IP Library Granted Patent US 12,318,892
Granted Patent B2
US 12,318,892 · App. 18/684,294 · Granted Jun 3, 2025

Arrangement for power tool, front part attachment and power tool

Inventor: Martin Folke (Värmdö, SE)
Assignee: ATLAS COPCO INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUE AB
B25B23/0028B25B21/002
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Patent No.
US 12,318,892
App. No.
18/684,294
Granted
Jun 3, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An arrangement for a power tool comprising a drive part for rotational locking to a drive shaft with respect to a rotation axis; a base part for fixation to a base structure; and an output element having an indexing part and a driven part rotatable relative to the indexing part about the rotation axis; wherein the output element is movable along the rotation axis relative to the drive part and the base part from a locked position where the indexing part engages the base part and the driven part engages the drive part, to an intermediate position where indexing part engages the base part and the driven part is disengaged from the drive part, and further to an unlocked position where the indexing part is disengaged from the base part and the driven part is disengaged from the drive part.

Claims (29)

1. An arrangement for a power tool having a base structure and a drive shaft rotatable relative to the base structure about a rotation axis, the arrangement comprising:

a drive part for rotational locking to the drive shaft with respect to the rotation axis;

a base part for fixation to the base structure; and

an output element having an indexing part and a driven part rotatable relative to the indexing part about the rotation axis;

wherein the output element is movable along the rotation axis relative to the drive part and the base part from a locked position where the indexing part and the base part are configured so as to connect to each other and the driven part and the drive part are configured so as to connect to each other, to an intermediate position where indexing part and the base part are configured so as to connect to each other and the driven part is disengaged from the drive part, and further to an unlocked position where the indexing part is disengaged from the base part and the driven part is disengaged from the drive part.

2. The arrangement according to claim 1 , further comprising a blocking device configured to adopt a blocked state where the output element is held in the locked position and an unblocked state where the output element is allowed to move from the locked position to the unlocked position.

3. The arrangement according to claim 2 , wherein the indexing part comprises an engageable structure, wherein the blocking device comprises a blocking member, movable along the rotation axis between a blocked position and an unblocked position, and an engaging member, and wherein the blocking member comprises a guide surface arranged to force the blocking member into engagement with the engageable structure when the blocking member adopts the blocked position and the output element adopts the locked position.

4. The arrangement according to claim 3 , wherein the blocking device further comprises a blocking force element arranged to force the blocking member from the unblocked position to the blocked position.

5. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the base part comprises a base spline and the indexing part comprises an indexing spline configured to engage the base spline.

6. The arrangement according to claim 5 , wherein the base spline and the indexing spline each comprise teeth oriented radially with respect to the rotation axis.

7. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the drive part comprises a drive spline and the driven part comprises a driven spline configured to engage the drive spline.

8. The arrangement according to claim 7 , wherein the drive spline and the driven spline each comprise teeth oriented axially with respect to the rotation axis.

9. The arrangement according to claim 1 , further comprising an alignment force element arranged to force the drive part away from the drive shaft along the rotation axis.

10. A front part attachment for a power tool having a base structure and a drive shaft rotatable relative to the base structure about a rotation axis, the front part attachment comprising an arrangement comprising:

a drive part for rotational locking to the drive shaft with respect to the rotation axis;

a base part for fixation to the base structure; and

an output element having an indexing part and a driven part rotatable relative to the indexing part about the rotation axis;

wherein the output element is movable along the rotation axis relative to the drive part and the base part from a locked position where the indexing part and the base part are configured so as to connect to each other and the driven part and the drive part are configured so as to connect to each other, to an intermediate position where indexing part and the base part are configured so as to connect to each other and the driven part is disengaged from the drive part, and further to an unlocked position where the indexing part is disengaged from the base part and the driven part is disengaged from the drive part.

11. The front part attachment according to claim 10 , wherein the front part attachment comprises an output member and a drive transmission arranged to transmit a rotation of the driven part to a rotation of the output member.

12. The front part attachment according to claim 10 , wherein the front part attachment comprises an elongated body extending perpendicularly to the rotation axis.

13. A power tool comprising a base structure, a drive shaft rotatable relative to the base structure about a rotation axis, and an arrangement comprising:

a drive part for rotational locking to the drive shaft with respect to the rotation axis;

a base part for fixation to the base structure; and

an output element having an indexing part and a driven part rotatable relative to the indexing part about the rotation axis;

wherein the output element is movable along the rotation axis relative to the drive part and the base part from a locked position where the indexing part and the base part are configured so as to connect to each other and the driven part and the drive part are configured so as to connect to each other, to an intermediate position where indexing part and the base part are configured so as to connect to each other and the driven part is disengaged from the drive part, and further to an unlocked position where the indexing part is disengaged from the base part and the driven part is disengaged from the drive part.

14. The front part attachment according to claim 10 , wherein the arrangement further comprises a blocking device configured to adopt a blocked state where the output element is held in the locked position and an unblocked state where the output element is allowed to move from the locked position to the unlocked position.

15. The front part attachment according to claim 14 , wherein the indexing part comprises an engageable structure, wherein the blocking device comprises a blocking member, movable along the rotation axis between a blocked position and an unblocked position, and an engaging member, and wherein the blocking member comprises a guide surface arranged to force the blocking member into engagement with the engageable structure when the blocking member adopts the blocked position and the output element adopts the locked position.

16. The power tool according to claim 13 , wherein the arrangement further comprises a blocking device configured to adopt a blocked state where the output element is held in the locked position and an unblocked state where the output element is allowed to move from the locked position to the unlocked position.

17. The power tool according to claim 16 , wherein the indexing part comprises an engageable structure, wherein the blocking device comprises a blocking member, movable along the rotation axis between a blocked position and an unblocked position, and an engaging member, and wherein the blocking member comprises a guide surface arranged to force the blocking member into engagement with the engageable structure when the blocking member adopts the blocked position and the output element adopts the locked position.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 16, 2024
From: FOLKE, MARTIN
To: ATLAS COPCO INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUE AB
Reel/Frame 066480/0627 →
Priority Claims (1)
SE 2130223-7 · Aug 23, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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