Patent ID: 8424418
Filing Date: 2013-04-23
Classification: B23P

Abstract:
1. A floating head for coupling a screwdriver to a screw finder, the floating head comprising: a housing; a screwdriver attachment assembly having a first rotation member coupled to a first side of the housing and a first attachment member coupled to the first rotation member and configured to attach to a screwdriver for driving the first rotation member; a screw finder attachment assembly having a second rotation member coupled to a second side of the housing and a second attachment member coupled to the second rotation member, the second attachment member configured to attach to a bit of a screw finder such that driving the second rotation member drives the bit, wherein at least one of the first rotation member and the second rotation member is spaced apart from an inner wall of the housing such that the first rotation member and the second rotation member are configured to be displaced relative to one another along a plane perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the housing; and a ball shaft having a first end portion engaged in a first socket of the first rotation member and a second end portion engaged in a second socket of the second rotation member, wherein when the first rotation member is driven by the screwdriver, the ball shaft is configured to translate rotation of the first rotation member to the second rotation member for driving the bit, and wherein when the first rotation member and the second rotation member are displaced relative to one another, the ball shaft is configured to tilt such that the first end portion maintains engagement with the first socket and the second end portion maintains engagement with the second socket.