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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2018
Applicant:
Eca Medical Instruments, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Inventors:
David Ivinson, Camarillo, CA (US);
David Tory, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
ECA MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC., Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B 23/00 (2006.01); B23B 31/107 (2006.01); B25B 15/00 (2006.01); B25G 3/18 (2006.01); B25B 13/46 (2006.01); B25B 23/16 (2006.01); B25B 15/04 (2006.01); B25B 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B 23/0035 (2013.01); B23B 31/1071 (2013.01); B25B 13/46 (2013.01); B25B 15/008 (2013.01); B25B 23/16 (2013.01); B25G 3/18 (2013.01); B23B 2231/0256 (2013.01); B25B 15/04 (2013.01); B25B 21/00 (2013.01);
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. The sleeve is oriented to the tool collar to place a flexible hinge and finger over the bearing 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.