Patents Examined by Danny Hong
  • Patent number: 9808917
    Abstract: A ratchet wrench capable of rotating quickly and driving rotation includes a handle, a rotary head, a positioning mechanism, and a sleeve. The handle includes an arm and a bar body. The bar body includes an accommodating slot; the arm includes a through hole. The rotary head is connected to the arm and includes recess portions. The positioning mechanism includes a positioning element, a resilient body, and a block element. The resilient body receives the positioning element and is received in the through hole, the positioning element is correspondingly disposed in any of the recess portions, and the block element is connected to the positioning element. The sleeve receives the bar body and operably drives the block element to slide in the accommodating slot, so that the positioning element is positioned and selectively engaged with any recess portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: YIH CHENG FACTORY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chih-Hung Chien
  • Patent number: 9802298
    Abstract: An electric ratchet wrench includes a driving member rotatably mounted in a body. A pawl device is pivotably mounted to the driving member. A ring gear is rotatably mounted around the driving member. A flexible transmission shaft includes a first end connected to a motor and a second end configured to switch between a meshing state meshed with the ring gear and a disengagement state disengaging from the ring gear. The motor drives the transmission shaft to rotate the driving member. The body can be manually driven to overcome a resistance which is larger than the torque outputted by the motor and which causes a tooth slippage phenomenon between the transmission shaft and the ring gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Inventor: Bobby Hu
  • Patent number: 9757845
    Abstract: A dual-setting rotating system selectively provides unidirectional rotation to a drive shaft. Along with the drive shaft, the system includes a primary ratchet gear fixedly disposed on the drive shaft and configured to motivate the drive shaft in principal rotation. A secondary ratchet gear is coaxial with the primary ratchet gear and rotatably attached about at least a portion of the drive shaft. A pinion gear is axially-aligned with the drive shaft and operably engaged with the secondary ratchet gear and a shaft gear to motivate the drive shaft during retrograde rotation. The shaft gear is rigidly attached to and coaxial with the drive shaft. A clutch plate spans the primary and secondary ratchet gear while a main body encloses at least a portion of the clutch plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Spinal Simplicity, LLC
    Inventor: Paul Nassab
  • Patent number: 9751202
    Abstract: An assisted opening multitool handle comprising a handle housing having a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis, the handle housing having first and second longitudinal regions, the handle housing having an interior surface defining a channel region. The assisted opening multitool handle further comprises a tool member pivotally attached to the handle housing and operatively configured to be positioned in a closed orientation within the channel region and configured to rotate in an opening direction to an open orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Inventor: Spencer Frazer
  • Patent number: 9731407
    Abstract: Wrenches, apparatus, devices and methods of using a T handle with a torque wrench with adjustable torque setting controls having an automated slip function for applications such as for motorcycles, automotive, machinery and the like. The wrench allows for a user to pull up a lock feature which allows the user to selectively set a torque value by rotating the handle. Once a torque setting is made, the lock is pushed down and the wrench can be used to tighten fasteners, such as bolts, nuts, and the like. While tightening, the fastener, the wrench goes into a slip function when the setting has been reached, so that the fasteners, cannot be stripped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Inventors: Dallas G. Edmisten, Robert C. Edmisten
  • Patent number: 9731406
    Abstract: A socket assembly includes an outer socket, an inner socket mounted in the outer socket, and an intermediate socket mounted in the outer socket. The outer socket has a plurality of drive blocks and a plurality of retaining grooves. The inner socket includes a first base, a plurality of first driving sections, and a plurality of first openings. The intermediate socket includes a second base, a plurality of second driving sections, and a plurality of second openings. Thus, the inner diameter defined between the first driving sections is smaller than that defined between the second driving sections by 2 mm, and the inner diameter defined between the second driving sections is smaller than that defined between the drive blocks by 2 mm, so that the inner socket, the intermediate socket and the outer socket co-operate to operate three successive sizes of nuts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Plus Craft Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Timmy Chen
  • Patent number: 9731565
    Abstract: A bead breaker tool includes an upper member and a lower member, where the upper member and the lower member are interleaved together to make a lever assembly. The upper member and lower member are detachable from each other, and the upper and lower members are configured as tire irons. Also, the handles of the tire irons may include crossguards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Motion Pro, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven Richard Scott
  • Patent number: 9713866
    Abstract: A pneumatic ratchet wrench includes a main body, an output unit, a driving unit, and a transmission unit. The main body has a handle section and a shrunk head section narrower than the handle section. The output unit includes a driving head for outputting a power. At least a major portion of the output unit is disposed within the shrunk head section. The driving unit is disposed within the main body for generating the power pneumatically. The transmission unit is disposed within the handle section for transmitting the power to the driving head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Basso Industry Corp.
    Inventors: San-Yih Su, Da-Jay Lin
  • Patent number: 9707668
    Abstract: A multi-mode one-way wrench includes a head, a toothed wheel, a leading pawl, at least one following pawl and a switch. The head includes cutouts in communication with a chamber. The toothed wheel rests in the chamber and includes teeth. The pawls are movably rest in the cutouts and adapted for alternate engagement with the toothed wheel. The following pawl includes a stem. The switch rests on the head and made with at least one arched groove for receiving and guiding the stem to move the following pawl between a first mode for engagement with the toothed wheel and a second mode kept from the toothed wheel. The cutouts are biased from one another by an angle of 360°×(M+1/L)÷N, wherein L is an integer for representing the number of the cutouts, M is any proper integer, and N is an integer for representing the number of the teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Inventor: Yi-Min Wu
  • Patent number: 9687970
    Abstract: An oil core wrench includes a oneway control unit, a wrench unit and a rotation handle. The wrench unit includes a threaded rod, an adjusting member, a base member and a clamping member. The oneway control unit is mounted in the base member and includes a control member. Thus, the oil core is clamped between the clamping member of the wrench unit and the control member of the oneway control unit so that the wrench unit can drive the oil core to rotate successively in a oneway manner by operation of the oneway control unit, so as to tighten or loosen the oil core easily and quickly. In addition, the oil core wrench can be operated in a narrow or small working region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Plus Craft Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Timmy Chen
  • Patent number: 9682465
    Abstract: A magazine type screwing device and a screw supplementary device are provided. The screwing device includes a screwdriver bit with a protrusion part, a storing portion, and a screw stopping portion. The storing portion includes a tubular structure and a slide rail, which are connected with each other. The screwdriver bit is installed in the tubular structure. The screws are disposed within the slide rail. After the screwdriver bit is moved within the tubular structure in a first direction and then the screwdriver bit is moved within the tubular structure in a second direction, one of the screws is detached from the screw stopping portion and introduced into the tubular structure. The screw supplementary device includes a screw transferring portion and a screw feeding portion. The screw transferring portion includes a first conveying track, a sensing element over the first conveying track, a gear, and a first motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD.
    Inventors: Chia-Tsui Lan, Wen Pin Tsao
  • Patent number: 9676085
    Abstract: A wrench tool comprises a tool rod and an operating rod. The tool rod is 7-shaped, and comprises a tool head part and a connecting rod part. The connecting rod part is provided with a hinge portion. The hinge portion is provided with a first hinge hole. One end of the operating rod is provided with a tool seat capable of accommodating the hinge portion. The tool seat is provided with a second hinge hole. The tool seat and the hinge portion are hinged together by a pin running through the first hinge hole and the second hinge hole. The wrench tool is simple in structure and flexible in use. Flattening and curling measures are applied to the tool rod, so as to reduce the weight of the tool rod and improve the strength of the tool rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: DAHON TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventors: David Tak-Wei Hon, Dongming Huang, Guangji Deng
  • Patent number: 9656524
    Abstract: A unitary structure tire lever has an opening for the user to insert fingers and grab the lever when installing and removing a tire from a rim. The lever has a curved smooth installation hook at one end with a ridge to engage a lip of a tire rim during tire installation. The lever also has a curved smooth removal hook at the other end with a notch that enables the lever to pivot about the lip of the tire rim during tire removal. The removal hook also has a curved seat portion that engages with a bead of the tire during tire removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: CRANK BROTHERS, INC.
    Inventors: Frank Hermansen, Carl Winefordner
  • Patent number: 9630301
    Abstract: Disclosed is a gas cylinder ratchet driver tool that is specifically suited for opening and closing valve posts of gas cylinders. The tool comprises an outer handle body for one-handed use and an external ratchet switching actuator. Within the handle body is an internal housing that supports a rotatable socket therein. The socket comprises an elongated length with a lower working end adapted to engage a gas cylinder valve post and a ratchet gear upper end. A first and second wedge plate supported by the housing and acted upon by the actuator controls the ratchet direction by bearing against the ratchet gear, determining ratchet direction or ratchet lock. A flat spring beneath the actuator manipulates the wedge plates against the ratchet gear to control the ratchet direction. The socket working end comprises two flat portions to facilitate placement of the socket onto a gas cylinder valve post in emergency situations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Inventor: Lawrence Ryans
  • Patent number: 9623546
    Abstract: A multipurpose hand held tool includes a handle and one or more tools. The multipurpose tool further may include a multi-layered plier head. The multipurpose tool also may include a flashlight detachably coupled to the handle. In this manner, the multipurpose tool may incorporate multiple tools and accessories for completing various tasks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Inventor: Shane Keng
  • Patent number: 9597756
    Abstract: A system for screws loading, delivering, fetching and fastening on a working piece is disclosed. The screws are guided by an apparatus having a control module to pass a track, a chute and received by a cut of a graduated disc having a plurality of cuts at the circumference thereof. A screwdriver set is then controlled by the control module to fetch the screws at the cuts in a fetching cycle and fasten them to a working piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignees: LITE-ON ELECTRONICS (GUANGZHOU) LIMITED, LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventor: Jung-Ming Teng
  • Patent number: 9573253
    Abstract: A ratchet wrench structure includes a main body provided therein with a ratchet wheel, an actuating member and a restraining block positioned between the ratchet wheel and the actuating member. The restraining member has one side provided with two recessed portions, and the actuating member is provided with a position-limiting groove corresponding with the recessed portion, and an elastic member. When the actuating member is rotated, the elastic member will be actuated to push the recessed portion to have its front edge longitudinally and evenly pressing the recessed portion to enable the elastic member to support the restraining block in its entirety. Further, when the restraining block is stressed by rotation of the ratchet wheel, the restraining block can carry out reciprocating movement because of extension and contraction of the elastic member. Thus, the ratchet wrench structure can be simplified in number of components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Inventor: Chia-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 9561582
    Abstract: A connector includes a rod body, at least one detent, an abutting assembly, a first elastic member and a connecting rod. An insertion groove of the rod body has at least one restraining section, at least one radially-enlarged section and a receiving section, and the rod body has at least one through hole communicating with the receiving section. The detent is received in the through hole and partially protrudes into the insertion groove. The abutting assembly is sleeved outside the rod body, and the detent is sandwiched between the abutting assembly and rod body. The first elastic member abuts against the rod body and abutting assembly to bias the abutting assembly toward an abutting position. The connecting rod further includes at least one abutting section protruding radially and an annular groove, and is axially movable relative to the rod body to comoving or idling position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: CHUNG TAAN INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chung-Liang Hsu
  • Patent number: 9555533
    Abstract: The invention described herein generally relates to a pliers welding multi-tool including welding pliers and a plurality of welding tools that can be stowed in one or both handles of the pliers welding multi-tool. The pliers welding multi-tool handles can include rotating, sliding, or other interfaces to store or take out the pliers or other tools. Other tools integrated in the pliers portion or stored within the handles can include a welding fillet gauge, a welding thickness gauge, a welding tip remover, a welding nozzle remover, a bevel-angle tool, a root gap gauge, a plate and rod gauge, and others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC.
    Inventors: Jason Karl Leach, Jamy Edward Bulan
  • Patent number: 9555526
    Abstract: A tool including selectively operable torque-limiting mechanism is provided. The tool includes a housing, a torque-limiting mechanism disposed within the housing and including a first gear engaged with the housing and including a number of first recesses, a second gear rotatably disposed within the housing adjacent the first gear and including a number of second recesses, a number of bearings disposed between the first gear and the second gear partially within the first recesses and partially within the second recesses, and a variable force-applying assembly engaged with the first gear opposite the second gear, a drive body engaged with the second gear and extending outwardly from the housing, and a cover disposed around the housing and selectively engaged with the drive body to control the operation of the torque-limiting mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Gauthier Biomedical, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael T. Gauthier, Robert F. Miller