US 11,724,371 B2
Power tool and processing device
Itaru Murui, Nara (JP); Mitsumasa Mizuno, Osaka (JP); Hiroaki Murakami, Mie (JP); Takashi Kusagawa, Osaka (JP); Masahiro Sato, Nara (JP); Masanori Nakamoto, Mie (JP); and Akiko Honda, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/274,066
Filed by Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Jun. 26, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/025442
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 5, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/049840, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 12, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-167970 (JP), filed on Sep. 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0252681 A1, Aug. 19, 2021
Int. Cl. B25B 23/147 (2006.01); B25F 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC B25B 23/147 (2013.01) [B25F 5/021 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric power tool comprising:
a main body that includes:
an output shaft on which a front-end tool is adapted to be mounted;
a power transmission mechanism that transmits a rotational output of a driving source to the output shaft;
a posture information acquisition unit that acquires posture information for identifying a posture of the electric power tool;
a torque information acquisition unit that acquires torque information indicating a measured value of tightening torque produced by the front-end tool;
a transmission unit that transmits the posture information, the torque information, and time information related to a time when the respective information is acquired, to an external apparatus;
a reception unit that receives recommendation information generated based on the posture information, the torque information, and the time information; and
a notification interface that communicates the recommendation information received,
wherein the recommendation information is a type of the electric power tool suited to a content of work or an optimum value of an operation parameter in the electric power tool being used.