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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:
Aug. 04, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
William T Taylor, Houma, LA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
166237 ; 74 88 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a tool for converting axial force into torque comprising a body and set teeth positioned on the body. The tool also has a mandrel positioned to move relative to the body and drive teeth positioned on the mandrel such that there is relative motion between said set teeth and said drive teeth. When the set teeth and drive teeth engage, torque is applied to the mandrel.