US Patent: 6,126,882 - Method of molding a socket tool


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US Patent: 6,126,882

Method of molding a socket tool

Patentees:

Dean J. Iwinski (exact or similar names) - Muskego, WI

Marco E. DeVecchis (exact or similar names) - Racine, WI

Gregory A. Zurbuchen (exact or similar names) - Kenosha, WI

George Ulics (exact or similar names) - Gladwin, MI

USPTO Classifications:

264/261, 264/263, 264/276, 264/277, 425/129.1

Tool Categories:

wrenches : wrench components : wrench sockets

Assignees:

Snap-On Technologies, Inc. - Lincolnshire, IL

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

none listed

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Jun. 10, 1999
Granted:	Oct. 03, 2000

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Snap-On Tools Company History

Description:

Seyfarth & Shaw - patent attorneys

This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/698,782, filed Aug. 16, 1996 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,970,826.

Abstract

A socket tool is formed primarily from non-metallic composite material. The socket tool body is compression molded of high-strength, glass-reinforced vinyl ester sheet molding compound. Metal inserts are respectively received in the driven and driving ends of the tool body, the inserts respectively defining openings for respectively mateably receiving associated driving and driven members, the inserts being disposed in the body so that no portion of the inserts projects outwardly beyond the exterior surface of the body. The inserts are preferably insert molded in the body, but may also be fixedly secured in pre-existing recesses in the ends of the body, as by press-fitting or bonding. In the latter case, the inserts are provided with anti-rotation outer surfaces which are non-circular in transverse cross-sectional shape.