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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2007
David Wilson, Jr., Fort Collins, CO (US);
David Wilson, Jr., Fort Collins, CO (US);
American Power Tools Company, Wellington, CO (US);
Abstract
A powered driver and methods are disclosed, the driver including a head having a gapped jaw and housing a motor driven drive transfer assembly for operating a rotatable split socket engageable at a threaded connector. A reaction unit having a biased fitting engagement attached to rail guides is movably maintained through the head, and a probe and switch are associated with different ones of the reaction unit and the head. A safety assembly includes a biased gate switch engageble with a roller switch and is located at the head for sending run status electrical signals to the driver dependent on position of the gate switch. Control lights and switches are provided for user interface and driver status monitoring.