Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Precision torque screwdriver
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Application No.: US15138962Application Date: 2016-04-26
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Publication No.: US10357871B2Publication Date: 2019-07-23
- Inventor: Troy C. Thorson , Matthew J. Mergener , John S. Dey, IV , Toby Lichtensteiger , Jacob P. Schneider , Trent Sheffield
- Applicant: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
- Applicant Address: US WI Brookfield
- Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US WI Brookfield
- Agency: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
- Main IPC: B25B23/147
- IPC: B25B23/147 ; B25B23/14 ; B25B21/00

Abstract:
A transducer assembly for use in a power tool includes a bracket affixed to a housing of the power tool and a protrusion having an arcuate outer periphery. The protrusion is offset from a central axis of the bracket and extends from the bracket in a direction parallel with the central axis. The transducer assembly also includes a transducer having an inner hub with an aperture through which a distal end of the protrusion is received. The arcuate outer periphery of the protrusion is in substantially line contact with a wall segment at least partially defining the aperture. The transducer also includes an outer rim affixed to a ring gear of the power tool, a flexible web interconnecting the inner hub to the rim, and a sensor affixed to the flexible web for detecting strain of the flexible web in response to a reaction torque applied to the ring gear.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160318165A1 PRECISION TORQUE SCREWDRIVER Public/Granted day:2016-11-03
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