US 12,240,096 B2
Portable socket holder for sockets or bits connectable to a power tool
Carl Johan Erik Wallgren, Stockholm (SE)
Assigned to ATLAS COPCO INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUE AB, Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/620,160
Filed by ATLAS COPCO INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUE AB, Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Jun. 17, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/066682
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 17, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/254354, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1930212-4 (SE), filed on Jun. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0274247 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. B25H 3/00 (2006.01); B25F 5/00 (2006.01); B25H 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC B25H 3/003 (2013.01) [B25F 5/00 (2013.01); B25H 3/06 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable socket holder for sockets or bits connectable to a power tool, the portable socket holder comprising:
socket compartments for different types of sockets or bits;
first visual indication means arranged to visually indicate at least one of the socket compartments;
screw or bolt compartments for different types of tightening joint elements; and
second visual indication means arranged to visually indicate at least one of the screw or bolt compartments; and
a processor and a memory comprising computer code instructions executable by the processor, whereby, by operation of the computer code instructions, the processor controls the first and second visual indication means to visually indicate specific ones of the socket and screw or bolt compartments,
wherein when said processor controls said first visual indication means to indicate a specific one of the socket compartments, said processor controls said second visual indication means to visually indicate, based on which socket compartment is indicated by said first visual indication means, a specific one of the screw or bolt compartments from which a screw or bolt should be removed for use with a socket from the specific socket compartment indicated by said first visual indication means,
wherein said processor is further configured to sense if a screw or bolt has been removed from one of the screw or bolt compartments.