Inventors:
Sandor Goldner - Brooklyn NY
Assignee:
Arrow Fastener Company, Inc. - Saddle Brook NJ
International Classification:
H01H 4700
H01F 2730
Abstract:
A shell-form transformer for charging an energy storage device contained in a battery powered impact device. The primary and secondary windings of the transformer are wound in a predetermined manner around the center leg of a core which has an air gap therein. The gap increases the reluctance of the center leg which decreases the flow of magnetic flux through the core which, in turn, enables the current applied to the transformer primary to be increased without causing the core to be saturated. As a result, the current applied to the transformer primary can be increased, thereby increasing the output voltage supplied from the transformer secondary which, in turn, enables rapid charging of the energy storage device.