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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2008
Donald Paul Gauthreaux, Fullerton, CA (US);
Charles Henry Dibley, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Richard Craig Lantow, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
Jay Raymond Olkowski, Montclair, CA (US);
Donald Paul Gauthreaux, Fullerton, CA (US);
Charles Henry Dibley, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Richard Craig Lantow, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
Jay Raymond Olkowski, Montclair, CA (US);
Huck Patents, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A system, apparatus, and method for installing fasteners are disclosed involving a fastener installation tool and a socket assembly. The fastener installation tool comprises a tool component and a gear head. The gear head comprises a lever, a retaining slide, a retaining slide housing, and at least one gear. The socket assembly comprises a socket, a hex key, and a hex key retainer. An end of the drive shaft of the socket has an annular groove around the circumference of the exterior surface of the drive shaft. When the retaining slide is slid into a locked position, the retaining slide engages the annular groove of the drive shaft of the socket, thereby attaching the drive shaft of the socket to the gear head of the fastener installation tool. A socket gear of the gear head matingly engages the drive shaft of the socket to rotate the socket.