Quick connect stack drive for limited clearance tool
AssigneePrimesource Consulting LLC
InventorJohn Davis
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Abstract
A stack drive assembly includes a socket configured to slidingly engage an associated nut so as to define a socket axis. The socket engages the associated nut for paired rotational movement. A drive shape and a drive size of the driver are the same as the nut shape and the nut size of the associated nut. The driver is rotationally coupled to the socket. The stack drive assembly also includes at least one lock ring that is rotationally independent from the driver. The at least one lock ring is configured for engagement with an associated engagement portion of an associated torque tool. The driver is configured to rotate with respect to the at least one lock ring while the at least one lock ring does not rotate.
Claims20
A stack drive assembly, comprising:
- a socket configured to slidingly engage an associated nut so as to define a socket axis, wherein the socket engages the associated nut for paired rotational movement;
- a driver defining a drive shape and a drive size and the associated nut defining a nut shape and a nut size, the drive shape and the drive size of the driver being the same as the nut shape and the nut size of the associated nut, wherein the driver is rotationally coupled to the socket;
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- at least one lock ring that is rotationally independent from the driver, wherein the at least one lock ring is configured for engagement with an associated engagement portion of an associated torque tool, wherein the driver is configured to rotate with respect to the at least one lock ring while the at least one lock ring does not rotate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.