Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Mark D. Glut
  • Patent number: 6729211
    Abstract: A ball socket driver bit that includes a ball portion and a shank portion. The ball portion has a ball portion cross section; the ball portion cross section perpendicular to the bit axis is hexagonal. The shank portion has a cross section smaller than the ball portion, and ag first shank portion end and a second shank portion end. The first shank portion end is axially attached to the ball portion, the second shank portion end is adapted to axially enter a socket head screw. The ball portion is adapted to enter a socket such that when turning the socket the socket head screw can be turned when the socket axis is not axially aligned with the screw axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Jeffrey M. Snow