Impact tightening tool
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasahito Sakakibara
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Abstract
An impact wrench which includes an air motor and a main shaft that is rotated by pulsed impact torque that is converted from rotary torque from the air motor to tighten a bolt, is provided with a torque sensor that detects a tightening torque on the bolt, and a controller that performs control functions to tighten the bolt, and the controller changes the rotational speed of the air motor to tighten up the bolt when the tightening torque that is detected by the torque sensor becomes equal to or higher than a prescribed value.
Claims5
An impact tightening tool which includes a rotary drive source and a main shaft that is rotated by pulsed impact torque that is converted from rotary torque from the rotary drive source to tighten a screw, the impact tightening tool comprising:
- a torque detection portion that detects a tightening torque on the screw;
- and
- a control portion that performs control functions to tighten the screw,
- wherein the control portion changes a rotational speed of the rotary drive source to tighten up the screw when the tightening torque that is detected by the torque detection portion becomes equal to or higher than a prescribed value, and
- wherein the prescribed value is a tightening torque that is used as a reference to determine that a tightening of the screw is completed.
An impact tightening tool which includes a rotary drive source and a main shaft that is rotated by pulsed impact torque that is converted from rotary torque from the rotary drive source to tighten a screw, comprising
- a control portion that performs control functions to tighten the screw,
- wherein:
- the rotary drive source is an electric motor, and the control portion changes a rotational speed of the rotary drive source to tighten up the screw when the driving current in the electric motor becomes equal to or higher than a prescribed current value;
- and
- wherein the prescribed current value is a driving current that is used as a reference to determine that a tightening of the screw is completed.
A tightening method of a screw with a tightening tool, the tightening tool including a rotary drive source and a main shaft that is rotated by pulsed impact torque that is converted from rotary torque from the rotary drive source to tighten the screw, the tightening method comprising:
- detecting a tightening torque on the screw;
- and
- tightening the screw, when the tightening torque becomes equal to or higher than a prescribed value, by changing a rotational speed of the rotary drive source, the prescribed value being a tightening torque used to determine that a tightening of the screw is completed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.