Universal joint
CA 2883239 C · Owner: Apex Brands, Inc. · Inventors: Gharib, Awad; Dexter, Bruce; Delaney, Dana L.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
A universal joint to transmit force from a tool to a workpiece. A driver attachable to the tool has a spherical cavity. A plurality of inwardly facing protrusions are formed in the cavity. Each protrusion has a pair of conical sidewalls separated by an angled ramp. A driven socket has a sphere formed on one end. The sphere has a plurality of channels The sphere is received in the spherical cavity in the driver and the protrusions in the cavity are received in the channels. The drive webs forming the channel engage the protrusions when the driver is angularly offset from the driven socket.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed December 18, 2003 and granted November 27, 2018. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 18, 2023.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by December 18, 2025.
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