Rotary shafts – gudgeons – housings – and flexible couplings for ro – Coupling accommodates drive between members having... – Torque transmitted via intermeshing teeth on drive and...
Reexamination Certificate
2006-12-26
2006-12-26
Binda, Greg (Department: 3679)
Rotary shafts, gudgeons, housings, and flexible couplings for ro
Coupling accommodates drive between members having...
Torque transmitted via intermeshing teeth on drive and...
C464S901000, C081S177850
Reexamination Certificate
active
07153214
ABSTRACT:
A universal joint to transmit force from a tool to a workpiece. A driver attachable to the tool has a spherical cavity. A plurality of inwardly facing protrusions is formed in the cavity. Each protrusion has a pair of conical sidewalls separated by an angled ramp. A driven socket has a sphere formed on one end. The sphere has a plurality of channels. The sphere is received in the spherical cavity in the driver and the protrusions in the cavity are received in the channels. The drive webs forming the channel engage the protrusions when the driver is angularly offset from the driven socket.
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Delaney Dana L.
Dexter Bruce
Gharib Awad
Binda Greg
Easco Hand Tools Inc.
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough L.L.P.
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