# US 2013/0153252 A1 · Impact tightening tool

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- Number: US 2013/0153252 A1
- Document ID: US20130153252A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/819,200
- Filed: 2011-08-25
- Published: 2013-06-20
- Earliest claimed: 2010-08-26
- Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Masahito Sakakibara
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130153252A1

## CPC

- B25B 21/02: with means for imparting impact to screwdriver blade or nut socket
- B25B 21/008: {with automatic change-over from high speed-low torque mode to low speed-high torque mode}
- B25B 23/1405: {for impact wrenches or screwdrivers}
- B25B 23/1456: {having electrical components}
- B25B 23/1475: {for impact wrenches or screwdrivers}
- B25B: TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING, OR HOLDING

## 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.

## Claims

### Claim 1

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.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The impact tightening tool according to claim 1,
wherein the control portion reduces the 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 the prescribed value or higher.

### Claim 3

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.

### Claim 4

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.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The tightening method of the screw according to claim 4, further comprising reducing the rotational speed of the rotary drive source when the tightening torque becomes the prescribed value or higher.