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Granted Patent B2
US 11,148,277 · App. 16/550,491 · Granted Oct 19, 2021

Screwdriver bit accommodating seat retaining structure of screwdriver

Inventor: Cheng-Te Hu (Tainan, TW)
Assignee: Gong Fong Enterprise Co., Ltd.
B25G1/085B25B23/0035B25B23/16B25B15/02
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Patent No.
US 11,148,277
App. No.
16/550,491
Granted
Oct 19, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A screwdriver bit accommodating seat retaining structure of a screwdriver includes a main body, a fixing unit, and an accommodating seat. The main body has an accommodating chamber therein and two ends defined as a fixing end and an open end. The fixing unit includes a shaft, a plug, an elastic member, and a fixing member. One end of the shaft has a plug hole. The plug is fixed in the plug hole. The elastic member is made of a metal material and has at least one elastic piece. The elastic member has a perforation. The fixing member is inserted through the perforation to fix the elastic member to the plug. The accommodating seat is fitted onto the fixing unit, and has at least one clamping groove, and is connected with a cap. An inner edge of the accommodating seat is annularly provided with an engaging portion.

Claims (13)

1. A screwdriver bit accommodating seat retaining structure of a screwdriver, comprising:

a main body, having an accommodating chamber therein, two ends of the main body being defined as a fixing end and an open end, respectively;

a fixing unit, fixed in the accommodating chamber, the fixing unit including a shaft, a plug, an elastic member and a fixing member, one end of the shaft being formed with a plug hole, the plug being fixed in the plug hole, the elastic member being made of a metal material and having at least one elastic piece, the elastic member being provided with a perforation, the fixing member being inserted through the perforation and fixed to the plug so as to fix the elastic member to the plug;

an accommodating seat, movably disposed in the accommodating chamber, the accommodating seat having a through hole therein, the accommodating seat being fitted onto a periphery of the fixing unit, the accommodating seat being provided with at least one clamping groove, the accommodating seat being connected with a cap, an inner edge of the accommodating seat being annularly provided with an engaging portion, the elastic piece being elastically engaged with the engaging portion so that the cap is secured to the open end to close the accommodating chamber.

2. The screwdriver bit accommodating seat retaining structure of the screwdriver as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an engaging block is disposed in the fixing end, two ends of the engaging block are respectively formed with an insertion hole and a threaded end, another end of the shaft is formed with a threaded section, and the threaded section is threadedly connected to the threaded end.

3. The screwdriver bit accommodating seat retaining structure of the screwdriver as claimed in claim 1 , wherein one side of the plug, opposite to the plug hole, is provided with a cross-shaped recessed portion, the elastic member is in a corresponding cross shape, and the elastic member is engaged in the recessed portion to be constrained so that the elastic member does not rotate relative to the plug.

4. The screwdriver bit accommodating seat retaining structure of the screwdriver as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the fixing member is a screw, the recessed portion is provided with a screw hole, and the fixing member is inserted through the perforation and screwed into the screw hole.

5. The screwdriver bit accommodating seat retaining structure of screwdriver as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the plug is provided with a groove, when the plug bears a pressure from the shaft, the groove generates a contraction and deformation allowance inwardly.

6. The screwdriver bit accommodating seat retaining structure of the screwdriver as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the screw hole communicates with the groove, and the fixing member is screwed into the screw hole to generate an outward force to the plug so that the plug is tightly fixed to the shaft.

7. The screwdriver bit accommodating seat retaining structure of the screwdriver as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the groove is in a cross shape.

8. The screwdriver bit accommodating seat retaining structure of the screwdriver as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one elastic piece of the elastic member includes four elastic pieces extending outwardly.

9. The screwdriver bit accommodating seat retaining structure of the screwdriver as claimed in claim 1 , wherein one end of the accommodating seat is sleeved with a limiting ring, the limiting ring is confined in the accommodating chamber, an inner edge of the end sleeved with limiting ring of the accommodating seat is provided with a flange, the flange has an inner diameter less than an outer diameter of the plug, when the accommodating seat is pulled outwardly, the flange is blocked by the plug so that the accommodating seat cannot be completely separated from the accommodating chamber.

10. The screwdriver bit accommodating seat retaining structure of the screwdriver as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an annular protruding block is disposed on a periphery of another end of the accommodating seat, an annular groove is disposed on an inner edge of the cap, and the annular protruding block is engaged into the annular groove so that the accommodating seat is movably connected to the cap.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2019
From: HU, CHENG-TE
To: GONG FONG ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
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Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210060758A1 · Mar 4, 2021
Cited By (1)
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