Inertial rotational tightening device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10625403-B2
Application number	US-201816007412-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 13, 2018
Priority date	Oct 5, 2017
Publication date	Apr 21, 2020
Grant date	Apr 21, 2020

Abstract

An inertial rotational tightening device includes: a rotationally drivable main body, an annular engagement section being disposed on a circumference of the main body; an inertial member having an engagement hole axially formed through the inertial member, the engagement hole of the inertial member being detachably engaged with the engagement section of the main body, a retaining groove being formed on a circumference of the engagement section or a hole wall of the engagement hole, an insertion groove being formed on the hole wall of the engagement hole or the circumference of the engagement section; and an elastic retainer member inlaid and buckled in the retaining groove and the insertion groove. The inertial member is detachably connected with the main body. Different inertial members with different mass can be selectively mounted on the main body to change the moment of inertia and the rotational torque of the rotational tightening device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An inertial rotational tightening device comprising:
a main body having an axis, the main body being rotatable around the axis as a center, the main body further having a linking end and a drive end respectively disposed at two ends of the main body;
an annular engagement section disposed on a circumference of the main body, an annular retaining groove being formed on the engagement section, the retaining groove having a configuration with a wider opening and a narrower interior;
an inertial member having an engagement hole axially formed through the inertial member, an annular insertion groove being formed on a hole wall of the engagement hole, the engagement hole of the inertial member being detachably engaged with the engagement section of the main body; and
an elastic retainer member having the form of a ring, the rims of the elastic retainer member being inlaid and buckled in the retaining groove and the insertion groove.

2. The inertial rotational tightening device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the retaining groove is formed with two inclined groove walls, that is, a rear groove wall proximal to the linking end and a front groove wall proximal to the drive end, the front groove wall having a resistance greater than a resistance of the rear groove wall.

3. The inertial rotational tightening device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the front groove wall is more inclined than the rear groove wall.

4. The inertial rotational tightening device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the front groove wall has a frictional force greater than a frictional force of the rear groove wall.

5. The inertial rotational tightening device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the engagement section has multiple first engagement teeth annularly arranged on the circumference of the main body at equal intervals, the engagement hole having multiple second engagement teeth arranged on the circumferential wall of the engagement hole at equal intervals, the first engagement teeth of the engagement section being engaged with the second engagement teeth of the engagement hole.

6. The inertial rotational tightening device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the tooth flanks of the adjacent first and second engagement teeth are in point-contact with each other.

7. The inertial rotational tightening device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the first engagement teeth and the second engagement teeth are quadrangular teeth and the slope of the tooth flank of the first engagement teeth is different from the slope of the tooth flank of the second engagement teeth.

8. An inertial rotational tightening device comprising:
a main body having an axis, the main body being rotatable around the axis as a center, the main body further having a linking end and a drive end respectively disposed at two ends of the main body;
an annular engagement section disposed on a circumference of the main body, an annular insertion groove being formed on the engagement section;
an inertial member having an engagement hole axially formed through the inertial member, an annular retaining groove being formed on a hole wall of the engagement hole, the retaining groove having a configuration with a wider opening and a narrower interior, the engagement hole of the inertial member being detachably engaged with the engagement section of the main body; and
an elastic retainer member having the form of a ring, the rims of the elastic retainer member being inlaid and buckled in the retaining groove and the insertion groove.

9. The inertial rotational tightening device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the retaining groove is formed with two inclined groove walls, that is, a rear groove wall proximal to the linking end and a front groove wall proximal to the drive end, the front groove wall having a resistance greater than a resistance of the rear groove wall.

10. The inertial rotational tightening device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the front groove wall is more inclined than the rear groove wall.

11. The inertial rotational tightening device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the front groove wall has a frictional force greater than a frictional force of the rear groove wall.

12. The inertial rotational tightening device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the engagement section has multiple first engagement teeth annularly arranged on the circumference of the main body at equal intervals, the engagement hole having multiple second engagement teeth arranged on the circumferential wall of the engagement hole at equal intervals, the first engagement teeth of the engagement section being engaged with the second engagement teeth of the engagement hole.

13. The inertial rotational tightening device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the tooth flanks of the adjacent first and second engagement teeth are in point-contact with each other.

14. The inertial rotational tightening device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the first engagement teeth and the second engagement teeth are quadrangular teeth and the slope of the tooth flank of the first engagement teeth is different from the slope of the tooth flank of the second engagement teeth.

Assignees

• Kabo Tool Co

Inventors

• Hsieh Chih-Ching

Classifications

• B25B21/026

  Impact clutches · CPC title

• B25B23/1405

  for impact wrenches or screwdrivers · CPC title

• B25B23/0035

  Connection means between socket or screwdriver bit and tool · CPC title

• B25B23/1453

  for impact wrenches or screwdrivers · CPC title

• B25B21/02

  with means for imparting impact to screwdriver blade or nut socket · CPC title