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Power fastening tool

US7155986B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims
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Filing dateOct 13, 2004
Grant dateJan 2, 2007
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Expiry dateFeb 1, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB25B23/1475
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a power fastening tool for fastening a fastening member such as a screw or a fastening member, malfunction that driving of a motor is stopped before the fastening member is fastened completely can be prevented. A fastening judger judges that the fastening operation is completed when a value of an estimated torque T for fastening the fastening member becomes larger than a predetermined lower limit value T1 previously set by a user and a value of a torque variation ratio ΔΔT varies from positive to negative. Thus, it is possible to prevent malfunction for stopping driving of a motor even when the value of the torque variation ratio ΔΔT varies from positive to negative due to trouble before the vale of the estimated torque T becomes larger than the lower limit value T1.

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