Patent ID: 9016395
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
1. An impact tool comprising: a housing including a motor support portion; a motor supported in the motor support portion and defining a first axis; an output shaft rotatably supported in the housing about a second axis oriented substantially normal to the first axis; an impact mechanism coupled between the motor and the output shaft and operable to impart a striking force in a rotational direction to the output shaft; a battery electrically connected to the motor and oriented along a third axis substantially parallel with the first axis; and a trigger switch located on a lateral sidewall of the housing between the first and third axes, wherein the trigger switch is configured to initiate activation of the motor in response to being depressed, wherein the trigger switch is configured to deactivate the motor in response to being released, and wherein the trigger switch is configured to be depressed in a direction generally transverse to the first axis and/or the second axis.