Patent ID: 7886637
Filing Date: 2011-02-15
Classification: B25B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A universal socket that forms around a fastener to drive the fastener received by the universal socket comprising: a socket housing including a circumferential wall that defines a chamber having an inner periphery and an opening, said inner periphery extends through said socket housing along a longitudinal axis; a plurality of pin members operable to be disposed in said chamber; each of said pin members having a middle portion disposed between a first end portion and a second end portion, said first end portion operable to contact the fastener, said middle portion having a cross-sectional diameter that is greater than a cross-sectional diameter of said second end portion and less than a cross-sectional diameter of said first end portion; a plate member having a first surface and a second surface defining through holes formed between said first and second surfaces, said through holes accommodate said cross-sectional diameter of said middle portion of said pin members but each of said through holes are too small to accommodate said cross-sectional diameter of said first end portion of said pin members, said plate member operable to connect in said chamber to hold said plurality of pin members in said socket housing; a plurality of pin cap members, each of said pin cap members having a frangible connection with an adjacent pin cap member, said plate member having a frangible connection with at least a part of said plurality of pin cap members, each of said pin cap members having a first end portion and a second end portion, said first end portion of each of said pin cap members define an aperture that is operable to accept said second end portion of said pin members.