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: 20200061765Abstract: A dust collector for an electric power tool includes a main body case, a tubular sliding portion, and a dust collection portion. The main body case is mountable to an electric power tool. The tubular sliding portion is disposed on the main body case. The sliding portion includes a nozzle on a front end thereof. The nozzle includes a suction opening. The dust collection portion is configured to accumulate dust suctioned from the nozzle. The sliding portion includes a guided portion supported by a guiding portion disposed on the main body case. The guided portion is supported slidably in a front-rear direction, and the guiding portion and the guided portion are disposed in a region on a half side with respect to a line on a cross section passing through a center of the sliding portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2019Publication date: February 27, 2020Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventor: Kiyonobu YOSHIKANE
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Patent number: 10513022Abstract: An impact tool has a body and a striking mechanism that drives a tool accessory in a prescribed longitudinal direction. The body has a first body element on which the striking mechanism is provided, and a second body element. The first body element and the second body element are connected via a cushioning mechanism. A vibration reducing mechanism is provided on the first body element.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2015Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshitaka Machida, Kiyonobu Yoshikane
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Patent number: 10512997Abstract: A dust collector for an electric power tool includes a main body case, a tubular sliding portion, and a dust collection portion. The main body case is mountable to an electric power tool. The tubular sliding portion is disposed on the main body case. The sliding portion includes a nozzle on a front end thereof. The nozzle includes a suction opening. The dust collection portion is configured to accumulate dust suctioned from the nozzle. The sliding portion includes a guided portion supported by a guiding portion disposed on the main body case. The guided portion is supported slidably in a front-rear direction, and the guiding portion and the guided portion are disposed in a region on a half side with respect to a line on a cross section passing through a center of the sliding portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2017Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventor: Kiyonobu Yoshikane
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Publication number: 20190381646Abstract: A power tool (100) comprises a motor (110) operably driving a tool bit (119), a tool body (101) housing the motor (110), a handle (109) coupled to the tool body (101), and at least two battery mount parts (160A, 160B) defined on the handle (109) and/or the tool body (101). Each of the battery mount parts (160A, 160B) comprises a battery engaging part (161) configured to detachably engage with battery packs (170A, 170B) by sliding the battery packs (170A, 170B) relative to the battery engaging part (161) in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the tool bit (119).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventors: Kiyonobu YOSHIKANE, Hajime TAKEUCHI, Yoshiro TADA, Masanori FURUSAWA, Masao MIWA, Shinji ONODA, Yoshitaka MACHIDA
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Patent number: 10507556Abstract: A dust collector for an electric power tool includes a main body case, a dust box, a sliding portion, and a dust collecting route. The main body case includes an exhaust port, the main body case being configured to be installed on an electric power tool. The dust box internally includes a filter. The sliding portion is disposed on the main body case. The sliding portion has a front end on which a nozzle with a suction opening is disposed. The sliding portion is slidable in a front-rear direction. The dust collecting route is from the suction opening to the exhaust port passing through the filter. The main body case includes a guiding portion through which the sliding portion passes, and the guiding portion allows the sliding portion to project rearward when the sliding portion slides.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2017Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshitaka Machida, Kiyonobu Yoshikane
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Publication number: 20190314943Abstract: A dust collector for an electric power tool includes a main body case, a dust box, a sliding portion, and a dust collecting route. The main body case includes an exhaust port, the main body case being configured to be installed on an electric power tool. The dust box internally includes a filter. The sliding portion is disposed on the main body case. The sliding portion has a front end on which a nozzle with a suction opening is disposed. The sliding portion is slidable in a front-rear direction. The dust collecting route is from the suction opening to the exhaust port passing through the filter. The main body case includes a guiding portion through which the sliding portion passes, and the guiding portion allows the sliding portion to project rearward when the sliding portion slides.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshitaka MACHIDA, Kiyonobu YOSHIKANE
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Publication number: 20190314971Abstract: An impact tool includes a tubular tool holder, a hammering mechanism, a resistor, and a biasing member. An impact element moves forward and rearward in conjunction with a piston. An intermediate element is housed movable back and forth between the impact element and a tip tool. The intermediate element abuts on a rear end of the tip tool to indirectly transmit a striking force from the impact element to the tip tool in a normal striking. The resistor is configured to abut on at least one of the intermediate element and the tip tool to apply a resistance to a front-rear movement of at least one of the intermediate element and the tip tool in a non-striking state. The biasing member disposed on the tool holder biases the resistor to a side of at least one of the intermediate element and the tip tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Kiyonobu YOSHIKANE, Yoshiro TADA, Mizuki YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20190291255Abstract: A work tool includes a motor, a driving mechanism, a housing, a handle, a detecting mechanism and an elastic support part. The detecting mechanism is configured to detect information corresponding to an operating state of the work tool. The elastic support part supports the detecting mechanism so as to be movable relative to the housing in at least two of a front-rear direction, an up-down direction and a left-right direction. The elastic support part includes at least one elastic member disposed between the detecting mechanism and the housing. The elastic support part has respectively different spring constants in the at least two directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2019Publication date: September 26, 2019Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Kiyonobu YOSHIKANE, Yoshitaka MACHIDA, Taro HISANO, Hirokatsu YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20190118365Abstract: Vibrations resulting from a reciprocating piston and vibrations resulting from a rotating crank shaft are reduced effectively. A housing for a hammer drill accommodates, at a position at which a cap closes a supply port, a counterweight movable in cooperation with a crank mechanism to reduce vibrations in a striking axis direction resulting from a reciprocating piston, and a second counterweight rotatable in cooperation with the crank mechanism to reduce vibrations in a rotational direction resulting from a crank shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventor: Kiyonobu YOSHIKANE
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Publication number: 20190091819Abstract: A dust collector includes a body configured to be removably attached to a lower side of a tool body of a drilling tool, a dust storing part to be disposed on a lower side of the body, a sliding part having a suction port and held by the body so as to be slidable in a front-rear direction, a dust transfer passage extending within the sliding part and connecting the suction port and an inlet of the dust storing part, and a tool connection passage disposed within an internal space of the body and configured to connect an outlet of the dust storing part and an inlet of the tool body of the drilling tool. The dust storing part includes the inlet, a filter, a dust storing space and the outlet. The filter is disposed forward of the inlet of the dust storing part.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2018Publication date: March 28, 2019Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Keita MORI, Kiyonobu YOSHIKANE
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Publication number: 20180200852Abstract: A dust collector for an electric power tool includes a main body case, a tubular sliding portion, and a dust collection portion. The main body case is mountable to an electric power tool. The tubular sliding portion is disposed on the main body case. The sliding portion includes a nozzle on a front end thereof. The nozzle includes a suction opening. The dust collection portion is configured to accumulate dust suctioned from the nozzle. The sliding portion includes a guided portion supported by a guiding portion disposed on the main body case. The guided portion is supported slidably in a front-rear direction, and the guiding portion and the guided portion are disposed in a region on a half side with respect to a line on a cross section passing through a center of the sliding portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2017Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventor: Kiyonobu Yoshikane
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Patent number: 9841066Abstract: In a hammer drill, a coil spring that urges a first clutch and a second clutch in directions away from each other is held between a first change plate that engages with the first clutch to be slidable in the axial direction of an intermediate shaft and a second change plate that engages with the second clutch to be slidable in the axial direction of the intermediate shaft. The first change plate is slidably guided by a gear housing.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2013Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Kiyonobu Yoshikane, Kenji Shibata, Yoshitaka Machida
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Publication number: 20170320206Abstract: An impact tool has a body and a striking mechanism that drives a tool accessory in a prescribed longitudinal direction. The body has a first body element on which the striking mechanism is provided, and a second body element. The first body element and the second body element are connected via a cushioning mechanism. A vibration reducing mechanism is provided on the first body element.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2015Publication date: November 9, 2017Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshitaka MACHIDA, Kiyonobu YOSHIKANE
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Patent number: 9782885Abstract: Reciprocating power tool is provided which is improved in vibration isolation of the handle. The reciprocating power tool has a tool body and a handle connected to the tool body. When an axial direction of a tool bit is defined as a longitudinal direction, the handle extends in a vertical direction crossing the longitudinal direction. Further, an upper region of the handle is connected to the tool body via an elastic member and a lower region of the handle is connected to the tool body via a support shaft that it can rotate around an axis of the support shaft in a transverse direction crossing both the longitudinal direction and the vertical direction with respect to the tool body. When the handle rotates around the support shaft with respect to the tool body, the elastic member reduces vibration which is caused in the tool body and transmitted to the handle.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2014Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Kiyonobu Yoshikane, Yoshitaka Machida
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Publication number: 20170203402Abstract: A dust collector for an electric power tool includes a main body case, a dust box, a sliding portion, and a dust collecting route. The main body case includes an exhaust port, the main body case being configured to be installed on an electric power tool. The dust box internally includes a filter. The sliding portion is disposed on the main body case. The sliding portion has a front end on which a nozzle with a suction opening is disposed. The sliding portion is slidable in a front-rear direction. The dust collecting route is from the suction opening to the exhaust port passing through the filter. The main body case includes a guiding portion through which the sliding portion passes, and the guiding portion allows the sliding portion to project rearward when the sliding portion slides.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2017Publication date: July 20, 2017Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshitaka MACHIDA, Kiyonobu YOSHIKANE
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Patent number: 9463566Abstract: An effective technique for increasing performance of an auxiliary handle which is attached to a power tool is provided. The auxiliary handle has a grip part, a grip holding part, a mounting part and a support part. The grip holding part is disposed between the grip part and the support part in a longitudinal direction of the auxiliary handle. When the auxiliary handle is attached to a power tool body, the grip part and the grip holding part are held so as to be movable with respect to the mounting part with the support part as a fulcrum.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2014Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Kiyonobu Yoshikane, Yoshitaka Machida
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Patent number: 9321163Abstract: An impact tool comprises a motor, a swinging member that is driven by the motor and swings in an axial direction of the tool bit, a striking mechanism that is driven in the axial direction of the tool bit by the swinging motion of the swinging member, a connecting part that connects the swinging member and the striking mechanism, a housing member that houses at least the connecting part in an internal space, and a counter weight that is disposed within the internal space of the housing member and reduces vibration caused when the tool bit is driven.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2012Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Shinji Onoda, Kiyonobu Yoshikane, Hitoshi Iida
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Patent number: 9193021Abstract: A power tool dust collecting device includes, in a housing in which a suction opening is protrudingly provided and on which a power tool is mountable, a motor chamber holding a motor having a brush that comes into sliding contact with a commutator of a rotor rotating integrally with an output shaft, a fan chamber housing a dust collecting fan attached to the output shaft of the motor, and a dust collecting chamber in which a filter, through which passes air sucked up from the suction opening due to rotation of the dust collecting fan in accordance with driving of the motor and which collects dust in the air, is mounted on an upstream side of the fan chamber. A cushioning member is interposed between an inner wall of the motor chamber and an outer peripheral surface of the motor.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2012Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshitaka Machida, Kiyonobu Yoshikane
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Publication number: 20150328764Abstract: A power tool includes a motor which drives a tool bit, a tool body, a handle, and battery mount part, to which battery is detachably mounted. The power tool includes a plurality of battery mount parts, and the battery mount part, includes a battery engaging part with which the battery, can engage. The battery is mounted to the battery mount part by sliding against the battery engaging part in a crossing direction which crosses the longitudinal direction of the tool bit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2015Publication date: November 19, 2015Inventors: Kiyonobu YOSHIKANE, Hajime TAKEUCHI, Yoshiro TADA, Masanori FURUSAWA, Masao MIWA, Shinji ONODA, Yoshitaka MACHIDA
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Patent number: 9132572Abstract: A hammer drill includes a dust collector engaged with a housing by sliding. An engagement protrusion, which can engage and disengage with a rear engagement recessed portion provided on a guide groove of the housing, is provided at a position where the dust collector engages with the housing and biased in the direction of engagement with the rear engagement recessed portion. A front engagement recessed portion is also provided on the guide groove, and can engage with the engagement protrusion at a slide position of the dust collector in front of the engagement position. By engaging the engagement protrusion with the front engagement recessed portion, the dust collector can be fixed to the housing even at the slide position.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2011Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiaki Ishikawa, Kiyonobu Yoshikane, Yoshitaka Machida