US 12,168,283 B2
Quick release socket
Beth E. Cholst, Wauwatosa, WI (US); Troy C. Thorson, Cedarburg, WI (US); and Emily Genevriere, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed by MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/703,040.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/165,897, filed on Mar. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0305626 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B25B 21/02 (2006.01); B25B 23/00 (2006.01)
CPC B25B 21/02 (2013.01) [B25B 23/0035 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A socket for use with an anvil of a rotary power tool, the socket comprising:
a cylindrical socket body having a driven end and a working end, the driven end including a receptacle in which a drive end of the anvil having a corresponding shape is receivable in an axial direction;
a locking element adapted to engage a locking recess in the anvil, the locking element positioned within a slot in the driven end of the socket body and movable within the slot between a lock position, in which a portion of the locking element protrudes into the receptacle, and a release position;
a locking sleeve surrounding the driven end of the socket body, the locking sleeve movable between a lock position and a release position, the locking sleeve including an engagement ring adapted to engage the locking element, the engagement ring preventing radially outward motion of the locking element when the locking sleeve is in the lock position;
a first spring extending between the locking element and the socket body, the first spring adapted to bias the locking element toward the lock position; and
a second spring adapted to bias the locking sleeve toward the lock position.