Patent ID: 11878393
Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 18:
19. A method of limiting torque delivered from a tool to a socket piece, the method comprising:
driving a female receiver and a male drive with an output member of the tool by rotating the tool around a longitudinal axis;
slipping a clutch mechanism between the female receiver and the male drive when a reaction torque from the socket piece is greater than a predetermined torque limit, such that the female receiver rotates relative to the male drive; and
adjusting the predetermined torque limit of the clutch mechanism by inserting an adjustment tool through the female receiver and rotating an adjustment mechanism along the longitudinal axis, resulting in increased or decreased frictional forces of the clutch mechanism that resist relative rotation between the female receiver and the male drive.