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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2010
David Wuester, Sr., San Jose, CA (US);
Jambunathan Vangal-ramamurthy, San Jose, CA (US);
David Wuester, Sr., San Jose, CA (US);
Jambunathan Vangal-Ramamurthy, San Jose, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A floating head couples a screwdriver to a screw finder. The floating head includes a screwdriver attachment assembly that attaches to a screwdriver for driving a first rotation member (FRM). The floating head includes a screw finder attachment assembly that attaches to a bit of a screw finder such that driving a second rotation member (SRM) drives the bit. The floating head includes a ball shaft having a first end portion (EP) engaged in a first socket of the FRM and a second EP engaged in a second socket of the SRM. When the FRM is driven by the screwdriver, the ball shaft translates rotation of the FRM to the SRM. When the FRM and the SRM are displaced relative to one another, the ball shaft tilts such that the first EP maintains engagement with the first socket and the second EP maintains engagement with the second socket.