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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2013
Applicant:
Zircon Corporation, Campbell, CA (US);
Inventors:
Barry Wingate, San Jose, CA (US);
Richard Meech Halliday, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
ZIRCON CORPORATION, Campbell, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 19/00 (2006.01); B25G 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25G 1/102 (2013.01); Y10T 16/476 (2015.01);
Abstract
An implementation of a system and method for a hand tool having a pivot grip is provided. The pivot grip provides an axis of rotation perpendicular to and centered with a pair of concave finger holds positioned at the grip. The hand tool includes a housing forming the pivot grip, a sensor (e.g., stud sensor, capacitive sensor, electromagnetic sensor, metallic sensor, RF sensor, and/or the like) and a power switch.