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US 10,882,164 B2Granted
Hand tool with adjustable fastening head and variable output torque
AssigneeRohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsWerner Perndl, Markus Leipold
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Abstract
A hand tool for fastening a fastener, such as a screw. The hand tool comprises a handle and a rotatable fastening head connected to a first end of the handle, and engaged with a manually driven actuator. The hand tool further comprises a fixed fastening head connected to a second end of the handle, which is configured to apply a configurable fastening torque to the fastener The fixed fastening head is selectively pivotable with respect to the handle about an axis parallel to the center axis of the fixed fastening head.
Claims20
A tool comprising:
- a handle;
- a rotatable fastening head connected to a first end of the handle and engaged with a manually driven actuator;
- a fixed fastening head connected to a second end of the handle via a pivot arm, wherein the pivot arm is configured to be selectively pivotable with respect to the handle about an axis parallel to a center axis of the fixed fastening head via a pivot connection between the pivot arm and the handle;
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- a torque limiter comprising a thrust element held within a thrust element support with a front end of the thrust element engaged with a first end of a pivotable shank via a biasing element positioned at the front of the thrust element and biased against the first end of the pivotable shank, and wherein a second end of the pivotable shank is pivotally connected to the pivot connection;
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- wherein a recess of the handle is configured to receive the thrust element and the thrust element support,
- wherein the thrust element is configured to be rotated within the thrust element support, and
- wherein rotation of the thrust element within the thrust element support adjusts a force of an engagement of the biasing element with the first end of the pivotable shank which adjusts a configurable torque to be applied to the fixed fastening head via the pivot connection of the second end of the pivotable shank to the pivot connection and a connection of the pivot arm to the pivot connection.
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