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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8074731 | Impact tool An impact tool (100) includes a spindle (11), a motor (1), a rotational impact system (10), a current detecting unit (32), and a current control unit (31). The spindle extends in an axial direction thereof. The motor provide... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7987919 | Discontinuous tightening wrench comprising means for measuring dynamic events caused by this tightening on the casing of the wrench The invention relates to a discontinuous clamping wrench, of the type comprising a motor and a pulse clutch integrated in a casing, characterised in that it comprises measurement means of dynamic phenomena induced by said clamping on said casing, with a view to corr... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7938194 | Safety mechanism for a rotary hammer An improved method is provided for controlling a power tool having a rotary shaft. The method includes: disposing an inertial mass in a housing of the power tool, such that the inertial mass is freely rotatable about an axis of rotation which is axially aligned with... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7730963 | Safety mechanism for a rotary hammer An improved method is provided for controlling a power tool having a rotary shaft. The method includes: disposing an inertial mass in a housing of the power tool, such that the inertial mass is freely rotatable about an axis of rotation which is axially aligned with... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7726412 | Tightening tool and tightening tool management system A tightening tool for tightening a fastener is disclosed which comprises a motor and a main shaft that engages with the fastener. A clutch is disposed between the motor and the main shaft so that the clutch rotates the main shaft by transmitting torque from the moto... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7708083 | Hand power tool with a percussion merchanism, and as a method of operating the hand power tool A hand power tool has a percussion mechanism; a drive motor that drives the percussion mechanism; a conversion element for converting a movement of the drive motor into an axial movement; and an operating unit that adjusts a rotary movement of the conversion element... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7665540 | Multistage solenoid fastening device A method of driving a fastener into a workpiece with a tool generally includes retracting a trigger into a housing of the tool to execute a driver sequence and establishing a magnetic field in a multistage solenoid. The magnetic field is established in at least one ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7600577 | Device for sensing the direction of rotation of a hand tool comprising an electric motor A device for sensing a direction of rotation of a hand tool having an electric motor, has a rotatably supported brush plate provided in the electric motor and located in different positions depending on a direction of rotation of the electric motor; and at least one... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7556103 | Tightening tool and tightening tool management system A fastening tool with a clutch for shutting off transmission of torque, capable of self-diagnosing fastening torque of a screw or the like at low cost without using expensive elements such as a torque sensor, etc. A fastening tool (10) has a motor (13)... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7540334 | Power tools An electrically powered hand tool is disclosed. The tool includes a motor, a power source, a work element and a controller. Various alternative features, embodiments and operative configurations are disclosed. ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7487845 | Safety mechanism for a rotary hammer An improved method is provided for controlling a power tool having a rotary shaft. The method includes: disposing an inertial mass in a housing of the power tool, such that the inertial mass is freely rotatable about an axis of rotation which is axially aligned with... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7487844 | Drill with solid state speed control A power tool includes solid-state motor control. The tool includes a solid state variable speed control signal generator for generating a variable speed control signal, a microcontroller for generating a pulse width modulated (PWM) signal corresponding to the variab... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7464769 | Electric screwdriver and a controller thereof An object of the present invention is to provide an electric screwdriver device having a function for determining that a correct tightening operation has been carried out when the tightening operation has taken a time longer than a reference time predetermined for t... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7424920 | Method and device for impact loosening of thread joints A method and device for detecting and responding to impact loosening of thread joints at rock drilling, in which vibrations from a drill string (1) are sensed at the same time as a rock drilling machine (2) movable along a feed beam (6) exerts t... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7404449 | Pile driving control apparatus and pile driving system A pile driving control apparatus for a pile driving system includes a hydraulic control system that controls a throttle of a pile driving hammer, and thereby controls an impact velocity of the hammer with a pile. A controller provides a control signal to the hydraul... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7395871 | Method for detecting a bit jam condition using a freely rotatable inertial mass An improved method is provided for controlling a power tool having a rotary shaft. The method includes: disposing an inertial mass in a housing of the power tool, such that the inertial mass is freely rotatable about an axis of rotation which is axially aligned with... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7372228 | Electric power tool with memory capability The invention relates to an electric power tool having a control and/or regulating device for an electric motor. It is provided that the control and/or regulating device (4) is assigned an electronic memory element (5) for at least one operating state ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369916 | Drill press A power tool control system connected with a drill press provides a system for determining operational settings for the drill press and/or structural factors of a workpiece to be operated upon by the drill press. For instance, the power tool control system may estab... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366584 | Power 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 |
| 7359628 | Control device for an electric motor The invention relates to a drive device for an electric motor, in particular for a brushless DC motor in an electrical tool, which is powered by a rechargeable battery. The drive device has at least one power semiconductor, in particular for controllable application... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359762 | Measurement and alignment device including a display system A graphical user interface communicatively coupled with a non-contact measurement and alignment device enables user control over and display of the readings from the non-contact measurement and alignment device. In operation with a power tool, the graphical user int... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7347282 | Steerable soil penetration system A steerable soil penetration system having a steerable penetration head, which compacts and does not cut away the surrounding soil and which is connected to an elongate flexible tubing such that the orientation of the penetration head can be varied relative to the t... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7337668 | Accelerometer in closed loop with error detection An accelerometric measurement device with a return loop including accelerometer, a corrector generating a signal for correction of the position of the accelerometer, a closed return loop to apply this correction signal to the accelerometer, a detector to detect an e... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7334648 | Rotary impact power tool A impact power tool includes a motor rotating a drive shaft, an output shaft holding a tool bit, and a hammer coupled to the drive shaft. The hammer is rotatable together with the drive shaft and is engageable with an anvil fixed to the output shaft so as to give a ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331406 | Apparatus for controlling a fastener driving tool, with user-adjustable torque limiting control An improved hand-held fastener driving tool is provided with an adjustable torque limiting control. The tool is portable, and is electrically powered using either a battery pack or a power cord as a power source. The tool drives collated fasteners (e.g., screws) int... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331408 | Power tool housing A transmission housing for a hammer drill comprises two clamshell halves and that mate to define a first transmission housing chamber and a second transmission housing chamber disposed on either side of a ball bearing race. The first and second transmission housing ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328752 | Power tools An electrically powered hand tool is disclosed. The tool includes a motor, a power source, a work element and a controller. Various alternative features, embodiments and operative configurations are disclosed. The electrically powered hand tool may be a drill/driver... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7318485 | Method of Controlling the direction of rotation of a power tool The invention discloses a power tool for screwing or drilling having a motor for driving a drive shaft, a controller for controlling the power tool, a motor switch for switching the motor on and off, switch for reversing the power tool between clockwise and counter-... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7313974 | Support for electrical/electronic structure and/or electrical power supply structure for a hand dynamometer tool, in particular for a torque wrench operating by breaking mechanical equilibrium A support is for supporting electrical and/or electronic structure and/or electrical power supply structure for a hand dynamometer tool, in particular for a torque wrench operating by breaking mechanical equilibrium. A body of a substantially cylindrical shape that ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7306046 | Portable power tool A hand power tool has an electric motor, which is located in a housing and by way of which a tool insert located in a tool retainer is drivable in rotation, a guard device with which an uncontrollable blockage of the tool insert is detectable via a sensor unit and w... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7290474 | System for rapidly stopping a spinning table saw blade A system for stopping a spinning table saw blade is comprised of a pin assembly disposed adjacent to a saw blade assembly for stopping a spinning saw blade. A receiving block is disposed on a side of the saw blade opposing the pin assembly for receiving the tip of t... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7278341 | Structural bolt security apparatus A structural bolt security apparatus includes a security nut forming a threaded central hole for a bolt; the security nut has a groove in an upper surface and/or a side surface. At least one groove is at least partially separated from the threaded central hole by th... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7274866 | Power tool and method for controlling a power tool A power tool is disclosed comprising a controller for controlling at least one operating parameter, a motor for driving a tool, at least three switching elements which are coupled to the controller, and a speed sensor for monitoring the speed of the motor to generat... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7267182 | Rock drilling rig and rock breaking machine The rock drilling rig comprises a first control unit (8) arranged on a carrier (1) and a second control unit (9) arranged to a rock drilling apparatus (4). The first control unit (8) and the second control unit (9) communica... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7261586 | Cord sleeve, and device provided therewith An electric hand power tool has a housing, a drive motor, a power cord extending to an outside from the housing and supplying energy to the drive motor, wherein the power cord has an exit region with a cord sleeve that tubularly clasps the power cord and is provided... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7256520 | Power tool with a self-supporting motor A power tool comprising an electric motor for driving a tool is disclosed. The electric motor comprises a shaft, an armature, and a brush collector. The stator is configured as a self-supporting unit comprising first and second supporting parts. One of the supportin... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7243440 | Gauge for use with power tools A gauge for connecting with a power tool and providing a system for determining structural factors of a workpiece to be operated upon by the power tool is provided by the present invention. The gauge including a probe connected with a sensor via a spring, wherein co... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7234536 | Power screwdriver A power screwdriver is disclosed having a drive which is coupled via a clutch, disengaging as a function of torque, to a tool drive shaft for driving a tool. The screwdriver comprises an electronic control unit for controlling the drive, and a sensor which is couple... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231989 | Drilling control arrangement A method and a control system for controlling rock drilling. A control unit of a rock drilling apparatus is provided with one or more control modes, each determining the drilling variables to be measured, their threshold values and the operating principles according... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7225959 | Portable, battery-powered air compressor for a pneumatic tool system A portable pneumatic fastening tool has an onboard compressor assembly to alleviate the need for an external air compressor. The onboard compressor assembly includes a motor and a compressor mounted to the tool body. The motor can be powered by a detachable battery ... | 06/05/2007 |
