Patent ID: 8156844

Claim:
A socket driving device, comprising a drive head portion and a hand-grippable drive body portion operatively coupled with the drive head portion, the drive head portion including a socket portion for driving a target nut, the drive head portion having a pair of opposed surfaces adjacent the socket portion, the socket portion including a central fastener-receiving passage therein with a central socket axis, the central fastener-receiving passage being exposed through both opposed surfaces, a key portion for engaging a target bolt on which the target nut is to be driven by the socket portion, a key support assembly for positioning the key portion in an operative position relative to the socket portion, the key support assembly including a support frame secured to the drive body portion and/or the drive head portion, the support frame including a support arm portion extending along the drive head portion, the support arm portion having a free end region, the key portion being non-rotatably held relative to the free end region and in the operative position relative to the socket axis, the key portion being biased toward the socket portion, the drive body portion including a neck portion, the support frame including a first collar portion engaged with the neck portion and coupled with the support arm portion, the support frame including a second collar portion formed adjacent the free end region, the device further comprising a cylinder held within the second collar portion, a piston slidably mounted in the cylinder for traveling along an axis parallel with the socket axis, the piston being movable between an extended position and a retracted position, the first collar portion including a first body and a first saddle member coupled therewith for engaging the neck portion between the first body and the first saddle member, the second collar portion including a second body and a second saddle member coupled therewith for engaging the cylinder between the second body and the second saddle member and the cylinder being engaged by the second body and the second saddle member allowing the cylinder to be vertically adjusted relative to the second collar portion.