EP3986671B1 - Support de douille portable pour douilles ou trépans pouvant être reliés à un outil électrique - Google Patents

Support de douille portable pour douilles ou trépans pouvant être reliés à un outil électrique Download PDF

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EP3986671B1
EP3986671B1 EP20733931.8A EP20733931A EP3986671B1 EP 3986671 B1 EP3986671 B1 EP 3986671B1 EP 20733931 A EP20733931 A EP 20733931A EP 3986671 B1 EP3986671 B1 EP 3986671B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25H—WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT, e.g. FOR MARKING-OUT WORK; STORAGE MEANS FOR WORKSHOPS
    • B25H3/00—Storage means or arrangements for workshops facilitating access to, or handling of, work tools or instruments
    • B25H3/003—Holders for drill bits or the like
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25F—COMBINATION OR MULTI-PURPOSE TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DETAILS OR COMPONENTS OF PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS NOT PARTICULARLY RELATED TO THE OPERATIONS PERFORMED AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B25F5/00—Details or components of portable power-driven tools not particularly related to the operations performed and not otherwise provided for

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  • the present invention generally relates to a portable socket holder.
  • power tools for tightening screw or bolts.
  • These power tools are provided with a rotatable output shaft at which a bit or socket is arranged.
  • the bit or socket is adapted for a specific type of screw or bolt that should be tightened. It is also important that the power tool is set in a correct operating mode for the type of screw or bolt that should be tightened. This in order to tighten the screw or bolt to e.g. the correct torque or angle.
  • a socket holder belonging to the prior art is disclosed in EP 3 205 456 . It comprises multiple socket compartments, visual indication means to visually indicate a socket compartment. The visual indication can be triggered by the tool position relative to the workpiece.
  • a portable socket holder for sockets or bits connectable to a power tool comprising socket compartments for different types of sockets or bits.
  • the portable socket holder further comprising visually indication means arranged to visually indicate a socket compartment..
  • the portable socket holder comprising a processor comprising a positioning module adapted to obtain a position of the portable socket holder and a memory containing instructions executable by the processor, wherein the portable socket holder is operative to visually indicate by means of the visually indication means a socket compartment a socket compartment based on the position of the portable socket holder and wherein the portable socket holder is further operative to lock a power tool associated with the portable socket holder in case the absolute position of the portable socket holder is outside an allowed area.
  • the portable socket holder provides an inventive solution to the concerns described above by means of a design incorporating visually indication means arranged to visually indicate a socket compartment based on the position of the portable socket holder.
  • the portable socket holder according to the disclosure therefore provides an improved quality control as well as improved safety by means of the provision of one inventive structure, i.e. the portable socket holder being further arranged to visually indicate socket compartment based on the position of the portable socket holder, thus also reducing the risk of choosing wrong socket or bit.
  • the position can be determined by the portable socket holder itself. Or in another embodiment the position is determined outside the portable socket holder and sent to the portable socket holder
  • the portable socket holder is further operative to also assist in setting the power tool in the correct operating mode based on the position of the portable socket holder.
  • the correct operating mode of the power tool is used together with the correct socket or bit for a specific screw joint at a specific position.
  • the operating mode can for instance be torque and/or angel or tightening strategy to be sued for the specific screw joint.
  • the portable socket holder is further operative to visually indicate the correct socket compartment based on a tightening program that the power tool is instructed to perform.
  • the portable socket holder also takes the tightening program that the power tool should use into account when visually indicating the socket compartment. If for instance there are several screw joints at a specific position the power tool sometimes needs to be set in different operating mode depending on which screw joint that should be tightened. These screw joints often also requires a different socket or bit.
  • the portable socket holder also can take the tightening program into consideration when visually indicating socket compartment, so that the correct socket is used for the tightening that should be performed.
  • the portable socket holder is further operative to initiate setting of the correct tightening program that the power tool is instructed to perform based on the absolute position of the portable socket holder.
  • the portable socket initiates setting of the correct tightening program.
  • the portable socket holder is further operative to sense if a socket or bit has been removed from a socket compartment. Herby the portable socket compartment can notify an operator or initiate any other action in case a wrong socket or bit has been removed from a tightening joint compartment.
  • the portable socket holder is further operative to notify an operator of the portable socket holder in case the operator removes a socket from a socket compartment that has not been visually indicated.
  • the quality can be further improved since an operator then can change the socket or bit to the correct socket or bit.
  • the portable socket holder is further operative to lock the power tool in case the operator removes a socket or bit from a socket compartment that has not been visually indicated.
  • the quality can be yet further improved since it is not possible to perform a tightening operation with the power tool in case an operator has removed a wrong socket or bit from a socket compartment.
  • the portable socket holder further comprising at least one power tool compartments and visually indication means arranged to visually indicate a power tool compartment based on the socket compartment that is visually indicated.
  • the portable socket holder can be further operative to indicate which power tool that should be used for a specific tightening operation.
  • the portable socket holder is further operative to lock the power tool in case a distance between the power tool and the portable socket holder is above a threshold distance.
  • a threshold distance In case the power tool is located far away from the portable socket holder the power tool is locked.
  • the present disclosure relates to a method in a portable socket holder for sockets or bits connectable to a power tool according to claim 6.
  • FIG. 1 A schematic illustration of an exemplary portable socket holder 10 for sockets or bits connectable to a power tool is illustrated in figure 1 .
  • the portable socket holder 10 comprising at least one socket compartments 20 for different types of sockets or bits.
  • the portable socket holder 10 further comprising visually indication means 30 arranged to visually indicate a socket compartment 20.
  • the portable socket holder comprising a processor 160 comprising a positioning module adapted to obtain an absolute position of the socket holder and a memory 260 containing instructions executable by the processor, wherein the portable socket holder 10 is operative to visually indicate by means of the visually indication means 30 a socket compartment 20 based on the absolute position of the portable socket holder.
  • the holder is further operative to lock a power tool associated with the portable socket holder in case the absolute position of the portable socket holder is outside an allowed area.
  • the position is determined by the portable socket holder itself. In another embodiment the position is determined outside the portable socket holder and sent to the portable socket holder.
  • the portable socket holder 10 being further arranged to visually indicate based on a tightening program that the power tool is instructed to perform.
  • the visually indication means 30 can be of many different types. According to one embodiment the visually indication means 30 are LED lights surrounding the at least one socket compartment 20.
  • the portable socket holder 10 is further operative to visually indicate the socket compartment 20 based on a tightening program that the power tool is instructed to perform.
  • the visually indication means 30 is first lit, which indicates that the operator should use the socket or bit from the socket compartment that is visually indicated.
  • an operator first removes a socket or bit from a socket compartment 20. The portable socket holder is then operative to light the visually indication means 30 that is associated with the compartment 20 from which the operator moved the socket or bit.
  • the portable socket holder 10 is further operative to initiate setting of the correct tightening program that the power tool is instructed to perform based on the socket compartment that is visually indicated.
  • the visually indication means 30 is first lit and the power tool is set in the tightening program that should be used for the socket or bit associated with the socket compartment 20 which is visually indicated.
  • the operator first removes a socket or bit. Then the visually indication means 30 associated with the socket compartment 20 from which the socket or bit was removed is lit, and the portable socket holder 10 initiates setting of the correct tightening program for the power tool.
  • the portable socket holder 10 is further operative to sense if a socket or bit has been removed from a socket compartment. In one embodiment the portable socket holder sense by means of an optical or magnetic sensor if a socket or bit has been removed. In one more specific embodiment the portable socket holder 10 is further operative to notify an operator of the portable socket holder 10 in case the operator removes a socket or bit from a socket or bit compartment that has not been visually indicated. In a further embodiment the portable socket holder is further operative to lock the power tool in case the operator removes a socket or bit from a socket compartment that has not been visually indicated.
  • the portable socket holder 10 is further operative to retrieve a position of the portable socket holder 10 and wherein the portable socket holder 10 is further operative to visually indicate a socket compartment based on the position of the portable socket holder 10. Since the types of bolts and screw vary depending on location of a screw joint the potable socket holder can adapt the visually indication of socket compartment based on the position of portable socket holder.
  • the portable socket holder 10 further comprising at least one power tool compartments, and visually indication means arranged to visually indicate the power tool compartment based on the visually indication of the socket compartment.
  • visually indication means arranged to visually indicate the power tool compartment based on the visually indication of the socket compartment.
  • the portable socket holder 10 is further operative to lock the power tool in case a distance between the power tool and the portable socket holder is above a threshold distance.
  • a distance between the power tool and the portable socket holder is above a threshold distance.
  • the portable socket holder 10 further comprising a processor 160 arranged to control the wireless power tool 100.
  • the wireless power tool 100 also comprises a memory 260 containing instructions executable by the processor 160.
  • the processor 160 is a Central Processing Unit, CPU, microcontroller, Digital Signal Processor, DSP, or any other suitable type of processor capable of executing computer program code.
  • the memory 260 is a Random Access Memory, RAM, a Read Only Memory, ROM, or a persistent storage, e.g. a single or combination of magnetic memory, optical memory, or solid state memory or even remotely mounted memory.
  • Fig. 2 illustrates a flowchart of a method in a portable socket holder 10 for sockets or bits connectable to a power tool.
  • the portable socket holder 10 comprising sockets compartments for different types of sockets or bits and tightening joint element compartments.
  • the method comprising a first step S100 of obtaining S100 an absolute position of the portable socket holder.
  • a third step (not shown) comprising locking a power tool associated with the portable socket holder in case the absolute position of the socket holder is outside an allowed area.
  • the method comprising visually indicating a socket compartment based on a tightening program that the power tool is instructed to perform.
  • the method further comprising initiating setting of the correct tightening program that the power tool is instructed to perform based on the parameter value related to the position of the portable socket holder.
  • the method further comprising sensing if a sensing if a socket or bit has been removed from a socket compartment.
  • the method comprising visually notifying an operator of the portable socket holder 10 in case the operator removes a socket or bit from a socket compartment that has not been visually indicated.
  • the method further comprising locking the power tool in case the operator removes a socket or bit from a socket compartment that has not been visually indicated.
  • the disclosure further relates to the above mentioned computer program, comprising computer readable code which, when run on the portable socket holder 10 causes the wireless power tool 100 to perform any of the aspects of the disclosure described herein.
  • the portable socket holder 10 When the above-mentioned computer program code is run in the processor 160 of the portable socket holder 10 it causes the portable socket holder 10 to be operative to visually indicate by means of the visually indication means 30 the correct socket compartment based on the parameter value related to the position of the portable socket holder.
  • the processor 160 comprises one or several of:
  • the modules 161 and 162 are implemented in hardware or in software or in a combination thereof.
  • the modules 161 and 163 are according to one aspect implemented as a computer program stored in the memory 260 which run on the processor 160.
  • the portable socket holder 10 is further configured to implement all the aspects of the disclosure as described herein.

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  1. Support de douille portable (10) pour des douilles ou des embouts pouvant être reliés à un outil électrique, le support de douille portable (10) comprenant :
    des compartiments de douille (20) pour différents types de douilles ou d'embouts ;
    un moyen d'indication visuelle (30) agencé pour indiquer visuellement un compartiment de douille (20) ;
    un processeur (160) comprenant un module de positionnement (161) adapté pour obtenir une position absolue du support de douille portable ;
    une mémoire contenant des instructions exécutables par le processeur, moyennant quoi le support de douille portable (10) est opérationnel pour indiquer visuellement au moyen du moyen d'indication visuelle (30) un compartiment de douille (20) sur la base de la position absolue du support de douille portable ;
    dans lequel le support de douille portable (10) est en outre opérationnel pour verrouiller un outil électrique associé au support de douille portable dans le cas où la position absolue de la douille portable est en dehors d'une zone autorisée.
  2. Support de douille portable (10) selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le support de douille portable (10) est en outre opérationnel pour indiquer visuellement le compartiment de douille correct sur la base d'un programme de serrage que l'outil électrique est commandé d'effectuer.
  3. Support de douille portable (10) selon la revendication 2, dans lequel le support de douille portable (10) est en outre opérationnel pour initier le réglage du programme de serrage correct que l'outil électrique doit effectuer sur la base de la position absolue du support de douille portable.
  4. Support de douille portable (10) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, dans lequel le support de douille portable (10) est en outre opérationnel pour détecter si une douille ou un embout a été retiré d'un compartiment de douille.
  5. Support de douille portable (10) selon la revendication 4, dans lequel le support de douille portable (10) est en outre opérationnel pour notifier à un opérateur du support de douille portable (10) qu'une douille ou un embout a été retiré d'un compartiment de douille qui n'a pas été indiqué visuellement.
  6. Procédé dans un support de douille portable (10) comprenant des compartiments de douille pour des douilles ou des embouts pouvant être reliés à un outil électrique et un moyen d'indication visuelle (30) agencé pour indiquer visuellement un compartiment de douille (20), le procédé comprenant les étapes consistant à :
    obtenir (S100) une position absolue du support de douille portable ;
    indiquer visuellement (S200) un compartiment de douille (20) pour une douille ou un embout qui doit être relié à l'outil électrique sur la base de la position absolue du support de douille portable ; et
    verrouiller un outil électrique associé au support de douille portable dans le cas où la position absolue du support de douille portable est à l'extérieur d'une zone autorisée.
  7. Procédé selon la revendication 6, dans lequel l'étape d'indication visuelle d'un compartiment de douille (20) comprenant en outre l'indication visuelle d'un compartiment de douille (20) sur la base d'un programme de serrage que l'outil électrique est commandé d'effectuer.
  8. Procédé selon la revendication 7, comprenant en outre une étape consistant à : déclencher un réglage d'un programme de serrage que l'outil électrique est commandé d'effectuer sur la base de la position absolue du support de douille portable.
  9. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 6 à 8, comprenant en outre une étape consistant à : détecter si une douille ou un embout a été retiré d'un compartiment de douille.
  10. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 6 à 9, comprenant en outre une étape consistant à : notifier à un opérateur du support de douille portable (10) qu'une douille ou un embout a été retiré d'un compartiment de douille qui n'a pas été indiqué visuellement.
  11. Support de stockage lisible par ordinateur comprenant un code informatique qui lorsqu'il est exécuté dans le processeur (160) d'un support de douille portable (10) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5 amène le support de douille portable (10) à effectuer le procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 6 à 10.
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