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US 10,245,688 B2Granted
Methods for coupling or decoupling a tool and a tool retainer of a rotary drive sub-assembly
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsDennis R. Mathis, Jason Kerestes, Rachel M. Chow
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Abstract
A method of coupling or decoupling a tool of a rotary-drive sub-assembly and a tool retainer of the rotary-drive sub-assembly includes rotationally anchoring the tool to a first tool-change member, rotatably coupled to a base, by engaging a tool-change-engagement portion of the tool with a first tool-engagement portion of the first tool-change member. The method also includes causing relative rotation between the tool and the tool retainer.
Claims20
A method of coupling or decoupling a tool of a rotary-drive sub-assembly and a tool retainer of the rotary-drive sub-assembly, the method comprising:
- rotationally anchoring the tool to a first tool-change member, rotatably coupled to a base, by engaging a tool-change-engagement portion of the tool with a first tool-engagement portion of the first tool-change member, wherein the base has a first side and a second side, opposite the first side;
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- causing relative rotation between the tool and the tool retainer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.