Patent ID: 9469017
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: B25B

Claim Text:
1. A socket for an impact tool, the socket comprising: a body extending between a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end, the body including: wherein at least one of the input recess or the output recess is defined by a plurality of inner walls extending inwardly from an outer opening and parallel to a longitudinal axis extending through the body, wherein a cross-section of the plurality of inner walls form a plurality of line segments form a polygon, and wherein the plurality of line segments are characterized as: (i) six primary linearly extending line segments each extending from a first end to an intersection point; (ii) six secondary linearly extending line segments each extending from the intersection point of one of the six primary linearly extending line segments to the first end of an adjacent one of the six primary linearly extending line segments, where each of the six secondary linearly extending line segments is shorter in length than each of the six primary linearly extending line segments; and wherein an obtuse angle is defined at each of the intersection points adjoining one of the six primary linearly extending line segments to one of the six secondary linearly extending line segments.