US 11,724,366 B2
Rotatable hand tools and fasteners
Christopher S. Hoppe, Milwaukee, WI (US); Aaron S. Blumenthal, Wauwatosa, WI (US); Aaron M. Williams, Milwaukee, WI (US); Michael John Caelwaerts, Milwaukee, WI (US); Max R. Sawa, Palatine, IL (US); Caroline Hope, Grafton, WI (US); James Wekwert, Wauwatosa, WI (US); and Jason D. Thurner, Menomonee Falls, WI (US)
Assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed by Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed on May 7, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/869,229.
Application 16/869,229 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2018/060027, filed on Nov. 9, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/585,369, filed on Nov. 13, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/585,507, filed on Nov. 13, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/584,382, filed on Nov. 10, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0262034 A1, Aug. 20, 2020
Int. Cl. B25B 23/142 (2006.01); B25B 23/147 (2006.01); B25B 23/08 (2006.01); B25B 17/02 (2006.01); B25B 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC B25B 17/02 (2013.01) [B25B 21/004 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hand tool, comprising:
a housing forming an outer grip, the housing having a front end and a back end opposite of the front end;
a splined socket passing through the housing and defining a passageway that extends from the front end of the housing to the back end of the housing;
a rotatable actuator that rotates the splined socket within the housing as a rotational force is applied to the outer grip;
gearing interconnecting the rotatable actuator to the splined socket, wherein the gearing increases a rotational speed of the splined socket relative to a rotational speed of the outer grip as the housing is rotated; and
wherein the rotational speed of the splined socket relative to the outer grip is increased as the outer grip is rotated.