METHOD AND MECHANISM FOR THE INDIRECT COUPLING TORQUE CONTROL

• US 20140096985A1
• Filed: 03/05/2013
• Published: 04/10/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: China Pneumatic Corporation
• Original Assignee: China Pneumatic Corporation
• Inventors: CHU, Hsiu-Feng, TSAI, Ming-Zuan
• Application Number:
  US13/785,721
• Publication Number:
  US 20140096985A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 173/1
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 21/02 with means for imparting impact to screwdriver blade or nut socket
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 23/1405 for impact wrenches or screwdrivers

Abstract

A method and mechanism of the indirect coupling torque control provides a rotary impact mechanism driving a rotary drive mechanism linked between the rotary impact mechanism and a fastener member, when the rotary impact mechanism rotates the fastener member. The rotary drive mechanism can accumulate a rotation stress generated by the rotary impact mechanism to rotate the fastener member. When the rotation stress accumulated in the rotary drive mechanism is larger than the torque value applied to the fastener member, a linear relation between a sensed signal measured from the stress accumulated in the rotary drive mechanism and the torque value applied to the fastener member is provided. Whereby the linear relation is used to control the torque valued applied to the fastener member when the rotary impact mechanism is rotating.

Claims

1. A method for the indirect coupling torque control, including the steps of:

a) providing a rotary impact mechanism (2) driving a fastener member (4) to rotate;

b) using a rotary drive mechanism linked between the rotary impact mechanism (2) and the fastener member (4), the rotary drive mechanism accumulating a rotation stress generated by the rotary impact mechanism (2) to rotate the fastener member (4); and

c) providing a linear relation between a sensed signal measured from the rotation stress accumulated in the rotary drive mechanism and a torque value applied to the fastener member (4) when the rotation stress accumulated in the rotary drive mechanism is larger than the torque value applied to rotate the fastener member (4),

whereby the linear relation is used to control the torque value applied to the fastener member (4) when the rotary impact mechanism (2) is rotating.

2. The method for the indirect coupling torque control according to claim 1, wherein a sensing member (13) is used in step c) to withstand the rotation stress accumulated in the rotary drive mechanism to measure the sensed signal generated by direct clamping force or stretching tension in the sensing member (13) to obtain the linear relation.

3. The method for the indirect coupling torque control according to claim 2, wherein the sensing member (13) is a load cell.

4. The method for the indirect coupling torque control according to claim 1, wherein the sensed signal is a voltage value.

5. A mechanism for the indirect coupling torque control which is used to link a rotary impact mechanism (2) to drive a fastener member (4), including:

a threaded sleeve (10) driven by the rotary impact mechanism (2);

a transmission screw (11) screwed by the threaded sleeve (10) to drive a rear drive shaft (14), whereby to drive the fastener member (4);

a stress member (12) driven by the threaded sleeve (10) to move axially on the threaded sleeve (10); and

a sensing member (13) disposed on the transmission screw (11) and disposed axially with respect to the stress member (12) to withstand compression or tension caused by the stress member (12),

wherein the thread sleeve (10) has a right-hand thread and a left-hand thread disposed between the transmission screw (11) and the stress member (12), whereby the rotary impact mechanism (2) drives the threaded sleeve (10) and moves the stress member (12) to compress or stretch the sensing member (13) and thus to measure the sensed signal of the sensing member (13) to obtain an output torque value for torque control.

6. The mechanism for the indirect coupling torque control according to claim 5, wherein the threaded sleeve (10) is screwed together with the transmission screw (11) by means of the right-hand thread and the threaded sleeve (10) is screwed with the stress member (12) by means of the left-hand thread.

7. The mechanism for the indirect coupling torque control according to claim 5, wherein the sensing member (13) has wired or wireless signal communication with a control unit.

8. The mechanism for the indirect coupling torque control according to claim 5, wherein the transmission screw (11) further has a bushing (112) sleeved around thereon, one end of the bushing (112) having an end portion (113), the cross-section of the end portion (113) having a shape of a polygon, and the stress member (12) has an engaging hole (121) fitted with the end portion (113), the engaging hole (121) sleeved moveably with respect to the end portion (113).

9. The mechanism for the indirect coupling torque control according to claim 5, wherein the transmission screw (11) further has a bushing (112) sleeved around thereon;

the stress member (12), the sensing member (13), and the bushing (112) are connected movably by a guide pin.

10. The mechanism for the indirect coupling torque control according to claim 5, wherein the sensing member (13) is a load cell or a strain gauge which forms a sensing bolt with the transmission screw (11).