Combined Patents (Class 173/46)
  • Patent number: 11787009
    Abstract: An electric tool includes an output member, a motor, and a housing. The motor includes a rotor shaft, a rotor core, and a stator component. The rotor shaft is configured to rotate around a first axis. The stator component includes a coil winding. The stator component surrounds the first axis to separate the accommodation cavity into a first space and a second space. The first space includes a first end and a second end. The motor further includes a first end cover and a second end cover. The first end cover is disposed at the first end of the first space. The second end cover is disposed at the second end of the first space. A passage is formed between the second end cover and a structure surrounding the first space, and the passage is configured to place the first space into communication with the second space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Nanjing Chervon Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yanfeng Fan, Haijing Wang, Baoshan Li, Guoming Tong, Tao Tao, Xiang Zhao
  • Patent number: 11622392
    Abstract: A method and system for connecting a power tool with a mobile device. The mobile device receives a user request to connect to a power tool and transmits a short-range advertisement. The power tool receives the short-range advertisement and transmits a signal. The mobile device receives the signal from the power tool and determines a signal strength. The mobile device compares the signal strength to a predetermined signal strength value. When the signal strength value exceeds the predetermined signal strength value, the mobile device connects with the power tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Christian Paul Coulis, Jason Glenn Rothman, Steven M. Stefanik
  • Patent number: 11391007
    Abstract: A measuring device for geomechanical characterization of a soil, the measuring device including a housing, a dynamic penetrometer, a power supply battery, accommodated in the housing, and an electronic system accommodated in the housing and connected to the battery. The electronic system comprises an accelerometer, as well as a distance sensor, which, in use, is oriented towards a soil and which is adapted to determine the distance between the measuring device and the soil surface by measuring the time required for a wave to travel back and forth between the distance sensor and the soil surface. The electronic system also comprises a processing unit which, when the battery powers the entire electronic system, is adapted to apply processing to measuring signals coming from the accelerometer and the distance sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SOL SOLUTION
    Inventors: Miguel Benz Navarrete, Sébastien Barbier
  • Patent number: 11025077
    Abstract: This invention enables to perform charging control independent of a power supply source. A charging device supplies power to a terminal via a cable or wirelessly. The charging device that supplies power to the terminal via a cable or wirelessly includes a remaining battery amount acquirer and a power supply controller. The remaining battery amount acquirer of the charging device that supplies power to the terminal via a cable or wirelessly acquires the remaining battery amount of the terminal. The power supply controller of the charging device that supplies power to the terminal via a cable or wirelessly controls the start and stop of supply of power to the terminal based on the acquired remaining battery amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masato Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 10950074
    Abstract: Power tool with irreversably lockable compartment. One power tool includes a housing including a compartment with an irreversible lock. The power tool further includes a wireless communication device including a wireless communication controller including a transceiver. The wireless communication device is configured to be received in the compartment and to engage with the irreversible lock. The power tool further includes a motor within the housing, and the motor is configured to drive an output drive device. The power tool further includes a controller within the housing and having an electronic processor, a memory, and a data connection. The data connection is configured to couple the electronic processor to the wireless communication device when the wireless communication device is inserted into the compartment. The controller is configured to control operation of the motor, and communicate with an external device via the data connection and the wireless communication controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tauhira Hoossainy, Christian P. Coulis, Stephen Matson
  • Patent number: 10837196
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for dispensing and tensioning fence wire, the apparatus comprising a support frame extending along a longitudinal length between a front and a rear, the frame adapted to be moved along a path proximate to the fence to be formed and a rotational support adapted to rotatably support at least one reel of fence wire thereon, an adjustable tensioning unit adapted to be selectively secured to a fence wire and a drive unit wherein the drive unit is adapted to selectively control the tensioning unit to apply tension to the fence wire. The method comprising rotatably supporting at least one reel of fence wire on a rotational support, securing a first end of the fence wire to one of a plurality of fence posts and moving the frame along a path proximate to the fence to be formed, dispensing the fence wire along the path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Inventor: William Quentin Cowan
  • Patent number: 10694019
    Abstract: A cutoff system for a power tool or other device includes a receiver and a transmitter, the receiver being configured to electrically couple to a power source and to a power tool or other device, the transmitter is configured to transmit a communication signal to the receiver, and the receiver is further configured to transmit electrical power from the power source to the power tool or other device only when the receiver receives the communication signal from the transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: CUTTING EDGE INNOVATIONS, LLC
    Inventors: William Mawson, Stephen V. Weigman
  • Patent number: 10328563
    Abstract: A motor control unit (6) is adapted for controlling an electronically driven hand held and/or hand guided tool (1) featuring a housing (2) and a working element (3) located outside the housing (2), the housing (2) containing an electric motor (29) and a gear mechanism for translating a rotational movement of the motor (29) into an actuation movement of the working element (3). An electrically driven tool (1) is also provided that includes such a control unit (6). In order to reduce tool costs, the control unit (6) is embodied separately from the tool's housing (2). The control unit (6) includes a technique (9; 16) for mechanically attaching the control unit (6) to the housing (2) and a further technique (18; 23, 24) for electrically connecting the control unit (6) to electronic components (19; 29, 31, 32) of the tool (1) for operation of the tool (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Inventor: Guido Valentini
  • Patent number: 9916739
    Abstract: A communication adapter in one aspect of the present disclosure comprises a plurality of outer surfaces comprising at least two outer surfaces, an interface device, an antenna, and a transmission device. The interface device is provided at at least one outer surface of the at least two outer surfaces and electrically coupled to an electric working machine through the at least one outer surface. The antenna is provided at another at least one outer surface, which is different from the at least one outer surface, among the plurality of outer surfaces, and configured to be capable of transmitting a radio wave for wireless communication with a communication device other than the electric working machine from the another at least one outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hitoshi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9871356
    Abstract: Embodiments of a plug-in unit for an electrical enclosure are disclosed. The plug-in unit includes at least one stab configured to engage a bus, a stab shaft coupled with a base of the at least one stab, and a stab translation mechanism configured to translate the stab shaft such that the at least one stab translates from a retracted position to an extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Troy Micheal Bellows, Paul Thomas Krause, Dean Thomas Meyer
  • Patent number: 9406915
    Abstract: A power tool system includes a first power tool having a first power tool rated voltage, a second power tool having a second power tool rated voltage that is different from the first power tool rated voltage, and a first battery pack coupleable to the first power tool and to the second power tool. The first battery pack is switchable between a first configuration having a first battery pack rated voltage that corresponds to the first power tool rated voltage such that the first battery pack enables operation of the first power tool, and a second configuration having a convertible battery pack rated voltage that corresponds to the second power tool rated voltage such that the battery pack enables operation of the second power tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Black & Decker, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel J. White, Matthew J. Velderman, Andrew E. Seman, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20150144364
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for providing power of maximum relevant specific energy. The system is more particularly defined as an operator-portable power supply utilizing a fuel containing hydrogen peroxide for energy, coupled with water and oxygen recovery, storage and delivery means. Extracting energy, water, and oxygen from the hydrogen peroxide fuel and refining to consumable forms (electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, etc. energy; potable water; breathable oxygen) is for the purpose of increasing the overall energy output of the power supply per carried mass. The resultant water displaces water otherwise requiring transportation by the operator and the oxygen allows for hyperoxic respiration, increasing the metabolic power output of the operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventor: David Barron
  • Patent number: 9022136
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for fencing in which a mobile apparatus has a plurality of posts held with wires passing through respective aligned holes and means to take a post at a time to an into the ground driver with the wire or wires still extending through apertures in the post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Feral Pty Ltd.
    Inventor: Rodney James Tate
  • Publication number: 20150086286
    Abstract: Power supplied by a power tool is used to induce a magnetic field in a tool piece attached to the power tool. The magnetic field is produced by an electromagnet coil and can be used to hold items such as screws in position on a tool piece such as a driver bit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventor: Jack A. Ekchian
  • Publication number: 20150083450
    Abstract: A battery-operated hand power tool, in particular an eccentric sander, includes at least one electronically commutated electric motor that acts upon an output shaft and that is configured to drive a working tool. The hand power tool further includes at least one motor housing part that accommodates the electronically commutated electric motor. The electronically commutated electric motor and the output shaft define a common first axis that is coaxial with the output shaft. At least one handle region of the hand power tool accommodates at least one set of electronics configured to energize the electronically commutated electric motor. The motor housing part and the handle region are disposed at an angle to each other. The working tool has a diameter that is between 75 and 150 mm, but preferably is between 115 and 125 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Sperl, Florian Esenwein
  • Publication number: 20150040408
    Abstract: A power tool includes a housing and a hook assembly. The hook assembly includes a hook support and a hook member. The hook support is rotatably attached to the housing for rotation about a first axis. The hook member has a shank portion and a hook portion. The shank portion defines a second axis that is transverse to the first axis and is configured to rotate with respect to the hook support about the second axis. The hook portion extends in a radial direction from the shank portion. The rotation of the hook support about the first axis alters an orientation of the shank portion of the hook member with respect to the housing, and the rotation of the shank portion with respect hook support alters the radial direction of the hook portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Noel Francis, Brady Groth, Marco Laubach
  • Publication number: 20150041167
    Abstract: To provide an electric working machine, in which a brushless motor is mounted, in order to improve energy efficiency. An electric working machine includes: a disk motor including a rotor having a permanent magnet pole, an output shaft fixed to the rotor and serving as a rotation center of the rotor and a stator configured to generate a magnetic field with respect to the rotor; and a housing configured to accommodate the rotor therein and to rotatably support the output shaft. The stator includes: a magnetic yoke facing the rotor; and a coil board provided on a surface of the yoke facing the rotor. The stator is fixed to the housing side. The coil board has an extension portion on an outer circumferential edge thereof. Electric circuit elements for a motor driving circuit are mounted on the extension portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Hayato Yamaguchi, Hideyuki Tanimoto
  • Publication number: 20150034345
    Abstract: In an electric power tool, a flywheel can be driven by a driving unit to rotate about a wheel axis to thereby impart kinetic energy to a tool body through a force transmitting portion of the flywheel. A ventilating unit is mounted to rotate with the flywheel about the wheel axis. When the flywheel is driven to rotate, cooling air is generated by rotation of the ventilating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Chien-Kuo Po, Jian-Rung Wu, Chia-Yu Chien
  • Publication number: 20150026988
    Abstract: A hand-held work implement comprises a housing, at least one tool and a combustion engine for driving the tool. The combustion engine has a cylinder and has a piston which drives a crankshaft in rotation about an axis of rotation. The crankshaft drives a fan impeller. The work implement has a handle unit with a handle bar and has an engine unit, these being connected to one another via anti-vibration elements. The combustion engine has a transverse plane which encompasses the cylinder longitudinal axis and which runs parallel to the axis of rotation of the crankshaft. The transverse plane divides the work implement into a front region, in which a section of the tool that projects out of the housing is arranged, and a rear region. The fixing of the anti-vibration element to the cylinder is realized in the front region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: ANDREAS STIHL AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jan Kurzenberger, Jens Knauß, Johannes Menzel, Sebastian Friedrich
  • Publication number: 20150027743
    Abstract: An electric power tool capable of suppressing damage to a fan housed in a housing to cool a motor due to foreign matter without increasing the number of parts. An impact driver includes a motor, a centrifugal fan attached to an output shaft of the motor to cool the motor, an annular air collecting member disposed between the motor and the centrifugal fan to collect cooling air by the centrifugal fan, a housing that houses the motor, the centrifugal fan, and the air collecting member, and ventilation windows formed in the housing to communicate between the inside and the outside of the housing on the outer side of the centrifugal fan. The air collecting member is provided with wall bodies positioned on the inner side of the ventilation windows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryunosuke Kumagai
  • Publication number: 20150014008
    Abstract: A system includes a power tool having a motor, a drive mechanism mechanically coupled to the motor, and an output element mechanically coupled to the drive mechanism. The motor is operable to drive the drive mechanism and the output element. The system also includes a non-motorized sensing tool having a printed circuit board and a sensing element electrically coupled to the printed circuit board. The sensing element is operable to detect an external characteristic and output a signal to the circuit board. The circuit board is operable to condition the signal into a human-comprehensible form. The system further includes a rechargeable battery pack removably and independently coupled to the power tool and the non-motorized sensing tool to power the motor to drive the drive mechanism and the output element when connected to the power tool and the circuit board and the sensing element when connected to the non-motorized sensing tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Rick Gray, Paul Fry, Mike N. Jones, Scott Schneider, Hughes Marie R.F. Sanoner
  • Publication number: 20150014007
    Abstract: A power tool includes an outer rotor electric motor, a spindle and a gear train, and a tool accessory can be attached the spindle. The gear train transmits the rotational output of the electric motor to the spindle, and the speed reduction ratio of the gear train may be less than the speed reduction ratio of the gear train would need to be if the motor were instead an inner rotor electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ukai, Tooru Itakura, Akinori Ito
  • Publication number: 20150014006
    Abstract: A sealed casing that is used in an electrical instrument has a first member, a second member, and a burr reservoir in which a burr generated by ultrasonic welding is reserved. The burr reservoir is located in a burr outflow direction in which the burr flows out from a welding part of the first member. The burr reservoir is a gap between the first member and the second member. The sealed casing is formed by welding the welding part and the second member by the ultrasonic welding. The welding part has a surface oblique to an ultrasonic vibration direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventor: Akihiro Hozumi
  • Publication number: 20140338504
    Abstract: A motorized hand tool, such as a cordless ratchet wrench, is configured for reducing part count and reducing assembly processes. The motorized hand tool includes an overmolded window for a light emitting diode (LED) in a clamshell housing. An LED is secured within the clamshell housing by conductors extending from the LED that are encapsulated in rigid sleeves. The rigid sleeves provide a friction fit in a channel between fingers molded in the clamshell housing. A switch assembly of the motorized hand tool is mounted in the clamshell housing and covers channel to contains the conductors and sleeves. By containment of the rigid sleeves and conductors, the LED is located securely in the overmolded window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Joshua M. Beer, Kenneth C. Happ
  • Publication number: 20140262391
    Abstract: In one illustrative embodiment, an adapter for transferring electrical signals to a pneumatic tool may comprise a housing having a tool interface and a charger interface, the tool interface shaped to receive a portion of the pneumatic tool, the charger interface shaped to be received by a charger unit that is configured for charging a battery of an electric tool, a tool connector disposed at the tool interface and configured to be removably coupled to electronics of the pneumatic tool, a charger connector disposed at the charger interface and configured to be removably coupled to electronics of the charger unit, and an adapter circuit disposed within the housing and coupled to both the tool connector and the charger connector, wherein the adapter circuit is configured to receive a first power signal via the charger connector and to supply a second power signal via the tool connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY
    Inventor: Edward Charles Eardley
  • Publication number: 20140259599
    Abstract: A hand-held torque tool includes a hand tool chassis and a vision system. The hand tool chassis includes a motor configured to operate a work head and a camera located in a fixed position relative to the work head. The vision system includes a wireless controller which transmits images captured by the camera, a wireless display located remotely from the hand tool chassis that is configured to display images captured by the camera, and a mounting structure attached to the wireless display. The mounting structure is configured to be placed on or about a portion of a body of a user of the hand-held torque tool. Methods of tightening a fastener and installing automobile components within an automobile are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jared L. Glaspell, Brent Allen Bowers, Mengtang Sun, Zewen Yu, Xin Zhang, Richard J. Barr, Kevin P. Swanger
  • Publication number: 20140238715
    Abstract: A drilling rig includes a base and a rotation unit for drilling a hole in a mine surface. The rotation unit is moveably coupled to the base. The drilling rig further includes a cable feed device for feeding a cable bolt into the hole created by the rotation unit. The cable feed device is moveably coupled to the base and includes a pair of wheels and a transmission. The cable bolt is received between the pair of wheels. The transmission is coupled between the rotation unit and at least one of the wheels to transmit power from the rotation unit to at least one of the wheels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Joy MM Delaware, Inc.
    Inventors: Will Eddowes, Brant Wright, Michael Georgiou
  • Publication number: 20140209338
    Abstract: A power tool includes: a motor; a fan driven by the motor and defining an axis and a radial direction; and a housing for accommodating the motor and the fan therein, the housing including: a peripheral wall formed with a ventilation hole; and a grid partly covering the ventilation hole, the ventilation hole being positioned adjacent to the fan and having a shape defined by a circumferential surface, the grid including at least one elongated portion extending in a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the radial direction, and a distance from the axis of the fan to the circumferential surface is different from a distance from the axis of the fan to one elongated portion in the radial direction of the fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Inventors: Tetsuhiro Harada, Tomomasa Nishikawa, Yoshihiro Nakano, Hiroki Uchida
  • Publication number: 20140202724
    Abstract: A fastener-driving tool including a housing having an air connector, at least one of a power storage device and an electrical component associated with the housing and an electric motor assembly associated with the housing. The electric motor assembly includes a fan where air is supplied to the housing through the air connector and moves through the housing and contacts the fan to cause the fan to rotate, rotation of the fan causing the electric motor to generate electricity that is directed to the at least one power storage device and the electrical component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Stephen P. Moore, Hanxin Zhao
  • Publication number: 20140196922
    Abstract: An electric power tool includes a motor and a motor housing at least partly encasing the motor. The motor housing has a top portion, a bottom portion opposite to the top portion, and side walls disposed between the top and bottom portions. A handle housing is connected to the bottom portion of the motor housing. A spindle is operatively connected to the motor. A first light assembly is disposed on a side wall of the motor housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Inventors: Brian E. Friedman, Paul J. Korick
  • Publication number: 20140196921
    Abstract: A power tool includes a main body portion and a grip portion. The main body portion includes a motor unit. The grip portion extends from the main body portion between a front end and a rear end of the main body portion. The main body portion further includes an auxiliary handle mounting structure disposed between the rear end of the main body portion and a rearmost end of a region where the grip portion meets the main body portion. An auxiliary handle member is coupled to the auxiliary handle mounting structure of the main body portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki KONDO, Takao KUROYANAGI
  • Publication number: 20140190017
    Abstract: A power tool includes a housing and an output shaft supported by the housing for rotation about an axis. The power tool further includes a first motor disposed in the housing and a second motor disposed in the housing and coupled to the first motor. The first motor drives the output shaft and does not drive the second motor when in a first power mode, and the second motor drives the first motor and the output shaft when in a second power mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: TECHTRONIC OUTDOOR PRODUCTS TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: TECHTRONIC OUTDOOR PRODUCTS TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
  • Publication number: 20140190716
    Abstract: It is an object to provide an electric power tool with improved workability in a dark place. In an electric power tool that includes a housing extending in a longitudinal direction and accommodating a motor, a spindle driven by the motor and protruding downward from a front end of the housing, and a distal end tool coupled to an end of the spindle, a light-emitting diode (LED) capable of emitting light downward is provided in an upper part of a front of the housing. The LED is disposed rearward of a front end face of the housing in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shin Sugiura, Tadashi Fukumoto, Akira Mizutani
  • Publication number: 20140173917
    Abstract: A portable hand held power tool (1), such as a chain saw or a power drill, having a receiving device (100) arranged on a body portion (2) of the power tool (1). The receiving device (100) is arranged for connecting/disconnecting to the portable hand held power tool (1) either a flexible elongated member, such as a rope, or a fastening device secured to the elongated member or to an operator of the portable hand held power tool (1). The receiving device (100) has a receiving portion (110) for receiving and leading the flexible elongated member there through. The receiving portion (100) extends substantially in a plane (P). Furthermore, the receiving device (100) has an attachment portion (120) which is arranged to connect the receiving device (100) to a body portion (2) of the portable hand held power tool (1) by means of a pivot assembly (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Husqvarna AB
    Inventors: Hugo Van Bijsterveldt, Rikard Rydberg, Peter Björkman
  • Publication number: 20140158389
    Abstract: A power tool system includes a hand-held power tool having a motor or a solenoid that drives a tool, and a first memory that stores at least one pass code. A battery pack is detachably attached to, and supplies current to, the power tool and has a second memory that stores at least one pass code. An electronically-actuatable lock and a first controller are provided in the power tool and/or in the battery pack. The first controller reads the pass codes from the first and second memories when the battery pack is attached to the power tool, directly compares the pass codes from the first memory and the second memory, and causes the first electronically-actuatable lock to prohibit or impair operation of the power tool when the pass codes do not match or otherwise correspond in a predetermined manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kosuke Ito, Hitoshi Suzuki, Nobuyasu Furui, Masaaki Fukumoto, Takuya Umemura, Hitoshi Sengiku
  • Publication number: 20140151079
    Abstract: A power tool system includes a hand-held power tool having a housing with a battery pack interface, an electrically-driven device and a first connector. A battery pack is detachably attached to the battery pack interface and supplies current to the electrically-driven device. An adapter has a second connector physically and electrically connected with the first connector in a detachable manner. The adapter receives power from the battery pack via the hand-held power tool and provides at least one additional electrical function to the hand-held power tool or performs at least one additional electrical function that the hand-held power tool is not otherwise capable of performing. Further, the adapter is at least partially disposed in a space defined in part by the housing and in part by the battery pack when the housing and battery pack are attached to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyasu Furui, Hitoshi Suzuki, Masaaki Fukumoto, Takuya Umemura, Kosuke Ito, Hitoshi Sengiku
  • Publication number: 20140144655
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a hand-held machine tool, comprising a housing and a drive unit, a gearbox unit which is provided to convert a rotary motion of the drive unit into an oscillating motion and has an output shaft, and a tool holder for fastening at least one tool, said tool holder being drivable in an oscillating manner via the output shaft the gearbox unit. According to the disclosure, the hand-held machine tool comprises a clamping collar, which extends in a circumferential direction at least partially around the output shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Rudolf Fuchs
  • Publication number: 20140144656
    Abstract: A system includes: an add-on handle; and a hand-held power tool which includes a clutch setting ring, a chuck with clamping jaws and a handle fastening arrangement which is situated axially between a section of the chuck and the clutch setting ring. In at least one operating state the add-on handle fastened to the handle fastening arrangement and the clamping jaws of the chuck are situated in at least one plane which is oriented perpendicularly to a rotation axis of the chuck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Heiko ROEHM, Tobias HERR, Ralf WINDSHEIMER
  • Publication number: 20140116738
    Abstract: A shoe attached to a shoe attachment portion includes a spanner portion. As the shoe can be separated from a tool main body of the cutout tool, the shoe can be used as a spanner. The shoe can function as the spanner for replacing a bit in a bit attachment mechanism. In addition, the shoe has its original function of the shoe by which a protrusion amount of the bit can be adjusted. Since the shoe is attached to the shoe attachment portion and held by the tool main body, it turns out that the spanner can be prepared for use with the cutout tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Inventors: Katsumi OKOUCHI, Yohei OGINO
  • Publication number: 20140096988
    Abstract: A brush cutter as a power tool includes a combustion engine, an electric motor, a gear head which drives a blade, a battery pack which provides electric current to the electric motor and a controller which controls a driving of the blade. An output shaft of the combustion engine and an output shaft of the electric motor are arranged coaxially to each other. Further, the combustion engine drives the gear head and thereby the blade is driven. The controller has a first control mode in which the blade is driven and a second control mode in which the battery pack is charged. In the second control mode, the controller controls the combustion engine so that the combustion engine drives the electric motor as a generator without driving the blade, and the battery pack is charged by the generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Inventors: Shinji HIRABAYASHI, Yoshitaka ICHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20140000922
    Abstract: The invention relates to portable electric apparatuses of the kind including a tool driven by an electric motor, and a battery supplying the electric power necessary for the operation of said tool, characterised in that said portable electric apparatuses include a communication system enabling, on the one hand, the exchange of information relative to the type, the state and the operation of the tool and of the battery when connected together and, on the other hand, the adjusting if need be of the operation parameters of said tool based on the characteristics of said battery and/or the operation parameters of the battery based on the operation parameters of said tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: PELLENC (Société Anonyme)
    Inventor: Roger PELLENC
  • Patent number: 8616300
    Abstract: A power tool of the present teachings comprises a prime mover that drives a tool, a main switch that causes the prime mover to operate when the main switch is turned on and causes the prime mover to stop operating when the main switch is turned off, an illuminator that lights a working area of the tool, and a lighting mode selector switch for switching the lighting mode of the illuminator between a plurality of lighting modes which include a first lighting mode and a second lighting mode. When the first lighting mode is selected, the illuminator will be turned on for a first predetermined period from the point at which the main switch is turned off. When the second lighting mode is selected, the illuminator will not be turned on during the first predetermined period from the point at which the main switch is turned off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Makita Corporation
    Inventors: Jiro Suzuki, Hirokatsu Yamamoto, Takuya Kusakawa
  • Publication number: 20130327553
    Abstract: Device for a hydraulic hammer (1), in which there is a hydraulic impact system and a work point (2) for performing work, for preventing damage caused by ricocheting pieces. The device is formed of a shield (6) that can be lowered to the level of the work point particularly by hydraulic cylinders (7, 8). The shield (6) is formed of an essentially circular jacket, in which recycled materials, for example recycled vehicle tires, transport mats, or similar, are mostly used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventor: Kari Lahtinen
  • Publication number: 20130312990
    Abstract: A modified power tool which includes a housing, a motive source disposed at least partially within the housing, a rigid and curved extension extending from the housing, a flexible shaft extending through the extension, and a connector
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventor: Russell Reynolds
  • Publication number: 20130277078
    Abstract: A portable electric power tool including a housing (10) with a connection terminal (20) for connection of a voltage supply source (22), an electric motor (14), an onboard operation control unit (16) and a radio communication device(17) for communicating tool operation and operation result data between the operation control (16) unit and a stationary data processing unit (18), and a back-up voltage accumulating device (25) arranged to keep up continuously a voltage supply to the control unit (16) and a radio communication device (17) at disconnection of the voltage supply source (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: ATLAS COPCO INDUSTRIAL TECHNIQUE AB
    Inventor: Carl Johan Erik Wallgren
  • Publication number: 20130213679
    Abstract: A handheld electrical power tool may include a plurality of grasping portions, and at least one manipulating member to actuate and deactuate a drive source of the electrical power tool. The at least one manipulating member is positioned to correspond to all of the grasping portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: MAKITA CORPORATION
  • Publication number: 20130205519
    Abstract: An accessory for a reciprocating power tool, the accessory including an attachment portion, a body portion, an accessory block, and an accessory element. The attachment portion is configured to be coupled to the reciprocating power tool. The body portion extends from the attachment portion and includes a mating member. The accessory block includes an accessory mating portion configured to mate with the mating member of the body portion. The accessory mating portion includes a locating member that projects towards the mating member. The locating member is received within the mating member for mating with the mating member. The accessory element is coupled to the accessory block for engaging a workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventor: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
  • Patent number: 8506018
    Abstract: A concrete hammer having a grapple associated therewith is provided which is mounted on the forward end of the boom arms of a skid-steer vehicle. The grapple is selectively movable between open and closed positions. When the grapple is in its open position, the concrete slab may be positioned between the concrete hammer and the grapple with the grapple then being closed to maintain the concrete slab on the upper end of the concrete hammer. The concrete slab may then be moved to a truck for disposal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Inventor: Gilbert Navarro
  • Publication number: 20130167691
    Abstract: A drywall screwdriver includes a housing, a screw-in depth limiting element, and a gearing unit. The drywall screwdriver further includes a coupling unit, an output spindle, an electric motor, and a battery receptacle region. The housing of the screwdriver has at least one hand grip region. An overall weight of the drywall screwdriver is less than 1.2 kg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Andre Ullrich, Holger Ruebsaamen
  • Patent number: 8459373
    Abstract: A modified power tool which includes a housing, a motive source disposed at least partially within the housing, a rigid and curved extension extending from the housing, a flexible shaft extending through the extension, and a connector assembly which includes a shaft and a connector extending from the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Inventor: Russell Reynolds