Patent ID: 8857533

Claim:
A portable power wrench comprising: an elongated housing formed with an angle drive head at a forward end, and a handle at a rear end; a motor supported in the housing and drivingly connected to an output shaft journalled in the angle drive head; and a manually operated power control device including two separately activated power control triggers disposed at different locations on the housing, said power control triggers comprising a main power control trigger and an auxiliary power control trigger, wherein the auxiliary power control trigger is located on the angle drive head, and the main power control trigger is located on the handle; wherein the auxiliary power control trigger is configured to control power to the motor at torque magnitudes below a predetermined level only, and wherein the main power control trigger is configured to control power to the motor at torque magnitudes above said predetermined level, and wherein each of the main power control trigger and the auxiliary power control trigger is adapted to separately and independently drive the portable power wrench, and wherein the portable power wrench is adapted to be driven during an initial screw joint running down phase with only one hand supporting the portable power wrench at the angle drive head to operate the auxiliary power control trigger.