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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 05, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Lars T Pettersson, Glen Rock, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Sandvik Aktiebolag, Sandviken, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
81467 ; 81436 ;
Abstract
A screw includes a socket adapted to receive the tip of a screwdriver. The socket is tapered and formed by a plurality of sides interconnected by rounded corners. Each side is configured as a surface of a segment of a cone having a cone angle of at least three degrees. The screwdriver tip is configured correspondingly to the screw socket. The screwdriver may be mounted in a power driven rotary arm and spring-biased, whereby a tightened screw applies a rearward reaction force to the screwdriver, causing the tip to be displaced from the screw socket and thereby limit the torque applied to the screw.