swayable about an axis of the socket. The switch portion includes a switching button and an engaging unit. The engaging unit stops the socket from relatively rotating in a first direction as the switching button locates at a first switch position. The engaging unit stops the socket from relatively rotating in a second direction as the switching button locates at a second switch position. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100319498 | Power assisted lever arm ratchet - An improved power assisted lever arm ratchet which has a 6″ to 30″ extension and drive shaft between the ratchet handle and the ratchet head. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110203419 | HAND-OPERATED HYDRAULIC WRENCH FOR HIGH TORQUE TIGHTENING AND LOOSENING - A hydraulic wrench for high-torque tightening/loosening which has two separate: the first function provides a manual wrench for performing tightening/loosening approximations; through the blocking of the bearing wrench regarding the piston, the whole set becoming rigid as it was one single body; the second function consists of the hydraulic wrench tool performing high-torque tightening and loosening. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110314972 | Hydraulic Torque Wrench for Tight Clearance - A hydraulic torque wrench has a support partially sandwiched between first and second side plates. The support has hoop that extends beyond the edges of the plates so that the hoop has a smaller width than the wrench. An inner surface of the hoop defining a groove that receives a rib of a lever that fits against the hoop. This lever has an internal opening in which a socket disposes. A segment movable segment on the lever has teeth that ratchet with teeth around the socket. As the lever is reciprocated back and forth by an actuator on the wrench, the ratcheting between the lever and socket turn the socket and any nut disposed therein. The arrangement of the hoop, socket, and lever enable the wrench to be used in locations around nuts having tight clearances. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20140020516 | AIR RATCHET WRENCH - An air ratchet wrench includes a wrench body, a rotary driving head, an airflow unit formed in the wrench body, a switch unit, a driving unit and a valve assembly. The airflow unit includes a primary air path and a pair of head-directing paths. When the driving unit is triggered, airflow is permitted to enter the primary air path for driving rotation of the driving head, and is prevented from entering any of the head-directing paths. When the driving unit is not triggered, airflow is prevented from entering the primary air path, and is allowed by the valve assembly to enter one of the head-directing paths selected through user operation of the switch unit for controlling rotation direction of the driving head. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140053688 | HOUSING FOR POWER TOOL - A tool apparatus includes a substructure at least partially enclosing an electric motor, the electric motor in selective electric communication with a battery, a tool head in mechanical connection with the electric motor, a tool housing defining an inner cavity, wherein the housing is structured to receive the substructure within the inner cavity, and a superstructure having an inner taper configured to receive an outer taper of the tool housing to retain the tool housing relative to the substructure. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140083256 | PNEUMATIC RATCHET WRENCH HAVING A SHRUNK HEAD SECTION - A pneumatic ratchet wrench includes a main body, an output unit, a driving unit, and a transmission unit. The main body has a handle section and a shrunk head section narrower than the handle section. The output unit includes a driving head for outputting a power. At least a major portion of the output unit is disposed within the shrunk head section. The driving unit is disposed within the main body for generating the power pneumatically. The transmission unit is disposed within the handle section for transmitting the power to the driving head. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140083257 | POWER DRIVEN RATCHET WRENCH HAVING AN ECCENTRIC YOKE - A power driven ratchet wrench includes a wrench body, an output unit including a driving head rotatable about a Z-axis and adapted for outputting a power, a driving unit including a rotor rotatable about an X-axis perpendicular to the Z-axis, and a transmission unit. The transmission unit includes an eccentric projection connected eccentrically to the rotor and rotatable about the X-axis, two racks connected to the output unit, and an eccentric yoke disposed pivotally in the wrench body. A yoke body of the yoke has a slot permitting the eccentric projection to move therein, and a connecting portion connected to the racks at positions misaligned from the X-axis. The X-axis extends through the slot. The connecting portion drives the racks and the driving head to rotate. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140109729 | PNEUMATIC RATCHET WRENCH - A pneumatic ratchet wrench is connected with an air supply device and contains: a housing, a ratchet head unit, an impact clutch unit, and a driving unit. The housing extending along a first axis line and includes an opening defined on a front end thereof and an intake formed on a distal end thereof so as to couple with an air supply device. The ratchet head unit is received in the housing and includes a drive square extending along a second axis line and extending out of the opening The impact clutch unit is received in the housing and is coupled with the ratchet head unit. The driving unit is disposed in the housing and includes a multi-chamber cylinder, a rotor member inserted into the multi-chamber cylinder and connecting with the impact clutch unit. The multi-chamber cylinder has a body, a first chamber, and a second chamber communicating with the first chamber. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140130640 | HAND SQUEEZE POWERED ROTARY TOOL - A manually powered rotary tool includes improvements to size, drive direction input, drive speed, assembly, strength, and cost. A handle is mounted high in the housing to provide a vertically compact tool. A selector switch controls a spiral ratchet mechanism from outside the housing to better enclose the mechanism and provide improved access to the selecting operation. The ratchet mechanism uses a lateral moving selector bar for effective operation with the external selector switch. The spiral ratchet gears are configured for die cast manufacturing. Various components are of one-piece construction and designed for simplified assembly. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140144293 | PNEUMATIC TOOL CAPABLE OF PREVENTING DEFORMATION OF A FRONT HANDLE SECTION - A pneumatic tool includes a front handle section having an axial hole unit formed in a bifurcated front end, a bush unit extending into the axial hole unit, a driving head extending through the axial hole unit and obstructed by the bush unit, and a position limiting unit including at least one stop member disposed on an exposed section of the driving head, and a compression spring disposed between the bush unit and the driving head. The compression spring biases the stop member to contact the bush unit. As such, the driving head is fixed in the bifurcated front end of the front handle section, so as to prevent deformation of the bifurcated front end due to rotation of the driving head relative to the front handle section. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140150610 | AUTOMATICALLY SPEED ADJUSTING RATCHET WRENCH - A two-piece planet carrier for use in a power hand tool, the carrier comprising a drive portion mountable to a rotor of the tool and a pinned portion having a crank pin. The crank pin operatively connectable to a drive shaft of the tool to provide rotation and torque to the drive shaft. The pinned portion rotatably engaged with the drive portion such that rotation of the rotor will cause the drive portion and the pinned portion to rotate relative to each other as a function of a load applied to the drive shaft such that an offset between a crank pin center axis and a drive portion axis of rotation is variable as a function of the load, wherein the variance of the offset will vary a rotational speed and an amount of torque delivered to the drive shaft as a function of the load. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140165790 | METHOD FOR ROTATING A ROTATABLE PART - A method for rotating a rotatable part using a hydraulic piston-cylinder drive operated by a hydraulic pressure source and having at least one piston and a ratchet, wherein a torque is applied to the rotatable part during a loading stroke and the piston is moved into a starting position via a return stroke. The loading stroke ends when an end position of the piston is reached and subsequently the return stroke is started, wherein the end position is a position of the piston before the piston abuts against an end stop. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140202287 | PNEUMATIC RATCHET WRENCH CAPABLE OF PREVENTING MIS-SWITCHING OF ROTATIONAL DIRECTION - A pneumatic ratchet wrench includes a driving head, a feeding path, a primary path, a secondary path, a valve member, and a trigger. Upon flow of air into the primary path, the driving head is rotated. Upon flow of air into the secondary path, the rotational direction of the driving head can be switched. When the trigger is not actuated, the valve member is at a first position so as to prevent air to flow from the feeding path to the primary path, while allowing air to flow from the feeding path to the secondary path. When the trigger is actuated, the valve member is moved to a second position so as to allow air to flow from the feeding path to the primary path, while preventing air to flow from the feeding path to the secondary path. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140238203 | HYDRAULIC TORQUE WRENCH SYSTEM - A hydraulic torque wrench system has a power head and interchangeable link cartridge drives, insertable into the power head. A power head to cartridge drive connection system secures the cartridge drives into the power head forming a single unit having a torque line extending through the center line of the power head, in order to eliminate adverse reactive forces. A hydraulic hose coupler allows 360° by 360° coupler rotation. The link cartridge drives include a reaction pawl which controls the movement of the ratchet within the cartridge drive, a clam shell drive plate for an internal ratchet tooth cassette, a locking system to maintain a ratchet square drive in opposed lateral positions, and a reaction arm adjustment system for locking the reaction arm in a plurality of configurations in relation to the cartridge drive. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140260816 | OPPOSING FORCE TOOL DRIVE SYSTEM - The present invention discloses a fastener driver which operates by a push-pull mechanism instead of the standard rotational ratchet. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140338502 | Motorized Hand Tool Apparatus and Assembly Method - A motorized hand tool such as a cordless ratchet wrench is configured for reducing assembly and disassembly processes. The motorized hand tool includes a motor end plate that may be fastened to a drive member such as a ratchet head assembly without the use of fasteners or assembly tooling such as presses, fixtures or hammers. A flange on the motor end plate can pass through a keyway in a periphery of the ratchet head assembly and may be then be rotated out of the keyway and into a peripheral slot of the ratchet head assembly. A rib protruding inwardly from a clamshell housing portion of the tool closes the keyway to prevent the flange on the motor end plate from rotating back into the keyway. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140338503 | Hand Tool Head Assembly and Housing Apparatus - A hand tool, such as a motorized cordless ratchet wrench, is configured for reducing part count and reducing assembly processes. The hand tool includes a clamshell housing that may be fastened to a drive member such as a ratchet head assembly without the use of additional fasteners such as large clamp nuts or additional screw sets, for example. One or more protrusions extending inwardly from the clamshell housing engage similarly shaped voids in the ratchet head assembly. The protrusions tightly engage the ratchet head housing when the clamshell housing portions are fastened together. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140338504 | Process and Apparatus for Locating Light Emitting Diode in a Hand Tool Head Assembly - A motorized hand tool, such as a cordless ratchet wrench, is configured for reducing part count and reducing assembly processes. The motorized hand tool includes an overmolded window for a light emitting diode (LED) in a clamshell housing. An LED is secured within the clamshell housing by conductors extending from the LED that are encapsulated in rigid sleeves. The rigid sleeves provide a friction fit in a channel between fingers molded in the clamshell housing. A switch assembly of the motorized hand tool is mounted in the clamshell housing and covers channel to contains the conductors and sleeves. By containment of the rigid sleeves and conductors, the LED is located securely in the overmolded window. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140366689 | APPARATUS FOR TIGHTENING THREADED FASTENERS - A link attachment | 12-18-2014 |
| 20150059531 | Ratchet Tools - Illustrative embodiments of ratchet tools are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, a ratchet tool may comprise an output shaft, a motor, and a transmission coupled between the output shaft and the motor. The transmission may comprise a ratchet mechanism and a speed-sensitive clutch. The speed-sensitive clutch may be configured to (i) connect the output shaft to the motor when the motor provides rotation to the transmission above a predetermined speed so that the output shaft is driven by the motor and (ii) disconnect the output shaft from the motor when the motor does not provide rotation to the transmission above the predetermined speed so that the output shaft is free to be rotated manually without resistance from the motor. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150298301 | Compact Hydraulic Torque Wrench Cartridge - Drive plates of a hydraulic torque wrench cartridge are thickened for extended surface contact with three pawls and a direct contact with the piston rod. The drive plates are held together and are additionally stiffened by dowel pins and shoulder screws. Snap pins are axially slide able and spring loaded connecting the piston rod with the drive plates in an easily disengage able fashion. Three pawls are arrayed in a pitch adjusted with respect to the ratchet teeth pitch in correspondence with an elastic deformation of the drive plates for a balanced force transfer across them. The pawl-tooth interfaces are also in an outward opening angle preventing them from snapping free under load. | 10-22-2015 |
