Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
081179000 | Sliding jaw face | 20 |
20090301271 | RATCHETABLE OPEN-ENDED WRENCH - A ratchetable open-ended wrench includes a handle for a hand to grasp, a wrench head located on one end of the handle, and a fastener room located in the wrench head for accommodating a workpiece to be rotated. The wrench head further includes a first jaw having a first driving wall, a second jaw having a second driving wall facing the first driving wall, an inner wall extending from the second driving wall into the second jaw, a concavity, an auxiliary jaw retracting opening, an auxiliary jaw capable of longitudinally sliding into the auxiliary jaw retracting opening in an elastic way, and an auxiliary jaw limiting member coupled to a limiting slot. The auxiliary jaw further includes an exterior end having a pillow in contact with the driving wall and a pushing surface for working together with the first jaw to grip the workpiece under operation, an interior end, and a limiting slot. | 12-10-2009 |
20110197720 | Open End Wrench Capable of Fast Driving - An open end wrench includes first and second jaws formed on a jaw portion. The first jaw includes an arcuate sliding groove having an arcuate sliding wall. A slide is received in the sliding groove and includes an arcuate sliding face slideable along the sliding wall. An arcuate guiding slot is formed in the slide. The sliding face, sliding wall and guiding slot are free of holes, grooves, and recesses. A guide is fixed in the sliding groove and received in the guiding slot. The guiding slot includes an abutting end and a pressing end. The abutting end is in contact with the guide when the slide is in an initial position not engaged with a workpiece. An elastic device has two ends respectively abutting the guide and the pressing end of the guiding slot for biasing the slide to the initial position. | 08-18-2011 |
20110265613 | Open end wrench capable of fast driving - An open end wrench ( | 11-03-2011 |
20110277599 | Open End Wrench Capable of Fast Driving - An open end wrench includes first and second jaws. The first jaw includes an arcuate sliding groove having an arcuate sliding wall. A slide is received in the sliding groove and includes an arcuate sliding face slideable along the sliding wall. An arcuate guiding slot is formed in the slide. A guide is fixed in the sliding groove and received in the guiding slot. The guiding slot includes an abutting end and a pressing end. The abutting end is in contact with the guide when the slide is in an initial position. A spring seat is mounted in the pressing end of the guiding slot. The spring seat includes a face pressing against the pressing end. An elastic element has two ends respectively abutting the guide and the other face of the spring seat for biasing the slide to the initial position. | 11-17-2011 |
20110277600 | Super High-Torque Open End Wrench Capable of Fast Driving - An open end wrench includes a jaw portion having first and second jaws. The first jaw includes a sliding groove slideably receiving a slide. When the jaw portion is not engaged with a workpiece, the slide is in a free position. When the jaw portion receives the workpiece but does not drive the workpiece, a buffering space is formed between an abutting end of the guiding slot and a guide fixed in the sliding groove. When the jaw portion drives the workpiece and deforms elastically, the body rotates relative to the workpiece, but the slide does not rotate together with the body due to the buffering space such that the end of the slide remains in surface contact with a face of the workpiece. Also, a buffering angle can be formed between a wrenching face on the slide and the face of the workpiece when the jaw portion receives the workpiece but does not drive the workpiece. | 11-17-2011 |
20110308360 | Open End Wrench Capable of Fast Driving - An open end wrench includes first and second jaws. The first jaw includes an arcuate sliding groove having two support walls and an arcuate sliding wall between the support walls. A slide is slideably received in the sliding groove and includes an arcuate sliding face slideable along the sliding wall. Two wings respectively extend from top and bottom faces of the slide. Top and bottom extension faces extend from a wrenching face of the slide and are located on inner faces of the wings. A spacing is formed between an outer face of each wing and one of the support walls to avoid friction, allowing smooth movement of the slide between an extended position and a retracted position. | 12-22-2011 |
20120060655 | RATCHETABLE OPEN-ENDED WRENCH - The present invention discloses a ratchetable open-ended wrench comprising wrench body and retractable jaw member. The wrench body comprises head with two opposite jaws and a receiving hole. The inner surface of the receiving hole has a sunken slot with an inner circular arc surface. The retractable jaw member is slidably mounted in the sunken slot and has two opposite sides, and one side is directing to the receiving hole and has a second engaging portion. The retractable jaw member and the head are against with an elastic member. The retractable jaw member is able to move from a first position to a second position in the sunken slot, and is able to limit a workpiece to rotate in the receiving hole when at the first position and to allow the workpiece to rotate in the receiving hole when at the second position. | 03-15-2012 |
20120272796 | Open End Wrench Capable of Fast Driving - An open end wrench includes first and second jaws. The first jaw includes an arcuate sliding groove having two support walls and an arcuate sliding wall between the support walls. A slide is slideably received in the sliding groove and includes an arcuate sliding face slideable along the sliding wall. Two wings respectively extend from top and bottom faces of the slide. Top and bottom extension faces extend from a wrenching face of the slide and are located on inner faces of the wings. When the open end wrench drives a workpiece to rotate, an outer face of each wing is partially in contact with the second jaw. Force imparted from the workpiece to the wings is transmitted to the second jaw. | 11-01-2012 |
20120285300 | WRENCH FOR ENGAGING A WORKPIECE HAVING A PLURALITY OF FLATS - A wrench for engaging a workpiece comprises a pair of fixed jaws and a pair of movable jaws being movable relative to the pair of fixed jaws. The workpiece includes a plurality of flats which may be adjoined at a plurality of corners. The pairs of fixed and movable jaws may be configured to engage the workpiece in at least one of a flat engaging position and a corner engaging position. The flat engaging position comprises the pairs of fixed and movable jaws being engaged to one of the flats on each one of the opposing sides of the workpiece. The corner engaging position comprises the pairs of fixed and movable jaws being engaged to an adjacent pair of the flats on each one of the opposing sides of the workpiece. | 11-15-2012 |
20130118321 | RATCHETABLE OPEN-ENDED WRENCH - A ratchetable open-ended wrench includes a handle for a hand to grasp, a wrench head located on one end of the handle, and a fastener room located in the wrench head for accommodating a workpiece to be rotated. The wrench head further includes a first jaw having a first driving wall, a second jaw having a second driving wall facing the first driving wall, an inner wall extending from the second driving wall into the second jaw, a concavity, an auxiliary jaw retracting opening, an auxiliary jaw capable of longitudinally sliding into the auxiliary jaw retracting opening in an elastic way, and an auxiliary jaw limiting member coupled to a limiting slot. The auxiliary jaw further includes an exterior end having a pillow in contact with the driving wall and a pushing surface for working together with the first jaw to grip the workpiece under operation, an interior end, and a limiting slot. | 05-16-2013 |
20130228052 | RETURNING DEVICE OF A WRENCH TOOL - A returning device of a wrench tool contains a body including a tool segment disposed on at least one end portion thereof and having two jaws, an engaging face of at least one of the two jaws including a recessed section in which a receiving groove with a stop rim is formed, the stop rim including a slot fixed on an eccentric position thereof; an auxiliary retainer inserted in the receiving groove and having a retaining portion; a positioning shaft including a front end connected at an eccentric position of a rear end of the auxiliary retainer and including a rear end extending out of the slot and allowing to prevent the auxiliary retainer from disengagement from the receiving groove; a resilient element used to push the auxiliary retainer so that the retaining portion extends out of the recessed section of the at least one of the two jaws. | 09-05-2013 |
20130239758 | OPEN WRENCH - An open wrench includes an elongate body with a head located on an end of the body. The head includes two jaws and a mounting hole is defined between the two jaws. One of the jaws has a curved recess, a curved guide slot and a notch defined in the inside thereof. The other jaw has a curved convex contact face protruding from the inside thereof. An engaging member is movably located in the curved guide slot and a resilient member biases the engaging member which performs as a ratchet wrench. Two covers are respectively connected to the top and the bottom of the head to cover up the engaging member and the resilient member. | 09-19-2013 |
20130327187 | One-Way Open-End Wrench - A one-way open-end wrench includes two jaws and a swing block. The first jaw includes a flat face, a concave face, and a supporting element extending on the concave face and including two flat ends. The swing block includes two fins extending on an upper face of a platform. Each fin includes a convex face corresponding to the concave face. The fins are connected to the supporting element so that the swing block can swing relative to the supporting element. The lower face of the platform does not extend parallel to the flat face of the first jaw when the first flat end of the supporting element contacts the upper face of the platform. The lower face of the platform extends parallel to the flat face of the first jaw when the second flat end of the supporting element contacts the upper face of the platform. | 12-12-2013 |
20140007745 | WRENCH - A wrench for gripping a rotary fastener, includes: a main body including a handle and a C-shaped head portion that is formed with parallel first and second holes; a first gripping element being resiliently movable in the first hole; and a second gripping element being resiliently movable in the second hole. When the main body is rotated clockwise, the rotary fastener is clamped between the first and second gripping elements and is rotated together with the main body. When the main body is rotated counterclockwise, the first and second gripping elements are moved resiliently by the rotary fastener to be separated from the rotary fastener. | 01-09-2014 |
20140041490 | ANTI-ABRASION OPEN END QUICK TURN WRENCH - An anti-abrasion open end quick turn wrench is suitable for rotating a fastener with a head portion and includes: a body and an assistant engaging member. When the head portion of the fastener is completely engaged in the engaging slot, the wrench is provided with anti-abrasion concaves to provide enough room to prevent the open end wrench from interfering with the angles of the head portion of the fastener, and consequently preventing abrasion of the head portion of the fastener. Meanwhile, at least three lateral surfaces of the head portion of the fastener will be clamped by the wrench, when one or two of the clamped four lateral surfaces of the fastener is damaged or worn out, the fastener still has at least two intact lateral surfaces clamped by the open end quick turn wrench, so it can still be rotated by the wrench. | 02-13-2014 |
20140144297 | Oil filter wrench - An apparatus for removing an oil filter. The apparatus includes a top plate and a bottom plate. A gear is meshed with two spring loaded clamps located between the top and bottom plate. The gear is operable by an external device to apply clamping force to an oil filter via the clamps. | 05-29-2014 |
20140318326 | OPEN WRENCH - An open wrench includes a body having a mounting hole which is partially defined by a first side face which has a curved reception recess and a cavity which communicates with the reception recess. A protrusion is formed at the intersectional area between the cavity and the reception recess. A first contact face is located in opposite to the first side face of the mounting hole so as to contact one side of the object. A second distance is defined between the reception recess and the first contact face. The second distance is larger than the diametrical distance of two corners of the object. A slide is located in the cavity and a resilient member is located in the cavity to bias the slide which partially protrudes from the cavity. The slide is restricted from dropping from the cavity by the protrusion. The slide contacts the object. | 10-30-2014 |
20150059536 | RATCHETING TORQUE WRENCH HEAD - A ratcheting wrench head for use with a torque wrench has spaced apart first and second jaws extending from a base portion to define an opening for accommodating a bolt or nut to be rotated. A ratchet member is movably mounted in a through hole formed in the second jaw between an outer surface and an inner surface of the second jaw. A biasing member is located in the through hole of the second jaw and forces the ratchet member against a portion thereof. Inner surfaces of the first jaw and the second jaw are particularly constructed to enhance ratcheting performance of the wrench head relative to the bolt or nut. The through hole is formed with a dirt slot for enabling removal of foreign material from the wrench head. | 03-05-2015 |
20160039075 | Ratcheting Wrench - A ratcheting wrench includes a body configured to include a first jaw, a second jaw and a gap in between. The second jaw has an edge thereof including a first restraining structure. A ratchet mechanism connects to the second jaw and includes a slider, a pawl, and a biasing member. The slider is movable and disposed on the second jaw. The slider bears the pawl. The pawl includes a second restraining structure. The biasing member connects to the slider. | 02-11-2016 |
20160375559 | Open-end wrench capable of locking and unlocking hexagonal nut continuously - An open-end wrench is capable of locking and unlocking a hexagon nut continuously and contains: a holder, a driving head, a returning spring, and a handle. The holder is configured to accommodate the driving head, the returning spring, and an actuation shaft. The holder includes a first jaw, a body, and an accommodation cavity, wherein the accommodation cavity has a first panel, the holder further includes a first orifice for accommodating a first post, a second orifice for housing a second post, and a third orifice for accommodating a third post. The driving head includes a second jaw and an extension which has a second panel, a slot, a trench, and a projection. The returning spring is accommodated in the slot, and the handle includes the actuation shaft, an operation shaft, a concaved portion, and a coupling hole. | 12-29-2016 |