IP Library Granted Patent US 12,318,893
Granted Patent B2
US 12,318,893 · App. 17/903,147 · Granted Jun 3, 2025

Bit holder for holding and screwing a screw with a screw head in a mounting base

Inventors: Alexander Hingst (Hagen-Fley, DE); Frank Rohlfs (Hagen, DE)
Assignee: Kirchhoff Witte GmbH
B25B23/12B25B23/0035
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Patent No.
US 12,318,893
App. No.
17/903,147
Granted
Jun 3, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bit holder for holding and driving a screw with a screw head into a fastening base, comprising a clamping region for connecting the bit holder to a driving tool and a bit receptacle for inserting a bit suitable for driving the screw. The bit holder has at least one magnet arranged eccentrically relative to the bit holder with one pole facing the screw head. The at least one magnet is held floating on a magnet holder in relation to a bit held in the bit receptacle, so that the pole face of the magnet can align according to the contour of the screw head in order to hold the screw on the bit holder in such a way that the bit engages torque-locked in a rotary driver contour of the screw head.

Claims (13)

1. A bit holder for holding and driving a screw with a screw head into a fastening base, comprising:

a clamping region for connecting the bit holder to a driving tool and a bit receptacle for inserting a bit fitting a screw,

the bit holder having at least one magnet eccentrically arranged relative to the bit holder with one pole facing a screw head,

the at least one magnet being held floating on a magnet holder in relation to a bit held in the bit receptacle, with the magnet holder configured to enable a pivoting movement of the at least one magnet, such that a pole face of the at least one magnet can align according to the contour of a screw head in order to hold a screw on the bit holder such that the bit is torque-locked in a rotary driver contour of a screw head.

2. The bit holder of claim 1 , wherein the magnet holder points radially outwards from a longitudinal axis of the bit holder and is elastically deformable for the floating mounting of the magnet.

3. The bit holder of claim 1 , wherein the magnet holder is formed as a deformable perforated disc on which several magnets are circumferentially distributed-.

4. The bit holder of claim 1 , wherein the magnet holder has at least one predetermined buckling point for providing the floating mounting of the magnet along its circumference.

5. The bit holder of claim 1 , wherein the magnet holder is made of an elastomer.

6. The bit holder of claim 1 , wherein the magnet holder is held on the bit holder by a housing enclosing the magnet holder at least in sections.

7. The bit holder of claim 6 , wherein at least a portion of the housing having a curved inner contour with a curvature being greater than a trajectory of the free end of the magnet holder at least in sections when the magnet holder is deformed to fit the contour of a screw head.

8. The bit holder of claim 6 , wherein the housing is rotatably mounted around a longitudinal axis of the bit holder relative to the bit receptacle.

9. The bit holder of claim 1 , wherein the magnet holder can be moved relative to the bit in a set-up state in a longitudinal direction of the bit holder and is fixed in the longitudinal direction when it is in use.

10. The bit holder of claim 1 , wherein there is at least one section with a reduced cross-sectional area between the clamping region and the bit receptacle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 6, 2022
From: HINGST, ALEXANDER; ROHLFS, FRANK
To: KIRCHHOFF WITTE GMBH
Reel/Frame 061333/0051 →
Priority Claims (2)
DE 20 2021 104 749.6 · Sep 3, 2021 · national
DE 10 2021 122 932.4 · Sep 6, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230073611A1 · Mar 9, 2023
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