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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2021
Applicant:
Snap-on Incorporated, Kenosha, WI (US);
Inventor:
Anup A. Gupte, Kenosha, WI (US);
Assignee:
Snap-on Incorporated, Kenosha, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B 23/10 (2006.01); B25B 13/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B 23/105 (2013.01); B25B 13/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A socket having a working end with a work piece aperture that is adapted to receive a work piece and an opposing drive end adapted to engage a torque application tool. The socket includes a biasing member adapted to apply a biased frictional force to the work piece received in the work piece aperture and including first and second opposing ends, where the first end is restricted from moving in the radial direction, and the second end includes a bent portion and is restricted from moving in the axial direction, and a groove formed in an internal surface of the work piece aperture. The bent portion engages the groove.