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Electric tool

US9038743B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 19, 2010
Grant dateMay 26, 2015
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Expiry dateNov 26, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB25D2250/221
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A hand-held power tool has a tool body, a motor housed in the tool body and a grip part designed to be held by a user, and performs a predetermined operation on a workpiece by a tool bit rotationally driven by the motor. The power tool includes a clutch that transmits torque and interrupts torque transmission between the motor and the tool bit, a non-contact torque sensor that detects torque acting on the tool bit in non-contact with a rotation axis rotating together with the tool bit, and a clutch control system that controls coupling and decoupling of the clutch according to a torque value detected by the non-contact torque sensor.

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