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Granted Patent B2
US 9,486,900 · App. 14/046,544 · Granted Nov 8, 2016

Screw drive design

Inventors: Patrick Werner (Bermatingen, DE); Gerhard Moeller (Forchtenberg, DE); Dirk Doellner (Heilbronn, DE)
Assignee: Arnold Umformtechnik GmbH & Co. KG
B25B15/005F16B23/0007F16B23/0061F16B23/0076F16B41/005
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Patent No.
US 9,486,900
App. No.
14/046,544
Granted
Nov 8, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A screwdriver drive design for a screwdriver features an engagement end that is complementary to a fastening element drive design for a fastening element to be screwed. The fastening element drive design includes at least two drive surfaces formed on the fastening element for transmission of a torque suitable for rotation with a tool in a first rotation direction and transition surfaces disposed between these drive surfaces. The transition surfaces form a guide surface for the tool when rotating the tool in the first rotation direction and upon engagement of the tool in the other rotation direction causes an axial outward displacement of the tool, wherein the transition surfaces are formed as outside surfaces, and wherein the outside of the fastening element, outside the transition surfaces and the drive surfaces, lies in a cylindrical jacket forming a recess.

Claims (18)

1. A screwdriver drive design for a screwdriver the engagement end of which features a form that is complementary to a fastening element drive design for a fastening element to be screwed, the fastening element drive design comprising

a drive design surface formed to be complementary to at least two drive surfaces formed on the fastening element for transmission of a torque suitable for rotation with a tool in a first rotation direction and

transition surfaces disposed between these drive surfaces, which form a guide surface for the tool when rotating the tool in the first rotation direction and upon engagement of the tool in the other rotation direction causes an axial outward displacement of the tool,

wherein the transition surfaces are formed as outside surfaces, and

wherein the transition surfaces of the fastening element drive design surface are formed as outside surfaces.

2. The screwdriver drive design according to claim 1 , wherein the transition surfaces are formed as inwardly aligned surfaces.

3. The screwdriver drive design according to claim 1 , wherein the drive surfaces of the fastening element drive design are disposed in radial planes.

4. The screwdriver drive design according to claim 1 , wherein the drive surfaces of the fastening element drive design lie in a cross-section through the fastening element drive design respectively on a radius or parallel to a radius.

5. The screwdriver drive design according to claim 1 , wherein in an even number of drive surfaces respectively two drive surfaces of the fastening element drive design extend in the cross-section of a diameter or parallel to a diameter.

6. The screwdriver drive design according to claim 1 , wherein the drive surfaces of the fastening element drive design extend in a longitudinal section through the drive design parallel to the axis of rotation or in the axis of rotation.

7. The screwdriver drive design according to claim 1 , wherein the drive surfaces of the fastening element drive design form a drive edge, whereby the drive edges of all drive surfaces diverge in the direction of the end face of the fastening element for a drive design formed in a recess and converge for a drive design formed on the outside.

8. The screwdriver drive design according to claim 1 , wherein the transition surfaces of the fastening element drive design are formed as wedge-shaped surfaces.

9. The screwdriver drive design according to claim 8 , wherein the transition surfaces of the fastening element drive design extend between the drive edge of a drive surface, the connection of the drive surface with the bottom of a recess and the wall of the recess.

10. The screwdriver drive design according to claim 1 , with an odd number of drive surfaces and transition surfaces in the fastening element drive design.

11. The screwdriver drive design according to claim 1 , wherein a recess of the fastening element drive design at least partially features a decreasing cross-section in the direction away from the end face the screw head.

12. The screwdriver drive design according to claim 1 , wherein a recess of the fastening element drive design is partially at least formed cylindrical in shape.

13. The screwdriver drive design according to claim 1 , wherein a recess of the fastening element drive design converges into a pointed tip.

14. The screwdriver drive design according to claim 1 , wherein a recess of the fastening element drive design features a particularly plane bottom.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 14, 2014
From: WERNER, PATRICK; MOELLER, GERHARD; DOELLNER, DIRK
To: ARNOLD UMFORMTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 031963/0423 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2008 036 577 · Jul 31, 2008 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 13056364 · Apr 20, 2011
Related Publication 20140102264A1 · Apr 17, 2014