Patents by Inventor Tadasuke MATSUNO
Tadasuke MATSUNO 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: 20230094722Abstract: A rebar tying robot configured to tie a plurality of first rebars and a plurality of second rebars intersecting the plurality of first rebars at points where the plurality of first rebars and the plurality of second rebars intersect. The rebar tying robot may include a rebar tying machine, a conveying unit configured to convey the rebar tying machine, and a control unit configured to control an operation of the conveying unit. The conveying unit may include a crawler configured to move on the plurality of first rebars and the plurality of second rebars.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2020Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Tadasuke MATSUNO, Kazuki OGUCHI
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Publication number: 20230015530Abstract: A cart includes a carriage, a right front wheel, a left front wheel, a right rear wheel and a left rear wheel, and a suspension mechanism. The suspension mechanism includes a steering shaft, a link member, a tie rod, a holding member, and a buffer member. When the cart is viewed from behind, a lower space is defined under the carriage. The lower space has a width of ? or more of a distance between a left side surface of the right front wheel and a right side surface of the left front wheel between the right front wheel and the left, front wheel. The lower space between the right rear wheel and the left rear wheel has the width of ? or more of the distance between a left side surface of the right rear wheel and a right side surface of the left rear wheel.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: Makita CorporationInventor: Tadasuke MATSUNO
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Publication number: 20230017430Abstract: A cart may include: a carriage; a wheel supported by the carriage and touching ground; a holding member rotatably supported by the carriage about a steering axis and rotatably supporting the wheel about a rotation axis; a steering handle to be gripped by a user; an input sensor configured to detect an operation on the steering handle by the user; a steering motor configured to be actuated in response to the operation by the user detected by the input sensor; and a transmission mechanism connecting the steering motor and the holding member and configured to rotate the holding member about the steering axis in response to actuation of the steering motor. The steering handle and the transmission mechanism may be mechanically separated, and the transmission mechanism may include a torque limiter interposed between the steering motor and the holding member.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventor: Tadasuke MATSUNO
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Publication number: 20220325543Abstract: A rebar tying tool may include a holder, a stopper, a driving roller, and a driven roller. The stopper may be configured to switch between a prohibiting state in which the stopper prohibits a reel from detaching from the holder and an allowing state in which the stopper allows the reel to detach from the holder. The driving roller may be configured to rotate. The driven roller may be configured to switch between a clamped state and a non-clamped state, the wire may be clamped between the driving roller and the driven roller when the driven roller is in the clamped state, and the wire may not be clamped between the driving roller and the driven roller when the driven roller is in the non-clamped state. The driven roller may be in the non-clamped state at all times while the stopper is in the allowing state.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2020Publication date: October 13, 2022Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Tadasuke MATSUNO, Yuta ASAKURA
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Patent number: 11346107Abstract: The disclosure herein discloses a rebar tying tool that ties plural rebars using a wire. The rebar tying tool includes a housing and a twisting motor, and may include a twisting mechanism that twists the wire around the plural rebars by the twisting motor. The twisting mechanism may include a screw shaft, a gripping member that grips the wire in cooperation with rotation of the screw shaft, a first reduction mechanism that reduces and transmits rotation of the twisting motor to a relay shaft, and a second reduction mechanism that reduces and transmits rotation of the relay shaft to the screw shaft. The first reduction mechanism may be a coaxial reduction mechanism, and the second reduction mechanism may be a parallel-axis reduction mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventor: Tadasuke Matsuno
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Patent number: 11332934Abstract: A tying machine disclosed herein includes a feed mechanism. The feed mechanism includes a feed roller that feeds a tying string; a feed motor that rotates the feed roller; a cover disposed between the feed roller and the feed motor, and including a through hole; and a suppression member that suppresses movement of dust from a feed roller side to a feed motor side via the through hole. Another tying machine disclosed herein includes a reel on which a tying string is wound; a brake member that engages with the reel to brake the reel; and an actuator that drives the brake member. The brake member is interposed between the reel and the actuator. Yet another tying machine disclosed herein includes a housing; a reel on which a tying string is wound; a magnet that rotates integrally with the reel; and a magnetic sensor attached to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2017Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Tadasuke Matsuno, Yoshitaka Machida
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Patent number: 11319716Abstract: A rebar tying machine configured to tie rebars with a wire is disclosed. The rebar tying machine may include a housing. The hosing may include a communication portion that allows iron powder to move therethrough from outside to inside of the housing. The rebar tying machine may include a collecting magnet configured to collect the iron powder.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshitaka Machida, Tadasuke Matsuno
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Patent number: 11162269Abstract: A rebar tying tool may include a controller configured to selectively execute one of a plurality of control modes including a single-action control mode and a repetitive-action control mode. While the controller executes the single-action control mode, a tying mechanism may perform a tying operation in response to an activation of a manipulation member by a user. While the controller executes the repetitive-action control mode, the tying mechanism may perform the tying operation in response to a detection of the at least one of rebars by a detection mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2017Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshitaka Machida, Tadasuke Matsuno
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Patent number: 11098492Abstract: A rebar tying tool configured to tie plural rebars using a wire is disclosed herein. The rebar tying tool may include a reel supporting mechanism configured to switch between a first state of detachably supporting a reel on which the wire is wound and a second state of undetachably supporting the reel; a wire feeding mechanism configured to feed the wire from the reel; and an openable cover that at least partially covers at least one of the reel supporting mechanism and the wire feeding mechanism. The reel supporting mechanism may switch from the first state to the second state by a user operation of closing the cover, and/or may switch from the second state to the first state by a user operation of opening the cover.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2020Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshitaka Machida, Tadasuke Matsuno
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Publication number: 20200385991Abstract: A tying machine disclosed herein includes a feed mechanism. The feed mechanism includes a feed roller that feeds a tying string; a feed motor that rotates the feed roller; a cover disposed between the feed roller and the feed motor, and including a through hole; and a suppression member that suppresses movement of dust from a feed roller side to a feed motor side via the through hole. Another tying machine disclosed herein includes a reel on which a tying string is wound; a brake member that engages with the reel to brake the reel; and an actuator that drives the brake member. The brake member is interposed between the reel and the actuator. Yet another tying machine disclosed herein includes a housing; a reel on which a tying string is wound; a magnet that rotates integrally with the reel; and a magnetic sensor attached to the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2017Publication date: December 10, 2020Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Tadasuke MATSUNO, Yoshitaka MACHIDA
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Publication number: 20200270881Abstract: A rebar tying tool configured to tie plural rebars using a wire is disclosed herein. The rebar tying tool may include a reel supporting mechanism configured to switch between a first state of detachably supporting a reel on which the wire is wound and a second state of undetachably supporting the reel; a wire feeding mechanism configured to feed the wire from the reel; and an openable cover that at least partially covers at least one of the reel supporting mechanism and the wire feeding mechanism. The reel supporting mechanism may switch from the first state to the second state by a user operation of closing the cover, and/or may switch from the second state to the first state by a user operation of opening the cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshitaka MACHIDA, Tadasuke MATSUNO
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Patent number: 10655348Abstract: A rebar tying tool configured to tie plural rebars using a wire is disclosed herein. The rebar tying tool may include a reel supporting mechanism configured to switch between a first state of detachably supporting a reel on which the wire is wound and a second state of undetachably supporting the reel; a wire feeding mechanism configured to feed the wire from the reel; and an openable cover that at least partially covers at least one of the reel supporting mechanism and the wire feeding mechanism. The reel supporting mechanism may switch from the first state to the second state by a user operation of closing the cover, and/or may switch from the second state to the first state by a user operation of opening the cover.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2017Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshitaka Machida, Tadasuke Matsuno
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Publication number: 20200149279Abstract: The disclosure herein discloses a rebar tying tool that ties plural rebars using a wire. The rebar tying tool includes a housing and a twisting motor, and may include a twisting mechanism that twists the wire around the plural rebars by the twisting motor. The twisting mechanism may include a screw shaft, a gripping member that grips the wire in cooperation with rotation of the screw shaft, a first reduction mechanism that reduces and transmits rotation of the twisting motor to a relay shaft, and a second reduction mechanism that reduces and transmits rotation of the relay shaft to the screw shaft. The first reduction mechanism may be a coaxial reduction mechanism, and the second reduction mechanism may be a parallel-axis reduction mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2020Publication date: May 14, 2020Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventor: Tadasuke MATSUNO
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Patent number: 10570620Abstract: The disclosure herein discloses a rebar tying tool that ties plural rebars using a wire. The rebar tying tool includes a housing and a twisting motor, and may include a twisting mechanism that twists the wire around the plural rebars by the twisting motor. The twisting mechanism may include a screw shaft, a gripping member that grips the wire in cooperation with rotation of the screw shaft, a first reduction mechanism that reduces and transmits rotation of the twisting motor to a relay shaft, and a second reduction mechanism that reduces and transmits rotation of the relay shaft to the screw shaft. The first reduction mechanism may be a coaxial reduction mechanism, and the second reduction mechanism may be a parallel-axis reduction mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventor: Tadasuke Matsuno
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Publication number: 20200047930Abstract: A rebar tying machine disclosed herein may include a reel having a wire, a wheel holding the reel and rotatable integrally with the reel, a wheel holder rotatably holding the wheel, and an elastic body interposed between the wheel and the wheel holder. Another rebar tying machine disclosed herein may include a reel having a wire, a wheel holding the reel and rotatable integrally with the reel, and a wheel holder rotatably holding the wheel. The wheel may be movable relative to the wheel holder.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2019Publication date: February 13, 2020Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventor: Tadasuke MATSUNO
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Publication number: 20190194958Abstract: A mbar tying machine configured to tie rebars with a wire is disclosed. The rebar tying machine may include a housing. The hosing may include a communication portion that allows iron powder to move therethrough from outside to inside of the housing. The rebar tying machine may include a collecting magnet configured to collect the iron powder.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshitaka MACHIDA, Tadasuke MATSUNO
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Publication number: 20190093374Abstract: A rebar tying tool may include a controller configured to selectively execute one of a plurality of control modes including a single-action control mode and a repetitive-action control mode. While the controller executes the single-action control mode, a tying mechanism may perform a tying operation in response to an activation of a manipulation member by a user. While the controller executes the repetitive-action control mode, the tying mechanism may perform the tying operation in response to a detection of the at least one of rebars by a detection mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2017Publication date: March 28, 2019Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshitaka MACHIDA, Tadasuke MATSUNO
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Publication number: 20180094393Abstract: Disclosed is a backpack-type air-blowing working machine in which a volute casing incorporating a centrifugal fan configured to be driven by an electric motor is assembled in an upstanding manner to a backpack frame to be carried on the back of an operator using shoulder straps during use. The backpack-type air-blowing working machine includes a rechargeable battery pack connected to the electric motor and detachably attached to the backpack frame, such that a position of the center of gravity of the backpack-type air-blowing working machine as viewed from the rear thereof is located below a rotation axis of the centrifugal fan, and a position of the center of gravity of the backpack-type air-blowing working machine as viewed from the side thereof is located forward of a rear end of the volute casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2016Publication date: April 5, 2018Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Makoto TAKAHASHI, Tadasuke MATSUNO, Tsuyoshi TANAKA
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Patent number: 9844865Abstract: A driving tool includes a first cylinder that generates compressed air by reciprocating movement of a first piston slidably disposed therein. A longitudinal direction of the first cylinder intersects a longitudinal direction of a second cylinder and extends alongside a magazine that feeds fasteners onto an axis of movement of a driving part of a second piston. The first piston reciprocally slides in a direction that extends alongside the magazine. A tool handle is disposed on the side of the first cylinder that is opposite from the magazine in the direction of the axis of movement.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2013Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Takefumi Furuta, Shinji Hirabayashi, Tadasuke Matsuno
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Patent number: D891212Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2018Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Wataru Suzuki, Yoshitaka Machida, Tadasuke Matsuno