Patent ID: 6085619
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
An adapter able to be used in combination with a universal socket wrench, wherein the socket wrench has a body with an exterior surface and an interior cavity containing a plurality of closely packed pins in parallel, the pins biased by springs toward an open end of the interior cavity, the adapter comprising:a hole through a body of the adapter, the hole extending in an axial direction along a length of the adapter;an interior wall of the adapter surrounding a recess of the adapter;an elongated screwdriver bit with a drive end and a rear end, the rear end being of polygonal cross section and having a larger maximum diameter at the polygon corners than an inside diameter of the hole, and the socket body exterior surface has a larger dimension than an inside dimension of the recess;the screwdriver bit being pressed into the hole wherein the bit rear end presses a top of at least one pin, the at least one pin being displaced inward away from the open end of the interior cavity;the socket body being pressed into the recess;the screwdriver bit rear end thereby being surrounded by the remaining closely packed pins that are not displaced inward by the bit;friction between the bit and the hole and between the recess and the socket exterior causing the bit rear end to be held within the socket interior cavity against the force of at least one spring biasing the at least one pin; andthe adapter holding the bit drive end in alignment in the axial direction of the adapter.