Dual socket for fast pace assembly environment
OwnerSylvanus I. Monyeminventor
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Abstract
A tool assembly includes an outer tool having a socket adapted to drivingly engage an outer circumferential surface of a first fastener. An inner tool is positioned within the outer tool. The inner tool is fixed to the outer tool and includes a driver adapted to drivingly engage a second fastener. The driver is axially offset from a distal end of the outer tool such that the second fastener is positioned within the socket when engaged by the driver.
Claims19
A tool assembly comprising:
- an outer tool having a distal end and a wall defining a socket adapted to drivingly engage an outer circumferential surface of a first fastener;
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- an inner tool positioned within the outer tool, the inner tool being fixed to the outer tool and including a driver adapted to drivingly engage a second fastener, the driver being axially offset from the distal end of the outer tool such that the second fastener is positioned within the socket when engaged by the driver, the inner tool including a tapered surface extending axially between a proximal end of the outer tool and the driver to guide the second fastener into engagement with the driver.
-7. (canceled)
A tool assembly to selectively drive first and second fasteners, the tool assembly comprising:
- a first tool including a first end with a wall defining a bore and a second end, a portion of the bore being shaped as a socket and adapted to drivingly engage the first fastener;
- and
- a second tool having first and second ends positioned within the bore and being fixed for rotation with the first tool, the first end of the second tool being offset from the first end of the first tool and adapted to drivingly engage the second fasteners the second tool including a driving portion and a tapered surface extending axially from the first end of the second tool toward the driving portion to guide the second fastener into engagement with the driving portion, one of the first and second tools having a drive recess positioned at its second end.
-14. (canceled)
The tool assembly of claim 13 wherein the male driver includes a plurality of flats adapted to drivingly engage a socket formed in the second fastener.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.