ELECTRIC WRENCH

• US 20130199344A1
• Filed: 01/31/2013
• Published: 08/08/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sunheng Technology Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Sunheng Technology Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: LEE, Barry
• Application Number:
  US13/756,514
• Publication Number:
  US 20130199344A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 81/467
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 13/463 a pawl engaging an externally toothed wheel
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 23/1425 by electrical means

Abstract

An electric wrench which includes a main body, a control unit, a torque sensor, a vibrating module and a phonetic module is provided. The main body includes a handle extend to form a holding portion. The vibrating module which includes a shell body and a vibration motor is mounted to the holding portion. The shell body includes a first end adjacent to one of the handle, and a second end. The first end defines a motor receiving space, and the vibration motor is disposed in the motor receiving space and electrically connected to the control unit. Whereby, the wrench is light-weight and friendly and comfortable for holding, and the vibration can be sensed by hand, and may produce, for example, human sound. Furthermore, the vibration and the human sound may be produced at the same time.

Claims

1. An electric wrench, including:

a main body, including a working portion and a handle, the working portion disposed at one end of the handle, the other end of the handle extending to form a holding portion;

a control unit, mounted to the main body and set with a predetermined torque value;

a torque sensor, mounted to the main body and electrically connected to the control unit, the torque sensor for sensing an output torque value of the working portion and transmitting a sensing signal to the control unit;

a vibrating module, mounted to the holding portion, the vibrating module including a shell body and a vibration motor, the shell body including a first end and a second end, the first end of the shell body being adjacent to the other end of the handle, the shell body defining a motor receiving space located at the first end of the shell body, the vibration motor disposed in the motor receiving space and electrically connected to the control unit;

wherein the vibration motor is a hidden-type eccentric load vibration motor and substantially plate-shaped;

a phonetic module, mounted to the main body, electrically connected to the control unit and including a speaker;

wherein when the output torque value of the working portion reaches to the predetermined torque value, the control unit drives the vibrating module vibrating and drives the phonetic module generating an alert signal which is broadcasted via the speaker.

2. The electric wrench of claim 1, wherein an axial direction of the motor receiving space is parallel to a longitudinal direction of the holding portion, an axial extent of the motor receiving space is less than a radial extent of the motor receiving space, and the movement of the vibration of the vibration motor is of a direction which is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the holding portion.

3. The electric wrench of claim 2, wherein the axial extent of the motor receiving space and an axial thickness of the vibration motor are substantially equal.

4. The electric wrench of claim 2, wherein a radial extent of the motor receiving space and the radial extent of the vibration motor are substantially equal.

5. The electric wrench of claim 3, wherein a radial extent of the motor receiving space and the radial extent of the vibration motor are substantially equal.

6. The electric wrench of claim 4, wherein the vibration motor is disc-shaped, and the motor receiving space is a circular recess.

7. The electric wrench of claim 5, wherein the vibration motor is disc-shaped, and the motor receiving space is a circular recess.

8. The electric wrench of claim 1, wherein the shell body is formed with a through hole communicated with the motor receiving space, and the vibration motor includes a wire disposed through the through hole and electrically connected to the control unit.

9. The electric wrench of claim 1, wherein the vibrating module includes a cover, the second end of the shell body is formed with an opening, the shell body defines a battery receiving space between the motor receiving space and the opening, the battery receiving space is communicated with the opening, and the cover covers the opening

10. The electric wrench of claim 1, wherein the phonetic module includes kinds of language models.

11. The electric wrench of claim 1, wherein the phonetic module includes a setting unit including a predetermined alert signal.

12. The electric wrench of claim 1, wherein the phonetic module includes a setting unit enabling to set the alert signal.

13. The electric wrench of claim 1, wherein the shell body further includes a main portion provided with the second end, the first end is separate from the main portion and has the motor receiving space, and the first end is tightly attached to the holding portion.

14. The electric wrench of claim 13, wherein an elastic electrical conductive member is disposed between and electrically connects the vibration motor and a battery received in the main portion, and the vibration motor and the battery are separated apart from each other by the elastic electrical conductive member.