Quick Release Socket Structure Without Spring Fatigue

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional quick release sockets experience fatigue in the elastic member, leading to a loss of ability to secure the tool head due to repeated pressing operations.

Innovation Solution

A quick release socket design featuring a main body with a polygonal hole, through holes, a fastening ring groove, and an engaging groove with a protruding rib that allows the socket to slide forward and backward, eliminating the need for an additional spring to secure or release the tool head.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If an elastic member is used to press the connecting rod between the protruding ring and the hook, then the socket can be securely fastened to the cylinder body, but the elastic member will gradually fatigue after repeated pressing operations and lose its ability to secure the tool head

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesecuring abilityVSAvoidservice life
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDuration of action of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent removes the elastic member (spring) from the connecting rod structure. Instead of using elastic deformation to provide securing force, the design uses a pure mechanical locking mechanism where the hook engages with the stopping point on the socket, eliminating the component subject to fatigue.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

Rather than using elastic force to maintain engagement, the patent inverts the approach by using a rigid mechanical interlock where the hook and stopping point create a positive lock. The securing force comes from the geometric constraint of the engagement surfaces rather than elastic compression.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

2Ease of operation

If a spring-based elastic member is used for the quick release mechanism, then the socket can be quickly locked and released, but the repeated compression and release operations cause fatigue and reduce service life

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvequick release functionVSAvoidservice life
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDuration of action of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts the elastic member from the system entirely. The quick release function is achieved through the interaction between the hook and the stopping point, where the hook can be easily disengaged from the stopping point to release the socket, without requiring any elastic component to store and release energy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The mechanical locking structure is designed to be self-sustaining. Once the hook engages with the stopping point, the connection is automatically secured without requiring elastic force. The structure maintains its own position through geometric constraint, making the system self-service and eliminating fatigue-prone elastic components.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS12629802B2Quick release sockets for insulated tools
Publication Date: 2026.05.19 E MARK TOOLS INT
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AI summary

A quick release socket for an insulated tool has a main body and a socket jacketed on the main body. A polygonal hole is formed at a front end of the main body, a connecting rod protrudes from a rear end, at least a through hole is provided around the main body, and a fastening ring groove is provided around the main body. The through hole is connected to the polygonal hole, so the through hole provides the positioning ball for accommodation. The fastening ring groove has a stopping member inside. The socket has an engaging groove, and the engaging groove is divided by a protruding rib into a first accepting space and a second accepting space. A circular slot is provided at a front end of the inner wall of the socket.