A method of securing a yoke to a clutch includes arranging a circlip in a circumferential channel in an outer surface of a tool and inserting the tool inside a bore in the clutch. Legs arranged in the channel extend to expand the circlip to an expanded state to arrange the circlip outside of the channel in a circumferential groove in the bore. A spacer is snapped onto a portion of the clutch and arranged between two ends of the circlip to secure the circlip in the expanded state. The tool is then removed from the bore, and a yoke is inserted into the bore. The spacer is then removed from the bore allowing the circlip to contract such that the spacer partially occupies both the groove and a circumferential depression in the yoke. This secures the yoke to the clutch.

A dual compression and distraction tool for surgical operations, the tool including a first arm having a first pivot axis, a second pivot axis, a first lever, and a first dual purpose jaw, a second arm having a third pivot axis, a fourth pivot axis, a second lever, and a second dual purpose jaw, wherein, in a first position, the first arm is pivotably connected to the second arm such that the first pivot axis is merged with the third pivot axis, to form an distraction tool, and wherein, in a second position, the first arm is pivotably connected to the second arm such that the second pivot axis is merged with the fourth pivot axis, to form a compression tool.

A dual compression and distraction tool for surgical operations, the tool including a first arm having a first pivot axis, a second pivot axis, a first lever, and a first dual purpose jaw, a second arm having a third pivot axis, a fourth pivot axis, a second lever, and a second dual purpose jaw, wherein, in a first position, the first arm is pivotably connected to the second arm such that the first pivot axis is merged with the third pivot axis, to form an distraction tool, and wherein, in a second position, the first arm is pivotably connected to the second arm such that the second pivot axis is merged with the fourth pivot axis, to form a compression tool.

Disclosed is a system for quick connection between a female end piece provided with a U-shaped locking clip and a male end piece fitted therein, the wall of the female end piece having opposite slits through which the arms of the U protrude into the passage of the end piece and the wall of the male end piece having an outer groove lockably receiving the clip arms in a final fitting state of the male piece in the female piece, locked by the clip. Also included is a part forming a removable prestressed element for the clip with housing sites engaging the two free sections in a first resting configuration, and in at least a second prestressed configuration in which the arms are more separated than in the resting configuration but less than during the passage of the maximum outer section of the male end piece.

A mounting aid for mounting a snap ring or anti-creep ring is disclosed, the mounting aid comprising a first finger and a second finger, wherein the first finger and the second finger are arranged next to one another. A first end of the first finger is arranged adjacent to a first end of the second finger; the first end of the first finger can be moved, counter to a force, from a position that is more distant from the first end of the second finger into a position that is closer to the first end of the second finger. The first end of the first finger and the first end of the second finger form a receptacle for a ring at least when the first end of the first finger is located in the position that is closer to the first end of the second finger.

A mounting aid for mounting a snap ring or anti-creep ring is disclosed, the mounting aid comprising a first finger and a second finger, wherein the first finger and the second finger are arranged next to one another. A first end of the first finger is arranged adjacent to a first end of the second finger; the first end of the first finger can be moved, counter to a force, from a position that is more distant from the first end of the second finger into a position that is closer to the first end of the second finger. The first end of the first finger and the first end of the second finger form a receptacle for a ring at least when the first end of the first finger is located in the position that is closer to the first end of the second finger.

A plier assembly comprising first and second handle assemblies each comprising a frame assembly, a support block, a tip assembly, a proximal pin, and a distal pin. A main hinge assembly supports the second handle assembly for movement relative to the first handle assembly. The proximal openings are sized and dimensioned such that, as the second handle assembly moves relative to the first handle assembly, longitudinal axes of the support block are substantially parallel.

Methods for manipulating, positioning, and removing a lock ring for a wheel are disclosed. Manipulating the lock ring for the wheel involves increasing a separation distance between a first fastener fastened to a first end of the lock ring and a second fastener fastened to a second end of the lock ring opposite the first end. Positioning the lock ring in a lock ring groove of the wheel involves causing a lock ring positioner to position the lock ring proximate the wheel before positioning the lock ring in the lock ring groove of the wheel. Removing the lock ring from the wheel involves receiving the lock ring in at least one catcher receptacle of a lock ring positioner after removing the lock ring from the wheel.

Methods for manipulating, positioning, and removing a lock ring for a wheel are disclosed. Manipulating the lock ring for the wheel involves increasing a separation distance between a first fastener fastened to a first end of the lock ring and a second fastener fastened to a second end of the lock ring opposite the first end. Positioning the lock ring in a lock ring groove of the wheel involves causing a lock ring positioner to position the lock ring proximate the wheel before positioning the lock ring in the lock ring groove of the wheel. Removing the lock ring from the wheel involves receiving the lock ring in at least one catcher receptacle of a lock ring positioner after removing the lock ring from the wheel.