Hand-held power tool with torque limiting unit
AssigneeBlack & Decker Inc.
InventorJames R. Parks
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Abstract
A hand-held power tool has a torque-limiting unit with which a maximum torque transferred from a motor output shaft to a tool driver is adjustable by an operator. The torque-limiting unit has a spring system with spring elements having substantially similar characteristics (such as length, compression forces, etc.) and yet generating different spring forces.
Claims15
A hand-held power tool, comprising:
- a motor output shaft;
- a tool driver;
- a first and a second locking disc;
- a thrust member;
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- a torque-limiting unit with which a maximum torque transferred from said motor output shaft to said tool driver is adjustable by an operator, said torque-limiting unit including a spring system, said spring system including substantially similar spring elements generating different spring forces,
- wherein said spring system is held by said second locking disc and each spring element of the spring system is held between a pin of the second locking disc and a pin of said thrust member, wherein the first locking disc is connected with the second locking disc via cams, wherein said cams are built on each of said locking discs, wherein if a torque applied to the tool driver reaches a selected maximum torque level, the second locking disc is deflected against the spring system by beveled flanks of said cams, and the first locking disc can rotate against the second locking disc.
A hand-held power tool as defined in claim 9, wherein said radial cam includes a first segment for adjusting a maximum torque and a second segment with a control effect that is different from a control effect of said first segment, for adjusting a drilling mode without adjustable torque limitation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.