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Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 11, 2024
Applicant:

Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US);

Inventors:

Jonathan E. Abbott, Wilmington, DE (US);

Jacob P. Schneider, Cedarburg, WI (US);

Peter Malak, Waukesha, WI (US);

Christopher S. Hoppe, Milwaukee, WI (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B 23/00 (2006.01); B25B 21/02 (2006.01); B25B 23/147 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B 23/1475 (2013.01); B25B 21/026 (2013.01); B25B 23/0021 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of controlling a rotary impact tool includes activating a motor to provide torque to a drive assembly, providing rotational impacts to a torque stick coupled to an anvil of the drive assembly in response to a reaction torque on the drive assembly exceeding a threshold value, and sensing a position of the anvil with a position sensor. The position sensor transmits a first signal indicative of the anvil rotating in a first direction and a second signal indicative of the anvil rotating in a second direction, where the second direction is a rebound angle of the anvil. The method further includes calculating a torque transferred from the torque stick to a workpiece by multiplying the rebound angle by a torsional stiffness value of the torque stick and deactivating the motor in response to the torque exerted on the workpiece being substantially equal to a torque limit.


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