Guided driver device
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsMichael Benosa Monjardin, Tao Song, XiYuan Yin, Jia Yu Zheng, Yunfei Wang
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Abstract
A driver device comprises a housing and a driving-bit socket in the housing. The driver device may comprise a first guide-leg track on the housing. A first guide leg may be inserted into the first guide leg track. The driver device may also comprise a first guide-leg foot at an end of the first guide leg. The first guide-leg foot may be configured to interface with a surface of the driving recipient. The first guide leg may retract into the first guide-leg track as the driver device drives a driving object into the driving recipient.
Claims18
A driver device comprising:
- a housing;
- a driving-bit socket in the housing;
- a first guide-leg track on the housing;
- a first guide leg inserted into the first guide-leg track, wherein a first deployment level describes the extent to which the first guide leg is retracted into the first guide-leg track;
- and
- a first guide-leg foot at an end of the first guide leg, wherein the first guide-leg foot is configured to interface with a surface of the driving recipient;
- wherein the first guide leg retracts into the first guide-leg track as the driver device drives a driving object into the driving recipient.
A method of operating a driver device, the method comprising:
- starting the driver device;
- monitoring a first measurement of a first pressure sensor that is attached to a first guide leg on the driver device;
- monitoring a second measurement of a second pressure sensor that is attached to a second guide leg on the driver device;
- detecting that a pressure-deviation value between the first measurement and the second measurement is above a pressure-deviation-value threshold;
- and
- triggering a first fault response based on the detecting.
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory in communication with the processor, the memory containing program instructions that, when executed by the processor, are configured to cause the processor to perform a method of operating a driver device, the method comprising:
- starting the driver device;
- monitoring a first measurement of a first pressure sensor that is attached to a first guide leg on the driver device;
- monitoring a second measurement of a second pressure sensor that is attached to a second guide leg on the driver device;
- detecting that a pressure-deviation value between the first measurement and the second measurement is above a pressure-deviation-value threshold;
- and
- triggering a first fault response based on the detecting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.