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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2008
Brian James Cutler, Rowland Heights, CA (US);
Charles Parkin Davis, Torrance, CA (US);
Brian James Cutler, Rowland Heights, CA (US);
Charles Parkin Davis, Torrance, CA (US);
California Torque Products, Inc., Chino, CA (US);
Abstract
A lockable torque-limiting driver that includes, a body, a sleeve, a shaft carried by the body for rotation relative thereto and having a fastener-engaging tip at one end that projects from the body, a torque-limiting mechanism coupled to the shaft and housed within said body, a torque-adjusting mechanism within the body and coupled to the torque-limiting mechanism for adjusting the torque-limiting mechanism to a desired torque value, a torque-locking mechanism operably coupled with the torque-adjusting mechanism and the body or the sleeve for preventing movement of the torque-determining means and locking the settable torque-limiting driver at the desired torque value.