Patent ID: 7788788
Filing Date: 2010-09-07
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A tool system for selectively inserting or removing a small electrical connector part, comprising: a punch-down hand tool having a lower driving end in the form of a hollow cylinder upon whose outer surface a circumferential groove is formed; a locking spring disposed within the circumferential groove and extending almost around the circumference of the driving end of the punch-down tool; the driving end of the punch-down tool also having a radial hole through its cylindrical wall at one point in the circumferential groove; the spring having an inturned end which engages and enters the hole and is thereby locked in place in the circumferential groove, the spring end protruding inwardly of the cylindrical wall; a removal or insertion tool having a normally upwardly extending drive head, a shank, and a tool body; the drive head of the removal or insertion tool having an external longitudinal slot that has its upper end portion sloped to provide a ramp, and the lower end portion of the drive head ramp being indented to form a detent, there being a high point on the ramp intermediate to its upper end and the indentation; the longitudinal slot in the drive head of the removal or insertion tool being adapted to slidingly receive and engage the inturned end of the spring; and the operation being such that as the drive head of the removal or insertion tool is pushed upward into the hollow end of the punch-down tool lower driving end, the slot in the drive head of the removal or insertion tool slidingly engages the spring end, and when the spring inner end passes the high point of the ramp in the slot and drops down into the indentation in the slot, the removal or insertion tool is then locked in place relative the punch-down tool driving end, so that the punch-down tool can then be manually actuated to drive the removal or insertion tool and its tool body both longitudinally and rotationally for either inserting or removing an associated connector part.