Abstract: An anvil for an impact tool includes a body rotatable about a longitudinal axis, a driving end portion configured to receive a tool element over a distal end thereof, the driving end portion including a bore extending through the driving end portion of the anvil in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis, and a groove located between the bore and the distal end. A friction ring is disposed within groove and includes a curved section extending toward the distal end.

Abstract: An impact tool includes a housing, a motor supported within the housing, an anvil extending from the housing, the anvil including a body rotatable about a longitudinal axis, a drive end portion configured to receive a tool element over a distal end thereof, and a blind bore extending partially through the drive end portion of the anvil in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis. The impact tool also includes a retainer configured to at least partially surround the tool element, the retainer having a post configured to extend through the tool element and into the blind bore to inhibit removal of the tool element from the distal end of the anvil, and a drive assembly configured to convert a continuous rotational input from the motor to intermittent applications of torque to the anvil.

Abstract: A powered ratchet tool includes a housing and an output member. The output member has an inner opening, an outer toothed surface, and an output member aperture extending through the outer toothed surface to the inner opening. The powered ratchet tool further includes a drive mechanism for driving the output member. The drive mechanism includes a yoke in which the output member is arranged. The yoke has a yoke aperture. The powered ratchet tool further includes a first pawl in the yoke that is biased toward the toothed surface of the output member and a second pawl in the yoke that is biased toward the toothed surface of the output member. When the output member is in a home position, the first pawl and the second pawl are engaged with the toothed surface of the output member and the output member aperture is aligned with the yoke aperture.

Abstract: A power tool includes a housing having a primary housing and a secondary housing coupled to the primary housing, a motor supported within the primary housing, an output member driven by the motor and extending from the secondary housing, a circuit board assembly supported within the primary housing, a passageway at least partially formed by the secondary housing, and a lighting assembly coupled to the secondary housing. The lighting assembly includes a light source configured to illuminate a workpiece, a wire extending from the circuit board assembly to the lighting assembly through the passageway, and a sleeve positioned in the passageway and surrounding at least a portion of the wire.

Abstract: A powered fastener driver includes a driver blade movable from a top-dead-center (TDC) position to a bottom-dead-center (BDC) position, and a drive unit providing torque to move the driver blade, the drive unit having an output shaft defining a rotational axis. The driver further includes a rotary lifter engageable with the driver blade and receives torque from the drive unit in a rotational direction for returning the driver blade from the BDC position toward the TDC position, an aperture defined within the lifter through which the output shaft extends permitting radial movement of the lifter relative to the output shaft between a first position and a second position, and a spring biasing the lifter to the first position. The lifter translates in a radial direction relative to the output shaft from the first position toward the second position from engagement with the driver blade while rotating in the rotational direction.

Abstract: A power tool including a housing, a motor having an output shaft, a first gear set coupled to the output shaft, a second gear set, and an auto-shift mechanism. The motor is configured to drive rotation of the output shaft to generate torque. The auto-shift mechanism is positioned between the first gear stage and the second gear stage and provides at least a first torque transmission path and a second torque transmission path between the first gear set and the second gear set. The auto-shift mechanism is configured to transmit torque between the first gear set and the second gear set along the first path when torque generated by the motor is less than a critical torque and is configured to transmit torque between the first gear set and the second gear set when torque generated by the motor is greater than the critical torque.

Abstract: One example power tool includes a primary housing. A motor may be situated within the primary housing. The power tool may further include a transmission mechanism configured to transmit rotational energy from the motor to an output unit of the power tool. The power tool may further include a secondary housing in which at least a portion of the transmission mechanism is located. The power tool may further include a light source mounted to a front end of the secondary housing. The power tool may include one or more wires that extend through the passageway and that are electrically connected to the light source.

Abstract: A powered fastener driver includes a driver blade and a drive unit having an output shaft for providing torque to move the driver blade from the bottom-dead-center position toward the top-dead-center position. A rotary lifter is engageable with the driver blade and configured to receive torque from the output shaft of the drive unit in a first rotational direction for returning the driver blade from the bottom-dead-center position toward the top-dead-center position. A kickout arrangement is defined between the lifter and the output shaft and configured to permit limited movement of the lifter relative to the output shaft between a first position and a second position. The kickout arrangement having a curvilinear slot defined in the rotary lifter in which a portion of the output shaft is received. Movement of the rotary lifter from the first position toward the second position causes the slot to move relative to the output shaft, while the output shaft remains within the slot.

Abstract: A rotary impact tool including a housing, a motor, a gear assembly, and a drive assembly. The motor includes a shaft configured to rotate about an axis. The gear assembly is operably coupled to the motor. The drive assembly is configured to convert continuous torque received from the shaft through the gear assembly into periodic rotational impacts upon a workpiece. The drive assembly includes a camshaft, an anvil, a hammer, and a thrust bearing. The camshaft is operably coupled to the gear assembly. The anvil is positioned adjacent to a forward end of the camshaft. The hammer is configured to reciprocate along the camshaft to impart rotational impacts to the anvil in response to rotation of the camshaft. The thrust bearing is engaged with the camshaft such that the thrust bearing is configured to at least partially support the camshaft in an axial direction.

Abstract: One example power tool includes a primary housing. A motor may be situated within the primary housing. The power tool may further include a transmission mechanism configured to transmit rotational energy from the motor to an output unit of the power tool. The power tool may further include a secondary housing in which at least a portion of the transmission mechanism is located. The power tool may further include a light source mounted to a front end of the secondary housing. The power tool may include one or more wires that extend through the passageway and that are electrically connected to the light source.

Abstract: A power tool includes a housing having a motor housing portion and a handle portion extending from the motor housing portion. The motor housing portion and the handle portion are defined by cooperating first and second clamshell halves coupled together along a parting plane. A motor is supported within the motor housing portion and includes an output shaft defining an axis. A gear assembly includes a ring gear directly supported by the first and second clamshell halves, a pinion gear coupled for co-rotation with the output shaft, and planet gears meshed with the pinion gear and the ring gear. The power tool has an overall length measured along the axis from a rear end of the housing to a front end of the anvil between 106 mm and 125 mm, and is capable of delivering at least 500 foot-pounds of fastening torque to a workpiece through the anvil.

Abstract: A power tool includes a housing, a drive unit, and an impact mechanism. The drive unit is supported by the housing and includes a motor configured to drive rotation of an output shaft to provide a torque output. The impact mechanism is supported by the housing. The impact mechanism includes a camshaft, a first mass, a second mass, an anvil, and a spring. The camshaft receives the torque output from the drive unit. The first mass is mounted to the camshaft and is configured to translate along the camshaft. The second mass is mounted to the camshaft. The anvil is configured to receive an impact torque from the first mass. The anvil includes an output portion that is configured to apply the torque from the first mass to a workpiece.

Abstract: An accessory for a fastening tool having a pass-through drive including a bore bounded by a plurality of drive surfaces includes a coupling portion insertable into the bore from a first side of the bore in a first direction along an axis of the bore, an adapter portion extending from the coupling portion to be coupled to a tool element to perform work on a workpiece, and a lock rotatable relative to the coupling portion between a locked position, in which the lock engages a periphery of the bore, on a second of the bore opposite the first side, to prevent the accessory from being removed from the bore in a second direction opposite the first direction, and an unlocked position, in which the lock aligns with the plurality of drive surfaces to permit removal of the accessory from the bore in the second direction.

Abstract: A power tool includes a first housing portion and a second housing portion, a motor directly mounted between the housing portions with an output shaft defining an axis, and a gear assembly supported within the housing and including a ring gear directly supported by the housing portions, a pinion gear coupled for co-rotation with the output shaft, and planet gears meshed with the pinion gear and the ring gear. The power tool also includes a drive assembly operably coupled to the gear assembly with a camshaft, an anvil, a hammer configured to reciprocate along the camshaft to impart rotational impacts to the anvil, and a spring biasing the hammer towards the anvil. The ring gear includes lugs engaged with the first housing portion and the second housing portion to rotationally constrain the ring gear.

Abstract: A power tool includes a housing, a motor mounted within the housing and including a stator with an outer diameter and a rotor having a shaft configured to rotate about an axis relative to the stator. The power tool also includes a gear assembly operably coupled to the motor and including a ring gear fixed relative to the housing and planet gears meshed with the ring gear. A drive assembly is operably coupled to the gear assembly to receive torque from the shaft through the gear assembly. The power tool also includes a rear bearing rotatably supporting a rearward portion of the shaft and a forward bearing rotatably supporting a forward portion of the shaft. A distance measured between a front edge of the rear bearing and a rear edge of the forward bearing is less than the outer diameter of the stator.

Abstract: A powered fastener driver includes a driver blade movable from a top-dead-center (TDC) position to a bottom-dead-center (BDC) position for driving a fastener into a workpiece and a drive unit for providing torque to move the driver blade from the BDC position toward the TDC position. A kickout arrangement is at least partially defined by an outer surface on one of a torque output member and a torque input member and an aperture formed in the other of the torque output member and the torque input member in which the outer surface is received. The kickout arrangement configured to permit limited rotation of the torque output member relative to the torque input member between a first position and a second position.

Abstract: A power tool battery pack receptacle including a cavity in which a portion of a battery pack is receivable, the cavity defined in part by a first wall, a second wall, an intermediate wall coupled between the first wall and the second wall. The receptacle includes insertion end, a closed end opposite the insertion end along an insertion axis of the battery pack, a rail, and a groove. The rail is coupled to the first wall and extends between the insertion end and the closed end and defines a guide surface. The groove is defined between the intermediate wall and the guide surface and has a lateral wall coupled between the intermediate wall and the guide surface. An insert is positioned adjacent the closed end and configured to apply a biasing force on the battery pack to stabilize the battery pack within the receptacle and prevent relative movement therebetween.

Abstract: One example power tool includes a primary housing. A motor may be situated within the primary housing. The power tool may further include a transmission mechanism configured to transmit rotational energy from the motor to an output unit of the power tool. The power tool may further include a secondary housing in which at least a portion of the transmission mechanism is located. The power tool may further include a light source mounted to a front end of the secondary housing. The power tool may include one or more wires that extend through the passageway and that are electrically connected to the light source.

Abstract: A power tool supportable by a lanyard. The power tool includes a motor housing, a motor arranged in the motor housing, a front housing, an output member extending from the front housing, a gear case, and a gear train arranged in the gear case. The gear train configured to transfer torque from the motor to the output member. The power tool further includes a first fastener securing the front housing to the motor housing and a bracket to which the lanyard is attachable. The bracket is fastened to one of the front housing, the motor housing, or the gear case by a second fastener that does not secure the front housing to the motor housing.

Abstract: A power tool includes a housing having a primary housing and a secondary housing coupled to the primary housing, a motor supported within the primary housing, an output member driven by the motor and extending from the secondary housing, a circuit board assembly supported within the primary housing, a passageway at least partially formed by the secondary housing, and a lighting assembly coupled to the secondary housing. The lighting assembly includes a light source configured to illuminate a workpiece, a wire extending from the circuit board assembly to the lighting assembly through the passageway, and a sleeve positioned in the passageway and surrounding at least a portion of the wire.