Manual tool, and bit and torque sensor used therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11472009-B2
Application number	US-201816756704-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 23, 2018
Priority date	Oct 27, 2017
Publication date	Oct 18, 2022
Grant date	Oct 18, 2022

Abstract

To provide a manual tool excellent in workability and operability and capable of precise tightening torque management, a manual tool includes a grip including a bit holding part that detachably holds a bit, and a torque sensor that is of a magnetostrictive type, and includes a detecting part that is penetrated by the bit held by the bit holding part and surrounds an outer periphery of the bit, the torque sensor is capable of contactlessly detecting a torque acting on the bit, and is detachably provided to the grip. The torque sensor can be configured to be formed so as to be mountable to the grip with the bit mounted to the bit holding part of the grip.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A manual tool, comprising:
a bit including:
a base end portion, a tip end portion capable of engaging with a fastening member, and a shaft part that is solid and extends between the tip end portion and the base end portion, the shaft part having a monitored part, and a magnetostrictive material provided on a circumference of the monitored part;

a grip including a bit holding part that detachably holds the base end portion of the bit; and
a torque sensor that is of a magnetostrictive type, and includes a detecting part that is penetrated by the bit held by the bit holding part and surrounds an outer periphery of the monitored part of the bit with a gap, and the torque sensor includes a mounting part that is to be mounted on the grip, the torque sensor being capable of contactlessly detecting a torque acting on the bit, and detachably provided to the grip, wherein
the torque sensor is provided on the grip so as to surround an outer periphery of the bit-holding part, and the bit mounted on the bit-holding part extends though the torque sensor and the detecting part to the outside of the torque sensor.

2. The manual tool according to claim 1 , wherein
the torque sensor is formed so as to be mountable to the grip with the bit mounted to the bit holding part.

3. The manual tool according to claim 1 , wherein
the cross section of the monitored part of the bit is formed into a polygonal shape.

4. The manual tool according to claim 3 , wherein
the monitored part is formed to have a cross-sectional area greater than or equal to a cross-sectional area of the shaft part other than the monitored part.

5. The manual tool according to claim 1 , wherein
the diameter of a circle inscribed in a cross section of the monitored part of the bit is 10 mm or less.

6. The manual tool according to claim 1 , wherein
the bit is composed of an extension bar and a replacement bit, the extension bar includes the base end portion and the shaft part, and the replacement bit includes the tip end portion.

7. The manual tool according to claim 1 , wherein
a maximum tightening torque capable of tightening the fastening member is 10 N·m or less.

8. The manual tool according to claim 1 , wherein
the torque sensor includes a processing circuit that processes a detection signal detected by the detecting part.

9. The manual tool according to claim 1 , wherein
the detecting part includes a solenoid coil formed so as to be penetrable by the bit.

Assignees

• Fujikin Kk
• Sasada Magnetics And Sensors Laboratory Co Ltd

Inventors

• Harada Akihiro
• Ochiishi Masahiko
• Shinohara Tsutomu
• Sasada Ichiro

Classifications

• G01L5/24

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