Guided driver device
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsMichael Benosa Monjardin, Tao Song, XiYuan Yin, Jia Yu Zheng, Yunfei Wang
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Abstract
A driver device comprises a housing and a driving-bit socket in the housing. The driver device may comprise a first guide-leg track on the housing. A first guide leg may be inserted into the first guide leg track. The driver device may also comprise a first guide-leg foot at an end of the first guide leg. The first guide-leg foot may be configured to interface with a surface of the driving recipient. The first guide leg may retract into the first guide-leg track as the driver device drives a driving object into the driving recipient.
Claims8
A driver device comprising:
- a housing;
- a driving-bit socket in the housing;
- a first guide-leg track on the housing;
- a first guide leg inserted into the first guide-leg track, wherein a first deployment level describes the extent to which the first guide leg is retracted into the first guide-leg track;
- a second guide-leg track on the housing;
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- a second guide leg inserted into the second guide-leg track;
- wherein the first guide leg retracts into the first guide-leg track as the driver device drives a driving object into the driving recipient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.