Nut temporary tightening device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11897093-B2
Application number	US-202117409114-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 23, 2021
Priority date	Aug 28, 2020
Publication date	Feb 13, 2024
Grant date	Feb 13, 2024

Abstract

A nut temporary tightening device has bearing parts, a first support plate, a second support plate, and socket assemblies. Each bearing part has a cylindrical sleeve extending in an up-down direction and a flange provided at an intermediate portion of the sleeve. The first support plate has a plurality of first support holes that each support a corresponding bearing part along the outer circumference, on an upper end side, of the bearing part. The second support plate has a plurality of second support holes that each support a corresponding bearing part along the outer circumference, on a lower end side, of the bearing part. Each socket assembly has a driving shaft, a driving part, and a socket.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A nut temporary tightening device comprising:
bearing parts each having a cylindrical sleeve extending in an up-down direction and a flange provided at an intermediate portion of the cylindrical sleeve;
a first support plate having a plurality of first support holes that each support corresponding one of the bearing parts along an outer circumference, on an upper end side, of the bearing part;
a second support plate that is fixed under the first support plate at a distance greater than a thickness of the flange such that the second support plate faces and is parallel to the first support plate, and has a plurality of second support holes that each support corresponding one of the bearing parts along the outer circumference, on a lower end side, of the bearing part; and
socket assemblies each having a driving shaft that is passed through corresponding one of the bearing parts that is supported such that the flange is loosely fitted in the up-down direction between the first support plate and the second support plate, a driving gear that is provided at a portion of the driving shaft protruding toward the upper end side, and a socket that is provided to be able to hold a nut at a leading end of the driving shaft protruding toward the lower end side, wherein
the first support holes of the first support plate are disposed in a linear arrangement,
the second support holes of the second support plate are disposed in a linear arrangement at positions corresponding to the first support holes,
the first support plate has elongated holes as the first support holes, and a long-side direction of each of the elongated holes extends along a direction in which the first support holes are disposed,
the second support plate has elongated holes corresponding to the first support holes as the second support holes, and
at least one pair of corresponding holes of the first support holes and the second support holes of the first support plate and the second support plate is reference holes, and a diameter of the reference holes is set to be smaller than a diameter of the other first support holes or a diameter of the other second support holes.

2. The nut temporary tightening device according to claim 1 , wherein the socket belonging to at least one socket assembly among the socket assemblies is a reference socket, and a position of the reference socket in the up-down direction is set to be different from positions of the other sockets.

3. The nut temporary tightening device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an operating part that has an operating gear and a handle above the operating gear and is rotatably fixed on an upper surface of the first support plate; and
intermediate gears that are rotatably fixed on the upper surface of the first support plate and transmit rotation of the operating gear to the socket assemblies, wherein:
the driving gear is provided on an outer circumference of the driving shaft and meshes with the intermediate gear; and
the operating gear of the operating part is connected to the intermediate gears, and the intermediate gears are configured such that the driving gears rotate in the same direction and at the same speed.

4. The nut temporary tightening device according to claim 3 , wherein the intermediate gears each have a gap such that when the driving gear meshing with the intermediate gear moves based on the first support hole and the second support hole, the intermediate gear is able to follow the driving gear and mesh with the driving gear.

5. The nut temporary tightening device according to claim 1 , wherein the diameter of the reference holes is set to be smaller than the diameter of the other first support holes.

6. The nut temporary tightening device according to claim 1 , wherein the diameter of the reference holes is set to be smaller than the diameter of the other second support holes.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kira Kazuhiko

Classifications

• B25B17/00 Primary

  Hand-driven gear-operated wrenches or screwdrivers (ratchet-operated B25B13/46 {B25B13/467}, B25B15/04; {for mounting or dismounting wheels B60B29/005}) · CPC title

• B25B23/108

  the driving bit being a Philips type bit, an Allen type bit or a socket · CPC title

• B23P19/069 Primary

  Multi-spindle machines · CPC title