Patent ID: 8312621

Claim:
A hand-held stabilizer device for gripping a hollow through-hole connector by the internal surface of the through-hole connector's hollow opening, and holding the hollow through-hole connector in a fixed position while force is applied to a fixture holding said hollow through-hole connector to an opening in a through-hole surface, comprising: a non-hollow rod with a first rod diameter, a distal end, a proximal end, with a fixed tip on the distal end; said fixed tip having a second tip diameter larger than said first rod diameter; a deformable hollow sleeve with an internal sleeve diameter larger than said first rod diameter, and an external sleeve diameter smaller than said second tip diameter when said deformable hollow sleeve is not deformed; said deformable hollow sleeve mounted on said rod proximal to said fixed tip; a hollow spool configured to allow said hollow spool to mounted on said rod proximal to said deformable hollow sleeve; said hollow spool having a sleeve face facing said deformable hollow sleeve; said sleeve face having an external sleeve face diameter equal to or larger than said external sleeve diameter; wherein said tip and said deformable hollow sleeve may be inserted into an opening in said hollow through-hole connector; wherein application of force to said hollow spool causes said hollow spool to advance along said rod towards said deformable hollow sleeve, causing said deformable hollow sleeve to press up against said fixed tip, and subsequently deform; wherein the diameter of said deformable hollow sleeve when deformed becomes substantially larger than said second tip diameter, thus gripping an internal surface of the through-hole connector's hollow opening; and wherein force communicated to said hollow through-hole connector when force is applied to said fixture is further communicated up said rod to a larger mass capable of imparting substantial resistance to rotary motion of said hollow through-hole connector.