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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:
Feb. 25, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 22, 1994
Kenneth L McMahon, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Robert W Sullivan, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL (US);
Abstract
The slide element of a termination tool is modified to include an outer torque/slide body portion, thereby forming a combination--torque and slide--element, which provides the auxiliary capability of imparting torque to an engageable hardware element, such as slotted end or cross-point end screwdriver bit, thereby enabling the tool used to drive commonly used hardware fasteners. The interior bore of the handle in which a slide element is normally axially translatable is modified to capture respective halves of a protective sleeve element. The protective sleeve element is shaped to conform with the shape of a torque/slide body portion of the torque/slide element. The torque/slide element is preferably metallic (e.g. steel) and is generally cylindrically shaped, having a longitudinal axis that is alignable with the longitudinal axis of the tool.