US 12,365,066 B2
Fastener installation systems and adapters
Troy Hale, Goodlettsville, TN (US); and Adam Tillinghast, Nashville, TN (US)
Assigned to SIMPSON STRONG-TIE COMPANY INC., Pleasanton, CA (US)
Filed by SIMPSON STRONG-TIE COMPANY INC., Pleasanton, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/450,672.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/091,701, filed on Oct. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0111500 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. B25B 23/04 (2006.01); B25B 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC B25B 23/045 (2013.01) [B25B 21/00 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fastener installation system comprising:
a power driver having a power source;
a fastener delivery attachment having an adapter release button on an exterior surface, a slide body coupled to an attachment body for reciprocal displacement in a retraction stroke wherein the fastener delivery attachment is configured to deliver one or more fasteners;
an adapter comprising a first end operable to engage the power driver and a second end having a spline with teeth operable to engage the fastener delivery attachment; and
a torque transmitter operable to transmit torque from the power driver to the one or more fasteners.