Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
  • B25B—TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING OR HOLDING
  • B25B23/00—Details of, or accessories for, spanners, wrenches, screwdrivers
  • B25B23/0007—Connections or joints between tool parts
  • B25B23/0035—Connection means between socket or screwdriver bit and tool
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
  • B25B—TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING OR HOLDING
  • B25B15/00—Screwdrivers
  • B25B15/001—Screwdrivers characterised by material or shape of the tool bit
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
  • B25B—TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING OR HOLDING
  • B25B21/00—Portable power-driven screw or nut setting or loosening tools; Attachments for drilling apparatus serving the same purpose
  • B25B21/02—Portable power-driven screw or nut setting or loosening tools; Attachments for drilling apparatus serving the same purpose with means for imparting impact to screwdriver blade or nut socket

Definitions

• the present invention relates to an impact wrench and more particularly to an improved anvil in an impact wrench.
• BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002]
• the traditional design of an anvil for use in an impact wrench includes a round portion that transitions to a square portion. The round portion is received within the impact wrench and acts as a bearing journal. The square portion is received within an impact socket. The transition from the round cross section to the square cross section inherently creates sharp radii within the transition. [0003] These sharp radii may create some inefficiencies in the design.
• An anvil adapted to be received within an impact wrench is provided.
• the anvil comprises a round body and a square head formed at an end of the round body.
• a tapered ramp extends from the round body to the square head.
• a radius is formed in the tapered ramp. The radius is defined by a removal of material in the tapered ramp.
• Figure 1 is a side view of an exemplary impact wrench having an anvil constructed according to the principles of the present invention
• Figure 2 is a perspective view of a prior art anvil
• Figure 3 is a perspective view of the anvil according to the principles of the present invention
• Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view of the anvil of Figure 3.
• an exemplary impact wrench 8 is illustrated to include an improved anvil 100 that is constructed in accordance with the teachings of the present invention.
• the impact wrench 8 also includes a housing 12 containing an electric motor 14 whose output is coupled to a gear assembly 16.
• the gear assembly 16 transfers the output to a cam and carrier 18 which in turn drives an impactor 20.
• the improved anvil 100 is mounted within the impactor 20.
• a trigger and handle assembly 22 mounted to the housing 12 is used to activate the electric motor 14.
• the prior art anvil 10 includes a round body 30 and a square drive head 32.
• a transition zone 34 connects the round body 30 to the square drive head 32, as will be described in greater detail below.
• the round body 30 is generally cylindrical in shape and includes an enlarged base 36 at one end thereof.
• the enlarged base 36 includes two locking wings 38 extending therefrom and adapted to be received within the impactor 20.
• a base radius 40 extends around the circumference of the enlarged base 36 and extends to the round body 30 thereby connecting the two portions.
• the square drive head 32 includes side faces 42 and a front face 44.
• a detente pin hole 46 extends from one of the side faces 42 through the drive head 32.
• the detente pin hole 46 is sized to receive a detente pin, not shown.
• a roll pin hole 48 extends from another side face 42 into the square drive head 32.
• the square drive head 32 is adapted to be inserted into a tool piece, not shown.
• the transition zone 34 includes a tapered ramp 52 extending from the round body 30 to the square drive head 32. Sharp radii 54 are formed at the corners of the square drive head 32 where the faces 42 meet the tapered ramp 52. These sharp radii 54 form stress concentration zones and are the sources of potential material failure of the anvil 10. [0021] With reference now to Figures 3 and 4, the improved anvil 100 will now be described in detail.
• the improved anvil 100 includes the round body 30 of the prior art design. However, the improved anvil 100 includes an improved square drive head 132 and an improved transition zone [0022]
• the improved square drive head 132 includes side faces 142 and a front face 144.
• a detente pin hole 146 extends from one of the side faces 142 through the improved square drive head 132.
• the detente pin hole 146 is sized to receive a detente pin, not shown.
• a roll pin hole 148 extends from the front face 144 into the improved square drive head 132.
• the roll pin hole 148 is offset from the longitudinal axis of the anvil 100.
• a cutout 149 surrounds the roll pin hole 148 and aids in the removal of the roll pin (not shown) for maintenance purposes.
• the transition zone 134 includes a tapered ramp 152 extending from the round body 30 to the improved square improved square drive head 132. It should be understood that the tapered ramp can be eliminated by making the square head and round body of the same general diameter.
• the improved anvil 100 design introduces a removal of material in the transition zone 134 between the round body 30 and improved square drive head 132 of the anvil 100, specifically at the tapered ramp 152. This removal of material forms a radius 154 around the circumference at the tapered ramp 152. As shown in Figure 4, the cross-sectional area of the anvil 100 at the radius 154 is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the square drive head 132. [0024] The radius 154 eliminates the sharp radii 54 ( Figure 2) seen on the prior art design and eliminates these stress concentration zones and potential sources of failure in the anvil 100.
• the prior art anvil 10 experiences a load of 975 Mpa of stress on the square drive head 32 through the radii zone 54 when tested under a work load.
• the improved anvil 100 experiences a load of 414 Mpa of stress on the square drive head 132 through the transition zone 134 into the round body 30 when tested under the same work load. Accordingly, the anvil 100 has an improved lifespan over the prior art design ( Figure 2).
• the description of the invention is merely exemplary in nature and, thus, variations that do not depart from the gist of the invention are intended to be within the scope of the invention. Such variations are not to be regarded as a departure from the spirit and scope of the invention.

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