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Granted Patent B2
US 12,202,116 · App. 18/324,769 · Granted Jan 21, 2025

Impact rotary tool

Inventors: Masaya Sato (Mie, JP); Kimitaka Ozawa (Osaka, JP); Takashi Kusagawa (Osaka, JP); Akiko Honda (Osaka, JP); Takahiro Ueda (Okayama, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
B25D17/24B25B21/02B25D17/11B25D2250/331
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Patent No.
US 12,202,116
App. No.
18/324,769
Granted
Jan 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An impact rotary tool includes a hammer, an anvil, an output shaft, a housing, and a bearing (first bearing). The bearing (first bearing) is held by the housing. The anvil includes a first contact portion. The output shaft includes a second contact portion. The second contact portion receives, from the first contact portion, force that causes the output shaft to rotate. The bearing (first bearing) is in contact with at least one of the first contact portion or the second contact portion and supports at least one of the output shaft or the anvil rotatably.

Claims (26)

1. An impact rotary tool comprising:

a hammer configured to rotate upon receiving motive power from a motor;

an anvil configured to rotate upon receiving, from the hammer, impacting force in a rotational direction of the hammer;

an output shaft configured to hold a tip tool thereon and rotate along with the anvil upon receiving, from the anvil, force in a rotational direction of the anvil;

a housing that houses the hammer and the anvil; and

a bearing held by the housing,

the anvil including a first contact portion arranged in contact with the output shaft;

the output shaft including a second contact portion arranged in contact with the first contact portion to receive, from the first contact portion, force that causes the output shaft to rotate, and

the bearing being in contact with at least one of the first contact portion or the second contact portion and supporting at least one of the output shaft or the anvil rotatably.

2. The impact rotary tool of claim 1 , wherein

the bearing is a needle bearing.

3. The impact rotary tool of claim 1 , further comprising a buffer member including an elastic member configured to be elastically deformed in a thrusting direction aligned with a rotational axis of the output shaft, wherein

the buffer member is interposed between the anvil and the output shaft to regulate a gap distance between the anvil and the output shaft.

4. The impact rotary tool of claim 1 , further comprising a second bearing separately from a first bearing serving as the bearing, wherein

the second bearing supports the output shaft rotatably.

5. The impact rotary tool of claim 1 , wherein

the anvil further includes an anvil body,

the first contact portion protrudes from the anvil body in a thrusting direction aligned with a rotational axis of the output shaft,

the output shaft further includes an output shaft body, and

the second contact portion protrudes from the output shaft body in the thrusting direction.

6. The impact rotary tool of claim 5 , wherein

the bearing is in contact with the anvil body.

7. The impact rotary tool of claim 5 , wherein

the bearing is in contact with the output shaft body.

8. The impact rotary tool of claim 1 , wherein

the bearing is in contact with the first contact portion and the second contact portion and supports the output shaft and the anvil rotatably.

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 4, 2023
From: SATO, MASAYA; OZAWA, KIMITAKA; KUSAGAWA, TAKASHI; HONDA, AKIKO; UEDA, TAKAHIRO
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064786/0040 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-093318 · Jun 8, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230398674A1 · Dec 14, 2023
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