Patents by Inventor Toshiaki Koizumi

Toshiaki Koizumi 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).

  • Publication number: 20240156088
    Abstract: [1] A flying pest exterminating composition which is used by spraying on flying pests, containing: a surfactant (A); at least one compound (B) selected from an organic acid and an organic acid salt; and water, in which the surfactant (A) contains at least one selected from (A1) a salt of a mono- or diester of an aliphatic alcohol having 5 or more and 18 or less carbon atoms and sulfosuccinic acid, and (A2) a mixture of a polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether (a1) and an alkyl glyceryl ether (a2), and [2] a flying pest exterminating spray including a spray container and the flying pest exterminating composition according to [1] filled in the spray container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Aya Namba, Toshiaki IIDA, Ryota KOIZUMI
  • Publication number: 20240147989
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a flying pest exterminating spray, including a trigger spray type spray container and a flying pest exterminating composition filled in the trigger spray type spray container, in which the flying pest exterminating composition contains a surfactant (A) and water, and in the volume particle size distribution of a sprayed product of the flying pest exterminating spray measured at a position of 30 cm in terms of a horizontal distance from an injection port of the trigger spray type spray container, the proportion of the sprayed product having a particle diameter of 310 ?m or less is 70% by volume or more and 95% volume or less, the proportion of the sprayed product having a particle diameter of 354 ?m or more and 773 ?m or less is 0.05% by volume or more, and the proportion of the sprayed product having a particle diameter of 1483 ?m or more and 1926 ?m or less is 4.90% by volume or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Aya NAMBA, Toshiaki IIDA, Masahiro SUZUKI, Kazuma SAITO, Ryota KOIZUMI
  • Patent number: 11770088
    Abstract: An electric power tool includes: a brushless motor having a plurality of stator windings and configured to rotate in accordance with voltages applied to the plurality of stator windings, an induced voltage being generated in accordance with a rotation of the brushless motor; a rectifier circuit configured to rectify an AC voltage; a smoothing capacitor configured to smooth the AC voltage rectified by the rectifier circuit to a pulsation voltage having a maximum value larger than the induced voltage and a minimum value smaller than the induced voltage; and an inverter circuit configured to perform switching operations to output the pulsation voltage to the plurality of stator windings by rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutaka Iwata, Toshiaki Koizumi
  • Publication number: 20210336575
    Abstract: An electric power tool includes: a brushless motor having a plurality of stator windings and configured to rotate in accordance with voltages applied to the plurality of stator windings, an induced voltage being generated in accordance with a rotation of the brushless motor; a rectifier circuit configured to rectify an AC voltage; a smoothing capacitor configured to smooth the AC voltage rectified by the rectifier circuit to a pulsation voltage having a maximum value larger than the induced voltage and a minimum value smaller than the induced voltage; and an inverter circuit configured to perform switching operations to output the pulsation voltage to the plurality of stator windings by rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Kazutaka Iwata, Toshiaki Koizumi
  • Patent number: 11123846
    Abstract: In order to provide an electric tool such that the capacitances of noise-suppressing film capacitors can be increased without increasing the diameter of a handle section, the housing of the electric tool comprises: a body section that stores a brushless motor, a striking mechanism part, and a portion of an output part; a handle section, whose one end is connected to the body section; and a storage section that is formed on the other end of the handle section. A pair of film capacitors for removing noise generated from an inverter circuit are mounted on a capacitor substrate and stored side by side inside the handle section. The film capacitors are connected in parallel with each other, thereby providing a capacitor having a larger total capacitance than before.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: KOKI HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Koizumi, Takuya Yoshinari
  • Patent number: 11070160
    Abstract: An electric power tool includes: a brushless motor having a plurality of stator windings and configured to rotate in accordance with voltages applied to the plurality of stator windings, an induced voltage being generated in accordance with a rotation of the brushless motor; a rectifier circuit configured to rectify an AC voltage; a smoothing capacitor configured to smooth the AC voltage rectified by the rectifier circuit to a pulsation voltage having a maximum value larger than the induced voltage and a minimum value smaller than the induced voltage; and an inverter circuit configured to perform switching operations to output the pulsation voltage to the plurality of stator windings by rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Lid.
    Inventors: Kazutaka Iwata, Toshiaki Koizumi
  • Patent number: 10886764
    Abstract: A power tool includes: a battery connecting part to which one of a first battery pack and a second battery pack having capacity smaller than that of the first battery pack is detachably attachable; a motor driven by electric power supplied from the battery pack; current detection means configured to detect a discharge current flowing from the battery pack to the motor; cut-off controlling means configured to cut off the discharge current when the discharge current becomes equal to or larger than a current threshold; and battery type discrimination means configured to discriminate the battery pack connected to the battery connecting part. The current threshold when the second battery pack is connected to the battery connecting part is lower than that when the first battery pack is connected to the battery connecting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Kawano, Kazuhiko Funabashi, Toshiaki Koizumi, Hironori Mashiko
  • Patent number: 10744633
    Abstract: In order to provide a tool in which a motor is assuredly prevented from being restarted when power is turned on again after a power supply interruption due to a contingency, a disk grinder 1 includes a motor 2 and a switch 12 switchable between an ON position at which the motor is driven by an operator and an OFF position at which the motor is stopped. Furthermore, first and second restart prevention means 60, 90 are provided to disable driving of the motor until the switch is turned again to the ON position when power supplied to the motor 2 falls below or under a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Yoshinari, Yoshikazu Kawano, Kazuhiko Funabashi, Toshiaki Koizumi
  • Patent number: 10717138
    Abstract: A power tool includes a brushless motor, a rectifier circuit configured to rectify an AC voltage supplied from an AC power supply and output a rectified voltage, an inverter circuit configured to perform switching actions with respect to the rectified voltage to be supplied to the brushless motor, a controller configured to control the switching actions of the inverter circuit, a trigger having an operating part being operable by a user, a switch rendered ON and OFF in accordance with an operation performed in the operating part, wherein when the switch is ON, the inverter circuit is electrically connected to the AC power supply whereas when the switch is OFF, and the inverter circuit is electrically disconnected from the AC power supply, and a power supply circuit connected between the switch and the AC power supply and configured to supply a voltage to the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Yoshinari, Kazuhiko Funabashi, Toshiaki Koizumi
  • Patent number: 10536056
    Abstract: An electric power tool 1 has a motor 3, a housing 2, a power cord 9, and a power supply control circuit portion 8. The housing 2 has a body portion 21 for accommodating the motor, a substrate accommodating portion 23 for accommodating a substrate on which a control substrate for operating the motor 3 is mounted, a handle portion 22 having one end connected to the body portion 21 and another end connected to the substrate accommodating portion 23. The power cord 9 extends from the substrate accommodating portion 23 and is connected to an AC power supply. The power supply circuit portion 8 has a choke coil 86 and a film capacitor 88 for filtering noise, and converts AC power supplied through the power cord 9 to DC power. The choke coil 86 and a film capacitor 88 are accommodated in the substrate accommodating portion 23. Accordingly, the handle portion can be formed shorter, and assemblability of the electric power tool can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshiaki Koizumi
  • Patent number: 10505473
    Abstract: An electric tool including a motor configured to be driven by a PWM control of a semiconductor switching element by using a power supply, a power transmission mechanism configured to transmit a rotation of the motor to an end tool, and a controller configured to control a rotation of the motor by a duty ratio of a PWM signal, wherein the controller is configured to set the duty ratio to a reference duty ratio less than 100% when a voltage of the power supply applied to the electric tool is within a predetermined range including a rated voltage of the electric tool, and wherein the controller is configured to drive the motor by setting the duty ratio to be higher than the reference duty ratio when the voltage of the power supply applied to the electric tool is lower than the predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: KOKI HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Takano, Kazutaka Iwata, Toshiaki Koizumi, Naoki Tadokoro, Hiroshi Haga, Shinichirou Satou
  • Publication number: 20190337065
    Abstract: A power tool includes a brushless motor, a rectifier circuit configured to rectify an AC voltage supplied from an AC power supply and output a rectified voltage, an inverter circuit configured to perform switching actions with respect to the rectified voltage to be supplied to the brushless motor, a controller configured to control the switching actions of the inverter circuit, a trigger having an operating part being operable by a user, a switch rendered ON and OFF in accordance with an operation performed in the operating part, wherein when the switch is ON, the inverter circuit is electrically connected to the AC power supply whereas when the switch is OFF, and the inverter circuit is electrically disconnected from the AC power supply, and a power supply circuit connected between the switch and the AC power supply and configured to supply a voltage to the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Takuya Yoshinari, Kazuhiko Funabashi, Toshiaki Koizumi
  • Patent number: 10307841
    Abstract: A power tool includes: a brushless motor; a rectifier circuit; a smoothing circuit; an inverter; a controller; an operating part; and a switch. The switch is rendered ON in accordance with an operation performed in the operating part by a user to allow power to be supplied to the inverter circuit by the rectifier circuit through the smoothing circuit and rendered OFF in accordance with release of the operation by the user to interrupt the inverter circuit from the rectifier circuit to halt supplying the power to the inverter circuit. The smoothing circuit includes a first capacitor and a second capacitor connected in parallel. The controller is configured to control the switching operations of the inverter circuit to drive the brushless motor in accordance with a signal inputted in accordance with the operation performed in the operating part by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Yoshinari, Kazuhiko Funabashi, Toshiaki Koizumi
  • Patent number: 10205198
    Abstract: A power tool includes a motor and control means for controlling the motor. The motor is capable of being driven by power supplied from a battery pack including a battery cell. The control means is configured to continue to rotate the motor even when a motor-halt signal is inputted from the battery pack. With this structure, the power tool can be used continuously without need to halt rotation of the motor, even when receiving a halt signal, such as an overdischarge detection signal or an overcurrent detection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Kawano, Nobuhiro Takano, Toshiaki Koizumi, Kazuhiko Funabashi, Kenichirou Yoshida, Takao Aradachi
  • Publication number: 20190001479
    Abstract: In order to provide a tool in which a motor is assuredly prevented from being restarted when power is turned on again after a power supply interruption due to a contingency, a disk grinder 1 includes a motor 2 and a switch 12 switchable between an ON position at which the motor is driven by an operator and an OFF position at which the motor is stopped. Furthermore, first and second restart prevention means 60, 90 are provided to disable driving of the motor until the switch is turned again to the ON position when power supplied to the motor 2 falls below or under a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Takuya Yoshinari, Yoshikazu Kawano, Kazuhiko Funabashi, Toshiaki Koizumi
  • Publication number: 20180331648
    Abstract: An electric power tool includes: a brushless motor having a plurality of stator windings and configured to rotate in accordance with voltages applied to the plurality of stator windings, an induced voltage being generated in accordance with a rotation of the brushless motor; a rectifier circuit configured to rectify an AC voltage; a smoothing capacitor configured to smooth the AC voltage rectified by the rectifier circuit to a pulsation voltage having a maximum value larger than the induced voltage and a minimum value smaller than the induced voltage; and an inverter circuit configured to perform switching operations to output the pulsation voltage to the plurality of stator windings by rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Kazutaka Iwata, Toshiaki Koizumi
  • Patent number: 10033323
    Abstract: An electric power tool includes: a brushless motor having a plurality of stator windings and configured to rotate in accordance with voltages applied to the plurality of stator windings, an induced voltage being generated in accordance with a rotation of the brushless motor; a rectifier circuit configured to rectify an AC voltage; a smoothing capacitor configured to smooth the AC voltage rectified by the rectifier circuit to a pulsation voltage having a maximum value larger than the induced voltage and a minimum value smaller than the induced voltage; and an inverter circuit configured to perform switching operations to output the pulsation voltage to the plurality of stator windings by rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutaka Iwata, Toshiaki Koizumi
  • Publication number: 20180071843
    Abstract: A power tool includes: a brushless motor; a rectifier circuit; a smoothing circuit; an inverter; a controller; an operating part; and a switch. The switch is rendered ON in accordance with an operation performed in the operating part by a user to allow power to be supplied to the inverter circuit by the rectifier circuit through the smoothing circuit and rendered OFF in accordance with release of the operation by the user to interrupt the inverter circuit from the rectifier circuit to halt supplying the power to the inverter circuit. The smoothing circuit includes a first capacitor and a second capacitor connected in parallel. The controller is configured to control the switching operations of the inverter circuit to drive the brushless motor in accordance with a signal inputted in accordance with the operation performed in the operating part by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Takuya Yoshinari, Kazuhiko Funabashi, Toshiaki Koizumi
  • Publication number: 20180048173
    Abstract: A power tool capable of appropriately performing discharge control with respect to respective battery packs whose battery types are different from each other. The power tool includes: a battery connecting part to which one of a first battery pack and a second battery pack having capacity smaller than that of the first battery pack is detachably attachable; a motor driven by electric power supplied from the battery pack; current detection means configured to detect a discharge current flowing from the battery pack to the motor; cut-off controlling means configured to cut off the discharge current when the discharge current becomes equal to or larger than a current threshold; and battery type discrimination means configured to discriminate the battery pack connected to the battery connecting part. The current threshold when the second battery pack is connected to the battery connecting part is lower than that when the first battery pack is connected to the battery connecting part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Kawano, Kazuhiko Funabashi, Toshiaki Koizumi, Hironori Mashiko
  • Patent number: 9793847
    Abstract: An electric power tool includes: a brushless motor having a plurality of stator windings and configured to rotate in accordance with voltages applied to the plurality of stator windings, an induced voltage being generated in accordance with a rotation of the brushless motor; a rectifier circuit configured to rectify an AC voltage; a smoothing capacitor configured to smooth the AC voltage rectified by the rectifier circuit to a pulsation voltage having a maximum value larger than the induced voltage and a minimum value smaller than the induced voltage; and an inverter circuit configured to perform switching operations to output the pulsation voltage to the plurality of stator windings by rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutaka Iwata, Toshiaki Koizumi