US 11,772,245 B2
Impact tool
Scott R. Fischer, Menomonee Falls, WI (US); Evan Brown, Milwaukee, WI (US); and Maxwell A. Casper, Menomonee Falls, WI (US)
Assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed by MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed on Feb. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/179,627.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/980,698, filed on Feb. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0260733 A1, Aug. 26, 2021
Int. Cl. B25B 21/02 (2006.01); B25B 23/18 (2006.01); B25B 23/147 (2006.01)
CPC B25B 21/023 (2013.01) [B25B 23/1475 (2013.01); B25B 23/18 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An impact tool comprising:
a housing including a motor housing portion and an impact housing portion;
an electric motor supported in the motor housing;
a battery pack supported by the housing for providing power to the motor;
a drive assembly supported by the impact housing portion, the drive assembly configured to convert a continuous rotational input from the motor to consecutive rotational impacts upon a workpiece, the drive assembly including
an anvil extending from the impact housing portion,
a hammer that is both rotationally and axially movable relative to the anvil for imparting the consecutive rotational impacts upon the anvil, and
a spring for biasing the hammer in an axial direction toward the anvil;
a boot covering the impact housing portion;
a front retainer arranged on the boot;
a plurality of lenses in the front retainer;
a plurality of LEDs, each LED respectively arranged within one of the lenses;
an LED control board at least partially located within the impact housing portion; and
a rear retainer arranged between the boot and the impact housing portion, the rear retainer including a portion that extends through the boot to which the front retainer is coupled,
wherein the impact housing portion includes a groove aligned with a slot in the rear retainer and a hole communicating the groove with an interior of the impact housing portion, and wherein the power wire extends through the groove and the hole in the impact housing portion.