Driver with external torque value indicator integrated with spindle lock and related method

A power tool comprising:

• a housing;
• a motor assembly connected to a transmission assembly, wherein said motor assembly and said transmission assembly are secured against rotation in said housing;
• a plurality of projections that extends from a component of said transmission assembly;
• an output spindle rotatably supported in said housing and having an axis of rotation;
• a spindle lock assembly that connects said output spindle to said transmission assembly, said spindle lock assembly includes an anvil, an outer ring member and a plurality of roller members, wherein said roller members and said projections are disposed between said anvil and said outer ring member;
• an indicator member connected to said outer ring member, said indicator member having a portion that is disposed outside of said housing, said outer ring member disposed entirely inside said housing;
• a compliant member that connects said outer ring member to an interior portion of said housing;
• a scale established on an exterior portion of said housing, wherein said portion of said indicator member is disposed in front of said scale, said scale disposed radially beneath said portion of said indicator member, said portion of said indicator member moves relative to said scale to indicate a value of torque at said output spindle.

A power tool comprising:

• a housing that contains a transmission assembly that connects an output spindle to a motor assembly;
• a compliant member that connects one of said transmission assembly and said motor assembly to said housing;
• a trigger assembly connected to said housing, said trigger assembly activates said motor assembly when said trigger assembly is in a retracted condition;
• an indicator member that extends from one of said motor assembly and said transmission assembly and terminates above an exterior portion of said housing, said indicator member having a portion that is disposed outside of said housing, said motor assembly and said transmission assembly contained entirely in said housing;
• a scale having marks established on said exterior portion of said housing beneath said portion of said indicator member, said portion of said indicator member disposed above said marks in a direction that is perpendicular to an axis of rotation of said output spindle, wherein said portion of said indicator member is operable to cross over said marks on said scale to indicate a value of torque at said output spindle.