Patent ID: 11951596
Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 10:
11. A rotary impact tool comprising:
an impact housing;
a drive assembly at least partially supported within the impact housing and configured to convert a continuous torque input to consecutive rotational impacts upon a workpiece, the drive assembly including
an anvil including an anvil lug, a drive end opposite the anvil lug, and a target disposed between the anvil lug and the drive end, and
a hammer that is both rotationally and axially movable relative to the anvil, the hammer including a hammer lug for imparting the consecutive rotational impacts upon the anvil lug; and

a printed circuit board assembly including an anvil sensor that is configured to detect rotation of the anvil, wherein the printed circuit board assembly is spaced from the target to define an axial gap therebetween.