WO2020254353A1 - Portable socket holder for sockets or bits connecteable to a power tool - Google Patents

Portable socket holder for sockets or bits connecteable to a power tool Download PDF

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WO2020254353A1
WO2020254353A1 PCT/EP2020/066680 EP2020066680W WO2020254353A1 WO 2020254353 A1 WO2020254353 A1 WO 2020254353A1 EP 2020066680 W EP2020066680 W EP 2020066680W WO 2020254353 A1 WO2020254353 A1 WO 2020254353A1
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socket
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socket holder
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portable socket
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Carl Johan Erik Wallgren
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Atlas Copco Industrial Technique Ab
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Priority to JP2021576015A priority Critical patent/JP7558209B2/ja
Priority to CN202080049699.4A priority patent/CN114096381B/zh
Priority to EP20733931.8A priority patent/EP3986671B1/de
Publication of WO2020254353A1 publication Critical patent/WO2020254353A1/en

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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 accessories for power tools, more particularly 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 portable socket holder for sockets or bits connectable to a power tool.
  • the portable socket holder 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 further comprising positioning means configured to obtain a parameter value related to the position of the portable socket holder.
  • the portable socket holder comprising a processor 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 parameter value related to the position of the portable socket holder.
  • 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 parameter value related to the position of the portable socket holder is a position.
  • 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 parameter value related to the portable socket holder can also be value that has been determined based on the position.
  • the position can be a position relative to a position of a screw joint that should be tightened. Or relative to a workspace where the screw joint that should be tightened is located.
  • the parameter value related to the position can also be an absolute position.
  • 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 parameter value related to the 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. Objectives, advantages and features conceivable within the scope of the second aspect of the invention are readily understood by the foregoing discussion referring to the first aspect of the invention.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic illustration of an exemplary portable socket holder 10 according to one embodiment.
  • Figure 2 is a flow chart of a method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • 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 10 further comprising positioning means configured to obtain a parameter value related to the position of the portable socket holder.
  • the portable socket holder comprising a processor 160 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 parameter value related to the position of the portable socket holder.
  • the parameter value related to the position of the portable socket holder can be a position. In one embodiment 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 parameter value related to the portable socket holder can also be value that has been determined based on the position.
  • the position can be a position relative to a position of a screw joint that should be tightened. Or relative to a workspace where the screw joint that should be tightened is located.
  • the parameter value related to the position can also be an absolute position.
  • 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
  • the method comprising a first step S100 of obtaining S100 a parameter value related to the position of the portable socket holder.
  • 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 method further comprising locking the power tool in case the position of the portable socket holder is outside an allowed area.
  • 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 processor 160 comprises one or several of: a position module 161 adapted to obtain a parameter value related to the position of the portable socket holder; a visually indication module 162 adapted to visually indicated from which socket compartment a socket or bit should be removed based on the parameter value related to the position of the portable socket holder.
  • 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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JP2021576015A JP7558209B2 (ja) 2019-06-20 2020-06-17 電動工具に接続可能なソケット又はビットのための携帯型ソケットホルダ
CN202080049699.4A CN114096381B (zh) 2019-06-20 2020-06-17 用于可连接至电动工具的插槽或钻头的便携式插槽支架
EP20733931.8A EP3986671B1 (de) 2019-06-20 2020-06-17 Tragbarer stecknusshalter für mit einem kraftwerkzeug verbindbare stecknüsse oder bohreinsätze

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