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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 1993
Filed:
Feb. 11, 1991
Alexander S Gotman, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A differential rotary driver includes a power input shaft, a differential gear mechanism arranged coaxial to the power input shaft and having two output gears with mutually opposite rotations, and a housing which rotatably supports both input shaft and differential gear mechanism. The housing also has a rigid, crank-shaped lateral extension portion. Within the lateral extension portion of the housing both a central output shaft and a circumferentially concentric output shaft are rotatably supported on an axis which is laterally offset relative to the axis of the input shaft. Driving gears provided on the two output shafts are driven by corresponding output gears of the differential mechanism. When rotary power is applied between the housing and the power input shaft, an operator holding the housing experiences no reaction torque at any stage of the tightening of a fastener. The gear ratios may be selected such that the output torque of the circumferential output shaft is at least twice the output torque of the central output shaft.