US 12,186,866 B2
Electric tool system, electric tool, and method for managing electric tool
Masanori Nakamoto, Mie (JP); and Hiroaki Murakami, Mie (JP)
Assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/624,525
Filed by Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed May 27, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/021020
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 3, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/002125, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-125507 (JP), filed on Jul. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0241943 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. B25B 23/147 (2006.01); G05B 19/18 (2006.01)
CPC B25B 23/1475 (2013.01) [G05B 19/182 (2013.01); G05B 2219/35519 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric tool system, comprising:
an electric tool including
a tightening unit configured to tighten a workpiece onto an attaching target by driving force of a motor, and
a controller configured to control the tightening unit so as to adjust an output torque to be output from an output shaft of the tightening unit, the controller including a torque estimation unit configured to estimate the output torque output from the output shaft with reference to a rotational speed and a change in a rotation amount of the motor, the controller being configured to stop rotation of the motor when the output torque estimated by the torque estimation unit reaches a torque set value; and
an inspection device including a measuring unit configured to measure a tightening torque value applied from the tightening unit, the inspection device being configured to, when a measured value of the tightening torque value measured by the measuring unit reaches a prescribed target value under inspection of the electric tool, transmit, to the electric tool, a calibration instruction signal representing a measured value of a tightening torque value currently applied, wherein:
the electric tool further includes a calibration processor configured to calibrate the controller in accordance with the measured value measured by the measuring unit of the inspection device, and
the calibration processor is configured to calibrate, based on the tightening torque value included in the calibration instruction signal, the output torque estimated by the torque estimation unit such that the magnitude of the output torque thus estimated approximates the tightening torque value represented by the calibration instruction signal.