Patent ID: 6988565

Claim:
A retrofit kit for retrofitting a modular control apparatus to a pneumatic impact tool, the tool having a handle, a housing, and a motor, the kit comprising: an adapter, said adapter including, channels, operative to direct energy used to power a tool motor to and from the modular control apparatus and from an energy supply to the tool, respectively, wherein the channels have ports surfaces, configured to: align the adapter and the modular control apparatus to the tool and contain ports, the ports configured to at least one of receive and discharge energy, the ports operative to couple with reciprocal ports in at least one of the tool, the modular control apparatus, and an energy supply line mechanical connections, operative to attach the adapter to the tool and to attach the adapter to the modular control apparatus and structure, the structure operative to maintain the channels, surfaces, and mechanical connections in an operative relationship; wherein said modular control apparatus is releasably attachable to said adapter.