Rotary drive design

• US 8,955,417 B2
• Filed: 06/03/2011
• Issued: 02/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SWG Schraubenwerk Gaisbach GmbH (Würth Beteiligungs-GmbH & Company KG)
• Original Assignee: SWG Schraubenwerk Gaisbach GmbH (Würth Beteiligungs-GmbH & Company KG)
• Inventors: Stiebitz, Guenter, Roll, Patrick, Glattbach, Joachim
• Primary Examiner(s): Thomas, David B
• Application Number:
  US13/501,154
• Publication Number:
  US 20130068075A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,355 Days
• Field of Search: 814/60, 411/402, 411/407, 411/408, 411/403, 411/404
• US Class Current: 81/460
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 13/065 characterised by the cross-section of the socket
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 15/005 with cross- or star-shaped cross-section
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 23/003 star-shaped or multi-lobular, e.g. Torx-type, twelve-point star

Abstract

A design for a rotary drive both for a tool and for a workpiece to be rotationally driven is proposed. This rotary drive design contains a cylindrical basic shape which deviates from a circular cylindrical shape. The contour or the cross section through this basic shape has a plurality of rounded projections and rounded recesses arranged between said projections. The projections tangentially touch a circle having a maximum radius, while the recesses, for their part, tangentially touch a circle having a minimum radius. Deviating from this cylindrical basic shape, in the regions between the projections are configured conical surfaces, which are not instrumental in the transmission of torques, but take care of centering and alignment between the tool and the workpiece.

Claims

1. A rotary drive having:

a drive cavity defined by a side wall, the side wall being intended for contact with a counter element during the rotary drive having a substantially cylindrical basic shape,

wherein a distance of the side wall from a center axis of the drive cavity varies between a minimum radius and a maximum radius for formation of alternating projections and recesses, and

wherein the side wall is situated in a region lying in a radial direction between the maximum and minimum diameter of the drive cavity, on a respective conical surface of a respective cone tapering into an interior of the drive cavity,

a cone axis of which cone is outwardly offset in the radial direction in relation to the axis of the drive cavity, the cone axis of which cone is outwardly offset in the radial direction in relation to the axis of the drive cavity.

2. The rotary drive as claimed in claim 1, wherein the conical surface is configured between the projections of the basic shape.

3. The rotary drive as claimed in claim 1, wherein the axial extent of the conical surface roughly corresponds to the depth of the drive cavity or the height of the drive projection.

4. The rotary drive as claimed in claim 1, wherein the distance of the axis of the conical surface from the center axis of the drive cavity is greater than the distance of the axis of the conical surface from the recess.

5. The rotary drive as claimed in claim 4, wherein the axis of the conical surface divides the distance of the recess from the center axis of the drive cavity or of the drive projection in a ratio of about 1 to 5.

6. The rotary drive as claimed in claim 1, wherein a width of each conical surface decreases in the direction of a tip of the cone, preferably down to zero.

7. The rotary drive as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one conical surface is part of a right circular cone.

8. The rotary drive as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one conical surface is part of an elliptical or oval cone, in which a longer axis of a cross section runs tangentially to the rotary drive.

9. The rotary drive as claimed in claim 1, configured on an object which is to be rotationally driven, in particular a screw.

10. The rotary drive as claimed in claim 1, configured on a tool, in particular a screwdriver or a screwdriver bit.

11. The rotary drive as claimed in claim 10, configured on a wrench.

12. A rotary drive in a form of a drive projection, having

a side wall intended for contact with a counter element during a rotary drive action that has a substantially cylindrical basic shape,

wherein the distance of the side wall from a center axis of the drive projection varies between a minimum radius and a maximum radius for formation of alternating projections and recesses, and

wherein the side wall is situated in a region lying in a radial direction between the maximum and minimum diameter of the drive projection, on a respective conical surface of a respective cone tapering, in the direction of the end of the drive projection, a cone axis of which cone is outwardly offset in the radial direction in relation to the center axis of the drive projection.

13. The rotary drive as claimed in claim 12, wherein the conical surface is configured between the projections of the basic shape.

14. The rotary drive as claimed in claim 12, wherein an axial extent of the conical surface roughly corresponds to a height of the drive projection.

15. The rotary drive as claimed in claim 12, wherein the distance of the axis of the conical surface from the center axis of the drive projection is greater than the distance of the axis of the conical surface from the recess.

16. The rotary drive as claimed in claim 15, wherein the axis of the conical surface divides the distance of the recess from the center axis of the drive projection in a ratio of about 1 to 5.

17. The rotary drive as claimed in claim 12, wherein a width of each conical surface decreases in the direction of a tip of the cone, preferably down to zero.

18. The rotary drive as claimed in claim 12, wherein the at least one conical surface is part of a right circular cone.

19. The rotary drive as claimed in claim 12, wherein at least one conical surface is part of an elliptical or oval cone, in which a longer axis of the cross section runs tangentially to the rotary drive.

20. The rotary drive as claimed in claim 12, configured on an object which is to be rotationally driven, in particular a screw.

21. The rotary drive as claimed in claim 12, configured on a tool, in particular a screwdriver or a screwdriver bit.

22. The rotary drive as claimed in claim 21, configured on a wrench.