WO2005098886B1 - Method for controlling a power driver - Google Patents
Method for controlling a power driverInfo
- Publication number
- WO2005098886B1 WO2005098886B1 PCT/US2005/011155 US2005011155W WO2005098886B1 WO 2005098886 B1 WO2005098886 B1 WO 2005098886B1 US 2005011155 W US2005011155 W US 2005011155W WO 2005098886 B1 WO2005098886 B1 WO 2005098886B1
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- WO
- WIPO (PCT)
- Prior art keywords
- motor
- speed
- driver
- power source
- flywheel
- Prior art date
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- 238000005259 measurement Methods 0.000 claims 1
Classifications
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
- B25C—HAND-HELD NAILING OR STAPLING TOOLS; MANUALLY OPERATED PORTABLE STAPLING TOOLS
- B25C1/00—Hand-held nailing tools; Nail feeding devices
- B25C1/06—Hand-held nailing tools; Nail feeding devices operated by electric power
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- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
- Portable Nailing Machines And Staplers (AREA)
Abstract
A driving tool having a driver, a power source, a sensor and a controller. The power source selectively provides an input to the driver to cause the driver to translate along an axis. The sensor senses a condition in the power source that is indicative of a level of kinetic energy of an element in the power source and generates a sensor signal in response thereto. The controller is coupled to the power source and the sensor and is responsive to the sensor signal for deactivating the power source to inhibit the power source from providing the input to the driver when the level of kinetic energy of the element in the power source is below a predetermined threshold. A method for operating a driving tool is also provided.
Claims
[received by the International Bureau on 27 March 2007 (27.03.07)]
What is claimed is:
1. A method comprising: providing a driving tool having a driver and a motor assembly, the driver being movable along an axis, the motor assembly including an output member and a pinch member; operating the motor assembly to move the output member; determining a kinetic energy level of the moving output member; and moving the pinch member to drive the driver into contact with a circumferential surface of the output member to transmit power from the output member to the driver if the kinetic energy level exceeds a predetermined threshold.
2. The method of Claim 1 , wherein the pinch member is a roller.
3. The method of Claim 1 , wherein the kinetic energy level of the moving output member is based on a rotational speed of an element in the motor assembly.
4. The method of Claim 3, wherein the element is the output member.
5. The method of Claim 3, wherein the rotational speed of the element is based on an eddy current measurement. 6. The method of Claim 3, wherein the motor assembly includes a motor and the kinetic energy level of the moving output member is determined as a function of the back electromotive force produced by the motor. 7, A method comprising: providing a driving tool having a driver and a motor assembly, the driver being movable along an axis, the motor assembly including an output member and a pinch member, wherein the motor assembly includes a motor; operating the motor assembly to move the output member; determining a kinetic energy level of the moving output member based on a rotational speed of an element in the motor assembly, the kinetic energy level of the moving output member being determined as a function of the back electromotive force produced by the motor;
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moving the pinch member to drive the driver into contact with the output member to transmit power from the output member to the driver if the kinetic energy level exceeds a predetermined threshold; determining a temperature of at least a portion of the driving tool; and determining an approximated speed of the motor based at least partially on the back electromotive force and the temperature.
S. The method of Claim 7, wherein the approximated speed of the motor is determined from the equation
wherein S is the approximated speed of the motor, SBEF is a rotational speed of the motor based solely on the back electromotive force, and ΔSγ is a speed differential that is based on a slope of a line that is representative of an actual rotational speed of the motor when the back electromotive force of the motor is held constant and the temperature is varied. 9. The method of Claim 7, wherein the approximated speed of the motor is also at least partially based on a voltage of a battery that supplies electrical energy for the motor.
10. The method of Claim 9, wherein the approximated speed of the motor is determined from the equation S = |SBATV + ΔST -ΔSBEFI wherein S is the approximated speed of the motor, SpAiv is a rotational speed of the motor based on a voltage of the battery, ΔSPEF is a term that is based upon the back-emf produced by the motor, and ΔSτ is a speed differential that is based on a slope of a line that is representative of an actual rotational speed of the motor when the temperature is varied.
11. The method of Claim 1 , further comprising generating at least one of a visual signal and an audio signal when the kinetic energy level does not exceed the predetermined threshold.
12. A method comprising: providing a driving tool having a driver and a motor assembly having a motor, a flywheel, which is driven by the motor, and a pinch member; operating the motor to thereby turn the flywheel; and
if a rotational speed of the flywheel exceeds a predetermined threshold, moving the pinch member to drive one of the flywheel and the driver into contact with the other one of the flywheel and the driver to transmit energy from the flywheel to the driver and translate the driver along an axis. 13, The method of Claim 12, wherein the speed of the flywheel is sensed directly.
14. The method of Claim 12, wherein the speed of the flywheel is determined indirectly.
15. The method of Claim 14, wherein a back electromotive force is employed to determine the speed of the flywheel.
16. The method of Claim 15, further comprising: determining a temperature of at least a portion of the driving tool; and determining the speed of the motor based at least partially on the back electromotive force and the temperature. . 17. The method of Claim 16, wherein the speed of the motor is determined from the equation
S .-; SBEF - ΔST wherein S is the speed of the motor, SBEF is a rotational speed of the motor based solely on the back electromotive force', and ΔST is a speed differential that is based on a slope of a line that is representative of an actual rotational speed of the motor when the back electromotive force of the motor is held constant and the temperature is varied.
18. The method of Claim 16, wherein the speed of the motor is also at least partially based on a voltage of a battery that supplies electrical energy for the motor,
19. The method of Claim 9, wherein the speed of the motor is determined from the equation
S - |SBAw + ΔST -ΔSBEFI wherein S is the speed of the motor, SØATV is a rotational speed of the motor based on a voltage of the battery, ΔSBEF is a term that is based upon the back- emf produced by the motor, and ΔST is a speed differential that is based on a slope of a lino that is representative of an actual rotational speed of the motor when the temperature is varied.
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20. The method of Claim 12, wherein the speed of the flywheel is determined while the motor is being operated.
21. The method of Claim 12, further comprising generating at least one of an audio signal and a visual signal if after operating the motor the speed of the flywheel is not above the predetermined threshold speed.
22. A driving tool comprising: a driver that is movable along an axis; a power source for providing an input to the driver and causing the driver to translate along the axis, the power source including a motor; a sensor for sensing a condition in the power source and generating a sensor signal in response thereto, the condition being indicative of a level of kinetic energy of an element in the power source; and a controller coupled to the power source and the sensor, the controller being responsive to the sensor signal for deactivating the power source to inhibit the power source from providing the input to the driver when the level of kinetic energy of the element in the power source is below a predetermined threshold; wherein the characteristic of the power source is a rotational speed of the element and wherein the sensor is selected from a group of sensors comprising sensors that sense a back electromotive force generated by the motor and eddy current sensors.
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25. The driving tool of Claim 22, wherein the sensor is an eddy current sensor,
26. Th© driving tool of Claim 22, wherein the power source further includes a flywheel that is driven by an output shaft of the motor and the element is one of the flywheel and the output shaft.
27. The driving tool of Claim 22, wherein the controller generates at least one of a visual signal and an audio signal when the level of kinetic energy of the element in the power source is below the predetermined threshold. 28. The driving tool of Claim 22, further comprising a magazine and a fastener sensor, the magazine being operable for holding one or more of fasteners, the fastener sensor being operable for sensing a condition wherein a quantity of the fasteners that are stored in the magazine is less than a
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predetermined quantity, the fastener sensor responsively generating a fastener sensor signal when the condition is sensed,
29. The driving tool of Claim 28> wherein the controller receives the fastener sensor signal and responsively generates at least one of a visual signal and an audio signal.
30. The driving tool of Claim 28, wherein the controller receives the fastener sensor signal and responsively deactivates the power source to thereby inhibit the power source from providing the input to the driver.
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