Patents by Inventor Ulf Mikael Eriksson

Ulf Mikael Eriksson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11787022
    Abstract: A power screwdriver includes a housing having a vacuum chamber arranged to communicate with a source of sub-atmospheric pressure. The power screwdriver includes a motor, a bit drive spindle, and a bit supporting sleeve connected to the bit drive spindle. The rear end part of the bit supporting sleeve is surrounded by the vacuum chamber. The bit supporting sleeve is journaled by a bearing between a forward end part and a rear end part of the bit supporting sleeve. The bit supporting sleeve includes at least one longitude vacuum passage extending from its rear end part to its forward end part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: ATLAS COPCO INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUE AB
    Inventors: Ulf Mikael Eriksson, Karl Göran Johansson
  • Patent number: 11724367
    Abstract: An attachment part for a power tool includes an elongated housing including an upper housing part, a lower housing part and an interconnection structure that interconnects the upper and lower housing parts. An input gear for connection to an output shaft of a power tool is arranged at a first end of the housing. An output gear with an output interface is arranged at a second end of the housing. The interconnecting structure includes a sleeve member extending through a first central bore at the first end of the upper housing part, which sleeve member receives the input gear, and a fixation member extending through a second central bore at the first end of the lower housing part and which is arranged to be secured to the sleeve member to clamp the upper and lower housing parts. A tool assembly includes a power tool and the attachment part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: ATLAS COPCO INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUE AB
    Inventors: Ulf Mikael Eriksson, Wojtek Malinowski
  • Patent number: 11590643
    Abstract: A handheld electric tightening tool includes a housing and a sealing arrangement. The sealing arrangement is adapted to seal a first portion of the housing from a second portion of the housing and includes a sealing element and a spring. The sealing element includes a first portion adapted to bear against a shoulder formed in the housing, and a second portion adapted to bear against a portion of an outer surface of a rotating axle of the tool. The spring is adapted to at a first end bear against a shoulder formed in the sealing element and at a second end bear against a supporting element arranged on the axle, such that a force is exerted on the sealing element urging the sealing element against the shoulder formed in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: ATLAS COPCO INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUE AB
    Inventor: Ulf Mikael Eriksson
  • Publication number: 20220258313
    Abstract: A power tool attachment part for a power tool, comprising: an elongate housing including an upper housing part and a lower housing part interconnected with the upper housing part, an input gear wheel configured to be connected to an output shaft of a power wrench, which input gear wheel is arranged at a first end of the housing, an output gear wheel with an output connection, which output gear wheel is arranged at a second end of the housing, an intermediate gear wheel arranged inside the housing and configured to transmit rotation of the input gear wheel to the output gear wheel, a socket arranged concentrically with and radially inside the output gear wheel, and a torque sensor configured to measure the strain on the socket and thereby obtain a measure of the torque at the output gear wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: ATLAS COPCO INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUE AB
    Inventors: Nabil Khalil RADIF, Ulf Mikael ERIKSSON
  • Publication number: 20210276163
    Abstract: An attachment part for a power tool includes an elongated housing including an upper housing part, a lower housing part and an interconnection structure that interconnects the upper and lower housing parts. An input gear for connection to an output shaft of a power tool is arranged at a first end of the housing. An output gear with an output interface is arranged at a second end of the housing. The interconnecting structure includes a sleeve member extending through a first central bore at the first end of the upper housing part, which sleeve member receives the input gear, and a fixation member extending through a second central bore at the first end of the lower housing part and which is arranged to be secured to the sleeve member to clamp the upper and lower housing parts. A tool assembly includes a power tool and the attachment part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: ATLAS COPCO INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUE AB
    Inventors: Ulf Mikael ERIKSSON, Wojtek MALINOWSKI
  • Publication number: 20210268631
    Abstract: A power screwdriver includes a housing having a vacuum chamber arranged to communicate with a source of sub-atmospheric pressure. The power screwdriver includes a motor, a bit drive spindle, and a bit supporting sleeve connected to the bit drive spindle. The rear end part of the bit supporting sleeve is surrounded by the vacuum chamber. The bit supporting sleeve is journaled by a bearing between a forward end part and a rear end part of the bit supporting sleeve. The bit supporting sleeve includes at least one longitude vacuum passage extending from its rear end part to its forward end part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: ATLAS COPCO INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUE AB
    Inventors: Ulf Mikael ERIKSSON, Karl Göran JOHANSSON
  • Publication number: 20210268638
    Abstract: A handheld electric tightening tool includes a housing and a sealing arrangement. The sealing arrangement is adapted to seal a first portion of the housing from a second portion of the housing and includes a sealing element and a spring. The sealing element includes a first portion adapted to bear against a shoulder formed in the housing, and a second portion adapted to bear against a portion of an outer surface of a rotating axle of the tool. The spring is adapted to at a first end bear against a shoulder formed in the sealing element and at a second end bear against a supporting element arranged on the axle, such that a force is exerted on the sealing element urging the sealing element against the shoulder formed in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventor: Ulf Mikael ERIKSSON
  • Patent number: 9751177
    Abstract: A drive arrangement in a pneumatic power tool includes a pneumatic motor with an output shaft, and a spindle for mounting a cutting element and which externally includes both a thread and an axial groove. A drive rotation of the spindle is driven by a drive gear that is engaged with the axial groove on the spindle and that is drivingly connected to the output shaft so as to rotate at a constant speed with respect to the output shaft. A feed gear is threaded upon the spindle and may be rotated with respect to the spindle in order to advance and retract the spindle. The feed gear is driven by one intermediate feed gear which is interchangeably drivingly connectable to the output shaft via a first and a second gear connection, respectively, so as to advance or retract the spindle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: ATLAS COPCO INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUE AB
    Inventors: Ulf Mikael Eriksson, Wilhelm Mattias Georgsson
  • Patent number: 9731393
    Abstract: A power tool includes a pneumatic motor with an output shaft, a spindle that is drivingly connected to the output shaft via a drive gear to provide a rotational movement to the spindle and via a feed gear to provide a translational movement to the spindle. A cylinder that governs the gear transmission to the feed gear is arranged to be translated between a retraction gearing position and an advancement gearing position. The retraction gearing includes a retraction torque limiting coupling adapted to be released when an operational torque (T) exceeds a retraction threshold torque (TR) in order to terminate retraction. A lock mechanism is arranged to selectively block the cylinder in the retraction gearing position through engagement between a tooth of a ratchet on the lock mechanism and a shoulder on the cylinder. The lock mechanism assures that the cylinder is kept in the retraction gearing position during an initial phase of the retraction of the spindle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Atlas Copco Industrial Technique AB
    Inventors: Ulf Mikael Eriksson, Wilhelm Mattias Georgsson
  • Patent number: 9687914
    Abstract: A drilling tool includes a spindle, a housing at least partly housing the spindle, a feed gear drivingly connected to a motor and threaded around the spindle to feed the spindle in an axial direction of the spindle by mutual rotation between the feed gear and spindle during a drilling process, and a micro peck unit which includes an undulated cam profile and a follower arranged to bear against the cam profile, and which produces an oscillating movement of the feed gear and the spindle upon rotation of the feed gear during a drilling process. The micro peck unit further includes interposable rolling elements arranged to be re-positioned into a gap between two circular contact surfaces in order to separate the cam profile from the follower, such that no oscillating movement is produced by the unit when the interposable rolling elements are positioned inside the gap between the contact surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: ATLAS COPCO INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUE AB
    Inventors: Ulf Mikael Eriksson, Lars Joakim Edberg
  • Publication number: 20150273596
    Abstract: A drilling tool includes a spindle, a housing at least partly housing the spindle, a feed gear drivingly connected to a motor and threaded around the spindle to feed the spindle in an axial direction of the spindle by mutual rotation between the feed gear and spindle during a drilling process, and a micro peck unit which includes an undulated cam profile and a follower arranged to bear against the cam profile, and which produces an oscillating movement of the feed gear and the spindle upon rotation of the feed gear during a drilling process. The micro peck unit further includes interposable rolling elements arranged to be re-positioned into a gap between two circular contact surfaces in order to separate the cam profile from the follower, such that no oscillating movement is produced by the unit when the interposable rolling elements are positioned inside the gap between the contact surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: ATLAS COPCO INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUE AB
    Inventors: Ulf Mikael Eriksson, Lars Joakim Edberg
  • Patent number: 9089939
    Abstract: A drilling unit with automatic drill shaft feeding is provided. The feeding velocity can be changed by external mounting of exchangeable gearing cassettes having a desired gear ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: ATLAS COPCO INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUE AKTIEBOLAG
    Inventors: Ulf Mikael Eriksson, Wilhelm Mattias Jacobsson
  • Publication number: 20140318290
    Abstract: A power tool includes a pneumatic motor with an output shaft, a spindle that is drivingly connected to the output shaft via a drive gear to provide a rotational movement to the spindle and via a feed gear to provide a translational movement to the spindle. A cylinder that governs the gear transmission to the feed gear is arranged to be translated between a retraction gearing position and an advancement gearing position. The retraction gearing includes a retraction torque limiting coupling adapted to be released when an operational torque (T) exceeds a retraction threshold torque (TR) in order to terminate retraction. A lock mechanism is arranged to selectively block the cylinder in the retraction gearing position through engagement between a tooth of a ratchet on the lock mechanism and a shoulder on the cylinder. The lock mechanism assures that the cylinder is kept in the retraction gearing position during an initial phase of the retraction of the spindle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Ulf Mikael Eriksson, Wilhelm Mattias Georsson
  • Publication number: 20140290974
    Abstract: A drive arrangement in a pneumatic power tool includes a pneumatic motor with an output shaft, and a spindle for mounting a cutting element and which externally includes both a thread and an axial groove. A drive rotation of the spindle is driven by a drive gear that is engaged with the axial groove on the spindle and that is drivingly connected to the output shaft so as to rotate at a constant speed with respect to the output shaft. A feed gear is threaded upon the spindle and may be rotated with respect to the spindle in order to advance and retract the spindle. The feed gear is driven by one intermediate feed gear which is interchangeably drivingly connectable to the output shaft via a first and a second gear connection, respectively, so as to advance or retract the spindle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Ulf Mikael Eriksson, Wilhelm Mattias Georgsson
  • Publication number: 20140034346
    Abstract: A speed control device for limiting the idle and operating speed of a pneumatic power tool driven by an air turbine (20) and comprising an inlet passage (16) for supplying pressure air at a pressure (P1), one or more nozzles (25) for directing supplied motive pressure air onto the turbine wheel (22) of the air turbine (20), and a speed governor (21) with a movable valve element (43) biased by a turbine speed responsive control pressure (P3) and arranged to control the flow of supplied pressure air from the pressure air inlet passage (16) to the nozzles (25), wherein a pressure regulator (60) controlled by the pressure air supply pressure (P1) is arranged to adjust the control pressure (P3) by adjusting the size of a bleed passage (66) communicating with the atmosphere in response to the actual level of the pressure air supply pressure (P1) such that a decreasing pressure air supply pressure (P1) results in an decreased area of the bleed passage (66) and a following increased control pressure which results in
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: ATLAS COPCO INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUE AB
    Inventors: Dan Eklund, Ulf Mikael Eriksson
  • Publication number: 20120275871
    Abstract: An improved pneumatic ADE-machine with a built-in logic has a clutch in the power transmission chain between a first drive gear and a second driven gear. The clutch includes two clutch parts (D, F), whereof a first part (D) is axially biased by a spring (C). Movable elements (E) are arranged between the clutch parts, which transfer the rotation from the first to the second clutch part, and an actuator (H) is arranged in connection with the first spring biased clutch part (D). When a feed force on a drill during drilling exceeds the biasing force of the spring, the movable elements displace the spring biased clutch part axially, which triggers the actuator (H) to send a corresponding signal to the machine logic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: ATLAS COPCO TOOLS AB
    Inventors: Ulf Mikael Eriksson, Wilhelm Mattias Georgsson
  • Publication number: 20110255930
    Abstract: A drill spindle unit includes a housing, and a rotatable and longitudinally displaceable drill spindle provided with axial keyways for cooperation with internal projections of a drill spindle surrounding rotation drive sleeve, and a screw thread for cooperation with an internal thread of a drill spindle surrounding feed drive sleeve. Bearings for radial as well as axial support of the drill spindle relative to the housing are provided. The radial support bearings are arranged to transfer radial forces only, and a thrust bearing is arranged to transfer axial forces between the housing and the drill spindle. The thrust bearing is associated with an axial load sensing device by which signals are generated in response to the axial load applied on the drill spindle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2009
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: ATLAS COPCO TOOLS AB
    Inventors: Ulf Mikael Eriksson, Wilhelm Mattias Jacobsson
  • Publication number: 20110236144
    Abstract: A drilling unit with automatic drill shaft feeding is provided. The feeding velocity can be changed by external mounting of exchangeable gearing cassettes having a desired gear ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: ATLAS COPCO TOOLS AB
    Inventors: Ulf Mikael Eriksson, Wilhelm Mattias Jacobsson