IP Library Granted Patent US 8,408,097
Granted Patent B2
US 8,408,097 · App. 12/678,679 · Granted Apr 2, 2013

Screwing tool

Inventors: Klaus Grohmann (Hersdorf, DE); Lothar Thommes (Bitburg, DE)
Assignee: Grohmann Engineering GmbH
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Patent No.
US 8,408,097
App. No.
12/678,679
Granted
Apr 2, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a screwing tool that comprises a drive arranged in a housing and an output shaft connected to said drive, a screwdriver point being arranged at the front face of the output shaft. The aim of the invention is to provide a screwing tool with which different connecting elements, in particular actuating and clamping elements consisting of a screwable sleeve and an inner screw can be screwed with only a single screwing tool. In order to achieve this aim, the screwing tool comprises a receiving part ( 500 ) which surrounds the output shaft and is displaceably guided in the direction of the axis ( 202 ) of the output shaft ( 200 ) against the force of a return element ( 505 ). Furthermore, an annular screwing tool ( 400 ), which surrounds the output shaft ( 200 ) and the screwdriver point ( 201 ), is rotatably mounted on the receiving part ( 500 ) for detecting the drive contours ( 305 ) of the peripheral surface ( 304 ) of a connecting element ( 303 ), at least one shiftable clutch ( 600 ) being arranged between the rotatably mounted annular screwing tool ( 400 ) and the output shaft ( 200 ).

Claims (14)

1. A screwing tool, comprising:

a housing:

a drive arranged in the housing;

an output shaft connected to the drive and having an axis of rotation, a screwdriver bit being mounted on one end of the output shaft;

a mounting part surrounding the output shaft and guided such that the mounting part is axially movable along the axis of the output shaft;

a restoring element, wherein the mounting part is axially movable against a force of the restoring element;

a ring-shaped screwing tool surrounding the output shaft and the screwdriver bit, the ring-shaped screwing tool being rotatably mounted on the mounting part and configured to grip drive contours on a lateral surface of a connecting element to be screwed-in by the ring-shaped screwing tool;

at least one shiftable clutch arranged between the ring-shaped screwing tool and the output shaft, wherein the at least one shiftable clutch is a nonpositive and self-shifting friction clutch with first and second clutch elements; and

an additional externally shifted positive clutch arranged between the ring-shaped screwing tool and the output shaft.

2. The screwing tool of claim 1 , wherein the first clutch element is connected to the output shaft, a flow of force between the first clutch element and the output shaft is interruptible by an axial displacement of the first clutch element along the axis of the output shaft.

3. The screwing tool of claim 2 , wherein the first clutch element and output shaft comprise positively engaging contours that act in a circumferential direction of the output shaft and that can he brought into and out of engagement by the axial displacement of the first clutch element.

4. The screwing tool of claim 1 , further comprising a spring arranged between the first clutch element and the ring-shaped screwing tool, wherein a force of the spring acts on the first clutch and is directed toward the second clutch element.

5. The screwing tool of claim 1 , wherein the mounting part is guided so that it is fixed with respect to rotation relative to the housing.

6. The screwing tool of claim 1 , the mounting part further comprising means for temporarily arresting the ring-shaped screwing tool in place.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 9, 2017
From: GROHMANN ENGINEERING GMBH
To: TESLA GROHMANN AUTOMATION GMBH
Reel/Frame 043495/0531 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 17, 2010
From: GROHMANN, KLAUS; THOMMES, LOTHAR
To: GROHMANN ENGINEERING GMBH
Reel/Frame 024095/0622 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2007 047 611 · Oct 4, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100199811A1 · Aug 12, 2010