Patents by Inventor Takuya Kusakawa

Takuya Kusakawa 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: 11763658
    Abstract: A communicator in one aspect of the present disclosure includes a connector, a communication circuit, and a communication controller. The connector is electrically coupled to an electric working machine. The communication circuit performs wireless communication. The communication controller cyclically transmits operational information without specifying a recipient via the communication circuit in response to an operating mode of the communication controller being set to an operation-transmission mode. The operational information indicates an operating state of the electric working machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Kusakawa, Masaaki Fukumoto
  • Patent number: 11727785
    Abstract: A communicator in one aspect of the present disclosure includes a connector, a communication circuit, and a communication controller. The connector is electrically coupled to an electric working machine. The communication circuit performs wireless communication. The communication controller cyclically transmits operational information without specifying a recipient via the communication circuit in response to an operating mode of the communication controller being set to an operation-transmission mode. The operational information indicates an operating state of the electric working machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Kusakawa, Masaaki Fukumoto
  • Publication number: 20220371112
    Abstract: An electric work machine in one aspect of the present disclosure includes a motor, a manual switch, and a control circuit. The control circuit switches a preset control either to be enabled or disabled. During the preset control being enabled, the control circuit (i) varies an actual rotational speed of the motor in accordance with an actual moved distance of the manual switch and (ii) increases the actual rotational speed in response to a load being imposed on the motor. During the preset control being disabled, the control circuit varies the actual rotational speed in accordance with the actual moved distance of the manual switch in a manner at least partly distinctive from a variation in the actual rotational speed during the preset control being enabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki OKAMURA, Takuya KUSAKAWA, Itsuku KATO
  • Publication number: 20220292950
    Abstract: A communicator in one aspect of the present disclosure includes a connector, a communication circuit, and a communication controller. The connector is electrically coupled to an electric working machine. The communication circuit performs wireless communication. The communication controller cyclically transmits operational information without specifying a recipient via the communication circuit in response to an operating mode of the communication controller being set to an operation-transmission mode. The operational information indicates an operating state of the electric working machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya KUSAKAWA, Masaaki FUKUMOTO
  • Patent number: 11386767
    Abstract: A communicator in one aspect of the present disclosure includes a connector, a communication circuit, and a communication controller. The connector is electrically coupled to an electric working machine. The communication circuit performs wireless communication. The communication controller cyclically transmits operational information without specifying a recipient via the communication circuit in response to an operating mode of the communication controller being set to an operation-transmission mode. The operational information indicates an operating state of the electric working machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Kusakawa, Masaaki Fukumoto
  • Patent number: 11235453
    Abstract: An electric working machine in one aspect of the present disclosure includes a motor, a controller, and a setter. The controller is configured to change a rotational state of the motor, in response to an establishment of a condition for change after the motor is initiated, from a low speed rotation to a high speed rotation. The setter is configured to set, based on a situation in the motor in the low speed rotation, a control variable of the motor in the high speed rotation and/or the condition for change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Ichikawa, Goshi Ishikawa, Shinichi Hira, Yasuhito Kawai, Masahiro Watanabe, Takuya Kusakawa
  • Publication number: 20210213593
    Abstract: An electric powered work machine in one aspect of the present disclosure includes a motor, a tool driver, a command receiver, a diagnosis circuit, and a result transmitter. The diagnosis circuit executes a failure diagnosis of the electric powered work machine in response to the command receiver receiving a diagnosis command signal from a diagnosis device. The result transmitter transmits a diagnosis result signal to the diagnosis device. The diagnosis result signal indicates a result of the failure diagnosis that is executed by the diagnosis circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitaka ICHIKAWA, Takuya KUSAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20210065532
    Abstract: A communicator in one aspect of the present disclosure includes a connector, a communication circuit, and a communication controller. The connector is electrically coupled to an electric working machine. The communication circuit performs wireless communication. The communication controller cyclically transmits operational information without specifying a recipient via the communication circuit in response to an operating mode of the communication controller being set to an operation-transmission mode. The operational information indicates an operating state of the electric working machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya KUSAKAWA, Masaaki FUKUMOTO
  • Patent number: 10847013
    Abstract: A communicator in one aspect of the present disclosure includes a connector, a communication circuit, and a communication controller. The connector is electrically coupled to an electric working machine. The communication circuit performs wireless communication. The communication controller cyclically transmits operational information without specifying a recipient via the communication circuit in response to an operating mode of the communication controller being set to an operation-transmission mode. The operational information indicates an operating state of the electric working machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Kusakawa, Masaaki Fukumoto
  • Patent number: 10749356
    Abstract: An electric work machine (2) includes a motor (M) and a control unit (36) that controls rotation of the motor. The control unit (36) is configured such that an operating mode is switchable between a normal mode, in which the motor is rotated within a prescribed output range, and a power mode, in which the motor is rotatable with energy greater than in the normal mode. Furthermore, the control unit (36) is configured to restrict use of the power mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouichi Takeda, Takuya Kusakawa
  • Publication number: 20190340915
    Abstract: A communicator in one aspect of the present disclosure includes a connector, a communication circuit, and a communication controller. The connector is electrically coupled to an electric working machine. The communication circuit performs wireless communication. The communication controller cyclically transmits operational information without specifying a recipient via the communication circuit in response to an operating mode of the communication controller being set to an operation-transmission mode. The operational information indicates an operating state of the electric working machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya KUSAKAWA, Masaaki FUKUMOTO
  • Patent number: 10395505
    Abstract: A communicator in one aspect of the present disclosure includes a connector, a communication circuit, and a communication controller. The connector is electrically coupled to an electric working machine. The communication circuit performs wireless communication. The communication controller cyclically transmits operational information without specifying a recipient via the communication circuit in response to an operating mode of the communication controller being set to an operation-transmission mode. The operational information indicates an operating state of the electric working machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Kusakawa, Masaaki Fukumoto
  • Patent number: 10343268
    Abstract: A rotary impact tool according to one aspect of the present invention includes a motor, an impact mechanism, a drive unit, an impact detection unit, and a control unit. The control unit reduces a driving force for the motor caused by the drive unit when a count of impacts detected by the impact detection unit has reached a determination count set in advance, which is a value greater than one.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tokuo Hirabayashi, Ryunosuke Kumagai, Takeshi Nishimiya, Goshi Ishikawa, Takuya Kusakawa
  • Patent number: 10322498
    Abstract: An electric power tool in one aspect of the present disclosure comprises a motor, a hitting mechanism, a hitting detector, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to set a control amount of the motor so that the motor rotates at a lower speed than a speed in the target rotation state during an initial driving period, and switch the control amount to a final control amount corresponding to the target rotation state when the initial driving period elapses. The initial driving period is a period from when generation of a hitting force is detected by the hitting detector until a predetermined first time period elapses, after the motor is started driven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Goshi Ishikawa, Ryunosuke Kumagai, Takuya Kusakawa, Yoshitaka Ichikawa, Tokuo Hirabayashi
  • Publication number: 20190115772
    Abstract: An electric work machine (2) includes a motor (M) and a control unit (36) that controls rotation of the motor. The control unit (36) is configured such that an operating mode is switchable between a normal mode, in which the motor is rotated within a prescribed output range, and a power mode, in which the motor is rotatable with energy greater than in the normal mode. Furthermore, the control unit (36) is configured to restrict use of the power mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Kouichi TAKEDA, Takuya KUSAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20190047131
    Abstract: An electric working machine in one aspect of the present disclosure includes a motor, a controller, and a setter. The controller is configured to change a rotational state of the motor, in response to an establishment of a condition for change after the motor is initiated, from a low speed rotation to a high speed rotation. The setter is configured to set, based on a situation in the motor in the low speed rotation, a control variable of the motor in the high speed rotation and/or the condition for change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitaka ICHIKAWA, Goshi ISHIKAWA, Shinichi HIRA, Yasuhito KAWAI, Masahiro WATANABE, Takuya KUSAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20180365962
    Abstract: A communicator in one aspect of the present disclosure includes a connector, a communication circuit, and a communication controller. The connector is electrically coupled to an electric working machine. The communication circuit performs wireless communication. The communication controller cyclically transmits operational information without specifying a recipient via the communication circuit in response to an operating mode of the communication controller being set to an operation-transmission mode. The operational information indicates an operating state of the electric working machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya KUSAKAWA, Masaaki FUKUMOTO
  • Patent number: 10148213
    Abstract: An electronic power equipment, which is configured to be connected to both an AC power source and a DC power source, has a motor 14 configured to be driven by both AC power and DC power, an AC circuit 30 for supplying AC electric power to the motor 14, a DC circuit 40 for supplying DC electric power to the motor 14, switching parts RL1-RL12 for switching between the AC circuit 30 and the DC circuit 40 wherein the AC and DC circuits are insulated relative to each other, and a controller A1 configured to control the switching parts RL1-RL12, the AC circuit 30, and the DC circuit 40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Kusakawa, Katsuna Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10074267
    Abstract: An apparatus for an electric power tool in one aspect of the present invention comprises a controller, a storage device, and a communication device. The controller reads a settable item and a settable range from the storage device in accordance with a request from an external device received by the communication device, and transmits the settable item and the settable range to the external device through the communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuya Kusakawa
  • Publication number: 20180205244
    Abstract: A hand-held electric power tool includes a main power SW provided in a motor housing, a trigger SW provided in a grip portion that protrudes from the motor housing, and a controller. The controller switches an operation mode to one of a drive enabled mode in which driving of the motor is enabled and a drive disabled mode in which driving of the motor is disabled, in accordance with a switching command from the main power SW. In the drive enabled mode, driving of the motor is controlled in accordance with a driving command input from the trigger SW. The controller switches the operation mode to the drive disabled mode in response to the driving of the motor being stopped due to stopping input of the drive command from the trigger SW.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitaka ICHIKAWA, Takuya KUSAKAWA, Hideki KACHI