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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2020
Snap-on Incorporated, Kenosha, WI (US);
Preston T. Gaines, Racine, WI (US);
Snap-on Incorporated, Kenosha, WI (US);
Abstract
A slip-on adapter that is adapted to be coupled to existing adapters that have already been developed. The slip-on adapter couples to existing adapters by positive retention on either the outside diameter or inside diameter of the existing adapter. For example, the slip-on adapter can include an O-ring that grips the outside diameter of the existing adapter that it is slipped onto. The slip-on adapter can also be used as a 'flip adapter' with different geometries at both ends for use with two different size ball joints. This allows for less expensive adapters for new size ball joints by connecting to existing adapters, rather than requiring full machining of a new adapter.