Patents Assigned to Makita Corporation
  • Patent number: 11969868
    Abstract: A power tool having a hammer mechanism comprises a tool body, a motor, a handle, at least one biasing member, and at least one elastic member. The handle is connected to the tool body to be movable in at least a front-rear direction. The handle includes a cover part covering a portion of the tool body, and a grip part connected to the cover part. The at least one biasing member is disposed between the tool body and the handle and biases the tool body and the handle away from each other in the front-rear direction. The at least one elastic member is disposed between the tool body and the cover part of the handle such that the at least one elastic member is movable relative to the tool body and the handle and is shear-deformable in response to a relative movement of the tool body and the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshitaka Machida
  • Patent number: 11973387
    Abstract: An electric work machine (1) includes a motor (8) having a rotor (23) disposed within a stator core (31) and coils (34) disposed on the stator core; a power-transmission mechanism (10) driven by the rotor; and an output shaft (6), on which a tool accessory is mountable and which is operably driven by the power-transmission mechanism. The stator core includes an outer-side member (40) having projection parts (42) protruding radially inward from a circular-ring part (41) in a spaced apart manner in a circumferential direction of the stator core and respectively supporting the coils; and an inner-side member (43) disposed radially inward of the outer-side member and coupled to inner-end portions of the projection parts. A plurality of first insulators (32) and a plurality of second insulators (33) may be respectively disposed around the projection parts and interconnected in an alternating manner in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akira Naito
  • Patent number: 11969871
    Abstract: A portable power tool includes a tool accessory, drive mechanism, housing and grip having a rotating axis. The grip includes grip portion having a first face and a second face. The grip portion is formed in a rotation asymmetric shape to the rotating axis. The grip is attachable to the housing with respect to a rotating angle around the rotating axis at a first angle and a second angle. When the grip is viewed in the rotating axis extending direction, the position of the first surface and the position of the second surface in the circumferential direction around the rotating axis in a case that the rotating angle is at the first angle are different from the position of the first surface and the position of the second surface in the circumferential direction around the rotating axis in a case that the rotating angle is at the second angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoki Takata, Takuji Kimura, Atsushi Kanou
  • Publication number: 20240131673
    Abstract: A base material is subjected to a low-temperature tempering treatment at a temperature equal to or less than 300° C. After the tempering treatment, a coating is applied to the base material by a sputtering method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao MIYASHITA, Hiroto SHIMOMAE, Hideki MATSUSHIMA
  • Patent number: 11964356
    Abstract: A hand-held tool, such as a disc grinder, is used to perform work at a high work site, a countermeasure is taken to prevent the hand-held tool from falling by using a suspension tool, such as a tether strap. If a coupling part that couples the suspension tool to the hand-held tool is damaged, this fact is notified to a user. Thereby, an original function of the suspension tool can be reliably performed. If a large impact is applied to a coupling member via a suspension tool, the coupling member is displaced to a second position, due to the deformation of a first position retaining member. A conductive portion disengages from contacts to cause a power circuit to be shut off, thereby prohibiting a main body part from being activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryosuke Otani, Junya Ishikawa, Takafumi Kotsuji, Satoshi Ninagawa, Ken Goto, Yu Eto
  • Patent number: 11963489
    Abstract: A gardening trimmer may include: a conversion mechanism for converting rotational motion of a prime mover to linear motion along a first direction; a blade for moving in reciprocating motion relative to a guide bar and including a plurality of slots; and a plurality of guide members each disposed in a corresponding slot of the plurality of slots of the blade. The plurality of slots may include: at least one first slot in which a corresponding guide member of the guide members that is connected to a housing is disposed. A combination of the slots and the guide members may include: a first combination to reduce frictional resistance generated by the reciprocating motion; and a second combination to reduce vibration generated by the reciprocating motion, and at least one combination of the at least one first slot and its corresponding guide member is the second combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mikihiro Kitahara, Tomoyuki Kutsuna, Nozomu Iwamoto, Tomoyuki Ota
  • Patent number: 11964334
    Abstract: An electric powered work machine according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a tool; a motor; a manual switch; an electric current path; a shunt resistor; a reference voltage generation circuit; and an electric current measurement circuit. The reference voltage generation circuit (i) generates a reference voltage having a first magnitude in response to a first condition being established, and (ii) generates the reference voltage having a second magnitude in response to the first condition not being established. The electric current measurement circuit (i) receives the reference voltage and a measured voltage, and (ii) outputs an output voltage based on the reference voltage and the measured voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hitoshi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11967728
    Abstract: A battery pack disclosed herein is configured to be attached to a battery pack mount by moving the same downward with respect to the battery pack mount and be detached from the battery pack mount by moving the same upward with respect to the battery pack mount. The battery pack comprises a casing. The casing includes a first guide groove and a second guide groove on a side surface of the casing in a left-right direction, with the first and second guide grooves each extending upward from a lower end of the side surface. A length of the first guide groove in an up-down direction and a length of the second guide groove in the up-down direction are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Murakami, Hideyuki Taga
  • Publication number: 20240123585
    Abstract: A light unit is less likely to have lower light emission performance upon receiving a shock. An electric work machine includes a motor, a housing including a motor compartment accommodating the motor and a grip protruding downward from the motor compartment, an output unit located frontward from the motor and operable with a rotational force from the motor, a substrate extending above, on a left, and on a right of the output unit, and a plurality of light emitters mounted on a front surface of the substrate at intervals in a circumferential direction of the output unit. A light emitter of the plurality of light emitters nearest an apex of the substrate immediately above the output unit is at a position shifted circumferentially by a predetermined angle from the apex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka OGISO, Makoto CHIKARAISHI
  • Publication number: 20240123594
    Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure provides an electric power tool including a motor, a drive circuit, a voltage detector, a first calculator, and a second calculator. The drive circuit applies a power-supply voltage to the motor in accordance with a first duty ratio. The voltage detector detects a magnitude of the power-supply voltage. The first calculator calculates a desired duty ratio based on the magnitude of the power-supply voltage detected. The second calculator increases the first duty ratio from an initial value to the desired duty ratio in accordance with a lapse of time. The second calculator varies a rate of increase of the first duty ratio based on the magnitude of the power-supply voltage detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki HAYASHI, Itsuku KATO
  • Patent number: 11962257
    Abstract: A blower in one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a housing including a first discharge port; a motor in the housing; a fan in the housing; an attachment fitting portion; and a motor drive circuit. The attachment fitting portion is configured to detachably attach, to the first discharge port, an attachment including a second discharge port. The motor drive circuit (i) delivers a designated power to the motor and (ii) performs a constant power control that maintains a magnitude of an electric power delivered to the motor at a magnitude of the designated power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Kawai, Naoya Asami
  • Patent number: 11958159
    Abstract: A belt sander includes a grip portion, an electric motor, a first operating unit, and a second operating unit. The grip portion is configured to be gripped by an operator. The electric motor is configured to drive a sanding belt. The first operating unit is configured to perform an on-operation of the electric motor and configured to keep the on-operation. The second operating unit is configured to perform an on-operation of the electric motor. The electric motor is rotated by the on-operations of both the first operating unit and the second operating unit. The second operating unit is disposed at a position where an operation is allowed by a hand that grips the grip portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Pisan Petsri, Wilawan Ardwichian
  • Patent number: 11958170
    Abstract: An impact tool includes: a brushless motor; a spindle, which is rotated by the brushless motor; a hammer, which is held on the spindle; an anvil, which is impacted in a rotational direction by the hammer; a polymer housing, which houses the brushless motor; a hammer case, which is connected to the polymer housing and houses the hammer and the spindle; and a light unit, which is held on the hammer case and comprises a plurality of light-emitting devices. The maximum tightening torque of the anvil is 1,000 N·m or more and 2,500 N·m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tokuo Hirabayashi, Haruki Tejima, Kazuma Aoki, Kazunori Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20240116161
    Abstract: A power tool includes a motor, a driving mechanism, a main housing, a handle housing, a first guide part and a second guide part. The handle housing is movable relative to the main housing at least in a front-rear direction. The first and second guide parts are configured to guide relative sliding between the main housing and the handle housing in the front-rear direction. Each of the first guide part and the second guide part includes a first engagement part and a second engagement part engaged with each other to be slidable in the front-rear direction. The main housing has the first engagement part. The handle housing has the second engagement part. The second guide part is spaced apart from the first guide part and located rearward of the first guide part in the front-rear direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyonobu YOSHIKANE, Yoshiro Tada
  • Patent number: 11955874
    Abstract: An electric powered work machine includes an inverter circuit, a power-source-side switching element, a power-source-side resistor, at least one circuit-side resistor, and a fault determiner. The power-source-side switching element is arranged between a direct-current power source and the inverter circuit. The power-source-side resistor is connected in parallel to the power-source-side switching element. The circuit-side resistor is connected to the inverter circuit in such a state that electrical conduction is possible between a positive side and a negative side of the direct-current power source in the inverter circuit in a case where semiconductor switching elements in the inverter circuit are all OFF. The fault determiner determines whether the switching elements are short-circuited based on a voltage at a connection point between the power-source-side switching element and the inverter circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hitoshi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11951605
    Abstract: An adapter is configured to be removably mounted to a rotary tool, the rotary tool having a battery mounting part configured such that a battery can be removably mounted thereto and an output shaft that is rotationally driven by power supply from the battery mounted to the battery mounting part. The adapter has a housing, a first mounting part that is formed on the housing and configured to be removably mounted to the battery mounting part, a second mounting part that is formed on the housing and configured such that the battery can be removably mounted thereto, and a detection part that is configured to detect the moving state of the adapter in at least one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuta Araki
  • Patent number: D1021591
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kento Nakamura, Shusuke Ito
  • Patent number: D1021771
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomonori Kawase, Kazuya Tanaka
  • Patent number: D1022645
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunori Hattori, Kenichi Tabushi
  • Patent number: D1022881
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Junichi Murakami