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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2024
Snap-on Incorporated, Kenosha, WI (US);
Joshua M. Beer, Kenosha, WI (US);
Snap-on Incorporated, Kenosha, WI (US);
Abstract
An impact mechanism for an impact tool having a housing with a housing longitudinal axis, wherein the impact mechanism includes an impact mechanism longitudinal axis that is offset and substantially perpendicular to the housing longitudinal axis. The impact mechanism includes a gear carrier adapted to be driven by a motor of the impact tool to rotate about the impact mechanism longitudinal axis, a hammer slidably coupled to the gear carrier and rotatable about the impact mechanism longitudinal axis, the hammer includes a radial surface with a hammer lug extending therefrom, and an intermediate bit adapted to receive impact force from the hammer lug and transfer impact force to a tool bit.