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).

  • Patent number: 7931095
    Abstract: In a hammer drill, a coil spring is disposed rearward of a piston cylinder inside a housing so as to press the piston cylinder to an advanced position when the hammer drill operates in a drill mode, and a supporting plate is disposed at a rear end of the piston cylinder. The supporting plate includes a pair of side plates and a base portion connecting front ends of the side plates. The base portion is in contact with a rear surface of the piston cylinder, and rear ends of the side plates are in contact with a front end of the coil spring. Openings provided in the side plates are configured to hold a pin on which a connecting arm is pivoted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Makita Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Machida, Kiyonobu Yoshikane
  • Publication number: 20110008118
    Abstract: A technique for allowing a user to operate an operating member disposed in a front end region of a power tool in the state in which a dust collecting attachment designed to be attached to the front end region of the power tool is left attached to the power tool. The dust collecting attachment is used on a power tool having an operating member for removal and/or bit angle setting of a tool bit coupled to a front end region of a tool body. The dust collecting attachment has a dust collecting member which can be attached to the front end region of the tool body. The dust collecting member has an opening formed in a region which faces the operating member in the state in which the dust collecting member is attached to the tool body, and the operating member can be operated by user's finger through the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyonobu YOSHIKANE, Yoshitaka Machida, Masanori Furusawa, Yoshihiro Kasuya
  • Patent number: 7748472
    Abstract: A hammer drill has an elastic member without using a coil spring or the like on an intermediate spindle to compact a housing and decrease cost. The elastic member that elastically engages a clutch with a second gear and/or a boss sleeve includes first to third guide spindles, first and second interlock plates, and a coil spring. The guide spindles are provided in parallel with an intermediate spindle. The first and second interlock plates are provided at the first to third guide spindles and slidable integrally with the clutch by engaging with the clutch. The coil spring energizes the first and second interlock plates along the first to third guide spindles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Makita Corporation
    Inventor: Kiyonobu Yoshikane
  • Publication number: 20100000748
    Abstract: In a hammer drill, a coil spring is disposed rearward of a piston cylinder inside a housing so as to press the piston cylinder to an advanced position when the hammer drill operates in a drill mode, and a supporting plate is disposed at a rear end of the piston cylinder. The supporting plate includes a pair of side plates and a base portion connecting front ends of the side plates. The base portion is in contact with a rear surface of the piston cylinder, and rear ends of the side plates are in contact with a front end of the coil spring. Openings provided in the side plates are configured to hold a pin on which a connecting arm is pivoted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Machida, Kiyonobu Yoshikane
  • Patent number: 7588097
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a technique for further improving the vibration reducing performance in a power impact tool that linearly drives a tool bit by using a swinging mechanism. According to the invention, a representative power impact tool is provided with a motor, a rotating shaft, a swinging member, a tool driving mechanism and a counter weight. The swinging member is supported by the rotating shaft to swing in the axial direction of the rotating shaft by rotation of the rotating shaft. The counter weight is disposed in a region higher than a lower end region of the swinging member in the vertical direction to intersect with the axis of the rotating shaft, and a lower end of the counter weight is connected to the lower end region of the swinging member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Makita Corporation
    Inventors: Hikaru Kamegai, Kiyonobu Yoshikane
  • Publication number: 20090223692
    Abstract: The invention is to provide a hammer drill which is to be capable of restricting rotation of a bit in a hammer mode, and improve usability. A hammer drill includes a lock plate 51 in a housing 2, and the lock plate 51 engages with a second gear 31 so as to lock rotation of the second gear. The lock plate 51 is provided to be slidable between an engaging position with the second gear 31 and a non-engaging position, and is biased to the engaging position by a coil spring. The hammer drill further includes a restriction part 50 on an outer peripheral side of a holding tube 46 in a mode switching knob 44. The restriction part 50 abuts the lock plate 51 in one of two phases for engaging a clutch 37 with only a boss sleeve 32 so as to hold the lock plate 51 at the non-engaging position, and cancels the abutment with the lock plate 51 in the other phase to slide the lock plate 51 to the engaging position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kiyonobu Yoshikane
  • Publication number: 20080271905
    Abstract: The object is to provide a hammer drill having an elastic means without using a coil spring or the like on an intermediate spindle, and being capable of compacting a housing and decreasing cost. The elastic means for elastically engaging a clutch 35 with a second gear 30 and/or a boss sleeve 31 includes first to third guide spindles 47 to 49, first and second interlock plates 41 and 42, and a coil spring 50. The guide spindles 47 to 49 are provided in parallel with an intermediate spindle 25. The first and second interlock plates 41 and 42 are provided at the first to third guide spindles 47 to 49 and slidable integrally with the clutch 35 by engaging with the clutch 35. The coil spring 50 energizes the first and second interlock plates 41 and 42 along the first to third guide spindles 47 to 49.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kiyonobu Yoshikane
  • Patent number: 7395603
    Abstract: The reciprocating saw has a main body, a support member, a guide shoe, a locking member and an engaging member. The support member can be slid relative to the main body. The guide shoe is attached to an anterior end of the support member. The locking member can be switched between a state allowing the support member to be slid relative to the main body and a state not allowing the sliding. The engaging member is energized towards the support member. The engaging member and the support member engage or release their engagement, while the support member is being slid relative to the main body across a location allowing locking and a location not allowing locking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Makita Corporation
    Inventors: Shin Sugiura, Kiyonobu Yoshikane
  • Publication number: 20080047723
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a technique for further improving the vibration reducing performance in a power impact tool that linearly drives a tool bit by using a swinging mechanism. According to the invention, a representative power impact tool is provided with a motor, a rotating shaft, a swinging member, a tool driving mechanism and a counter weight. The swinging member is supported by the rotating shaft to swing in the axial direction of the rotating shaft by rotation of the rotating shaft. The counter weight is disposed in a region higher than a lower end region of the swinging member in the vertical direction to intersect with the axis of the rotating shaft, and a lower end of the counter weight is connected to the lower end region of the swinging member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hikaru Kamegai, Kiyonobu Yoshikane
  • Publication number: 20050183271
    Abstract: The reciprocating saw has a main body, a support member, a guide shoe, a locking member and an engaging member. The support member can be slid relative to the main body. The guide shoe is attached to an anterior end of the support member. The locking member can be switched between a state allowing the support member to be slid relative to the main body and a state not allowing the sliding. The engaging member is energized towards the support member. The engaging member and the support member engage or release their engagement, while the support member is being slid relative to the main body across a location allowing locking and a location not allowing locking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2005
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Applicant: Makita Corporation
    Inventors: Shin Sugiura, Kiyonobu Yoshikane
  • Patent number: D558551
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: Makita Corporation
    Inventors: Shinsuke Okuda, Kiyonobu Yoshikane
  • Patent number: D617168
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Makita Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Yamamoto, Kiyonobu Yoshikane