Power tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10315292-B2
Application number	US-201414913852-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 22, 2014
Priority date	Aug 23, 2013
Publication date	Jun 11, 2019
Grant date	Jun 11, 2019

Abstract

A power tool comprises a housing (1), a motor (2) provided inside the housing and for outputting rotary power, and an output shaft (4) driven by the motor to rotate. The output shaft has an output end connected to a drill bit (9) and a second end provided on the other end of the output shaft; in a non-working state, the output shaft can axially move relative to the housing along the output shaft; and in a working state, the output shaft is limited in moving in a first axial direction, the first axial direction being an axial direction from the output end to the second end. The drill bit of the power tool can extend in different length according to different positions of the output shaft, so that a working mode is rapidly switched in different working conditions, especially in a small space.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A power tool comprising:
a housing;
a motor arranged in the housing and being configured to be capable of outputting a rotary force; and
an output shaft being configured to be rotatably driven by the motor, the output shaft having a first output end for coupling with a tool bit and a second terminal end opposite to the first output end;
wherein the output shaft is parallel to and spaced apart from a rotation axis of the motor; an axial movement of the output shaft along a first axial direction is restricted when the power tool is in a working status, the first axial direction is a direction from the first output end to the second terminal end, wherein in the working status, the first output end of the output shaft is distal to the housing, wherein when the power tool is in a non-working status, the output shaft is configured to be axially movable with respect to the housing to at least two working positions, wherein at each of the at least two working positions, the output shaft is capable of outputting rotation to the tool bit under load.

2. The power tool according to claim 1 , wherein the power tool further comprises a restricting mechanism being configured to be in a releasing status and a locking status, the axial movement of the output shaft along the first direction is restricted when the restricting mechanism is in the locking status.

3. The power tool according to claim 2 , wherein the power tool comprises a frame member axially fixed in the housing and a locking member coupled to the output shaft; the restricting mechanism comprises a positioning part disposed in the frame member, a locking part disposed in the locking member, and a positioning member being capable of locking or releasing the positioning part and the locking part in the axial direction of the output shaft; the positioning member is configured to be in a first position on where the positioning part and the locking part are locked and a second position from where the locking of the positioning part and the locking part are released.

4. The power tool according to claim 3 , wherein the frame member is fixed in the housing and the second terminal end of the output shaft is rotatably supported on the locking member which drives the output shaft to move axially.

5. The power tool according to claim 3 , wherein the frame member is circumferentially fixed in the housing.

6. The power tool according to claim 5 , wherein the locking member and the positioning member are static with respect to each other in the axial direction of the output shaft; when the locking member is engaged with the positioning member in the radial direction of the output shaft, the output shaft is capable of driving the locking member to rotate, the locking member is capable of driving the positioning member to rotate, and the positioning member is movable with respect to the positioning part along the axial direction of the output shaft; when the locking member is disengaged from the positioning member along the radial direction of the output shaft, the positioning member and the positioning part are locked in the axial direction of the output shaft.

7. The power tool according to claim 6 , wherein the frame member is configured to be movable along the radial direction of the output shaft with respect to the housing, the frame member is configured to drive the positioning member moving along the radial direction of the output shaft, so that the positioning member and the locking part are engaged or disengaged.

8. The power tool according to claim 6 , wherein the output shaft and positioning part are static with respect to each other in the axial direction of the output shaft when the position part moves to be disengaged with the position member.

Assignees

• Positec Power Tools Suzhou Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chen Zhi
• Du Xiangjin
• Huo Wang
• Xie Mingjian
• Ma Yichun
• Pang Xiaoli

Classifications

• B25B13/481 Primary

  for operating in areas having limited access · CPC title

• B25B21/00 Primary

  Portable power-driven screw or nut setting or loosening tools; (details or components, e.g. casings, bodies, of portable power-driven tools not particularly related to the operation performed B25F5/00; {for mounting or dismounting wheels B60B29/006}); Attachments for drilling apparatus serving the same purpose (machines B23P19/06) · CPC title

• B25F5/00

  Details or components of portable power-driven tools not particularly related to the operations performed and not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• B25B21/002

  for special purposes · CPC title

• B25F5/001

  Gearings, speed selectors, clutches or the like specially adapted for rotary tools · CPC title