# US 5,706,902 A · Power hand tool, especially impact screwdriver > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 5,706,902 A - Document ID: US5706902A - Status: Granted - Kind: A - Application number: 08/615,626 - Filed: 1996-03-13 - Granted: 1998-01-13 - Earliest claimed: 1995-03-23 - Assignees: Atlas Copco Elektrowerzeuge GmbH - Inventors: Armin Eisenhardt - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5706902A ## CPC - B25F 5/006: {Vibration damping means} - B25B 21/02: with means for imparting impact to screwdriver blade or nut socket - B25B 21/026: {Impact clutches} - B25F: COMBINATION OR MULTI-PURPOSE TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DETAILS OR COMPONENTS OF PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS NOT PARTICULARLY RELATED TO THE OPERATIONS PERFORMED AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR {(machines or arrangements of machines for performing specified combinations of different metal-working operations not covered by a single other subclass B23P23/00 and subgroups)} - B25B: TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING, OR HOLDING ## Abstract In a power hand tool, especially a screwdriver, with a motor, a planet gear and a rotary impulse generator, a spring mechanism is provided to damp vibrations of the housing caused by the rotary impulse generator. To improve the damping with a simple design, one end of a compression spring is supported on a ring, which in turn is guided at a coil which is parallel to the axis, on the one hand, and is guided displaceably in parallel to the axis between a part rigidly connected to the housing and a part exposed to the rotary impact, on the other hand. The other end of the compression spring is supported on a part rigidly connected to the housing. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A power hand tool, comprising: a housing; a motor disposed in said housing; a reducing gear disposed in said housing; a rotary impulse generator disposed in said housing; spring damping means for damping vibrations of said housing caused by said rotary impulse generator including coil guide means which is parallel to an axis of rotation, a ring guided at said coil guide means, said coil guide means for displaceably guiding said ring in parallel to said axis of rotation, a spring and a part rigidly connected to said housing, said spring having one end supported on said ring and having another end supported on said part rigidly connected to said housing whereby said ring is axially tensioned during a rotary impact. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A power hand tool according to claim 1, wherein said spring is one of a coil compression spring and a tension spring. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) A power hand tool according to claim 1, wherein said ring is guided displaceably in parallel to said axis of rotation between said part which is rigidly connected to said housing and a part exposed to rotary impact. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) A power hand tool according to claim 3, wherein said spring, in a relaxed-most state, has a pretension which holds said part exposed to rotary impact substantially blocked against a part at which said ring is guided. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) A power hand tool according to claim 1, wherein said ring has an inner circumference guided at said coil, said coil being defined on an outside of said part exposed to rotary impact. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) A power hand tool according to claim 5, wherein said rotary impulse generator includes an outer jacket, said coil being provided on an outside of said outer jacket of said rotary impulse generator. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) A power hand tool according to claim 1, further comprising a guide rigidly connected to said housing, said ring being guided axially displaceably and non-rotatably with its outer circumference connected to said guide. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) A power hand tool according to claim 7, wherein said reducing gear is formed by a planet gear including a ring wheel, said coil being provided on an outside of said ring wheel. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) A power hand tool according to claim 1, wherein said spring damping means includes a ball for mounting said ring on said coil guide means. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) A power hand tool according to claim 9, further comprising additional balls cooperating with said ball, said balls and said ball being held at spaced locations from one another along a circumference of said ring. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) A power hand tool according to claim 10, wherein said coil comprises a plurality of turns corresponding to a number of said balls. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) A power hand tool according to claim 1, wherein said spring is tensioned during rotation in a first direction and an additional damping element is provided associated with said ring on a front side located opposite said spring to damp rotary impacts during rotation in an opposite direction. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) A power hand tool according to claim 12, wherein said additional damping element is a spring elastic body. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) A power hand tool according to claim 13, wherein said spring elastic body is an elastomer body. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) A power hand tool according to claim 12, wherein said additional damping element is an additional coiled compression spring.