| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 173178000 | Having torque responsive clutch | 29 |
| 20080210450 | Power tool with a slip clutch - A power tool includes an output member ( | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080283262 | Device and method for variable torque fastening - A device and method for variable torque fastening are capable of easily varying a tightening torque and are capable of automatically changing a tightening torque according to the sequence set by an operator. The variable torque fastening device includes a fastening unit having a drive shaft which is rotated by a motor, a driven shaft which is rotated by the drive shaft and is mounted with a fastening tool, a slip clutch which intermittently connects the drive shaft to the driven shaft, and a piston which moves forward and backward by an air pressure to press the slip clutch, a compressed air supply source which supplies compressed air to the fastening unit to press the piston, and an air pressure control unit which controls a pressure of the air that presses the piston. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080296036 | Shiftable Clutch for an Electric Power Tool - The invention relates to a clutch ( | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090025951 | DEVICE HAVING A TORQUE-LIMITING UNIT - A device has a torque-limiting unit of a power drill, wherein torque-limiting unit is intended to limit a screwdriving moment in a screwdriving function; and a power drill is provided with the new torque-limiting unit. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090126961 | Screw fastening machine - It is an object of the invention to provide an effective technique for preventing loss of a screw fastening depth regulating member removed from a machine body in a screw fastening machine. A representative screw fastening machine includes a machine body, a motor, an input shaft, an output shaft, a first clutch element, a second clutch element, a biasing member for first and second clutch elements, a screw fastening depth regulating member. The machine body has a holding part formed in an area other than the tip end region of the machine body to removably hold the screw fastening depth regulating member. The holding part is provided such that the screw fastening depth regulating member can be attached to and removed from the holding part by utilizing elastic deformation of the holding part. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090229845 | HAMMER DRILL - A hammer drill includes a motor; a spindle rotatingly driven by the motor and holding an output bit; a motion conversion member for converting rotational movement of the motor to reciprocating movement; a striker reciprocatingly driven by the motion conversion member for applying an axial striking force to the output bit; a striking-motion-releasing mechanism for releasing the striking force applying action exercised by the striker; and a tightening-torque adjusting clutch for interrupting the transfer of the rotational force to the output bit by increasing a load torque. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090242226 | Automatic gear shifting power tool - While a load torque applied to a tool shaft is lower than a predetermined value, a moving member is maintained at a first position, and a sun gear is rotated integrally with an internal gear. When the load torque applied to the tool shaft reaches or exceeds the predetermined value, the moving member is moved to a second position, to thereby prohibit relative rotation of the internal gear and a gear case. A latch member is engaged in a catching portion of the moving member when the moving member is moved to the second position, to thereby prevent the moving member from moving back to the first position. In this manner, repetitive switching between speed reduction ratios can be prevented even when the load torque applied to the tool shaft fluctuates. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090294145 | SCREW DRIVER - A screw driver capable of avoiding co-rotation of an end bit and a motor in case of sharp shooting the end bit with a groove in a head of a screw. A co-rotation preventing mechanism is engageable with an end bit mounting portion when the end bit mounting portion is at a frontward position to prevent the end bit mounting portion from being rotated in the forward direction and to allow the end bit mounting portion to rotate in the reverse direction. The preventing mechanism is disengageable from the end bit mounting portion when the end bit mounting portion is at the rearward position to allow the end bit mounting portion to rotate in both forward and reverse directions. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090321102 | HAND-HELD POWER TOOL - The invention relates to a hand tool ( | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100163264 | HAND-HELD POWER TOOL - The invention relates to a hand-held tool ( | 07-01-2010 |
| 20110017484 | HAND-HELD POWER TOOL, IN PARTICULAR CORDLESS POWER TOOL - The invention is based on a hand-held power tool, in particular a cordless power tool, having a torque-limiting device that is provided for setting a maximum torque that a motor output is able to transmit to a tool-driving element. A spring mechanism equipped with at least one first disk spring is provided such that the at least one disk spring acts on at least two detent mechanisms arranged in a circumferential direction. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110048752 | Power Tool - A driving section generates rotational driving force and has an output shaft ( | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110073341 | POWER TOOL FOR TIGHTENING SCREW JOINTS AND RELEASE COUPLLING - A power tool for tightening screw joints includes a rotation motor and a device for initiating a braking torque to the motor when, in operation, a predetermined tightening condition has been reached. A release coupling includes a first coupling part which is supported by a support shaft being rotationally connected to the motor and a second coupling part which is rotationally connected to an output shaft. The first coupling part is displaceable from a first position to a second position or positions where it is out of engagement with the second coupling part and torque transmission to the output shaft is interrupted. Applying a braking torque to the motor causes the first coupling part to be displaced from the first position to the second position or positions. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110132630 | SCREW FASTENING DEVICE AND TORQUE SENSOR - A screw fastening device having a compact clutch that is directly connected to an output side of a DC motor. The output of the DC motor can be suppressed so that the DC motor and the clutch can be made compact. Accordingly, the device main body is more compact and lighter. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110232930 | SPINDLE BEARING ARRANGEMENT FOR A POWER TOOL - A power tool with a motor, a housing, a transmission, an output spindle, a front bearing and a rear bearing. The motor has an output shaft. The transmission is disposed in the housing and receives a rotary input from the output shaft. The transmission includes an input planetary stage, which has an input planet carrier, and an output planetary stage. The output spindle is driven by the transmission and has a first end, which extends at least partly through the input planetary stage, and a second end opposite the first end. The front bearing is disposed between the output spindle and the housing to support the second end of the output spindle for rotation about the spindle axis. The rear bearing indirectly supports the first end of the output spindle in the housing for rotation about the spindle axis. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20120061116 | ELECTRIC TOOL - A hand-held power tool has a tool body, a motor housed in the tool body and a grip part designed to be held by a user, and performs a predetermined operation on a workpiece by a tool bit rotationally driven by the motor. The power tool includes a clutch that transmits torque and interrupts torque transmission between the motor and the tool bit, a non-contact torque sensor that detects torque acting on the tool bit in non-contact with a rotation axis rotating together with the tool bit, and a clutch control system that controls coupling and decoupling of the clutch according to a torque value detected by the non-contact torque sensor. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120255754 | PERCUSSION DRIVER DRILL - In a clutch mechanism of a percussion driver drill, a plurality of engageable members held in a gear case is configured to be engageable with an end face of a final-stage internal gear, and a coil spring is configured to press the engageable members against the end face of the internal gear. The coil spring is disposed frontwardly of the engageable members between a switch member and an operating member of a vibration mechanism. A coupling member connected with the switch member and the operating member is disposed to pass through a gap between the plurality of engageable members and detour around a rear end of the coil spring. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120255755 | POWER TOOL - In a power tool, a planetary gear speed reduction mechanism is provided in a gear case, and a spindle is configured to receive a torque of a motor transmitted through the planetary gear speed reduction mechanism. A final-stage internal gear is rotatably provided at a final stage of the planetary gear speed reduction mechanism. A clutch mechanism includes a coil spring configured to press the final-stage internal gear from a front side. The clutch mechanism is configured to cause the internal gear to run idle, thereby interrupting transmission of torque, at overload beyond a pressing force of the coil spring. An elastic member is interposed between an inner peripheral surface of the gear case and an outer peripheral surface of the final-stage internal gear, to give resistance to the final-stage internal gear at idle. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120255756 | POWER TOOL - Provided is a power tool which is capable of more reliably detecting excessive reaction torque acting on a tool body. More specifically, provided is a handheld power tool which causes a tip tool to rotate so as to carry out a predetermined machining operation, the handheld power tool comprising a tool body, a motor which is housed in the tool body and causes the tip tool to rotate, a first sensor which detects the torque state of the tip tool, a second sensor which detects the motion state of the tool body, and a torque cut-off mechanism which cuts off the transmission of torque between the motor and the tip tool. The torque cut-off mechanism is configured to cut off the transmission of torque on the condition that the first sensor and the second sensor respectively detect a preset threshold value for the first sensor and the second sensor. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20130105189 | Power Tool with Force Sensing Electronic Clutch | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130240230 | HAND-HELD POWER TOOL - A hand-held power tool has a tool housing in which a gear unit which is drivable by a drive motor for driving a drive shaft is situated and to which a torque clutch is assigned. On the hand-held power tool, the drive shaft is provided with a tool holder for holding an assigned insertion tool, and an acceleration sensor is provided which is designed for enabling detection of an activation of the torque clutch. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130319710 | POWER TOOL - A power tool enabled to detect an inadvertent rotation at higher accuracy includes a first sensor that detects a first driving information corresponding to a kinetic movement state of the tool body when the tool body is rotated around a longitudinal axis of the tool bit in the event of a working operation of the power tool, a second sensor that detects a second driving information corresponding to an output torque of the tool bit driven by the motor, and a controller connected to the first sensor and the second sensor for controlling the power tool. The controller is configured to calculate holding information corresponding to a holding force of a user to hold the tool body based on the first driving information and the second driving information and control the driving of the power tool based on the holding information. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130341058 | POWER TOOL - A power tool having an electric motor with a static stall torque and a housing, a tool holder being mounted on the housing rotatably about an axis of rotation, the electric motor being connected to the tool holder, a handle for an operator being provided on the housing, the handle having a handle length, characterized in that the ratio of the static stall torque to the handle length is greater than 400 Nm/m. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140069675 | SPINDLE BEARING ARRANGEMENT FOR A POWER TOOL - A power tool that includes a housing, a motor, a pair of motor bearings, a transmission, an output spindle and front and rear spindle bearings. The motor is received in the housing and includes a stator and an output shaft that extends through the stator. The motor bearings support the output shaft for rotation relative to the housing and are disposed on opposite ends of the stator. The transmission is driven by the motor and includes an input pinion that is mounted to the output shaft for rotation therewith. The output spindle is driven by the transmission. The front spindle bearing is mounted to a front end of the output shaft radially between the housing and the output shaft. The rear spindle bearing is mounted to a rear end of the output spindle and a portion of the rear spindle bearing rotates with the output shaft. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140144661 | HAND-HELD POWER TOOL HAVING A TORQUE CLUTCH - In a hand-held power tool having a transmission and a torque clutch, which has a torque limiting coupling associated with the transmission and with which a limiting transfer element is associated, to which at least one spring element is axially applied in the direction of the torque limiting coupling, a torque level of the torque clutch being settable via a user-operable operating element at least within predefined limits, the torque limiting coupling has at least one roller-shaped latch member. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140262404 | ELECTRIC POWER TOOL - An electric power tool includes a motor having a drive shaft, a tool output shaft rotated by rotational force of the drive shaft, a clutch unit that connects or disconnects a torque transmission line between the drive shaft and the tool output shaft according to load torque of the tool output shaft, a load detector that outputs a load torque signal in accordance with the load torque of the tool output shaft, and a control unit that performs a rising detection mode, which detects rising of the load torque signal to stop rotation of the motor, and a falling detection mode, which detects falling of the load torque signal to stop rotation of the motor. The control unit selects the rising detection mode or the falling detection mode according to a usage condition signal indicating a usage condition of the electric power tool. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20150034350 | ROTATIONAL FORCE TRANSMITTING DEVICE - The present invention provides a rotational force transmitting device including: an inertia wheel | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150114675 | HAND-HELD POWER TOOL - A hand-held power tool is provided which includes a clutch housing of a torque clutch, and a planetary gear, situated in a gear housing, for transmitting a torque which is generated by a drive motor to a drive shaft. The clutch housing cooperates with the planetary gear via a pressure plate. The pressure plate is displaced in the axial direction in order to disengage the torque clutch. The axial relative motion of the pressure plate causes an axial relative motion between a switching element and an associated optical sensor, via which the drive motor may be switched off. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20160031072 | ELECTRONIC CLUTCH FOR POWER TOOL - A method is presented for controlling operation of a power tool having an electric motor drivably coupled to an output spindle. The method includes: receiving an input indicative of a clutch setting for an electronic clutch, where the clutch setting is selectable from a plurality of driver modes; setting the value of a maximum current threshold in accordance with the selected one of the plurality of driver modes; determining rotational speed of the electric motor; determining an amount of current being delivered to the electric motor; comparing the amount of current being delivered to the electric motor to the maximum current threshold; and interrupting transmission of torque to the output spindle when the amount of current being delivered to the electric motor exceeds the maximum current threshold and the rotational speed of the electric motor is decreasing. | 02-04-2016 |
