Patents Assigned to Makita Corporation
  • Publication number: 20240075609
    Abstract: A power tool is less likely to have lower workability. A power tool includes a motor including a rotor rotatable about a rotation axis extending in a front-rear direction and a stator, an output unit located frontward from the motor and rotatable in response to a rotational force from the rotor, a motor compartment accommodating the motor, a grip extending downward from the motor compartment, a rear rotor bearing supporting a rear portion of the rotor, and a rear cover covering an opening at a rear end of the motor compartment and holding the rear rotor bearing. The motor compartment includes a guide that guides the rear cover in a first circumferential direction and frontward, a front-rear restrictor that restricts front-rear movement of the rear cover, and a circumferential restrictor that restricts circumferential movement of the rear cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ding ZHAO, Yuta SUZUKI, Tomoya HATTORI
  • Patent number: 11920686
    Abstract: A driving tool includes a chamber to store compressed air and a relief valve in communication with the chamber. The relief valve includes an inflow channel communicating with the chamber and an outflow channel with a larger diameter formed at a downstream side of the inflow channel. A valve stem moves along the inflow channel. An O-ring to seal the inflow channel is attached in an annular groove of the valve stem. Air release channels are defined in the valve stem. Each air release channel includes an inlet that opens to an inner circumferential chamber and an outlet that opens to the outflow channel to allow the compressed air to be discharged from the inner circumferential chamber to the outflow channel when the O-ring moves toward the outflow channel and moves beyond the inflow channel due to the internal pressure of the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ken Arata
  • Patent number: 11919138
    Abstract: An impact tool (1) includes: a motor (10); an impact mechanism (15), which is rotatable about an output rotational axis (BX) and is driven by the motor; an anvil (16) having an anvil shaft (113) disposed forward of the impact mechanism; and at least one anvil projection (114) protruding radially outward from a rear-end portion of the anvil shaft and configured to be impacted by the impact mechanism in a rotational direction; a hammer case (6) housing the impact mechanism; a main-body housing (2) disposed rearward of, and fixed to, the hammer case; a grip housing (3) having at least a portion disposed rearward of the main-body housing, the grip housing being coupled to the main-body housing so as to be movable relative to the main-body housing; and at least one vibration-isolating member (138, 139) disposed between the main-body housing and the grip housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tatsuo Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20240066672
    Abstract: A driving tool has a configuration for preventing deviation of a driving posture of driving members from intended position during a use. The driving tool has a guide member supplied to a driving passage and a relief passage for an engagement portion of a driver to pass. The relief passage is therefore blocked by the guide member, stabilizing a driving posture of the driving member. The guide member is then pushed by a lowermost engagement portion of the driver so as to be retreaded from the relief passage, thereby allowing the engagement portion to move downward in the relief passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyuki HOSHIYAMA, Masaya NAGAO
  • Publication number: 20240066680
    Abstract: An auxiliary grip for an impact tool capable of enhancing a shock absorbing function, comprising a grip shaft extending orthogonally to the impact direction, a tubular grip body covering the grip shaft, and a connecting mechanism for connecting the grip body at one end of the grip shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hajime TAKEUCHI, Yoji INOUE, Hiroki TAKESASHI
  • Publication number: 20240066678
    Abstract: A power tool includes a motor, a spindle, an inner housing, an outer housing formed by an upper member and a lower member, a pair of interposing members and a pair of elastic members. The interposing members are arranged leftward and rightward of the inner housing, respectively, and fixedly connected to a first member, which is one of the upper member and the lower member, and at least partially in contact with an inner surface of the first member. The elastic members are held between a left portion of the inner housing and one of the interposing members and between a right portion of the inner housing and the other of the interposing members, respectively. A first end portion of each of the interposing members has at least one first surface extending to be closer to the inner housing toward a tip end of the first end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takafumi KOTSUJI, Shin NAKAMURA, Akira MIZUTANI, Masatoshi NAKAHAMA, Yoshihiro OZEKI
  • Publication number: 20240066586
    Abstract: A rebar tying robot may include a rebar tying unit, a conveying unit configured to convey the rebar tying unit, and a control unit configured to control the conveying unit. The conveying unit may include a longitudinal movement mechanism configured to move the rebar tying robot in a front-rear direction and a first three-dimensional distance sensor configured to output first point cloud data which represents a three-dimensional position of a subject in a first field of view by point clouds. The control unit may be configured to execute a first rebar extraction process in which the control unit extracts point clouds from the point clouds included in the first point cloud data and an intersection location identification process in which the control unit identifies a position where the primary rebar and the secondary rebar intersect based on the point clouds extracted in the first rebar extraction process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kengo ONODA, Kazuki OGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11911881
    Abstract: A rotary tool includes a motor having an axis of rotation extending in a forward-rearward direction of the rotary tool. A grip part is located below the axis of rotation in an up-down direction that is perpendicular to the forward-rearward direction. A planet gear is configured to be driven by the motor. An internal gear meshes with the planet gear and is movable in the forward-rearward direction to change a speed. A sun gear meshes with the planet gear, and an output shaft is configured to be rotationally driven by the sun gear. A sensor is configured to detect the forward-rearward movement of the internal gear, the sensor being disposed downward of the sun gear in the up-down direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuta Araki, Motohiro Omura, Akira Ito
  • Patent number: 11913633
    Abstract: A power tool includes: a motor; an output shaft that is rotated by a rotational force of the motor; a chip-on-board light emitting diode disposed around the output shaft; and a suppression device configured to suppress a temperature of the chip-on-board light emitting diode to a predetermined allowable value or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Chikaraishi, Akihiro Hozumi, Kazunori Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20240064448
    Abstract: An audio output device has a lantern part extends along a first axis, an antenna part, an audio output part, and a control part. The antenna part has a first end and a second end that are respectively connected to a first side and a second side relative to a central part of the lantern part in a first direction parallel to the first axis. A portion of the antenna part between the first end and the second end extends in the first direction and is spaced apart from the lantern part in a direction orthogonal to the first direction. The control part is configured to cause the audio output part to output sound corresponding to a radio broadcasting wave received by the antenna part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazunori TSUGE
  • Publication number: 20240058926
    Abstract: A screwdriver is less likely to have an increased overall length. A screwdriver includes a motor, a push-in clutch located frontward from the motor, the push-in clutch being drivable by the motor, a spindle located frontward from the push-in clutch, the spindle being drivable by the push-in clutch, a push-in sensor located radially outward from and below the push-in clutch, the push-in sensor being configured to detect the push-in clutch being pushed in, and a battery configured to power the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryuki YUEDA
  • Publication number: 20240058927
    Abstract: The inclination of a hammer with respect to a spindle is reduced. An impact tool includes a motor, a spindle at least partially located frontward from the motor and rotatable by the motor, a hammer surrounding the spindle, an anvil at least partially located frontward from the spindle and strikable by the hammer in a rotation direction, and three or more balls between the spindle and the hammer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji YAMANAKA, Koji TSUKAMOTO, Tomoro AOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240058937
    Abstract: An electric work machine avoids lowering the visibility of a workpiece by an operator. An electric work machine includes a motor, an output unit operable with a rotational force from the motor, a light emitter at least partially surrounding the output unit, an optical member including an outer cylinder located radially outward from the light emitter, and a light transmitter located frontward from the light emitter to allow light emitted from the light emitter to pass through, and a light shield located radially outward from the outer cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto CHIKARAISHI, Akihiro HOZUMI
  • Patent number: 11904921
    Abstract: A handcart may include: a support frame; a container; a lock member configured to move between a locking position at which the lock member restricts rotation of the container relative to the support frame and an unlocked position at which the lock member allows the rotation of the container relative to the support frame; and a retainer member configured to move between a retaining position at which the retainer member restricts a movement of the lock member from the unlocked position to the locking position and a non-retaining position at which the retainer member allows the movement of the lock member from the unlocked position to the locking position. The lock member may be configured to move from the locking position to the unlocked position and be maintained in the unlocked position by a movement of the retainer member from the non-retaining position to the retaining position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuo Ifuku, Susumu Kato
  • Patent number: 11909236
    Abstract: An electrical apparatus includes first and second battery interfaces disposed on a housing for electrically and mechanically connecting first and second battery packs in series. A controller is disposed within the housing and includes an apparatus microprocessor that receives first and second communication signals respectively outputted from respective microprocessors of the first and second battery packs. A first signal communication path communicates the first communication signal from the first battery pack microprocessor to the apparatus microprocessor by shifting a first voltage range of the first communication signal to a second voltage range that is suitable for inputting into the apparatus microprocessor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Ota, Kiyoshi Nishibe, Hitoshi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11904449
    Abstract: A work tool includes a motor, a driving mechanism, a body housing and a handle. The driving mechanism is configured to perform an operation of linearly reciprocating the tool accessory along a driving axis extending in a front-rear direction. The handle includes a grip part extending substantially in an up-down direction, and a battery-mounting part provided on a lower side of the grip part. An upper end portion of the handle is connected to a rear end portion of the body housing via an elastic member so as to be movable relative to the body housing. A lower end portion of the handle is connected to the rear end portion of the body housing so as to be rotatable relative to the body housing, around a rotation axis extending in a left-right direction. The rotation axis is located on a lower side of the battery-mounting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Machida, Taro Hisano
  • Patent number: 11904447
    Abstract: A driving tool includes a piston, a driver, and a lift mechanism. The piston moves in a driving direction by a pressure of a gas. The driver extends from the piston and includes a plurality of engaged portions. The lift mechanism moves the driver in a direction opposite to the driving direction. The lift mechanism includes a rotation shaft, a wheel, a plurality of engaging portions, and a supporting member. The wheel rotates integrally with the rotation shaft. Each of the plurality of engaging portions may engage an engaged portion. The supporting member supports the wheel so the wheel is allowed to move between an initial position and an eccentric position in a radial direction of the rotation shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norikazu Baba, Shun Kuriki, Kiyonobu Yoshikane
  • Publication number: 20240055958
    Abstract: An electric work machine includes a motor, a circuit board, a case, at least one elastic member, and a filler. The circuit board includes a heat generating element mounted thereon, and the heat generating element generates heat due to the motor being driven. The case includes a heat dissipation part thermally coupled to the heat generating element and houses the circuit board therein. The at least one elastic member is placed between the circuit board and the case, and is housed inside the case. The filler is filled inside the case and fixes the circuit board and the at least one elastic member inside the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsubasa YAGI, Hidekazu SUDA, Shunpei YAMAJI
  • Patent number: D1015840
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomonori Kawase, Tomoyuki Kondo
  • Patent number: D1015841
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tian Peng Sun, Chun Lai Yang