Patent ID: 7017678

Claim:
A tool assembly for inserting a stud comprising: a shaft including a bearing surface, the shaft defining an opening formed therein and spaced apart from the bearing surface; a sleeve including a threaded inside surface portion and a non-threaded inside surface portion, the non-threaded inside surface portion defining an opening formed therein, the sleeve mounted to the shaft with the sleeve opening aligned with the shaft opening; and a cylindrical stop member fixedly positioned in the shaft opening and movably positioned in the sleeve opening; wherein the stop member has a first diameter and the sleeve opening has a second diameter, the second diameter at least two times the size of the first diameter, wherein a stud received in the threaded inside surface portion of the sleeve contacts the bearing surface, the stop member slidably engages an upward slope of the sleeve opening responsive to rotation of the shaft in a first direction, the stop member prevents rotation of the sleeve when the shaft is rotated in the first direction to insert the stud in a threaded opening, and the inserted stud is released from the tool assembly when the shaft is rotated in a second direction.