---
publication_id: "OT-2026-000002269"
title: "Multiple spring wire-form retention socket"
published_at: "2026-09-15T19:11:53.085829Z"
canonical_url: "https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000002269"
categories:
  - "tools-tooling/clamping-tools"
keywords:
  - "b25b13/06"
  - "b25b13/06"
  - "b25b23/10"
  - "b25b23/108"
  - "b25b13/06"
  - "b25b13/06"
---

# Multiple spring wire-form retention socket

## Abstract

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 arms formed proximal to the first and second ends, and the arms include a bent portion that is adapted to engage axial slots when a work piece is received in the socket receiving area.