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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2005
James R. Spaulding, Macomb, MI (US);
Richard A. Knoth, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Nidamaluri S. Nagesh, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Tony J. Deschutter, St. Clair Shores, MI (US);
James R. Spaulding, Macomb, MI (US);
Richard A. Knoth, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Nidamaluri S. Nagesh, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Tony J. Deschutter, St. Clair Shores, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A hand tool has two digital video cameras mounted thereon adjacent to a working end of the tool for viewing a work site, which video cameras are connected to a pair of liquid crystal displays (LCDs) mounted on the tool proximate a control end of the tool. The hand tool includes a barrel with a handle at the control end and a control operator for activating the tool, wherein the control operator is in operative relationship with the handle and wherein the working end of the tool is positioned at the end of the barrel opposite the control end of the tool. In an illustrated example, the cameras and LCDs are mounted on a pneumatic nut runner with a T-head tool drive.