Patents by Inventor Kiyonobu Yoshikane
Kiyonobu Yoshikane has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240116161Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Kiyonobu YOSHIKANE, Yoshiro Tada
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Publication number: 20240100675Abstract: A hammer drill includes a housing inside which a motor, a tubular tool holder, a driving mechanism, a rotation conversion member, and an inner housing are disposed. The driving mechanism is configured to perform at least one of rotation actuation of the tool holder and hammering actuation of a bit. The inner housing supports the driving mechanism, supports the tool holder via a first bearing, and supports an output shaft via a second bearing. The inner housing is divided into a front housing holding the first bearing and a rear housing that is formed in a separate body from the front housing and holds the second bearing. The inner housing is formed by connecting the front housing to the rear housing in an axis line direction of the tool holder. A seal member sealing outside space of the inner housing inside the housing is disposed in the front housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshitaka MACHIDA, Kiyonobu YOSHIKANE
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Publication number: 20240082973Abstract: An impact tool includes a housing, an impact mechanism unit, a motor, and a dust collection fan. The housing is configured to mount a dust collection attachment. The impact mechanism unit is disposed inside the housing. The impact mechanism unit has a front end to which a tool bit is mounted and an impact element that reciprocates. The impact mechanism unit is configured to impact the tool bit by the impact element. The motor is disposed such that a rotation shaft of the motor intersects with an impact axis direction of the impact mechanism unit inside the housing. The dust collection fan is disposed on the rotation shaft. The dust collection fan is disposed below the motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Kiyonobu YOSHIKANE, Hiroki TAKESASHI
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Patent number: 11926030Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Kiyonobu Yoshikane, Yoshiro Tada
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Patent number: 11904447Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 16, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Norikazu Baba, Shun Kuriki, Kiyonobu Yoshikane
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Publication number: 20240051103Abstract: A driving tool for improving shock absorbability and durability of a tubular damper, the driving tool comprising a cylinder and a piston that moves inside the cylinder owing to a gas pressure. The driving tool further comprises a driver main body to drive a driving member by moving integrally with the piston, and a lift mechanism having a wheel for the driver main body to return to original position. The driver main body is arranged such that a width center line of the driver main body is offset in a direction away from the lift mechanism with respect to a width center line of the piston.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Shun KURIKI, Kiyonobu YOSHIKANE, Masaya NAGAO
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Patent number: 11897109Abstract: An objective is to provide a technique to securely protect the striking tool even when the striking tool inadvertently falls down. A striking tool including a rotating shaft relatively rotatably connect a main body with a handle, a first elastic member reducing transmitting of vibration from the main body to the handle in a case that the handle relatively rotates to the main body, wherein the handle includes a battery mounting portion to which battery to drive the motor is attachable and the handle is arranged to relatively move to the main body across the rotating shaft, and an adjuster such that the relative movement amount of the handle to the main body in a predetermined direction is adjusted to be larger than the relative movement amount in a direction other than the predetermined direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Kiyonobu Yoshikane, Mizuki Yamamoto
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Patent number: 11883941Abstract: A hammer drill includes a housing inside which a motor, a tubular tool holder, a driving mechanism, a rotation conversion member, and an inner housing are disposed. The driving mechanism is configured to perform at least one of rotation actuation of the tool holder and hammering actuation of a bit. The inner housing supports the driving mechanism, supports the tool holder via a first bearing, and supports an output shaft via a second bearing. The inner housing is divided into a front housing holding the first bearing and a rear housing that is formed in a separate body from the front housing and holds the second bearing. The inner housing is formed by connecting the front housing to the rear housing in an axis line direction of the tool holder. A seal member sealing outside space of the inner housing inside the housing is disposed in the front housing.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshitaka Machida, Kiyonobu Yoshikane
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Patent number: 11865688Abstract: An impact tool includes a housing; and a motor, a tubular tool holder, a driving mechanism, a rotation shaft, a driving mechanism housing region inside the housing. The tool holder has a distal end on which a bit is mountable. The driving mechanism is configured to hammer the bit. The rotation shaft is disposed in the driving mechanism and rotates by a rotation of an output shaft of the motor. The driving mechanism housing region houses the driving mechanism in a sealed state inside the housing. The air escape path that releases air inside the driving mechanism housing region to outside of the driving mechanism housing region is formed inside the rotation shaft while an inlet of the air escape path is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the rotation shaft.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshitaka Machida, Kiyonobu Yoshikane
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Patent number: 11865657Abstract: An impact tool includes a housing, an impact mechanism unit, a motor, and a dust collection fan. The housing is configured to mount a dust collection attachment. The impact mechanism unit is disposed inside the housing. The impact mechanism unit has a front end to which a tool bit is mounted and an impact element that reciprocates. The impact mechanism unit is configured to impact the tool bit by the impact element. The motor is disposed such that a rotation shaft of the motor intersects with an impact axis direction of the impact mechanism unit inside the housing. The dust collection fan is disposed on the rotation shaft. The dust collection fan is disposed below the motor.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Kiyonobu Yoshikane, Hiroki Takesashi
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Patent number: 11826891Abstract: A power tool includes a motor having a rotatable motor shaft, a first intermediate shaft, and a second intermediate shaft extending in parallel to the first intermediate shaft. An output shaft removably holds a tool accessory and has a driving axis. A motion-converting mechanism converts rotation of the first intermediate shaft only into linear reciprocating motion and thereby hammers the tool accessory along the driving axis. A rotation-transmitting mechanism transmits rotation of the second intermediate shaft to the output shaft and thereby only rotationally drives the output shaft around the driving axis.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshitaka Machida, Kiyonobu Yoshikane
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Patent number: 11794324Abstract: A dust collecting system includes a power tool and a dust collector. The power tool includes at least one battery-mounting part, a first motor, a driving mechanism and a body housing. The at least one battery-mounting part is each configured to removably receive a battery. The first motor is configured to operate with electric power supplied from the battery. The driving mechanism is configured to drive the tool accessory by power of the first motor. The body housing houses the first motor and the driving mechanism. The dust collecting system includes a control device configured to control operation of at least one of the power tool and the dust collector according to a state of the whole dust collecting system.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Kiyonobu Yoshikane, Yoshitaka Machida, Hitoshi Iida
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Publication number: 20230321776Abstract: A dust collection cup allows a bit tip to be viewable without being detached or replaced. A dust collection cup is attachable to a front cylindrical portion of a hammer drill. The dust collection cup in an attached state allows a bit attached to the front cylindrical portion to extend through the dust collection cup. The dust collection cup includes an attachment attachable to the front cylindrical portion, and a body connectable to the attachment. The body includes an extendable unit including at least a portion in an axial direction retaining a predetermined length.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Mizuki YAMAMOTO, Yoshitaka MACHIDA, Kiyonobu YOSHIKANE
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Publication number: 20230241752Abstract: A power tool having a hammer mechanism includes a first housing, a motor housed in the first housing, a second housing that at least partially covers the first housing, and a controller housed in the second housing. The second housing is coupled to the first housing via at least one elastic member to be movable relative to the first housing in a first direction that is parallel to the driving axis. The second housing has at least one opening for wiring. The at least one opening communicatively connects an inside and an outside of the second housing. At least one electric wire extends from the controller to the outside of the second housing through the at least one opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2023Publication date: August 3, 2023Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro MAEGAWA, Kiyonobu YOSHIKANE, Kazuki NAKAGAWA, Yuzuru NISHIO
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Publication number: 20230173630Abstract: A dust collector attachment for use with a drilling tool is configured to suck dust generated during the drilling operation. The dust collector attachment includes a suction nozzle and a detection part The suction nozzle has an insertion hole that is configured to allow a tool accessory removably held by the drilling tool to be inserted therethrough, and a suction port through which the dust is sucked. The detection part includes a sensor that is configured to detect metal within a detection range.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2022Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Shin SUGIURA, Kiyonobu YOSHIKANE, Hikaru SUNABE
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Publication number: 20230173652Abstract: A power tool, such as a hammer drill (100), has first and second battery mount parts (160A, 160B) that are aligned in a longitudinal direction of the power tool. First and second batteries (170A, 170B) are mountable thereon in series along a straight line that extends in the longitudinal direction. The first battery (170A) is mounted on the first battery mount part (160A) by sliding along the straight line towards the second battery mount part (160B). The second battery (170B) is mounted on the second battery mount part (170B) by sliding along the straight line towards the first battery mount part (170A).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2023Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Kiyonobu YOSHIKANE, Hajime TAKEUCHI, Yoshiro TADA, Masanori FURUSAWA, Masao MIWA, Shinji ONODA, Yoshitaka MACHIDA
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Patent number: 11642769Abstract: A movable support at least partially supports a final output shaft and a driving mechanism, and is integrally movable relative to a housing in an axial direction of a driving axis. A biasing member biases the movable support toward a front side in the axial direction. A first guide shaft extends in the axial direction and slidably guides the movement of the movable support in the axial direction. At least one intermediate shaft rotates in response to rotation of a motor shaft and transmit power of the motor to the driving mechanism. At least one bearing supports an end portion of the at least one intermediate shaft is located in the front side in the axial direction. A single metal support is immovable relative to the housing and supports the at least one bearing. The single metal support has a first hole for partially receiving the first guide shaft.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2022Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Kiyonobu Yoshikane, Yoshitaka Machida, Taro Hisano, Kazuki Nakagawa
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Publication number: 20230129001Abstract: A driving tool comprises a cylinder extending in an up-down direction and a piston that moves downward within the cylinder due to a compressed gas to drive a driving member. The driving tool further comprises a main body housing that houses the cylinder and a grip extending rearward from a rear surface of the main body housing. The driving tool further comprises an upper chamber that is provided above the cylinder and communicates with the cylinder. The driving tool further comprises an air chamber that extends downward from the upper chamber and that extends only in an area on a right or left side of the main body housing with respect to both an axis center of the cylinder and an axis center of the grip.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Kazusa FUKUDA, Masaya NAGAO, Kiyonobu YOSHIKANE, Toshiro HIRAYAMA
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Publication number: 20230125450Abstract: A rotary shaft is spline coupled to a carrier of a final-stage planetary gear mechanism. A bearing for supporting the rotary shaft is arranged on an outer circumferential side of the carrier. The bearing and the carrier are arranged so as to overlap in a direction perpendicular to a motor axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Shun KURIKI, Masaya NAGAO, Kiyonobu YOSHIKANE, Toshiro HIRAYAMA
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Publication number: 20230126083Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Norikazu BABA, Shun KURIKI, Kiyonobu YOSHIKANE