ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,259, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Snap-on Inc. (Kenosha, Wis.).
"Multiple spring wire-form retention socket" was invented by Anup A. Gupte (Buffalo Grove, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A socket having a working end with a socket receiving area that is adapted to receive a work piece, and an opposing drive end adapted to engage a lug of a torque application tool. The socket includes spring-wire forms disposed in the socket receiving area that are adapted to apply a biased force to the work piece when the work piece is received in the socket receiving area, wherein the spring-wire forms include a first and second end and ar...