Foreign object removal socket adapter

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11511409-B2
Application number	US-202016997621-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 19, 2020
Priority date	Jul 14, 2017
Publication date	Nov 29, 2022
Grant date	Nov 29, 2022

Abstract

A foreign object removing socket adaptor includes a pusher, an adaptor, an external thread, an internal tread, and a stop. The pusher includes a drive head and a main shaft. The adaptor includes a tool body, a socket attachment body, and a main channel. The drive head and the main shaft are adjacently connected to each other. The external thread is laterally connected around the main shaft. The stop is radially connected around the main shaft, opposite of the drive head. The tool body and the socket attachment body are adjacently connected to each other. The main channel concentrically traverses through the tool body and the socket attachment body. The internal thread is laterally connected within the main channel. The main shaft is threadedly engaged with the main channel through the external thread and the internal thread.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A foreign object removing socket adaptor comprising:
a pusher;
an adaptor;
an external thread;
an internal thread;
a stop;
the pusher comprising a drive head and a main shaft;
the adaptor comprising a tool body, a socket attachment body, and a main channel;
the pusher, the adaptor, the external thread, and the internal thread being concentrically positioned around a rotational axis;
the drive head and the main shaft being adjacently connected to each other;
the external thread being laterally connected around the main shaft;
the stop being radially connected around the main shaft, opposite of the drive head;
the tool body and the socket attachment body being adjacently connected to each other;
the main channel concentrically traversing through the tool body and the socket attachment body;
the main channel comprising a top channel section and a bottom channel section;
the top channel section traversing through the tool body from a top base of the adaptor;
the bottom channel section traversing through the socket attachment body from a bottom base of the adaptor;
the top channel section being intersected with the bottom channel section about the socket attachment body;
the internal thread being extended along the top channel section;
wherein a diameter of the top channel section is larger than a diameter of the bottom channel section;
the internal thread being laterally connected within the main channel; and
the main shaft being threadedly engaged with the main channel through the external thread and the internal thread.

2. The foreign object removing socket adaptor as claimed in claim 1 comprising:
the pusher further comprising a torque-applying opening;
the torque-applying opening laterally traversing through the drive head; and
the torque-applying opening being oriented perpendicular to the main shaft.

3. The foreign object removing socket adaptor as claimed in claim 1 comprising:
the main shaft comprising an elongated section, a recessed section, and a tip section;
the elongated section and the tip section being oppositely positioned of each other about the recessed section;
the elongated section, the recessed section, and the tip section being concentrically positioned along the rotational axis;
the elongated section terminally connected to the recessed section;
the tip section being terminally connected to the recessed section; and
the drive head being terminally connected to the elongated section, opposite of the recessed section.

4. The foreign object removing socket adaptor as claimed in claim 3 comprising:
the recessed section comprising a first tapered section, a flat section, and a second tapered section;
the first tapered section and the second tapered section being oppositely positioned of each other about the flat section;
the first tapered section being terminally connected to the elongated section and the flat section; and
the second tapered section being terminally connected to the tip section and the flat section.

5. The foreign object removing socket adaptor as claimed in claim 3 comprising:
the external thread being laterally connected around the elongated section;
the external thread being positioned in between the recessed section and the drive head; and
a height of the external thread being smaller than a height of the elongated section.

6. The foreign object removing socket adaptor as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the stop is radially connected around the tip section.

7. The foreign object removing socket adaptor as claimed in claim 1 comprising:
at least one ball bearing assembly;
the ball bearing assembly comprises a cavity and a retaining body;
the cavity laterally traversing into the main channel through the socket attachment body;
the cavity being oriented perpendicular to the main channel; and
the retaining body being engaged within the cavity.

8. The foreign object removing socket adaptor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an outer diameter of the stop is larger than a diameter of the bottom channel section.

Assignees

• Grip Holdings Llc

Inventors

• Kukucka Paul
• Kukucka Thomas Stefan

Classifications

• B25B13/06

  of socket type · CPC title

• B25B13/04 Primary

  of ring jaw type · CPC title

• B25B15/001

  characterised by material or shape of the tool bit · CPC title

• B25G3/04 Primary

  with detachable or separate socket pieces (B25G3/12 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B25B27/18

  withdrawing broken threaded parts or twist drills · CPC title