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Granted Patent B2
US 12,070,839 · App. 18/043,686 · Granted Aug 27, 2024

Impact rotary tool, torque calculation method, and program

Inventors: Masanori Nakamoto (Mie, JP); Hiroaki Murakami (Mie, JP); Akiko Honda (Osaka, JP); Kimitaka Ozawa (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
B25B23/1475B25B21/02
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Patent No.
US 12,070,839
App. No.
18/043,686
Granted
Aug 27, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An impact rotary tool includes a drive source, an impact force generator, an output shaft, a torque measuring unit, and a torque calculator. The impact force generator is configured to generate impact force in pulse form from power of the drive source. The output shaft is configured to transmit the impact force to a tip tool. The torque measuring unit is configured to measure a torque applied to the output shaft. The torque calculator is configured to, when a torque waveform of the torque measured by the torque measuring unit during one impact includes a plurality of peak values, calculates the tightening torque in accordance with a largest peak value of one or more second or subsequent peak values.

Claims (30)

1. An impact rotary tool comprising:

a drive source;

an impact force generator configured to generate impact force in pulse form from power of the drive source;

an output shaft configured to transmit the impact force to a tip tool;

a torque measuring unit configured to measure a torque applied to the output shaft; and

a torque calculator configured to calculate a tightening torque in accordance with the torque measured by the torque measuring unit;

the torque calculator being configured to, when a torque waveform of the torque measured by the torque measuring unit during one impact includes a plurality of peak values, calculate the tightening torque in accordance with a largest peak value of one or more second or subsequent peak values.

2. The impact rotary tool of claim 1 , wherein

the torque calculator is configured to

perform, on the torque waveform, a process of cutting a frequency component which is higher than a frequency of a mountain including the largest peak value and

calculate the tightening torque in accordance with the largest peak value included in the torque waveform after the process.

3. The impact rotary tool of claim 2 , wherein

the torque calculator is configured to

select the largest peak value included in the torque waveform,

derive a cutoff frequency in accordance with a width of the mountain,

perform, on the torque waveform, the process using the cutoff frequency, and

calculate the tightening torque in accordance with the largest peak value included in the torque waveform after the process.

4. The impact rotary tool of claim 1 , wherein

the torque calculator is configured to, when the torque waveform includes one peak value, calculate the tightening torque in accordance with the one peak value.

5. The impact rotary tool of claim 1 , further comprising a drive controller configured to stop the drive source when the tightening torque calculated by the torque calculator reaches a target torque.

6. The impact rotary tool of claim 1 , further comprising a notification controller configured to control notification of information on the tightening torque calculated by the torque calculator.

7. The impact rotary tool of claim 6 , wherein

the notification controller is configured to cause a display unit to display the information on the tightening torque.

8. The impact rotary tool of claim 1 , further comprising:

a storage configured to store information on the tightening torque calculated by the torque calculator; and

a reflection unit configured to reflect the information stored in the storage in a setting relating to fastening of a work target.

9. A torque calculation method comprising:

a measurement step of measuring a torque applied to an output shaft of an impact rotary tool, the impact rotary tool being configured to generate impact force in pulse form from power of a drive source and transmit the impact force from the output shaft to a tip tool; and

calculation step of, when a torque waveform of the torque measured in the measurement step during one impact includes a plurality of peak values, calculating a tightening torque in accordance with a largest peak value of one or more second or subsequent peak values.

10. A non-transitory storage medium storing thereon a program configured to cause one or more processors to execute the torque calculation method of claim 9 .

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Aug 6, 2026
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: NEXRA FIELD WORKS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 076114/0584 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 3, 2023
From: NAKAMOTO, MASANORI; MURAKAMI, HIROAKI; HONDA, AKIKO; OZAWA, KIMITAKA
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064784/0902 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-153312 · Sep 11, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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