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US 2024/0375186 A1Published application
Toolless Socket Change Mechanism
OwnerMitchell Gibsoninventor
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Abstract
A power tool includes an output assembly defining a drive axis. A first socket rotatable by the output assembly in a first rotational direction. A second socket receives the first socket and is rotatable by the output assembly in a second rotational direction. A collar is coupled to the output assembly and is movable along the drive axis to releasably engage with the second socket.
Claims20
A power tool comprising:
- an output assembly defining a drive axis;
- a first socket rotatable by the output assembly in a first rotational direction;
- a second socket that receives the first socket and is rotatable by the output assembly in a second rotational direction;
- and
- a collar coupled to the output assembly and movable along the drive axis to releasably engage with the second socket.
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A power tool comprising:
- an output assembly;
- a first socket operatively coupled to the output assembly;
- a second socket operatively coupled to the output assembly, the second socket securing the first socket to the output assembly;
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- a collar movable between a first position that secures the second socket to the output assembly and a second position that releases the second socket from the output assembly.
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A shear wrench comprising:
- an output assembly defining a drive axis;
- an inner socket coupled to the output assembly to rotate in a first rotational direction about the drive axis;
- an outer socket concentric with the inner socket and coupled to the output assembly and to rotate in a second rotational direction about the drive axis;
- a collar concentric with the outer socket and moveable between a first position and a second position to releasably couple the outer socket to the output assembly;
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- a locking mechanism positioned between the collar and the outer socket, the collar engaging the locking mechanism in the first position to secure the outer socket to the output assembly and disengaging the locking mechanism in the second position to release the outer socket from the output assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.