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Assignee: Atlas Copco Tools AB


Location: Nacka, SE
No. of patents: 103

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NumberTitleIssue Date
8106299Multi conductor cable for a portable electric tool
A multi conductor flat type cable, which is intended for connecting a portable electric power tool to a stationary power supply and operation control unit, has a connector plug (18) attached to its one end, wherein the cable (10) has a twisted shape se...
01/31/2012
8042622Electric power tool with swivelled cable connection
An electric power tool having a housing, a motor, a jack for receiving a connection plug of an electric cable, and a swivel unit mounted on the housing and carrying the jack, wherein the swivel unit includes a first head mounted on the housing for rotation about a f...
10/25/2011
8002098Torque responsive release clutch for a power nutrunner
A torque responsive release clutch intended for a power nutrunner and comprises a driving clutch half (11) and a driven clutch half (10) coupled to each other for torque transfer by means of axially directed teeth (16, 17), wherein one of the cl...
08/23/2011
7963346Power tool with angle drive and pinion adjustment
A power tool comprises a housing (10;110) with an output shaft (11;111) driven by a rotation motor and an angle drive (12;112) connecting the output shaft (11;111) to the motor, wherein the angle drive (12;112) comprises a drive sp...
06/21/2011
7958611Method for quality checking a screw joint tightening process performed by a torque impulse wrench
A number of pre-production calibration tightenings are performed at a screw joint identical to a screw joint used in production and using the same impulse wrench as to be used in production tightening. The value of one or more tightening related parameters are regis...
06/14/2011
7946354Pneumatic power tool with air cooling system
A pneumatic air tool includes a housing with a forward angle gearing arranged in a gearing chamber, a motor chamber, a rear air outlet section and a forward air outlet section. The motor chamber includes a pneumatic motor with air communication openings, which commu...
05/24/2011
7850510Portable grinder with a wheel-guard support and auxiliary handle
A straight type power grinder includes an elongate housing having a handle with a power controller at its rear end, and a neck portion at its forward end supporting an output shaft connected to a rotation motor. The neck portion is formed with an integrated mounting...
12/14/2010
7811070Pneumatic vane motor with by-pass means
A pneumatic vane motor with a stator cylinder having an air inlet opening and an air outlet opening, a rotor eccentrically journalled in the cylinder and carrying a number of sliding vanes which divide the cylinder into moving cells, wherein the cylinder comprises a...
10/12/2010
7798842Connector plug for a multi-conductor cable with tension load transferring means
A connector plug is provided for a multi-conductor cable with an axial load transferring non-conducting tensile string. The connector plug includes a casing carrying a number of contact elements attached to conductors of the cable for engaging corresponding contact ...
09/21/2010
7794305Electric portable grinder with air cooling system
A portable electric grinder with an air cooling system and connected to a remote stationary voltage supply means (19, 20) via a cable (16), wherein a cooling air duct (21) is provided to connect cooling air passages (23a, b) in the...
09/14/2010
7722323Axial flow turbine with overspeed preventing device
An axial flow turbine motor is provided which includes a rotor with a peripheral row of drive blades and a peripheral band-shaped wall element radially clamped against the tops of the drive blades, and a housing with at least one pressure medium inlet nozzle and an ...
05/25/2010
7702493Method for quality assurance of screw joint tightening
A method for quality assurance of screw joint tightening results when tightening a screw joint to a needed pretension condition (FN) by means of a torque delivering power tool, wherein one or more simulation procedures of a screw joint tightening process ...
04/20/2010
7698969Nut runner mounting structure
A nut runner mounting structure for supporting one or more nut runner spindles includes a spindle supporting base plate, and at least one support pillar extending in parallel with the spindles and secured at its forward end to the base plate and at its rear end to a...
04/20/2010
7677863Overspeed safety device for a rotation motor
An over-speed safety device for a pneumatic rotation motor having a cylinder (10), a forward end wall (11), a rear end wall (12) with a pressure air inlet opening (21), a rotor (13), and an actuator (15) co-rotative with the...
03/16/2010
7647807In-line torque transducer unit
A torque transducer unit for in-line calibration measurement of the output torque of a power wrench (S) includes a torque transferring spindle provided with a torque sensing device, two constant velocity universal joints, for instance Rzeppa-type couplings, and two ...
01/19/2010
7640785Device for test running power nut runners
A device for test running of power nut runners comprises a main body (10;50) with a nut (11;54), a screw (12;52) with a nut runner engaging head (13;55), a clamping element (14;56) co-operating with the screw (12;52), and sp...
01/05/2010
D603282Torque transducer body
11/03/2009
7587964Pneumatic power wrench with pre-set torque levels
A pneumatic power wrench comprises a housing (10) with a pressure air supply passage (16), a motor (13) and an adjustable pressure responsive shut-off valve (17) located in the air supply passage (16) and including a valve element ...
09/15/2009
D599741Connector plug for a multi-conductor cable
09/08/2009
D593832Electric power tool
06/09/2009
7467669Method for governing the operation of a pneumatic impulse wrench and a power screw joint tightening tool system
A method and a power tool system are provided for performing screw joint tightening using a pneumatic torque impulse power tool that is controlled by a control unit. A torque magnitude and a torque growth are calculated based on signals delivered by an angle sensor,...
12/23/2008
D582744Support structure for torque delivering spindle units for tightening screw joints
12/16/2008
7453225Impulse wrench with angle sensing means
In an impulse wrench there is provided an impulse unit with a motor driven inertia drive member, and a movement detecting device arranged to detect an angular movement of the inertia drive member. The movement detecting device includes a rotating disc rigidly connec...
11/18/2008
D580351Battery unit
11/11/2008
7424919Method for determining the angular movement of the output shaft of an impulse nut runner at tightening a screw joint
A method for determining the angular displacement of the output shaft (φ0) of an impulse nut runner at tightening a screw joint to a predetermined final torque level (Tf) by an impulse nut runner having a motor driven impulse unit (23) ...
09/16/2008
7398836Pneumatic power tool with adjustable exhaust air outlet detector
A pneumatic power tool includes a housing, a motor, a pressure air inlet passage, an exhaust air outlet passage, and an exhaust air outlet flow deflector. The exhaust air outlet flow detector includes an outlet piece with radial as well as axial outlet openings and ...
07/15/2008
7366584Power tool system including a multi-core cable with an electronic memory module
A power tool system includes a portable power tool (10), a stationary control unit (11), and a cable assembly (12), which includes a multi-core cable 15 and connection pieces (13, 14), for communicating power and/or signals between...
04/29/2008
7238000Pneumatic high speed motor with pressure activated speed governor
A pneumatic high speed motor includes a stator housing, a rotor journalled in the stator housing, and a pressure air inlet passage. A speed governor for the motor includes a valve element that is shiftable between an open position and a closed position for controlli...
07/03/2007
7175513Power grinder with safety guard and spindle arresting means
A portable power grinder has a housing, a rotating output shaft with a grinding wheel mounting device, a grinding wheel safety guard adjustable between angular positions defined by apertures in the safety guard, and a manually operable safety guard arresting device ...
02/13/2007
7163417Multi-conductor connector plug
A connector plug intended for a multi-conductor cable (12) with a set o power conductors (30) and set of signal conductors (31) and comprising a casing (10) with a rear cable receiving opening (11), a number of contact elements (
01/16/2007
7159671Power tool with reverse gearing operated by external maneuver ring
A power tool comprises a housing (10) with a cylindrical outer surface (11), a rotation motor, and a power train including a reverse gearing (14, 24) with a first planetary gearing (14) for “forward” operation and a second planetary g...
01/09/2007
7134509Portable power tool with rotating output shaft and overload protection
A portable power tool is provided which includes a rotation motor (11), an output shaft (14), a gearing (13) and a drive spindle (12; 112) connecting the gearing (13) to the motor (11). A drive line arresting lock device (
11/14/2006
D527346Connector for multi-conductor cable
08/29/2006
D523812Connector for multi-conductor cable
06/27/2006
7048005Throttle valve device for a pneumatic power tool
A throttle valve device for a pneumatic power tool comprises a casing (10) with an air inlet passage (11), an air outlet passage (12), a valve chamber (13) with a main valve seat (14) and a main valve element (15), and a man...
05/23/2006
6923272Pneumatic power tool with exhaust air outlet deflector
A pneumatic power tool comprises a housing (10, 11) with a motor and a pressure air inlet passage (12) and an exhaust air outlet passage (16) both extending through the housing (10, 11) and communicating with the motor, wherein the outlet...
08/02/2005
6908277Speed governor for a pneumatic rotation motor
A speed governor for a pneumatic rotation motor having a pressure air inlet passage (15, 15′), an inlet valve (16; 56) including a flow controlling valve element (18; 58) located in the inlet passage (15, 15′), and a speed responsive ...
06/21/2005
6899514Overspeed safety device
An overspeed safety device for a pneumatic rotation motor having a stator (10) with an air inlet passage (16), a rotor (12), and a speed governor for determining a maximum speed level, and comprising a speed responsive actuator (34) conne...
05/31/2005
6871711Portable power tool with grease lubricated angle gear drive
A power tool of the type comprises a housing (10), a rotation motor (11), an output shaft (12) carrying and rotating a working implement, and a grease lubricated angle drive (13) coupling the output shaft (12) to the motor (11
03/29/2005
6868742Method and device for determining the torque applied to the fastener as a function of the retardation and the inertia moment
A method and a device for determining the torque magnitude transferred to a threaded fastener at each one of a series of torque impulses delivered to the fastener, includes application of repeated torque impulses on the fastener by a power tool having a motor with a...
03/22/2005
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