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FIIG:  A102A0

Entry Date:  Apr-01-1974

Concept:  1

Status:  A

Applicability:  B

Type:  0

Definition:  A rigid adapter less than four inches (101.6 mm) long used to connect sockets to handles, power tools, or to other attachments which are not designed for direct mating to each other. See also RATCHET ATTACHMENT, SOCKET WRENCH; UNIVERSAL JOINT, SOCKET WRENCH ATTACHMENT; EXTENSION, SOCKET WRENCH; and ADAPTER-EXTENSION, SOCKET WRENCH; Excludes: ADAPTER, SOCKET, CROWFOOT SOCKET WRENCH HEAD; SOCKET, WRENCH, REFRIGERATION VALVE STEM; and HOLDER, SCREWDRIVER BIT, FEMALE SQUARE DRIVE.

Basic INC:  70003

Basic Name:  ADAPTER

Description:  1. (Mechanical) Any modifying part, piece or device designed to facilitate connection, provide accommodation, enable application, and to broaden or permit the use of a given item with an unlike item of mechanical equipment when the two items are not designed for direct mating to each other. 2. (Electrical) An item which provides the necessary accommodations to electrically connect two or more items whose design or function will not normally permit their connection. It may also provide mechanical connection. See also COUPLER (as modified) and CONNECTOR (as modified). 3. (Fiber Optic) An item which provides the necessary accommodations to connect two or more items whose design or function will not normally permit their connection. It may also provide electrical connection.