Combination driver and combination fastener for hexagonal and lobed-head fastening systems
CA 2610384 C · Owner: Synthes (U.S.A.) · Inventors: Pacheco, Raymond A. Jr.
Overview
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A driver has a tip that enables it to engage each one of a conventional hexagonal-head fastener and a conventional lobed-head fastener. The tip includes alternating flutes and crests. The crests are substantially flat to engage straight walls of a hexagonal-head. The flutes engage the lobed head of the fastener. A socket-type driver engages each type of conventional fastener. A fastener and a pair of socket-type fasteners have alternating flutes which , can be engaged by a conventional lobed-head driver and crests or sidewall , surfaces, which can be engaged by a conventional hexagonal-head driver.
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- Filed May 26, 2006 and granted July 15, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 26, 2026.
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