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Granted Patent B2
US 12,384,013 · App. 17/962,075 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Angle-adjustable power tool

Inventors: Tung-Yao Wang (New Taipei, TW); Jia-Huei Liu (New Taipei, TW)
Assignee: KUANI GEAR CO., LTD.
B25F5/02B25B21/00
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,384,013
App. No.
17/962,075
Granted
Aug 12, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An angle-adjustable power tool has a handle, a driving head, and a positioning group. The handle has an engaging mount and an engaging disk. The engaging mount is disposed on a top of the handle and has a communicating recess and a fixing recess. The engaging disk is mounted in the fixing recess of the engaging mount. The driving head is rotatably connected to the handle and has a pivot base and a head portion. The pivot base is disposed in a bottom of the driving head and is rotatably connected to the handle to dispose the engaging mount and the engaging disk between the handle and the pivot base. The positioning group is disposed between the handle and the driving head and has a positioning mount, an elastic element, an abutting mount, and a toggling element.

Claims (44)

1. An angle-adjustable power tool comprising a handle, a driving head, and a positioning group, wherein:

the handle has

an engaging mount mounted in a top of the handle and having

a communicating recess formed in the engaging mount; and

a fixing recess formed in the engaging mount, communicating with the communicating recess, and faced to the driving head; and

an engaging disk mounted in the fixing recess of the engaging mount;

the driving head is pivotally connected to the handle and has

a pivot base disposed in a bottom of the driving head and rotatably connected to the handle to dispose the engaging mount and the engaging disk between the handle and the pivot base; and

a head portion disposed on a top of the driving head and connected to the pivot base; and

the positioning group is disposed between the handle and the driving head to fix an angle of the driving head relative to the handle, and has

a positioning mount rotatably and movably disposed between the handle and the pivot base, and selectively engaging with the engaging disk;

an elastic element disposed in the communicating recess of the engaging mount and abutting against the positioning mount to push the positioning mount to engage with the engaging disk;

an abutting mount disposed on an external surface of the handle opposite to the pivot base, connected securely to the engaging mount, and abutting against the elastic element, the abutting mount having at least one sliding slot formed in an external surface of the abutting mount; and

a toggling element connected to the positioning mount and rotatably abutting the abutting mount, the toggling element having at least one protrusion formed on and protruding from a side of the toggling element facing the abutting mount, and being selectively mounted in the at least one sliding slot or abutting against the external surface of the abutting mount to move the positioning mount relative to the engaging disk with the rotation of the toggling element;

wherein the toggling element is rotated relative to the abutting mount, the positioning mount is moved by the toggling element to separate from the engaging disk and to compress the elastic element, an angle of the driving head relative to the handle is adjusted via the pivot base, after angle-adjustment, the positioning mount is moved toward and engages with the engaging disk for positioning by the compressed elastic element.

2. The angle-adjustable power tool as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the positioning mount has

a linking head disposed on one of two ends of the positioning mount and securely connected to the pivot base; and

a positioning disk disposed on a middle of the positioning mount, connected to the linking head, movably mounted in the communicating recess of the engaging mount, and selectively engaging with the engaging disk.

3. The angle-adjustable power tool as claimed in claim 2 , wherein

the engaging disk has multiple engaging units formed on a side of the engaging disk faced to the handle; and

the positioning disk has a positioning structure disposed on a side of the positioning disk faced to the multiple engaging units of the engaging disk and selectively engaging with the multiple engaging units.

4. The angle-adjustable power tool as claimed in claim 3 , wherein

the positioning structure of the positioning disk is a helical gear; and

each one of the multiple engaging units of the engaging disk is a helical tooth structure that engages with the helical gear.

5. The angle-adjustable power tool as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the engaging disk has at least one communicating hole axially formed through the engaging disk and the multiple engaging units and communicating with the communicating recess.

6. The angle-adjustable power tool as claimed in claim 1 , wherein

the handle has

a mounting recess transversally formed through the top of the handle and faced to the driving head; and

a pivot recess transversally formed in the top of the handle and communicating with the mounting recess;

the engaging mount is mounted in the pivot recess; and

the elastic element is disposed between the pivot recess and the communicating recess.

7. The angle-adjustable power tool as claimed in claim 6 , wherein

the handle has a connecting head;

the mounting recess and the pivot recess are formed in the connecting head;

the connecting head has a communicating slot longitudinally formed in the connecting head below the pivot recess and communicating with the pivot recess and a lower portion of the connecting head;

the engaging mount is securely connected to the connecting head and has a notch radially formed in a bottom of a side of the engaging mount faced to the pivot recess and communicating with the communicating recess and the communicating slot;

the pivot base is rotatably connected to the connecting head of the handle and has a connecting recess transversally formed in a side of the pivot base faced to the connecting head; and

the engaging mount that extends out of the connecting head is mounted in the connecting recess.

8. The angle-adjustable power tool as claimed in claim 1 , wherein

the engaging disk has multiple engaging units formed on a side of the engaging disk faced to the handle; and

the positioning disk has a positioning structure disposed on a side of the positioning disk faced to the multiple engaging units of the engaging disk and selectively engaging with the multiple engaging units.

9. The angle-adjustable power tool as claimed in claim 8 , wherein

the positioning structure of the positioning disk is a helical gear; and

each one of the multiple engaging units of the engaging disk is a helical tooth structure that engages with the helical gear.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 7, 2022
From: WANG, TUNG-YAO; LIU, JIA-HUEI
To: KUANI GEAR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061349/0232 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240116163A1 · Apr 11, 2024
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