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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2016
Applicant:
Eca Medical Instruments, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
David Ivinson, Camarillo, CA (US);
David Tory, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
ECA Medical Instruments, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B 23/00 (2006.01); B23B 31/107 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B 23/0035 (2013.01); B23B 31/107 (2013.01); B23B 31/1071 (2013.01); B23B 2270/06 (2013.01); Y10T 29/4987 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49853 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49876 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49945 (2015.01); Y10T 29/53657 (2015.01); Y10T 29/53843 (2015.01); Y10T 29/53909 (2015.01); Y10T 279/17162 (2015.01);
Abstract
A latch and catch arrangement is disclosed, whereby a sleeve supporting a flexible hinge with an extended finger is oriented over a fluid connection to a socket guide. An alignment via a latch and catch between the sleeve and tool collar orients a flexible hinge, which may be of reduced thickness, over a bearing in a guide. The finger moves upward when a tool is inserted into a tool socket, and the flexible hinge, properly oriented by the alignment catch/latch, keeps the finger in the tool socket while allowing necessary movement to insert and remove a tool.