Rotary tool with reduced reactionary torque
AssigneeCSP Consulting, LLC
InventorsChristopher PEDICINI, Joshua PEDICINI
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Abstract
A rotary tool may include a motor, a first clutch, a first drive path, a second drive path, a second clutch, a rotating mass, and an output anvil. The rotary tool may drive, by the motor and the first clutch, a first drive path that causes the output anvil to rotate at a speed. The rotary tool may selectively enable, by the motor and the second clutch, a second drive path that causes the rotating mass to engage to the output anvil and increase a torque delivered to the output anvil.
Claims20
A rotary tool, comprising:
- a motor;
- a drive shaft operatively coupled to the motor;
- an output anvil operatively coupled to the drive shaft;
- a rotating mass;
- and
- at least one electronically activated clutch
- wherein the at least one clutch is operatively coupled to the rotating mass and the output anvil,
- wherein the clutch engages the rotating mass to the output anvil for a period of time, and
- wherein after such engagement the clutch disengages the rotating mass from the output anvil to allow the rotating mass to reaccelerate.
A method for operating a rotary tool, the rotary tool including a motor, a first clutch, a first drive path, a second drive path, a second clutch, a rotating mass, and an output anvil, the method comprising:
- driving, by the motor and the first clutch, a first drive path that causes the output anvil to rotate at a speed;
- and
- selectively enabling, by the motor and the second clutch, a second drive path that causes the rotating mass to engage to the output anvil and increase a torque delivered to the output anvil.
A rotary tool, comprising:
- a motor;
- a controller;
- a drive shaft operatively coupled to the motor;
- an output anvil operatively coupled to the drive shaft;
- a flywheel;
- and
- at least one clutch,
- wherein the at least one clutch is operatively coupled to the flywheel and the output anvil,
- wherein the at least one clutch engages the flywheel to the output anvil by modulating, via the controller, a motor speed, and
- and wherein after the at least one clutch has been engaged for a period of time, the at least one clutch disengages the flywheel from the output anvil and the motor reaccelerates the flywheel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.