US 11,787,020 B2
Screwdriver and tool holder
Oleksiy P. Sergyeyenko, Baldwin, MD (US); JianHui Jiang, Suzhou (CN); JianFeng Zhang, Suzhou (CN); Ana Garcia, Baltimore, MD (US); and Paul Gerard Gross, White Marsh, MD (US)
Assigned to Black & Decker Inc., New Britain, CT (US)
Filed by Black & Decker Inc., New Britain, CT (US)
Filed on Nov. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/978,455.
Application 17/978,455 is a continuation of application No. 16/803,268, filed on Feb. 27, 2020, granted, now 11,511,402.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/824,024, filed on Mar. 26, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/824,038, filed on Mar. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0057724 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B25B 23/00 (2006.01); B25B 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC B25B 23/0035 (2013.01) [B25B 21/00 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power tool, comprising:
a housing;
a motor housed in the housing; and
a tool holder driven by the motor;
wherein the tool holder is configured to selectively hold one of a screwdriver bit and a hex key, wherein the hex key comprises a first leg, a second leg and a bend between the first leg and the second leg;
wherein the tool holder comprises a rotational axis; and
further comprising a magnet offset from the rotational axis.