IP Library Granted Patent US 12,479,072
Granted Patent B2
US 12,479,072 · App. 17/628,525 · Granted Nov 25, 2025

Screw-in aid for screwing in a long screw

Inventors: Udo Cera (Schwäbisch Hall, DE); Lukas Wildhagen (Waiblingen, DE)
Assignee: WURTH INTERNATIONAL AG
B25B23/005B25B23/08
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Patent No.
US 12,479,072
App. No.
17/628,525
Granted
Nov 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Screw-in aid for screwing a long screw in a defined screw-in angle in an underground, with at least one ground engaging portion for placing at the underground and at least one screw placing portion for placing the screw on it, wherein the screw-in angle is formed between them, characterized in that at the screw placing portion, a screw holder is, in particular detachably, arranged, which forms a, in particular circumferentially closed, screwing channel for the screw between them, to guide the screw when screwing into the underground.

Claims (15)

1 . Screw-in aid for screwing a long screw in a defined screw-in angle into an underground having at least one ground engaging portion for placing on the underground and at least one screw placing portion for placing the screw therein,

wherein the screw-in angle is formed between the screw placing portion and the ground engaging portion,

wherein at the screw placing portion, a screw holder is arranged which forms a screwing channel for the screw, to guide the screw when screwing into the underground;

wherein the screw-in aid forms a closed polygon;

wherein the screw holder encompasses, at the at least one screw placing portion, a longitudinally displaceable spring clip comprising a substantially U-shaped cross-section for securing the screw holder to the screw-in aid, wherein a covering plate is pivotably mounted on the clip, such that the covering plate is configured to be pivoted away from the screw placing portion, to enable in this open state the placement of a screw at the screw placing portion, or pivoted toward the screw placing portion in a closed state, when the covering plate abuts against the screw placing portion, to form a closed screwing channel between the screw placing portion and the covering plate.

2 . Screw-in aid according to claim 1 , wherein the screw placing portion comprises a groove for receiving the screw.

3 . Screw-in aid according to claim 1 , comprising a second screw placing portion which extends from the free end of the ground engaging portion to the free end of the screw placing portion, such that they form a triangle.

4 . Screw-in aid according to claim 1 ,

comprising a second screw placing portion and a second ground engaging portion, wherein the four portions form a quadrangle and the ground engaging portions and the screw placing portions are opposing each other, wherein between the respective portions respectively different angles are formed.

5 . Screw-in aid according to claim 1 , wherein the screw-in aid and/or the screw holder consist of plastic.

6 . Screw-in aid according to claim 1 , wherein the screw-in angle is between 20 to 90°.

7 . Screw-in aid according to claim 1 , comprising two spacers which are arranged at opposing ends of the ground engaging portion.

8 . Screw-in aid according to claim 1 , wherein a side of the screw placing portion which is facing the screw comprises at least in portions a hard surface or a hard support, to protect the screw placing portion against abrasion by the screw when screwing in the same.

9 . Screw-in aid according to claim 1 , wherein in the ground engaging portion and/or the at least one screw placing portion at least one insertion opening for a bit is formed, to hold at least one bit directly at the screw-in aid for a use with a screwdriver.

10 . Screw-in aid according to claim 1 , wherein the ground engaging portion comprises short and/or thin protrusions to avoid a slipping of the screw-in aid on the underground in use.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2022
From: CERA, UDO; WILDHAGEN, LUKAS
To: WÜRTH INTERNATIONAL AG
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Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2019 119 845.3 · Jul 23, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220274234A1 · Sep 1, 2022
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