Abstract: Power tool for crimping or cutting and object, the tool having vents in the tool housing for enabling airflow wherein such vents have a partition member extending across them for restricting liquid water and dust ingress, and method of assembly. Power tool for crimping or cutting an object, the tool having a switch wherein the switch is provided on a support that is clamped between opposing tool housing portions for forming a seal to restrict the ingress of liquid water into the tool housing interior via the switch, and method of assembly. Power tool for crimping or cutting an object, the tool having an arrangement of light emitting elements directed towards an operative part of the tool for indicating operational information to a user without requiring the user to remove their gaze from the operative part of the tool in use.

Abstract: A system includes first and second power tools that each have a percussion mechanism, a motor, and a transmission. The transmission includes a striking mechanism and is configured to transfer a driving motion of the motor to an insert tool held in a tool holder. The transmission has a guide tube that is identical in some regions along a working axis and accommodates a striker. The guide tube is rotatably coupled to the motor by a first transmission unit. The striker is driven to linearly oscillate by a piston of a second transmission unit. A ratio between a diameter of the tool holder and a diameter of the guide tube is 1.8 times greater in the first power tool than in the second power tool. A striking energy of the second power tool is mechanically reduced compared to a striking energy of the first power tool.

Abstract: A motor-driven orthopedic impacting tool is provided for orthopedic impacting in the hips, knees, shoulders and the like. The tool is capable of holding a broach, chisel, or other end effector, which when gently tapped in a cavity with controlled percussive impacts, can expand the size or volume of an opening of the cavity or facilitate removal of the broach, implant, or other surgical implement from the opening. A stored-energy drive mechanism stores potential energy and then releases it to launch a launched mass or striker to communicate a striking force to an adapter in either a forward or reverse direction. The tool may further include a combination anvil and adapter and an energy adjustment mechanism to adjust the striking force the launched mass delivers to the adapter in accordance with a patient profile.

Abstract: A rotary tool includes a motor, a final output shaft, a housing, a detecting mechanism, an interrupting mechanism and a solenoid. The motor includes a motor body and a motor shaft. The final output shaft is configured to be rotationally driven by torque transmitted from the motor shaft. The housing houses the motor and the final output shaft. The detecting mechanism is configured to detect a motion state of the housing. The interrupting mechanism is provided on a transmission path of the torque from the motor shaft to the final output shaft, and configured to interrupt transmission of the torque. The solenoid includes a linearly movable actuation part and is configured to mechanically actuate the interrupting mechanism via the actuation part based on the motion state of the housing detected by the detecting mechanism.

Abstract: A hammer drill includes a housing, a tool holder, a hammering member, a gear, and a conversion member. The gear is switched to a first state where a rotation of the intermediate shaft is transmitted and a second state where the rotation of the intermediate shaft is not transmitted, and a mode switching member is configured to perform a switching operation of the state of the gear from an outside of the housing. The switching of the state of the gear by the mode switching member provides at least two operation modes of a hammer drill mode where the gear integrally rotates with the intermediate shaft to generate the rotation and a reciprocation of the hammering member on the tool holder and a hammer mode where the gear is separated from the rotation of the intermediate shaft to generate only the reciprocation of the hammering member.

Abstract: A handheld tool device includes a hammer mechanism that has at least a striker and a cam guide that drives the striker at least in a hammer-drilling mode. The striker has at least a portion of the cam guide.

Abstract: A percussive massage device includes an enclosure having a cylindrical bore that extends along a longitudinal axis. A motor has a rotatable shaft that rotates about a central axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. A crank coupled to the shaft includes a pivot, which is offset from the central axis of the shaft. A transfer bracket has a first end portion coupled to the pivot of the crank. A flexible transfer linkage has a first end coupled to a second end portion of the transfer bracket. A piston has a first end coupled to a second end of the transfer linkage. The piston is constrained to move within a cylinder along the longitudinal axis of the cylindrical bore. An applicator head has a first end coupled to a second end of the piston and has a second end exposed outside the cylindrical bore for application to a person receiving treatment.

Abstract: Vibrations resulting from a reciprocating piston and vibrations resulting from a rotating crank shaft are reduced effectively. A housing for a hammer drill accommodates, at a position at which a cap closes a supply port, a counterweight movable in cooperation with a crank mechanism to reduce vibrations in a striking axis direction resulting from a reciprocating piston, and a second counterweight rotatable in cooperation with the crank mechanism to reduce vibrations in a rotational direction resulting from a crank shaft.

Abstract: A handheld power tool 1 has a tool socket 2 to hold a tool along a working axis 11. A motor-driven, pneumatic striking mechanism 6 has an exciter 17 which is driven by a motor 5, a striker 14 that is coupled to the exciter 17 via a pneumatic chamber 19, and an intermediate striker 22 arranged on the working axis 11 in the striking direction 12 behind the striker 14. A ventilation opening 30 connects a cavity 29 situated between the striker 14 and the intermediate striker 22 to the environment. A valve 38 that closes the ventilation opening 30 is opened when actuated by the intermediate striker 22 when the intermediate striker 22 is moved into its working position counter to the striking direction 12.

Abstract: An impact tool includes a tool body, a tool holder, a cylindrical member, a reciprocating member, a motor, a first rotary body, a second rotary body, a swinging member, and clutch mechanisms. The clutch mechanisms are disposed between the first rotary body and the second rotary body on a power transmission path from the motor to the swinging member. The tool holder and the cylindrical member move together as a movable unit with respect to the tool body between a front end position and a separate position, according to a pressing force applied to the tool holder. The clutch mechanisms are each configured to start transmission of the first rotary body to the second rotary body while the movable unit moves from the front end position to the separate position and to interrupt transmission while the movable unit moves from the separate position to the front end position.

Abstract: An electric tool includes a functional piece, a motor, a case and a fan. The case includes a motor case portion. An airflow inlet and an airflow outlet are formed in the case. When the fan operates, an airflow at the airflow inlet is taken out and is directed to the airflow outlet after the airflow flows through the motor. The motor case portion includes an encircling portion which encircles the motor and an end portion arranged on one end of the encircling portion. The motor includes a stator, a motor shaft and a rotor. The stator is fixed relative to the case. The motor shaft is rotatably arranged in the case. The rotor surrounds the stator and rotates synchronously with the motor shaft. A stopping piece having a stopping portion is arranged at a first clearance between the rotor and the encircling portion. A projection of the stopping piece in a plane perpendicular to a rotating axis of the rotor is at least partially located outside a projection of the rotor in the plane.

Abstract: A roller bearing for at least one set of roller bodies, which are disposed in an annular manner, the roller bearing having at least one track element with a track, on which the roller bodies are provided for rolling. The track comprises a track base having a circular circumferential line. The track element comprises, on each axial side of the track base, a shoulder or a rim for the roller bodies, each shoulder or rim having a circular circumferential line. The track element is formed such that, as viewed perpendicular to the planes defined by the circumferential lines, all center points of the three circumferential lines are different from each other.

Abstract: An electric power tool has a brushless motor for driving a tip tool, and a motor case is at least partly covered by a motor housing made of aluminum alloy and exposed to an outside. A control board provided with a control circuit for controlling the rotation of the brushless motor is disposed adjacent to the motor housing. The brushless motor and a control board are cooled by cooling air generated by a fun, thereby enhancing the cooling characteristics of the motor control circuit.

Abstract: A motor-driven orthopedic impacting tool is provided for orthopedic impacting in the hips, knees, shoulders and the like. The tool is capable of holding a broach, chisel, or other end effector, which when gently tapped in a cavity with controlled percussive impacts, can expand the size or volume of an opening of the cavity or facilitate removal of the broach, implant, or other surgical implement from the opening. A stored-energy drive mechanism stores potential energy and then releases it to launch a launched mass or striker to communicate a striking force to an adapter in either a forward or reverse direction. The tool may further include a combination anvil and adapter and an energy adjustment mechanism to adjust the striking force the launched mass delivers to the adapter in accordance with a patient profile.

Abstract: A method is presented for operating a power tool during installation of a deformable fastener. The method includes: receiving measures of current supplied to a motor of the power tool during operation of the power tool; determining rate of change of the current during operation of the power tool; determining occurrence of the power tool engaging the fastener based on the magnitude of the current supplied to the motor; determining occurrence of the power tool swaging the fastener based on the rate of change of the current; determining completion of the power tool swaging the fastener based on the magnitude of the current and the rate of change of the current; and verifying quality of the installation of the fastener using the determination of the occurrence of the power tool engaging the fastener and the determination of the completion of the power tool swaging the fastener.

Abstract: A hand-held power tool includes a tool holder for holding a tool on a working axis, a pneumatic striking mechanism for striking the tool, and an absorber, which includes a bending spring, situated transversely to the working axis, and a mass body. A countershaft is driven by the motor around a rotation axis which runs in parallel to the working axis. A wobble drive for driving the pneumatic striking mechanism is situated on the countershaft. In addition, a cam disk is situated on the countershaft and includes a cam which projects in a start-up direction which runs in parallel to the working axis. The bending spring includes a counterpiece provided relative to the cam. The cam, which abuts the counterpiece, pretensions the bending spring in the start-up direction.

Abstract: The handheld power tool has a tool socket to hold a chiseling tool on a working axis and a striking mechanism that acts upon the tool in the striking direction. The striking mechanism is arranged in a machine housing. A handle is oriented along a handle axis that is perpendicular to the working axis and that is installed on the machine housing by three suspension assemblies. The second suspension assembly has a lever arm that runs along the handle axis. The first end of the lever arm is attached to a machine housing and to a handle. A guide is attached to the other machine housing and handle. The second end of the lever arm in the guide can be forcibly deflected against a spring along a trajectory that is slanted or perpendicular to the working axis.

Abstract: The angle piece head drives an instrument for operating on dental roots and includes a body having a generally cylindrical cavity and an instrument-holding core in the cavity. The core is shaped to receive and hold the instrument and moves axially and pivotally. The instrument-holding core includes a groove having an offset engaging therewith. The offset engages with one or the other of the two edges of the groove such that the rotation thereof transmits an alternating axial movement to the instrument while enabling same to rotate about the axis of the instrument. The groove includes two portions that extend on either side of a median area. For each portion, the height, namely the distance that separates the two edges, increases from the median area to each end of the groove.

Abstract: A handheld tool device includes a hammer mechanism that has at least a striker and a cam guide that drives the striker at least in a hammer-drilling mode. The striker has at least a portion of the cam guide.

Abstract: A tool attachment for a handheld power tool that has a housing having a fastening interface includes: an attachment housing on which there is situated a locking unit for locking the tool attachment on the fastening interface of the handheld power tool; a tool receptacle for accommodating an insertion tool; and a hammer mechanism situated in the attachment housing, which hammer mechanism is configured to apply an impact in the axial direction of the tool receptacle on the insertion tool, during hammer operation of the tool attachment.

Abstract: A hand-held power tool, in particular an impact drill driver, has a gearbox assemblage, a hammer impact mechanism, and a tool spindle. The hammer impact mechanism includes a striker that at least partly surrounds the tool spindle in at least one plane.

Abstract: A knob assembly for a power tool comprising: a knob having a slot and knob recess, the slot and knob recess intersecting each other at an intersection within the knob; a latch slideably mounted within the slot; a peg located within the knob recess; wherein the peg and latch engage with each other via the intersection in order for the peg to retain the latch within the slot and for the latch to retain peg within the knob recess.

Abstract: A method for diagnosing a torque impulse generator which includes a rotational input portion, a torque output portion, an oil reservoir and a torque generating arrangement converting rotation of the input portion to torque impulses at the torque output portion, the method includes: detecting an acoustic signal from the torque impulse generator while generating torque impulses, extracting the frequency of torque impulses from the acoustic signal, and diagnosing the torque impulse generator based on the frequency of torque impulses, to indicate the level of oil in the oil reservoir.

Abstract: A hammer drill comprising: a body; a motor mounted within the body; a transmission housing mounted within the body, a transmission mechanism mounted within the transmission housing which is capable of rotatably driving and/or repetitively striking a cutting tool held by the hammer drill in response to rotation of an output shaft of the motor; wherein the transmission housing comprises a pair of housing portions adapted to engage each other to support the component parts of the transmission mechanism within the transmission housing; wherein the first housing portion is made from metal and the second housing portion is made from a plastic material, each of the components of the transmission mechanism being supported jointly be the first and second housing portions.

Abstract: In a hammer drill, a coil spring that urges a first clutch and a second clutch in directions away from each other is held between a first change plate that engages with the first clutch to be slidable in the axial direction of an intermediate shaft and a second change plate that engages with the second clutch to be slidable in the axial direction of the intermediate shaft. The first change plate is slidably guided by a gear housing.

Abstract: A handheld power tool is disclosed. The tool has a housing, a hammer mechanism and a torque coupling. The hammer mechanism includes a beater which is movably guided along the working axis in the guide tube. The guide tube is mounted in a suspension attached to the housing so that it is movable along the working axis. The torque coupling is mounted on the guide tube and is supported on the suspension in the impact direction. The guide tube is supported on the torque coupling in the impact direction. The guide tube may be shifted with respect to the housing in the impact direction such that the torque coupling is shifted relative to the housing through the guide tube in a positively guided manner.

Abstract: A percussion device including a shank adaptor, a machine housing that contains a percussion piston that is arranged to carry out a reciprocating movement caused by the pressure from a hydraulic fluid and to strike the shank adaptor when the percussion device is in use. An elastic element is arranged radially outwards from the percussion piston to dampen the recoil from the shank adaptor. The machine housing has an inner surface that faces the percussion piston. The elastic element has an inner surface that faces the percussion piston and an outer surface that faces the inner surface of the machine housing. At least a part of the outer surface of the elastic element directly faces the inner surface of the machine housing.

Abstract: A hammer mechanism having at least one impact-generation unit and a clamping chuck drive shaft is provided. The impact-generation unit includes a spur-gear transmission stage for translating a rotational speed of the clamping chuck drive shaft into a higher rotational speed for impact generation.

Abstract: A rotary hammer is adapted to impart axial impacts to a tool bit. The rotary hammer includes a motor, a spindle coupled to the motor for receiving torque from the motor, and a piston at least partially received within the spindle for reciprocation therein. A crank hub is coupled to the motor for receiving torque from the motor. The crank hub defines a rotational axis and includes a socket offset from the rotational axis. A pin includes a first portion at least partially received within the socket and a second portion fixed to the piston. The first portion of the pin is both pivotable within the socket and axially displaceable relative to the socket in response to rotation of the crank hub for reciprocating the piston between a forward-most position within the spindle and a rearward-most position within the spindle.

Abstract: A power tool has a continuously variable transmission, a condition detection device, and an operation control device. The continuously variable transmission changes a velocity of a rotational output from a drive motor and outputs the rotational output to a spindle to which a tip end tool is mounted. The condition detection device detects a condition of the power tool. The operation control device determines a target RPM of the spindle based on the condition of the power tool detected by the condition detection device, and controls an RPM of the drive motor and/or a transmission gear ratio of the continuously variable transmission based on the target RPM.

Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide an improved impact tool in which a biasing member is not affected by dust. An impact tool according to the invention has a driving mechanism 120 for driving a tool bit 119, housing parts 105, 106 that form a housing space 105a in which at least part of the driving mechanism 120 is disposed, and a switching member 160 for switching a drive mode of the impact tool. The switching member 160 has an operating member 161 that is operated by a user for mode switching, and a biasing member 175 that is disposed between the operating member 161 and the housing part 106 and biases the operating member 161 so as to hold the operating member 161 in a selected position. The biasing member 175 is disposed in the housing space 105a.

Abstract: A hammer mechanism is provided, which has at least one impact-generation unit which includes a strike element, a clamping chuck drive shaft mounting the strike element in movable manner in the strike direction in at least one operating state, and a coupling unit which is connected to the clamping chuck drive shaft in torsionally fixed manner and provided to drive the impact-generation unit.

Abstract: An arrangement intended to be part of a rock drilling machine for percussive drilling. The arrangement includes a casing part with at least one plane end plane. The end plane includes at least a first region and a second region. The first region includes at least a part of the outer contour of the end plane and includes of a material that resists corrosion.

Abstract: An impact tool comprises a motor, a swinging member that is driven by the motor and swings in an axial direction of the tool bit, a striking mechanism that is driven in the axial direction of the tool bit by the swinging motion of the swinging member, a connecting part that connects the swinging member and the striking mechanism, a housing member that houses at least the connecting part in an internal space, and a counter weight that is disposed within the internal space of the housing member and reduces vibration caused when the tool bit is driven.

Abstract: Illustrative embodiments of torque-limited impact tools are disclosed. An impact tool may include a shaft adapted to rotate about an axis, a hammer having a hammer jaw with an obtuse impact surface, and an anvil having an anvil jaw with an acute impact surface. The shaft may include a first helical groove, and the hammer may include a second helical groove. The impact tool may further include a ball received in the first and second helical grooves, wherein the ball rotationally couples the hammer to the shaft and permits axial travel of the hammer relative to the shaft. The obtuse impact surface of the hammer jaw may be adapted to impact the acute impact surface of the anvil jaw when the shaft rotates in a first direction.

Abstract: A hand-held power tool, in particular an impact drill driver, has a gearbox assemblage, a hammer impact mechanism, and a tool spindle. The hammer impact mechanism includes a striker that at least partly surrounds the tool spindle in at least one plane.

Abstract: In a hand-held power tool, in particular an impact drill driver, having a torque setting unit, a gearbox assemblage, a hammer impact mechanism, and a tool spindle, the hammer impact mechanism has a drive rotation element having a rotation axis that is disposed coaxially with at least a part of the tool spindle.

Abstract: The impacting tool has a tool holder and a locking part. The locking part can be driven to move between the bit holding position, where it is engaged with the tool bit inserted into the bit inserting hole so that pullout is restrained, and a bit holding released position where the engagement is released and pullout is allowed. The locking part and the tool holder can be integrated with each other while moving in the longitudinal direction of the tool bit, so that they can be driven to move between the bit anchored position where the locking part is set at the bit holding position and the engagement state with respect to the tool bit is maintained, and the bit last connection/disconnection allowed position where the locking part is set at the bit holding released position and releasing of the engagement with respect to the hammer bit is allowed.

Abstract: A spindle lock (10) includes a detent arrangement including springs (25) acting on projections (30), each projection engaging one of a pair of recesses (40, 41) to control and buffer the rotation of a spindle (13) and to delay the engagement of locking elements (26a, 26b). A compact, reliable mechanism with a high degree of modularity is achieved by providing the recesses in an inner rotor (31) and the springs and projections in an outer rotor (18) that extends about the inner rotor.

Abstract: An impact tool includes a motor, a rotating shaft rotationally driven by the motor, a swinging member that swings in an axial direction of a tool bit by rotation of the rotating shaft, a tool driving mechanism connected to an end region of the swinging member in a direction transverse to the axis of the rotating shaft. The tool driving mechanism is moved rectilinearly in the axial direction of the tool bit by swinging movement of the swinging member thereby rectilinearly driving the tool bit. A vibration reducing member reduces vibration caused in the axial direction of the tool bit during operation of the tool bit. The vibration reducing member is disposed on an opposite side of a rectilinear working axis of the tool bit from the rotating shaft and connected to a connecting part between the swinging member and the tool driving mechanism so as to be driven.

Abstract: An impact tool includes a housing, a motor supported in the housing and defining a first axis, an output shaft rotatably supported in the housing about a second axis oriented substantially normal to the first axis, and an impact mechanism coupled between the motor and the output shaft and operable to impart a striking rotational force to the output shaft.

Abstract: A hand-held power tool, particularly a hammer drill, includes a work spindle, a hand-held power tool housing and an intermediate shaft, which is arranged in parallel to the work spindle and mounted in an axially displaceable manner for changing the operational mode, and a tooth sleeve, which is provided to transfer a torque to the intermediate shaft. The tooth sleeve is fixed in the axial direction by means of the hand-held power tool housing.

Abstract: An angle impact tool includes a handle assembly extending along a first axis, a prime mover in the handle, an output shaft rotatable about the first axis, and a work attachment connected to the handle assembly. An output drive is supported in the work attachment for rotation about an output axis perpendicular to the first axis. A gear assembly including a spur gear is positioned within the work attachment to transfer torque from the prime mover about the first axis to the output drive about the output axis. An impact mechanism is positioned within the work attachment and includes a hammer and an anvil. The hammer rotates under the influence of the prime mover and is operable to periodically deliver an impact load to the anvil. The output drive rotates about the output axis under the influence of the impact load being transmitted to the output drive by the anvil.

Abstract: An impact tool comprises an end-bit holding section (3a) and a driving source (2). The end-bit holding section is formed with a hole (3a) for receiving an end bit (12), the hole having a center axis defining an axial direction, the hole having one end in the axial direction functioning as an end-bit insertion opening (3c) for passing the end bit therethrough, the hole having a generally polygonal cross section perpendicular to the axial direction. The driving source is configured to rotate the end-bit holding section. An arc-shaped cutout (3g) is formed at each apex angle of the hole in proximity to the end-bit insertion opening such that the arc-shaped cutout has a largest arc dimension at the opening (3c) and the arc dimension decreases gradually from the opening toward another end of the hole in the axial direction.

Abstract: An orthopedic impacting tool comprises a motor, an energy storage arrangement, a striker, and an anvil. The motor stores energy in the energy arrangement means and then releases it, causing the striker to apply a controlled force on an adapter to create a precise impact for use in a surgical setting. The tool may further comprise a combination anvil and adapter. The tool further allows forward or backward impacting for expanding the size or volume of the opening or for facilitating removal of a broach, implant, or other surgical implement from the opening. An energy adjustment control of the tool allows a surgeon to increase or decrease the impact energy. A light source and hand grips improve ease of operation of the tool.

Abstract: An angle impact tool includes a handle assembly extending along a first axis, a prime mover in the handle, an output shaft rotatable about the first axis, and a work attachment connected to the handle assembly. An output drive is supported in the work attachment for rotation about an output axis perpendicular to the first axis. A gear assembly including a spur gear is positioned within the work attachment to transfer torque from the prime mover about the first axis to the output drive about the output axis. An impact mechanism is positioned within the work attachment and includes a hammer and an anvil. The hammer rotates under the influence of the prime mover and is operable to periodically deliver an impact load to the anvil. The output drive rotates about the output axis under the influence of the impact load being transmitted to the output drive by the anvil.

Abstract: A handheld pneumatic tool includes an air supply port and a pressure regulator. The pressure regulator is configured to regulate the pressurized air and discharge regulated, pressurized air at a substantially constant pressure.

Abstract: A power tool having a rotary impact mechanism and a mode change mechanism. The impact mechanism is driven by an output member of a transmission and includes a hammer and an anvil. The mode change mechanism includes a mode collar that is movable between a first position, in which the mode collar directly couples the hammer to the transmission output member to inhibit movement of the hammer relative to the spindle, and a second position in which the mode collar does not inhibit movement of the hammer relative to the spindle.

Abstract: An impact tool includes a motor, a hammer casing with an opened rear end and a disk-shaped member coupled to the hammer casing to close the opened rear end and to rotatably support a spindle. A first engagement member is formed on an outer face of the disk-shaped member. A second engagement member is formed on an inner face of the recess and engaging with the first engagement member to restrict a movement of the hammer casing in a second direction parallel to a rotation axis of the spindle. A third engagement member is formed on an outer face of the hammer casing. A fourth engagement member is formed on an inner face of the housing body and engaging with the third engagement member so as to restrict a movement of the hammer casing in the first direction.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multi-gear transmission device, particularly a two-gear transmission device, for transferring a drive torque from an input side to an output side, which transmission device has at least two selectable gear ratios. The multi-gear transmission device further has a multi-stage clutch device, particularly a two-stage clutch device, with at least two different, selectable limit torques. According to the invention, the multi-stage transmission device has at least two preferably switchable translating gear pairs, and the multi-stage clutch device is included in the translating gear pairs.