Drilling aid system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10994345-B2
Application number	US-202016778195-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 31, 2020
Priority date	Feb 4, 2019
Publication date	May 4, 2021
Grant date	May 4, 2021

Abstract

A drilling aid system which comprises a body with a first cavity, a shaft mounted to be able to rotate within the first cavity, a slider which has a proximal end mounted to be able to move in translation within the first cavity, where the slider has a second cavity which extends the first cavity, a collar that is able to move in translation on the shaft, a first compression spring having a first stiffness and pressing against the collar and against the proximal end of the slider, and a second compression spring having a second stiffness greater than the first stiffness, and pressing against the collar and against the proximal end of the body. A system of this kind makes it possible to make the user perceive that the end of the drilling operation is nigh and that therefore the force applied to the drill should be reduced.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A drilling aid system configured to be mounted on a drill and comprising:
a body with a first cavity extending between a proximal end and a distal end of the body where the proximal end is configured to be oriented towards the drill,
a shaft mounted and configured to rotate about an axis of rotation within the first cavity and having a proximal end that is configured to be secured to a chuck of the drill and a distal end to which a drill bit is secured,
a slider which has a proximal end and a distal end which is configured to press against a plate that is to be drilled, where the proximal end of the slider is mounted so as to be able to slide in translation parallel to the axis of rotation within the first cavity at the distal end of the body, where the slider has a second cavity which extends the first cavity and which extends between the proximal end and the distal end of the slider,
a collar that directly contacts the shaft and is configured to move in translation parallel to the axis of rotation on the shaft and within the first cavity,
a first compression spring having a first stiffness and arranged in the first cavity and pressing, at a first end, against the collar and, at a second end, directly against the proximal end of the slider, and
a second compression spring having a second stiffness greater than the first stiffness, arranged in the first cavity and pressing, at a first end, against the collar and, at a second end, against the proximal end of the body.

2. The drilling aid system according to claim 1 , wherein the slider has, at its distal end, a sole plate.

3. The drilling aid system according to claim 1 , wherein the collar is adjustable in length parallel to the axis of rotation.

4. A drill comprising a chuck and the drilling aid system according to claim 1 , where a proximal end of the shaft is secured to the chuck and where a drill bit is secured to a distal end of the shaft and accommodated in the second cavity.

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Sas

Inventors

• Farre Eric

Classifications

• B23B49/00 Primary

  Measuring or gauging equipment on boring machines for positioning or guiding the drill; Devices for indicating failure of drills during boring; Centering devices for holes to be bored (marking-out equipment B25H7/00; measuring devices, gauges G01B) · CPC title

• B23B2260/0082

  Sliding contact bearings · CPC title

• B23B2260/136

  Springs · CPC title

• B23B2260/0482

  Depth controls, e.g. depth stops · CPC title

• B23B47/26 Primary

  Liftable or lowerable drill heads or headstocks; Balancing arrangements therefor {(weight and flexion compensation B23Q11/001)} · CPC title