US 2017/0001290 A1Published application

Connecting rod Device for Tools

OwnerShih-Chieh Liuinventor

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Abstract

A connecting rod device for tools contains: a body, a retainer, and a slidable sleeve. The body includes a polygonal fitting groove and a trench communicating with the fitting groove. The retainer is partially accommodated in the trench and includes a first face and a second face which correspond to the trench, the retainer also includes a locking protrusion extending into the fitting groove from a first end of the retainer, and a second end of the retainer extends out of the body. The slidable sleeve is fitted with the body and includes a first stop rim for pushing the first face of the retainer, and the slidable sleeve also includes a pushing element for pushing the second face of the retainer, such that the first stop rim and the pushing element of the slidable sleeve push the retainer to move in the trench.

Claims8

Dependent claims

A connecting rod device for tools comprising:

a body including a polygonal fitting groove defined on a first end thereof, the body also including a trench formed on an outer wall thereof adjacent to the first end of the body and communicating with the fitting groove;
a retainer partially accommodated in the trench of the body and including a first face and a second face which correspond to the trench, the retainer also including a locking protrusion extending into the fitting groove of the body from a first end of the retainer, and a second end of the retainer extending out of the outer wall of the body;
a slidable sleeve fitted with the outer wall of the body and including a first stop rim arranged on one end thereof so as to push the first face of the retainer, the slidable sleeve also including a pushing element fixed therein so as to push the second face of the retainer, such that the first stop rim and the pushing element of the slidable sleeve push the retainer to move in the trench.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/049,841Filed 22 Feb 2016
Priority: TW 1041217203 Jul 2015
Published: 5 Jan 2017
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

B25B 23/0035
Connections or joints between tool parts: connection means between socket or screwdriver bit and tool
B23B 31/103
Characterised by the retaining or gripping devices or their immediate operating means: retention by pivotal elements, e.g. catches, pawls
B23B 31/107
Characterised by the retaining or gripping devices or their immediate operating means: retention by laterally-acting detents, e.g. pins, screws,…
B25B 13/06
With rigid jaws: of socket type