Patents by Inventor Tsay T. Lay

Tsay T. Lay has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4696208
    Abstract: A direction-changeable structure of the hand tool handles comprises mainly a body, a coupling tube, and a sleeve. The hand tools of different functions, such as screw driver, thread tapper, socket wrench, etc., can be fixed on the front of the body by a chuck, chucking blocks and a clip to function differently. The body is fixed inside a coupling tube by an arc key which is placed in a key way forming in the inside of the coupling tube. Having a direction selective mechanism attached to it, the main function of the coupling tube is to transmit torque and to select torque transmission direction. The coupling tube can insert into a sleeve which can receive every parts constituting the device according to this invention and fix them together. A handle bar can pass the holes forming in the coupling and sleeve to transmit large torque if necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1987
    Inventor: Tsay T. Lay