Patents by Inventor Yuki Kawai

Yuki Kawai 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: 20210180347
    Abstract: A rebar tying tool includes: a feed mechanism (24), which includes a first brushless motor (32) and performs an advancing process that advances a wire (W) and a draw-back process that draws back the wire (W); a first inverter circuit (212), which is electrically connected to the first brushless motor; and a control unit (202), which controls the first brushless motor via the first inverter circuit. The first brushless motor comprises a first Hall-effect sensor (180), which is disposed on a first sensor board (178). In the advancing process, the control unit performs lead-angle control on the first brushless motor at a first lead angle. In the draw-back process, the control unit performs lead-angle control on the first brushless motor at a second lead angle. The first lead angle is set to be larger than the second lead angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Shunta MIZUNO, Yuki KAWAI
  • Publication number: 20210106194
    Abstract: An interlocking adapter in one aspect of the present disclosure includes a current path, an electric load, a switch, and a controller. The controller turns on and off the switch in synchronization with a change of an alternating-current voltage received from an electric outlet of an electric apparatus in response to reception of an interlocking command signal from a working machine so as to supply a load current from the electric outlet to the electric load. The controller turns on and off the switch at a specified ratio of a time every 1/2 cycle of the alternating-current voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi SUZUKI, Yuki KAWAI, Itsuku KATO, Yasutaka HOTTA
  • Patent number: 10954947
    Abstract: A backpack-type blower according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a plurality of fans, a plurality of DC power supplies and a backpack. The plurality of fans and the plurality of DC power supplies are mounted on the backpack. The backpack-type blower is configured to blow winds from the plurality of fans together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirokatsu Yamamoto, Yuki Kawai, Makoto Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10898041
    Abstract: An interlocking adapter in one aspect of the present disclosure includes a current path, an electric load, a switch, and a controller. The controller turns on and off the switch in synchronization with a change of an alternating-current voltage received from an electric outlet of an electric apparatus in response to reception of an interlocking command signal from a working machine so as to supply a load current from the electric outlet to the electric load. The controller turns on and off the switch at a specified ratio of a time every ½ cycle of the alternating-current voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Suzuki, Yuki Kawai, Itsuku Kato, Yasutaka Hotta
  • Patent number: 10892108
    Abstract: An electrochemical device has a positive electrode, a negative electrode, separators, and an electrolyte. The negative electrode has a first and second negative-electrode active-material layers and a negative-electrode collector which has (i) a first principal face on which the first negative-electrode active-material layer is formed, and (ii) a second principal face having a coated area where the second negative-electrode active-material layer is formed, and an uncoated area where no second negative-electrode active-material layer is formed. The negative-electrode collector has multiple through holes that interconnect the first and second principal faces wherein the boundary of the coated area and the uncoated area intersects the opening of at least one of the multiple through holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Kawai, Koji Kano
  • Publication number: 20200313166
    Abstract: An electrochemical device includes: a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator, and an electrolyte solution, wherein the negative electrode includes: a first main surface on which a first negative-electrode active material layer is formed, and a second main surface including a coating region in which a second negative-electrode active material layer is formed, a non-coating region in which the second negative-electrode active material layer is not formed, and a plurality of through-holes for allowing the first main surface to communicate with the second main surface, wherein the second negative-electrode active material layer includes a first portion having a first thickness and a second portion being located between the first portion and the non-coating region and having a second thickness smaller than the first thickness, the non-coating region being electrically connected to metal lithium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Yuki KAWAI
  • Publication number: 20200244193
    Abstract: An electric working machine according to one aspect of the present disclosure comprises a motor, a rectifier circuit, a capacitor, a series switching element, a resistive element, a drive circuit, a peak voltage value acquirer, and a controller. The capacitor smooths power rectified by the rectifier circuit. The series switching element is coupled in series with the capacitor. The resistive element is coupled in parallel with the series switching element. The controller brings the series switching element into conduction in a case where AC power is inputted to the rectifier circuit and where a specified conducting condition based on a peak voltage value acquired by the peak voltage value acquirer is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki KAWAI, Itsuku KATO
  • Patent number: 10658951
    Abstract: An electric working machine according to one aspect of the present disclosure comprises a motor, a rectifier circuit, a capacitor, a series switching element, a resistive element, a drive circuit, a peak voltage value acquirer, and a controller. The capacitor smooths power rectified by the rectifier circuit. The series switching element is coupled in series with the capacitor. The resistive element is coupled in parallel with the series switching element. The controller brings the series switching element into conduction in a case where AC power is inputted to the rectifier circuit and where a specified conducting condition based on a peak voltage value acquired by the peak voltage value acquirer is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Kawai, Itsuku Kato
  • Publication number: 20200139424
    Abstract: A fastening tool includes a housing, a fastener-abutment part, a pin-gripping part held within the fastener-abutment part to be movable in a front-rear direction relative to the fastener-abutment part, a detection-target part provided to move together with the pin-gripping part, a detection device configured to detect the detection-target part, a motor, and a driving mechanism configured to move the pin-gripping part rearward from an initial position relative to the fastener-abutment part. The driving mechanism is further configured to move the pin-gripping part forward relative to the fastener-abutment part so as to return the pin-gripping part to the initial position based on a detection result of the detection device. The fastening tool is configured such that a first moving distance is adjustable, the first moving distance being a distance by which the pin-gripping part is moved from a detection position to the initial position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michisada YABUGUCHI, Yuki KAWAI, Hiroki IKUTA
  • Patent number: 10620007
    Abstract: A laser marker in one aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure comprises a laser light generator, a main body, and a pack attachment portion. The pack attachment portion is configured such that a battery pack, which is chargeable and dischargeable and supplies electric power to the laser light generator, is slidably attached to an outer surface of the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Goshi Ishikawa, Yuki Kawai, Kazuki Oguchi, Shinji Hirabayashi, Shinsuke Okuda
  • Patent number: 10541636
    Abstract: An electric working machine of an example of the present disclosure includes: a motor; a power supply portion; a controller; and a voltage detector. The power supply portion generates a DC voltage to drive the motor by rectifying an AC voltage supplied from an AC power source and smoothing by a capacitor. The controller controls energization of the motor. The voltage detector detects the AC voltage. The controller is configured to interrupt the energization when the voltage detector does not detect the AC voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Nakamoto, Itsuku Kato, Yuki Kawai
  • Patent number: 10504663
    Abstract: An electrochemical device has a positive electrode, a negative electrode, separators, and an electrolyte. The negative electrode has: a negative-electrode collector having a first principal face and a second principal face on the opposite side of the first principal face; a first negative-electrode active-material layer formed on the first principal face; and a second negative-electrode active-material layer which is formed intermittently on the second principal face and whose density of negative-electrode active material is lower than that of the first negative-electrode active-material layer. In the electrolyte, the positive electrode, negative electrode, and separators are immersed. The electrochemical device is such that the first and second negative-electrode active-material layers are pre-doped with lithium ions as a metallic lithium is electrically connected to the second principal face where the second negative-electrode active-material layer is not formed, and then immersed in the electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Kawai, Koji Kano
  • Patent number: 10439199
    Abstract: An electrochemical device electrode pertaining to one mode of the present invention has a current collector, an aluminum oxide layer, a conductive layer, and an active material layer. The current collector is an aluminum foil. The aluminum oxide layer is formed on a principle surface of the current collector and contains aluminum hydroxide and aluminum oxide. The conductive layer is formed on the aluminum oxide layer and contains conductive material, while the active material layer is formed on the conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuki Kawai
  • Publication number: 20190283110
    Abstract: A fastening tool includes a bolt-gripping part, an anvil, a motor, and a control part. When the bolt-gripping part grips an end region of a shaft part and moves relative to the anvil in a first direction of a longitudinal-axis direction, the anvil presses a collar fitted onto the shaft part in a second direction opposite to the first direction of the longitudinal-axis direction and inward in a radial direction of the collar, so that a hollow part of the collar is crimped to a groove while the workpiece is clamped between the collar and a head part, whereby swaging of a fastener is completed while the end region remains integrated with the shaft part. The control part completes swaging of the fastener by terminating a movement of the bolt-gripping part in the first direction relative to the anvil based on driving current of the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki KAWAI, Michisada YABUGUCHI, Hiroki IKUTA, Toshihito YABUNAKA
  • Publication number: 20190283111
    Abstract: A fastening tool includes a fastener-abutment part, a pin-gripping part, a motor, a driving mechanism, an input-accepting part and a motor-control part. The fastener-abutment part is configured to abut on a cylindrical part of a fastener. The pin-gripping part is configured to grip a portion of a pin of the fastener. The driving mechanism is configured to be driven by power of the motor to move the pin-gripping part rearward along a driving axis relative to the fastener-abutment part, thereby fastening a workpiece via the fastener. The input-accepting part is configured to accept setting information for a control condition of the motor inputted via an operation part configured to be externally operated by a user. The motor-control part is configured to control operation of the driving mechanism by controlling driving of the motor according to the control condition based on the setting information accepted by the input-accepting part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki KAWAI, Michisada YABUGUCHI, Hiroki IKUTA, Toshihito YABUNAKA
  • Publication number: 20190257097
    Abstract: An electric power tool disclosed herein may include an actuator; a control unit; and a main switch. When the main power is on, the control unit may be capable of executing at least one sequence operation in which the actuator is operated according to a predetermined sequence. When the operation to switch the main power from on to off is performed on the main switch during execution of the at least one sequence operation: the main power may be kept on and electric power supply to the actuator may be continued until the at least one sequence operation under execution is completed; and the electric power supply to the actuator may be cut off and the main power may be switched from on to off after the at least one sequence operation under execution has been completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki KAWAI, Kunihisa SHIMA
  • Publication number: 20190207339
    Abstract: An interlocking adapter in one aspect of the present disclosure includes a current path, an electric load, a switch, and a controller. The controller turns on and off the switch in synchronization with a change of an alternating-current voltage received from an electric outlet of an electric apparatus in response to reception of an interlocking command signal from a working machine so as to supply a load current from the electric outlet to the electric load. The controller turns on and off the switch at a specified ratio of a time every ½ cycle of the alternating-current voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi SUZUKI, Yuki KAWAI, Itsuku KATO, Yasutaka HOTTA
  • Publication number: 20190194959
    Abstract: A tying machine may include a feeding mechanism configured to feed a tying string, a battery, and a voltage detection circuit configured to detect a voltage of the battery. The feeding mechanism may include a feeding motor to which power is supplied from the battery. The tying machine may be configured to set a duty ratio for driving the feeding motor when feeding the tying string, in accordance with the voltage of the battery detected by the voltage detection circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunihisa SHIMA, Yuki KAWAI
  • Patent number: 10305112
    Abstract: An electrochemical device electrode has a current collector, alkalescent resin layers, conductive layers, and active material layers. The current collector is an acid-etched metal foil whose surface has concavities. The alkalescent resin layers are formed and desiccated inside the concavities and exhibit weak alkalinity. The conductive layers are formed on the current collector and the alkalescent resin layers, contain conductive material, and are electrically connected to the current collector. The active material layers are formed on the conductive layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuki Kawai
  • Publication number: 20190113340
    Abstract: A laser marker in one aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure comprises a laser light generator, a main body, and a pack attachment portion. The pack attachment portion is configured such that a battery pack, which is chargeable and dischargeable and supplies electric power to the laser light generator, is slidably attached to an outer surface of the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Goshi ISHIKAWA, Yuki KAWAI, Kazuki OGUCHI, Shinji HIRABAYASHI, Shinsuke OKUDA