Precision torque screwdriver
US12059778B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 13, 2022 |
| Grant date | Aug 13, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 13, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB25B23/141
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A transducer assembly for use in a power tool including a housing, a motor, an output shaft that drives a workpiece about a central axis, and a transmission. The transducer assembly includes a transducer positioned between the motor and the transmission. The transducer including an inner hub being rotationally affixed to the housing, an outer rim affixed to a rotatable component of the transmission, a plurality of webs extending radially outward from the inner hub to the outer rim, and a sensor affixed to each of the webs for detecting strain of each of the webs in response to a reaction torque applied to the transmission from the output shaft. A width of each of the webs gradually tapers from at least one of the outer rim or the inner hub toward a midpoint of each of the webs in a direction perpendicular to the central axis.
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