Patent ID: 7757589

Claim:
A dual-mode screwdriver having a manual and a powered actuation mode comprising a driveshaft having a top end having a first hexagonal socket therein for accepting a screwdriver bit and a bottom end having a second hexagonal socket therein for accepting said screwdriver bit; a cylindrical handgrip fixed to said driveshaft top end having a diameter, a circumference, domed top surface flush with the driveshaft top end and a flat bottom surface disposed above said driveshaft bottom end; six screwdriver bit storage slots co-linear with the driveshaft and disposed radially around said circumference of said handgrip, wherein each slot of said six slots has a top open end at said handgrip top domed surface, a bottom open end at said handgrip flat bottom surface and an exposed open side running from the domed top surface to the flat bottom surface; a bit retention magnet embedded within the handgrip and disposed between the handgrip domed top end and the handgrip flat bottom end in a slot bisecting arrangement thereby forming six top slots and six bottom slots, and wherein said manual actuation mode comprises the said handgrip is adapted for hand gripping and torquing and said driveshaft bottom end receives a screwdriver bit held in said second hexagonal socket for engagement with a work piece and the handgrip manually gripped and torqued; and wherein said powered actuation mode comprises the screwdriver bit held within said first hexagonal socket for engagement with said work piece and the driveshaft bottom end coupled to a powered rotation device.