Patent ID: 6305245
Filing Date: 2001-10-23
Classification: B23P,B25B

Abstract:
A multiple lug nut removal tool comprisinga) multiple individual socket assemblies for simultaneously engaging each lug nut that attaches a wheel to a vehicle, each socket including a nut-engaging socket having a nut-engaging end and an opposite end and a satellite gear attached to each of said individual nut-engaging sockets intermediate said nut-engaging end and said opposite end for rotationally driving said individual nut-engaging socket in both rotational directions;b) a universal drive gear directly engaging each of said satellite gears for simultaneously rotating all of said individual socket assemblies in either of said rotational directions;c) a housing including an inner plate, an outer plate and a peripheral wall extending between said inner plate and said outer plate, said housing encasing said satellite gears, a portion of each socket, and said universal gear;d) a drive surface attached to said universal drive gear;whereby a pneumatic wrench engages said drive surface and, by rotating said drive surface in a direction opposite to a desired drive direction for said socket assemblies, simultaneously remove and replace all lug nuts securing the wheel.