Granted Patent B2

US 12,496,690 · App. 18/341,849 · Granted Dec 16, 2025

Inventor: Chien-Ying Lee (Taichung, TW)

B25B23/105B25B13/04B25B13/065B25B13/08B25B13/462B25B13/5033

Abstract

Claims (60)

1 . An engaging structure for a hand tool, comprising:

a main body;

wherein:

the main body is provided with a mounting element;

the mounting element includes six drive portions and six receiving portions;

the six drive portions and the six receiving portions are arranged alternately and annularly;

each of the six drive portions has an arcuate convex shape;

each of the six drive portions includes two first arcuate faces and a second arcuate face;

the second arcuate face is situated at a center of each of the six drive portions;

the second arcuate face is located between the two first arcuate faces;

the second arcuate face is more projected than each of the two first arcuate faces;

the two first arcuate faces are spaced by the second arcuate face;

each of the two first arcuate faces has a first radius;

the second arcuate face has a second radius;

the first radius is more than the second radius;

the ratio between the first radius and the second radius is more than two;

each of the two first arcuate faces is tangent to a first horizontal line;

the second arcuate face is tangent to a second horizontal line;

a first distance is defined between the first horizontal line and the second horizontal line;

the first distance is less than 0.7 mm;

a second distance is defined between two ends of the second arcuate face;

each of the six receiving portions has an arcuate concave shape;

each of the six receiving portions is arranged between one of the two first arcuate faces of one of the six drive portions and one of the two first arcuate faces of another one of the six drive portions;

each of the six receiving portions forms a first circle;

the first circle is not tangent to each of the two first arcuate faces;

the first circle has a third radius;

the third radius is less than the first radius;

the third radius is less than the second radius;

each of the six receiving portions is a single arc;

the mounting element has a center;

the center forms a second circle;

the second circle forms a first hexagon having six sides;

the second arcuate face of each of the six drive portions is tangent to one of the six sides of the first hexagon of the second circle;

the center is provided with a vertical line;

the vertical line passes through the most protruding position of the second arcuate face;

the vertical line passes through a center of each of the two first arcuate faces and a center of the second arcuate face;

a third distance is defined between any two opposite sides of the first hexagon;

each of the six sides of the first hexagon has a length defining a fourth distance;

the fourth distance is three times to five times of the second distance;

the fourth distance is optimally 3.7 times to 4.3 times of the second distance;

the center is served as an axis defining a second hexagon;

the second hexagon is less than the first hexagon;

the second hexagon has six sides parallel with the six sides of the first hexagon;

the second hexagon has six angled corners;

each of the six angled corners is situated at a center of the first circle of one of the six receiving portions; and

each of the six angled corners is served as a center of the third radius.

2 . The engaging structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the main body is a box end wrench or an engaging member of a hand tool.

3 . The engaging structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the main body is a ratchet wheel structure pivotally mounted on a ratchet wrench.

4 . The engaging structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the main body is a socket structure.

5 . The engaging structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the main body is a sliding rod structure, a float connector, or a universal connector.

6 . The engaging structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the main body is an open end wrench structure or a pipe wrench structure.

7 . The engaging structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

each of the six receiving portions has an arcuate concave shape;

each of the six receiving portions is arranged between one of the two first arcuate faces of one of the six drive portions and one of the two first arcuate faces of another one of the six drive portions;

each of the six receiving portions has an interior forming a first circle;

the first circle is tangent to each of the two first arcuate faces;

each of the six receiving portions is not tangent to each of the two first arcuate faces;

each of the six receiving portions has a radius slightly more than that of the first circle;

each of the six receiving portions and the first circle have the same center of circle; and

each of the six receiving portions is a single arc.

Continuity (1)

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