| US Patent: 4,182,979 
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| D. C. Electric Torquing System | 
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| Patentees: |  
 | Robert L. Douglas (exact or similar names) - Janesville, Rock County, WI |  | William P. Jezo (exact or similar names) - Janesville, Rock County, WI |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Feb. 03, 1978 |  
| Granted: | Jan. 08, 1980 |  USPTO (New site tip)
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| Description: |  | Abstract:
An electric torqueing device comprises a d-c. motor for producing an output torque that varies in proportion to variations in the armature current, a power source for supplying d-c. current to the armature to produce an output torque, and regulating means for maintaining the d-c. current at a relatively low level during the run-on stage of a torqueing operation. Sensing means responsive to a preselected parameter of the torqueing operation, such as the velocity of the motor output, produces a control signal when the tightening stage of the torqueing operation begins. Control means responsive to the control signal from the sensing means adjusts the regulation of the d-c. current to maintain the current supply to the armature at a relatively high level during the tightening stage of the torqueing operation. |  |