Patent ID: 11938594
Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An impact tool comprising:
a housing including a motor housing portion and a front housing coupled to the motor housing portion;
a motor supported within the motor housing portion;
a battery pack supported by the housing for providing power to the motor; and
a drive assembly supported within the housing and configured to convert continuous torque from the motor to consecutive rotational impacts upon a workpiece capable of developing at least 1,700 ft-lbs of fastening torque, the drive assembly including
a camshaft driven by the motor for rotation about an axis,
an anvil extending from the front housing, and
a hammer configured to reciprocate along a travel portion of the camshaft between a rearmost position and a forwardmost position to deliver rotational impacts to the anvil in response to rotation of the camshaft.