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Date of Patent:
May. 07, 1991

Filed:

Oct. 31, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:

Richard B Wright, Akron, OH (US);

Theodore M Vozenilek, Canton, OH (US);

Brent P Fleming, Copley, OH (US);

Assignee:

Wright Tool Company, Barberton, OH (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
811211 ;
Abstract

A wrench for turning a fastener nut having a central axis and an even-numbered plurality of flat bounding surfaces parallel to the central axis with diametrically opposite pairs being parallel to each other. The wrench includes a fastener nut engaging socket defined about a central socket axis by a plurality of uniformly spaced peripherally and radially disposed protuberances and plurality of uniformly spaced corner recesses disposed between the protuberances. Each protuberance includes outwardly diverging angularly related straight engaging surfaces for registry with the flat surfaces on the fastener nut. Each recess is comprised of a first arcuate surface tangential to a circle about the central axis of the socket and transitional surfaces converging from the adjacent protuberances toward the first arcuate surface.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Wright, Richard. (1991). Socket wrench opening (U.S. Patent No. 5012706). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5012706

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