Abstract: Improved techniques for remotely monitoring and managing fasteners and fastener driver conditions, are provided. In some aspects of the invention, conditions of a fastener and/or structural material(s) held by the fastener and/or connector, are monitored by a control system including sensor(s) at least partially embedded in, on or throughout the fastener and/or structural material(s). When an adverse condition is sensed, a torque may be remotely applied to the fastener, in some embodiments. In some embodiments, other remedial actions may be taken by the control system. In some embodiments, such sensor(s) include a magnetizable array, which may include one or more charge-carrying and/or otherwise magnetic wires or particles on, about, or embedded within, the fastener and/or structural material. In some embodiments, such remote monitoring includes testing a magnetic signature of the fastener and/or structural material (e.g., via remote scanning and/or testing).

Abstract: A driver assembly with a rotatable and interchangeable cannulated driver shaft for drilling a variety of fasteners. The driver assembly includes an elongated body having a proximal end and a distal end with a first channel extending from the distal end into the elongated body and a second channel extending from a first side of the elongated body into the elongated body. The driver assembly also includes a locking mechanism connected within the elongated body. The locking mechanism is rotatable between a first configuration and a second configuration. A cannulated driver shaft is removably attached to the locking mechanism and is rotatable between the first configuration and the second configuration via the locking mechanism.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments are directed to locking mechanisms situated within a cavity of a device defined by side walls located opposite and facing each other that generally include a linear slide fixed to at least one of the side walls. The exemplary locking mechanisms generally include a linear lock configured and dimensioned to at least partially receive and surround the linear slide within a linear lock core. The exemplary locking mechanisms generally further include at least one tool element. Exemplary embodiments are further directed to tool devices situated within a holding means that generally include first and second tool elements. The first and second tool elements are generally positioned in an adjacent arrangement and the first and second proximal end widths are generally dimensionally dissimilar. A dimensional relationship generally exists between the first and second proximal end widths and the first and second distal end widths.

Abstract: The holding wrench consists of a torsion-resistant lever with an extension for a pivot to hold a second torsion-resistant arm to present two mobile surfaces in a fixed work plane. The force of the present invention is applied parallel to the work plane resulting in a torque vector that is perpendicular to the work plane. The working ends of the lever and arm have emplacements for tooling such as rigid pins or holes to attach to protrusions such as bolt heads. Two male tooling emplacements each consist of hole in which tooling is inserted and a threaded hole located orthogonal to the tooling hole for a set screw or other fastener that may hold the tooling in place. Two female tooling emplacements may be used to directly engage protrusions on a sprocket or as receptacles for tooling custom fitted to said protrusions.

Abstract: A hexagonal wrench includes a driving member and an actuating member. The driving member includes a hexagonal driving section for driving a bolt having a hexagonal socket. The driving member further includes a pivotal section pivotably connected with the actuating member, allowing relative pivotal movement between the driving member and the actuating member during operation. An area of the driving member is smaller than an area of the driving section to provide enhanced structural strength, preventing deformation and damage of the hexagonal wrench while providing reliable connection between the driving member and the actuating member.

Abstract: A tool includes a driving member with a protrusion. A shaft is removably connectable to the protrusion. The shaft includes a bit driving segment for retention of a bit therein. A handle includes a first handle portion and a second handle portion, both of which are pivotally connected to the driving member such that the first and second handle portions at least partially encompass the shaft when in a closed position. A bit retention member is disposed in at least one of the handle portions to retain the bit therein. The bit is insertable into the bit driving segment. At least one notch is fashioned into at least one of the handle portions. The notch is in register with the at least one bit retention member, permitting a user to access the at least one bit retained therein.

Abstract: The application discloses a screwdriver that is movable from a first position to a second position. In the first position, the drive shank of the screwdriver is positioned parallel with the elongate handle. In the second position, the drive shank of the screwdriver is positioned perpendicular to the elongate handle, and is selected when additional torque must be applied to the drive shank. Structure of the screwdriver provides enhanced stability for the drive shank supported by the handle.

Abstract: Disclosed is a surgical screwdriver providing a secure fit for a fastener for use in inserting the fastener into a patient. The device creates negative pressure within the tip of the surgical screwdriver for holding the fastener in place. Negative pressure is created by drawing air through a nozzle at the tip of the device. Air is pulled through the device and out the proximal end of the device's handle via suction tubing connected to the suction attachment of the proximal end of the handle.

Abstract: A bit holder and an interchangeable bit that can pivot or articulate relative to the bit holder. The bit holder includes a multi-depth socket for receiving the interchangeable bit. The different depths of the socket determine whether the interchangeable bit operates as a straight-on bit or an off-angle bit. An outer sleeve can slide along a longitudinal axis of a shaft to change the depth of the socket. Alternatively, opposite ends of the bit holder have different depth sockets for receiving the interchangeable bit and/or a shank portion. By flipping over the bit holder, the interchangeable bit can operate as either a straight-on bit or an off-angle bit.

Abstract: A folding tool includes two support plates, a ratchet driver pivotally mounted between the two support plates, a rotation seat rotatably mounted between the two support plates, and a plurality of tips each removably mounted on the rotation seat and each detachably mounted on the ratchet driver. The ratchet driver drives each of the tips to rotate in the operation direction only and idles in the opposite direction so that each of the tips can rotate the screw member in the operation direction successively so as to screw or unscrew the screw member easily and quickly. Thus, when the folding tool is used in a smaller space, each of the tips is driven by the ratchet driver to rotate the screw member in the operation direction successively and to screw or unscrew the screw member easily and quickly.

Abstract: An extensive device is disclosed to connect a bit to a handle of a tool. The extensive device includes a rod, a polygonal sphere, a socket and a retaining element. The polygonal sphere is connected to the rod near an end. The socket includes a polygonal cavity, a tunnel and a groove. The polygonal cavity receives the polygonal sphere so that the surface of the polygonal sphere is in contact with the wall of the polygonal cavity. The rod and the socket are coaxial when the end of the rod is disposed in the tunnel. The rod can be pivoted relative to the socket when the end of the rod is located outside the tunnel. The groove is defined in the wall of the polygonal cavity. The restraining element is fit in the groove of the socket to keep the polygonal sphere in the polygonal cavity of the socket.

Abstract: A tool includes a driving member with a protrusion. A shaft is removably connectable to the protrusion. The shaft includes a bit driving segment for retention of a bit therein. A handle includes a first handle portion and a second handle portion, both of which are pivotally connected to the driving member such that the first and second handle portions at least partially encompass the shaft when in a closed position. A bit retention member is disposed in at least one of the handle portions to retain the bit therein. The bit is insertable into the bit driving segment. At least one notch is fashioned into at least one of the handle portions. The notch is in register with the at least one bit retention member, permitting a user to access the at least one bit retained therein.

Abstract: A tool assembly includes a body having a receptacle. An adapter includes a shoulder, a head, and a neck interconnecting the head and the shoulder. The head engages with an inner periphery of the receptacle, allowing joint rotation of the adapter and the body. The head is slideably received in the receptacle between first and second positions. A C-clip is received in a retaining groove in the inner periphery of the receptacle. When the head is in the first position, the shoulder is received in the receptacle, the C-clip distends and clamps the shoulder to keep the adapter to be coaxial to the body. When the head is in the second position, the shoulder is outside of the receptacle, the C-clip abuts an outer periphery of the head, and the head is rotatable to a position such that the adapter is at an angle to the body.

Abstract: A tool with adjustable working angle is provided with a first rod and a second rod which are pivoted to both ends of a connecting member, so the two rods are able to swing with respect to the connecting member. Furthermore, the swing direction of the connecting member with respect to the first rod is the same as the swing direction of the connecting member with respect to the second rod. Hence, through the pivotal motion between the connecting member and the first and second rods, the wrench of the present invention can be adjusted at different working angles so as to adapt to different working environments.

Abstract: A shingle removing tool includes, among other possible things, a handle, a shaft connected to the handle, and a base connected to the shaft. A length of the shaft is adjustable. The base includes a blade portion that is configured to separate one or more shingles from a support structure to which the shingles are affixed.

Abstract: [PROBLEMS] Entire body of a driver is composed of a material which can be sterilized by an autoclave or an ultrasonic cleaner; when the driver is used in a limited space such as in a body cavity, work can be carried out efficiently without causing any trouble with a rotary work, and aspiration aberrant entry can be prevented when the driver body is dropped by mistake; ; and amount of rotation, rotation angle or rotary torque can be recognized even at the molar tooth portion. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] A driver with a tail in which a metal or resin wire having proper resilient, flexible and shape restoring properties or a rope-like shaft composed of that wire is attached coaxially to a driver having a tip blade corresponding to various screw head fitting shapes of a driver handle on the side opposite to the installation side of the blade, and a rotary gauge or a digital torque sensor display is attached to the tip end of that shaft.

Abstract: A folding multipurpose hand tool including a pivoted latch that engages side walls of a handle and a base of a folding tool member to hold the folding tool member in a selected position. A separate safety interlock latch keeps a folding blade stowed in a handle when another tool is moved from a first position with respect to the handle. A tool bit holder securely holds and drives reduced thickness tool bits that can also be engaged in and driven by conventional sockets having a regular hexagonal shape.

Abstract: A swivel adapter comprising a first member having a longitudinal axis, a first recess at one end thereof and an outer surface, first and second apertures disposed at diametrically opposing locations on the first member and communicating with the first recess, a second member having a proximal end disposed within the first recess and a distal end, a first bore disposed substantially adjacent to the proximal end that extends transversely through the second member and is substantially coaxial with the first and second aperture, a pin having first and second ends axially disposed in the first aperture, second aperture and first bore, wherein the first and second members are adapted to pivot relative to each other about the pin, and a first weld fixedly attaching the first end of the pin to the outer surface of the first member adjacent to the first aperture.

Abstract: A fastener includes a round, blind hole or pocket in its head. Installation and removal of the fastener is accomplished with a tool containing an eccentric segment on the end of a shaft. When rotated within the pocket, the eccentric segment displaces laterally relative to the shaft to provide a friction grip to the lateral wall of the pocket. The strength of the grip is proportional to the applied torque. Eccentric displacement allows rotation but prevents the tool from spinning out of the fastener thereby eliminating cam-out and surface damage resulting from contact with a spinning tool tip. The eccentric head of the tool can be made disposable and to shear off when a predetermined torque is reached. The smooth-sided round hole offers no purchase for commonly available tools; making the fastener tamper-resistance. In another embodiment, the fastener includes a raised portion in the pocket. A tool having a complementary opening shears off the raised portion at a predetermined torque.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hand-held tool that may be held in the palm of a hand, the hand-held tool being of adequate length and size to allow users to comfortably transfer the tool from a palm grip to a pen grip to maintain the use of the fingers and the thumb when the hand tool is stored in the palm. One or several storage housings are attached offset from a drive shaft housing for improved torque transfer from a hand to the tool head, integral storage of work pieces, optimized use of palm torque during use, and better overall grasping. The hand tool is also equipped with a retractable or nonretractable torque drive shaft designed to allow the fingers and thumb of a user to be rotated freely when the tool is in palm grip and capable of transmitting torque through the housing when an axial pressure force is placed along the drive shaft to engage the tool head with the housing. The drive shaft can also be reversed to create a prolongation shaft or placed in another opening of the housing.

Abstract: A folding multipurpose hand tool including a pivoted latch that engages side walls of a handle and a base of a folding tool member to hold the folding tool member in a selection position. A separate safety interlock latch keeps a folding blade stowed in a handle when another tool is moved from a first position with respect to the handle. A tool bit holder securely holds and drives reduced thickness tool bits that can also be engaged in and driven by conventional sockets having a regular hexagonal shape.

Abstract: A folding multipurpose hand tool including a pivoted latch that engages side walls of a handle and a base of a folding tool member to hold the folding tool member in a selection position. A separate safety interlock latch keeps a folding blade stowed in a handle when another tool is moved from a first position with respect to the handle. A tool bit holder securely holds and drives reduced thickness tool bits that can also be engaged in and driven by conventional sockets having a regular hexagonal shape.

Abstract: A fastener includes a round, blind hole or pocket in its head. Installation and removal of the fastener is accomplished with a tool containing an eccentric segment on the end of a shaft. When rotated within the pocket, the eccentric segment displaces laterally relative to the shaft to provide a friction grip to the lateral wall of the pocket. The strength of the grip is proportional to the applied torque. Eccentric displacement allows rotation but prevents the tool from spinning out of the fastener thereby eliminating cam-out and surface damage resulting from contact with a spinning tool tip. The eccentric head of the tool can be made disposable and to shear off when a predetermined torque is reached. The smooth-sided round hole offers no purchase for commonly available tools; making the fastener tamper-resistance. In another embodiment, the fastener includes a raised portion in the pocket. A tool having a complementary opening shears off the raised portion at a predetermined torque.

Abstract: A screwdriver assembly includes a handle, a shank mounted on the handle and having a fork-shaped first end formed with two opposite pivot ears and an opening located between the two opposite pivot ears, and a screwdriver head pivotally mounted in the opening of the shank between the two opposite pivot ears. Thus, screwdriver assembly that can save the user's energy and manual work, thereby facilitating the user rotating the screw member.

Abstract: A tool kit includes a body, a socket and a positioning device. The body includes a first end, a second end and a chamber defined therein. The socket is used for holding a tool bit. The socket is pivotally connected with the first end of the body. The positioning device selectively can retain the socket in one of several positions relative to the body. The positioning device may include a boss formed on the first end of the body and a plurality of recesses defined in an internal face of the socket.

Abstract: A lightweight tool extending apparatus comprising an outer member having a lower end structured for interconnection with a drive ratchet, an inner member structured for insertion into the outer member in sliding relation thereto and having an upper end structured for interconnection with a drive head, a universal joint structured to rotate and pivot about its longitudinal axis so that the outer member may be angled relative to the inner member, a light mounted to the inner member structured to generate a focused light beam above the upper end of the inner member, and a depressible button in a side of the inner member structured to protrude through one of a plurality of holes in a corresponding side of the outer member, thereby securing the inner and outer members in place relative to one another.

Abstract: A grip for a gardening tool is formed with a fitting hole adapted to prevent rotation of the tool. The inner wall of the fitting hole has multiple symmetrically arranged engaging faces which define a space for accommodating a flat, rectangular or hexagonal fitting section of different tools so as to avoid rotation of the tool's fitting section.

Abstract: A screwdriver handle includes a main body having an end releasably engaged with a screwdriver tip. The main body includes two opposite lateral sides each having a compartment defined therein. Two pivotal covers are pivotally connected to the main body to cover the compartments, respectively. Each pivotal cover includes a holder plate formed on an inner side thereof and having a number of holes for holding screwdriver tips and a number of semi-circle recesses for holding sockets. When a push pin is pushed, two hooks of the pivotal covers are disengaged with two latches of an engaging member that is moved by the push pin such that the pivotal covers pivot outwardly under the action of two elastic members.

Abstract: A tool includes a hub for slidably receiving a shaft which includes one or more projections. A driving stem has a number of internal teeth for engaging with the projection of the shaft. A spring may bias the projection of the shaft to engage with the internal teeth of the driving stem for positioning the driving stem. The driving stem is allowed to rotate about the shaft when the projection of the shaft is disengaged from the internal teeth by depressing the shaft against the spring.

Abstract: A surgical screwdriver for inserting bone screws in bone tunnels in ligament reconstruction has, in a preferred embodiment, a cannulated flexible shaft portion. The flexible shaft portion is formed by a plurality of linkage members disposed in series. Each linkage member is joined to an adjacent linkage member so as to permit adjacent linkage members to be pivotally movable with respect to one another about a pivot axis. The screwdriver is used in methods of arthroscopic cruciate ligament reconstruction including the steps of introducing the screwdriver along a guide wire through a portal that is offset from the longitudinal axis of a bone tunnel and driving an interference screw mounted on the driver in the bone tunnel to fixate a bone block in the bone tunnel.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide an ergonomical and practical, handle-equipped universal striking tool with exchangeable tool bits for use when center-punching, driving cotter pins and nail heads and driving in clips of various kinds, i.e. for such activities where today a hammer is used for striking a separate thumb-grip held object or separate, thumb-grip held tools. The problems with the earlier known technique are a.o. inferior accessibility, tool instability, inferior view, impact injury risks and overloading of the hand, and the problems of looking after a complete tool kit. This object is achieved in accordance with the present invention by a handle (1), which at least at one end is equipped with an at least in one plane pivotably arranged driver head socket (2), to which a driver head (3) is attached, said driver head socket being pivotably and lockably arranged in said handle.

Abstract: In order to enhance the availability of tools, a multi-function tool includes a handle having first and second ends with the first end having an opening for receiving a screwdriver tip, and the second end having an opening for receiving a tube which is releaseably retained in relation to the handle by a collet. The handle has opposed side openings extending from the second end to a point near the collet. The tube is mounted for limited axial sliding movement relative to the handle from a position where one of its ends is retained by the collet to a position where it is no longer retained by the collet to position the tube in alignment with the side openings in the handle. The tube is also mounted for pivoting movement when it is in alignment with the side openings to a generally transversely extending position. The tube cooperates with the handle in the generally transversely extending position to define a T-shaped handled for applying increased torque to the first handle end.

Abstract: A parking member service tool is provided, which consists of a body having a first end, a second end, a top surface, a bottom surface and lateral sides. A handle extends from the first end of the body. A elongated blade extends from the second end of the body. A first tool member is mounted to the body and is positioned at the top surface thereof. A second tool member is mounted to the body and is positioned at the bottom surface thereof.

Abstract: This invention relates to a driving tool having a dual-position handle for turning screws, nuts, bolts and the like. In the first of the two operating positions, the handle is locked in longitudinal alignment with a drive shaft for fast operation substantially in the manner of a common, ordinary screwdriver or nutdriver for as long as the work piece is relatively easy to turn. When the turning operation becomes more difficult as the work piece is progressively tightened and a means for applying additional torque would be desirable and of considerable advantage, such as during the last tightening turns, the handle may be unlocked and pivoted from its first operating position to a second operating position whereby it intersects the longitudinal axis of the drive shaft by as much as a 90-degree angle, thereby providing a means whereby the amount of torque that can be applied is substantially increased.

Abstract: A shoe tool having a generally cylindrical gripping surface on a handle, such surface sized and shaped for firm hand gripping, an L-shaped passageway in the head with a pin therethrough to connect at all times a shaft to the handle while permitting the shaft to be held in a working position or a folded rest position. The shaft carries a working head which is a wrench, a cleaning tool, or both.

Abstract: A screwdriver having a handle, locking sleeve, and blade, the blade being pivotally connected at the center of the handle, the blade having the ability to be pivoted from the basic in-line operating position relative to the handle to a second operating position at ninety degrees to the usual longitudinal position. The sleeve aids in maintaining the desired position of the blade and handle.

Abstract: A "hot-stick" mountable sensor module for attachment and removable from a live power transmission line. A tool is insertable into a mounted module to attach the module to the tool and permit removal of the module from the line.

Abstract: A reversible bladed screwdriver comprising a slotted hollow handle and a pivotally attached reversible screwdriver blade capable of being reversed when in a fully extended position, being held in a conventional colinear position when retracted and being held at an oblique angle to the handle for maximum application of torque when in a semi-extended position. Such a screwdriver is particularly useful for one handed application of torque.

Abstract: A removal tool for a tangless helically coiled wire insert of the type used for tapped holes in parent material that is generally softer than a fastener being screwed into the tapped hole, whereby a mandrel having a threaded lead portion and a pivotable pawl inserted in a groove below the threaded portion so that the pawl engages a recess of the trailing end of the insert, in order that the insert may be extracted from the tapped hole. The pivotable pawl is automatically disengaged from the insert when the mandrel is pulled back, allowing the mandrel to free spin out of the tangless insert.

Abstract: An insertion tool for a helically coiled wire insert of the type used for tapped holes in parent material that is generally softer than a fastener being screwed into the tapped hole, whereby a mandrel having a threaded lead portion and a pivotal pawl inserted in a groove below the threaded portion so that the pawl engages a recess of the insert, in order that the insert may be screwed into the tapped hole. The pivotal pawl also permits removal and reinsertion of the tool after the coil insert has been installed.

Abstract: A screwdriver comprises a handle having four screwdriver blades pivotally connected adjacent one end. The blades may be pivoted from a stored position alongside the handle to an operative position in advance of the handle. A locking device locks the blade in an operative position and comprises a disc rotatably mounted on the one end of the handle with a slot to engage the blade. The slot has a radial portion and a circumferential position so that the blade first enters the radial portion and the disc is then rotated to hold the blade in the circumferential portion.

Abstract: A screwdriver comprises a handle having four screwdriver blades pivotally connected adjacent one end. The blades may be pivoted from a stored position alongside the handle to an operative position in advance of the handle. A locking device locks the blade in an operative position and comprises a disc rotatably mounted on the one end of the handle with a slot to engage the blade. The slot has a radial portion and a circumferential position so that the blade first enters the radial portion and the disc is then rotated to hold the blade in the circumferential portion.

Abstract: A fastener tool for tightening obstructed fasteners is disclosed. A handle and a blade made of flat metal are pivotably attached at two ends. One end of the blade is bent to form a tip having a generally straight outside edge for inserting into a fastener head. The edge may additionally include a substantially half circle projection from the middle of the line segment for use with cross-slotted or Phillips type fastener heads. The edge may also be slightly outwardly convex.