B25B 23/0028
Angular adjustment means between tool head and handle
Official title: {Angular adjustment means between tool head and handle}
B25B23/0028 (Angular adjustment means between tool head and handle) appears on 323 US grants and 507 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B25B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Hand tool with rotary handle15 Sep 2026US 12,734,652 B2Yih Cheng Factory Co., Ltd.
- Hand tool with slide adjustment for locking flexible head8 Sep 2026US 12,728,516 B2Apex Brands, Inc.
- Tool with pivoting portion and locking mechanism11 Aug 2026US 12,703,069 B2Milwaukee Electronic Tool Corporation
- Breaker bar7 Jul 2026US 12,673,399 B2
- Articulating surgical tools16 Jun 2026US 12,653,595 B2Pro-Dex, Inc.
- Variable-angle offset spindle screwdriver3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257321 A1Shanghai Hoto Technology Co., Ltd.
- Rotary tool27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249433 A1
- Miniature bending hand tool23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208330 A1
- Compliant orthopedic driver16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198983 A1Globus Medical, Inc.
- Indexing square breaker bar9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192420 A1Snap-on Incorporated
Most cited
By later US patents
- Angled surgical driver1,023US 8,348,959 B2Symmetry Medical Manufacturing, Inc. · 2013
- Surgical angled screwdriver99US 5,904,689 A1999
- Pivotal/rigid accessories for power and hand tools94US 7,942,426 B2Black & Decker Inc. · 2011
- Semi-universal torque coupling79US 5,738,586 AConsolidated Devices, Inc. · 1998
- Tool coupling structure50US 8,176,817 B22012