Installation tool for a threaded object
AssigneeRaytheon Company
InventorsJason A. Dahar, Jaime Robledo
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Abstract
A tool for installing a threaded object includes a bit or inner implement that has a tip for engaging a head of the threaded object, and a sleeve surrounding the inner implement for securing the threaded object to the tool during the installation process. The sleeve includes plural arms at least some of which have inner lips that engage the head of the threaded object to hold the head against the tip. The inner lips are chamfered to facilitate engagement and disengagement between the sleeve and the head of the threaded object. The sleeve is able to translate to a limited extent relative to the inner implement, in order to pull back and disengage from the threaded object head as the threaded object is received into a threaded opening.
Claims20
A tool comprising:
- a bit having a tip for engaging a head of a threaded object;
- and
- a sleeve surrounding the bit and mechanically coupled to the bit such that the sleeve relative to the bit in a direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of the bit;
- wherein the sleeve includes multiple arms able to flex radially outward away from the bit;
- and
- wherein the at least some of the arms have respective lips protruding radially inward along inner surfaces of the at least some of the arms.
A method of installing a threaded object in a threaded hole, the method comprising:
- securing the threaded object to a tool that includes a sleeve surrounding an inner implement, wherein the securing includes having a tip of the inner implement engage a head of the threaded object, and wherein the securing includes receiving a head of the threaded object in a socket defined by the sleeve;
- threading the threaded object into the threaded hole by turning the inner implement with the tip of the inner implement engaged with the head of the threaded object;
- and
- disengaging the sleeve from the threaded object as the threaded object is threaded into the threaded hole, wherein the disengaging occurs automatically during threading as the sleeve presses against material surrounding the threaded hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.