US 12,257,685 B2
Impact tool with tapered anvil wing design
Saiphon C. Charoenphan, Kenosha, WI (US); Adrian J. Robillard, Kenosha, WI (US); John E. Fuhreck, Kenosha, WI (US); and Collin T. Kohls, Kenosha, WI (US)
Assigned to Snap-on Incorporated, Kenosha, WI (US)
Filed by Snap-on Incorporated, Kenosha, WI (US)
Filed on Jun. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/841,221.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/220,325, filed on Jul. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0013688 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. B25B 21/02 (2006.01); B25D 17/06 (2006.01); B25F 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC B25D 17/06 (2013.01) [B25B 21/02 (2013.01); B25D 2217/0015 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An anvil for an impact mechanism of an impact tool, the anvil comprising:
a base portion;
a wing extending radially outwardly from the base portion and including an impact surface that tapers at a taper angle of about 5 degrees to about 30 degrees as the wing extends outwardly from the base portion; and
a shaft extending axially from the base portion.