US 12,186,865 B2
Electric tool system, control method, and program
Itaru Murui, Nara (JP); Shota Fujii, Osaka (JP); and Kotaro Momoeda, Mie (JP)
Assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/919,098
Filed by Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Feb. 10, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/004906
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 14, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/215083, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 28, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-076942 (JP), filed on Apr. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0158646 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. B25B 23/147 (2006.01); B25F 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC B25B 23/147 (2013.01) [B25F 5/001 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
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1. An electric tool system comprising:
a motor;
an output shaft to be coupled to a tip tool;
a transmission mechanism configured to transmit motive power of the motor to the output shaft;
an acquirer configured to acquire, based on a current flowing through the motor, a torque value related to output torque provided by the tip tool;
a trigger switch configured to accept an operating command entered by a user; and
a controller having a torque management mode in which the controller controls the motor in accordance with the operating command entered through the trigger switch and prevents the torque value acquired by the acquirer from exceeding an upper limit value,
the controller being configured to, when finding a predetermined condition satisfied in the torque management mode, control the motor to forcibly turn a velocity of the motor into a predetermined restriction value irrespective of a manipulative variable of the trigger switch,
the predetermined condition including a condition that the torque value acquired by the acquirer reach a threshold value smaller than the upper limit value,
the controller being configured to, when finding that the torque value acquired by the acquirer reaches the upper limit value after the predetermined condition is satisfied in the torque management mode, control the motor to stop running.