Patent ID: 11897115
Assignee: STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC.
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A striking hand tool, comprising: a head portion disposed at a first end of the striking hand tool, the head portion configured to deliver striking impacts; and a handle attached to or integral with the head portion and extending toward a second and opposite end of the hand tool, the handle comprising a grip component; wherein the grip component comprises an inner portion and an external portion, the plastic inner portion having a durometer measurement within manufacturing tolerance between 60 Shore A and 70 Shore A, and the plastic external portion having a durometer measurement within manufacturing between 50 Shore A and 65 Shore A, such that a durometer measurement of the grip component as a whole is within manufacturing tolerance between 55 Shore A and 70 Shore A; wherein the handle comprises a metal core that extends within the grip component; wherein the metal core is harder than a durometer measurement of the plastic inner portion which is harder than a durometer measurement of the plastic external portion; wherein the grip component is overmolded onto the metal core, with a first shot of the plastic inner portion and a second shot of the plastic external portion; and wherein the plastic external portion surrounds the plastic internal portion where engaged by a user's hand to as to dampen impacts transmitted from the head portion through the metal core to the user's hand.