CPC A61B 17/162 (2013.01) [A61B 17/1757 (2013.01); A61B 17/7076 (2013.01); A61B 17/8875 (2013.01); B25B 23/0035 (2013.01); B25B 23/10 (2013.01); F16D 3/207 (2013.01); A61B 17/7082 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A driver having a ball-in-socket joint, comprising:
a driver tip having a spherical head;
a retention cap having a domed surface to mate with the spherical head;
an input shaft;
a spring disposed in an end of the input shaft and in a recess of the retention cap opposite that of the domed surface; and
a housing that receives the input shaft, the spring, the retention cap and the spherical head,
wherein the housing has a tapered end to positionally retain the spherical head therein, and
wherein the spherical head has a plurality of grooves defined in a surface thereof, the housing defines a plurality of holes, and each of the holes receives a pin that passes through the housing and is received within a respective groove of the spherical head, and
wherein torque applied at the input shaft is transmitted to the housing and to the driver tip by action of the pins within the grooves of the spherical head.
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