Drive Control Operable By Hand Engaging Manipulating Handle Patents (Class 173/170)
  • Patent number: 11945083
    Abstract: Provided is a driver configured to be capable of filling gas suitable for a set pressure of a pressure chamber. This driver is provided with: a pressure chamber into which gas is filled; a striker moved in a first direction D1 by pressure of the pressure chamber to strike nails; and an electric motor and a pin wheel, which move the striker in a second direction opposite to the first direction to increase the pressure of the pressure chamber. A pressure regulator for regulating the pressure of the gas filled into the pressure chamber is dedicated for the driver, and the driver is provided with a mounting hole dedicated for the pressure regulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Goya Fujimoto, Shinichirou Satou, Takashi Ueda
  • Patent number: 11785898
    Abstract: An electric working machine may include a control device configured to control an electric unit, an operation member, a first switch configured to be operated by the operation member, and a second switch configured to be operated by the operation member. The operation member may pass a second position and a third position while the operation member moves to the first position. The first switch may be configured to transmit a first signal which changes as the operation member moves from the second position to the first position to the control device when the operation member moves between the second position and the first position. The second switch may be configured to transmit a second signal to the control device when the operation member passes the third position. The control device may be configured to control the electric unit based on the first signal and the second signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Suzuki, Kouichi Takeda
  • Patent number: 11771439
    Abstract: An apparatus and methods are provided to penetrate a bone and associated bone marrow using a powered driver having a gear assembly and a motor. The powered driver may include an indicator operable to show status of a power supply associated with the powered driver. The power supply may include a battery power pack having a diamond shaped cross section. The powered driver may have a handle with a corresponding cross section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: TELEFLEX LIFE SCIENCES LIMITED
    Inventors: Larry J. Miller, David S. Bolleter, Robert W. Titkemeyer, Christopher B. Kilcoin, Matthew T. Harmon, Ruben Trevino
  • Patent number: 11573553
    Abstract: A portable shippable automated calibration system for high torque power tools is disclosed. The system includes a self-contained highly durable and shippable container that may comprise a power source, central processor, visual user interface, mechanical interface for coupling with power tools to be calibrated, communications systems for communicating with a power tool being calibrated and/or with on-site or cloud based data systems. The system may be delivered to sites desiring on-site power tool calibration, tools are calibrated and updated calibration factors are automatically uploaded into the calibrated tool and a calibration certificate is published with the particulars of the calibration completion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S., Inc.
    Inventors: Warren A. Seith, Jason D Urban
  • Patent number: 11213934
    Abstract: A power tool includes a housing, a motor positioned within the housing, and an impulse assembly coupled to the motor to receive torque therefrom. The impulse assembly includes a cylinder at least partially forming a chamber containing a hydraulic fluid, an anvil positioned at least partially within the chamber, and a hammer positioned at least partially within the chamber. The hammer includes a first side facing the anvil and a second side opposite the first side. The impulse assembly further includes a biasing member biasing the hammer towards the anvil, and a valve movable between a first position that permits a first fluid flow rate of the hydraulic fluid in the chamber from the second side to the first side, and a second position that permits a second fluid flow rate of the hydraulic fluid in the chamber from the first side to the second side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nathan Bandy, Troy C. Thorson, Jeffrey M. Wackwitz
  • Patent number: 11116485
    Abstract: A surgical instrument system is disclosed comprising a handle and a shaft assembly attachable to the handle. The handle comprises a drive module and selectively attachable battery modules. The handle comprises a first port configured to attach a first battery module and a second port configured to attach a second battery module. The first battery module is also attachable to the second port. In various embodiments, the second battery module cannot be attached to the first port. The first and second battery modules are configured to deliver power to the electric motor at the same voltage. In various instances, the first and second battery modules are configured to deliver different currents to the electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: Charles J. Scheib, Frederick E. Shelton, IV
  • Patent number: 11084006
    Abstract: A mud mixer comprises a housing defining a battery mounting portion, an electric motor supported by the housing, a mixing element that selectively receives torque from the motor, causing the mixing element to rotate about a rotation axis, and a battery pack removably coupled to the battery mounting portion for providing power to the electric motor when coupled to the battery mounting portion. When the battery pack is coupled to the battery mounting portion, the rotation axis intersects the battery pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Mitchell Carlson, Gabriel M. Vara, Terry L. Timmons
  • Patent number: 11052527
    Abstract: A tool includes a switch. The switch is configured to cause an electric component to operate. The switch includes a switch manipulation part, a load sensor and a load adjusting mechanism. The switch manipulation part is configured to manipulate the switch. The load sensor is configured to detect a load corresponding to a pressing force according to a manipulation of the switch manipulation part. The load adjusting mechanism is configured to move the load sensor relative to the switch manipulation part along a direction where the switch manipulation part and the load sensor are separated from each other, according to a magnitude of the pressing force applied to the load sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Michio Yamashita
  • Patent number: 10998805
    Abstract: A power tool with a motor which is rotatable in a forward direction and a reverse direction. A tool holder is driven by the motor. The power tool has a user operable trigger for operating the motor, a reversing switch for choosing the direction of rotation of the motor and a controller. The controller determines a direction of rotation of the motor based on a characteristic of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Curtis Stanfield, Wong Kun Ng
  • Patent number: 10926399
    Abstract: A drill assist device comprising a first segment and a second segment telescopically coupled to one another, where the first segment further contains a gas strut. A pull down handle is configured to connect the first segment and the second segment and enable compression of the drill assist device when a worker applies pressure to the pull down handle. This compression is further assisted by at least one wire rope cable that is affixed to both the pull down handle and the second segment and may be secured via one or more wire rope clamps. The wire rope claims maybe tightened or released to extend or retract the second segment to achieve the desired height of the drill assist device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Inventor: Mike Mikec
  • Patent number: 10919137
    Abstract: A work tool, in which any one of a plurality of operation modes is selectable and which is configured to operate according to the selected operation mode, includes a switch for driving a tool accessory, an operation member, a mode switching member and a movement restricting mechanism. The operation member is configured to be held in an off-position in a non-pressed state and configured to move to an on-position in response to an external pressing operation. The mode switching member is configured to be switched between a plurality of switching positions in response to an external operation, the switching positions respectively corresponding to the operation modes. The movement restricting mechanism is configured to restrict a movement of the operation member from the off-position to the on-position in interlock with a switching operation of the mode switching member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Iida, Masanori Furusawa, Kei Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10814517
    Abstract: A chain saw disclosed herein may include a motor configured to rotate a saw chain about a guide bar, a control unit configured to control a voltage applied to the motor, a body housing that houses the motor and the control unit, a battery detachably attached to the body housing, and a top handle provided above the body housing. The control unit may be disposed above the battery. In a rear view of the chain saw in a state where the chain saw is placed on a mount surface, the battery and the control unit may not overlap. In a top view of the chain saw in the state where the chain saw is placed on the mount surface, the battery and the control unit may overlap at least partially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Suzuki, Takuma Niiyama
  • Patent number: 10807226
    Abstract: A range of power tools each includes motor and transmission housings with an electric motor and a transmission mechanism mounted respectively therein, with the transmission mechanism using the rotary output of the motor to drive a cutting tool. An intermediate housing is sandwiched between the motor and transmission housings. Each of the motor housings is the same in shape, and the length of the electric motors in each of the power tool is different to the length of the electric motors in the other power tools in the range. The transmission housing is positioned differently relative to the motor housing in each power tool to accommodate the difference in length in the electric motor in that power tool, the shape of the intermediate housing in each power tool varying relative to the other intermediate housings to accommodate the difference positions of the transmission housings relative to the motor housings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Ralf Bernhart, Martin Soika, Bruno Ruethers
  • Patent number: 10796859
    Abstract: A hand-held power tool, in particular an angle grinder, includes a tool receiver, a tool housing, and a drive motor arranged in the tool housing. The drive motor is configured to be switched on and off via an electric On/Off switch for driving the tool receiver. The hand-held power tool also includes an actuating device configured to actuate the On/Off switch. The actuating device has a pivotably mounted actuating element and a pivotably mounted pawl that is configured to be coupled to the actuating element. The pawl is further configured, in a free-running state, to move pivotably relative to the actuating element and, in an actuation state, to exert upon the actuating element an actuating force that actuates the actuating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Lutz, Peter Stierle
  • Patent number: 10792797
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hand-held tool, in particular a nail-setting device, comprising a handle for manual actuation of the hand-held tool, an interface for fastening the hand-held tool to a remote actuation device, a control apparatus for controlling the hand-held tool in a manual mode and in a remote actuation mode, and a querying apparatus for querying whether the hand-held tool is fastened to a remote actuation device, wherein the control apparatus controls the hand-held tool in the manual mode if the querying apparatus detects that the hand-held tool is not fastened to a remote actuation device, and wherein the control apparatus controls the hand-held tool in the remote actuation mode if the querying apparatus detects that the hand-held tool is fastened to a remote actuation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Mario Grazioli, Karsten Rix, Joerg Stamm
  • Patent number: 10786893
    Abstract: A switching device for a portable power tool includes at least one operating mode selection unit, which has at least one movably mounted operating element for selecting an operating mode of the portable power tool. The switching device also has at least one locking unit for locking the operating element in at least one movement position of the operating element. The locking unit has at least one movably mounted locking element which, depending on a locking position of the locking element, triggers an electric and/or electronic signal for switching an operating mode of the portable power tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Nitsch, Jan-Simon Blind, Charlotte Meiser, Hardy Schmid, Rudi Habermann
  • Patent number: 10751867
    Abstract: A hammer drill includes a switch, an operation member, a lock member, a mode switching member and a linked member. The operation member is normally held in an OFF position and moves to an ON position in response to an external pressing operation. The lock member moves in response to an external operation between a locking position, where the lock member is capable of locking the operation member in the ON position, and a non-locking position, where the lock member is incapable of locking the operation member. The linked member moves to an allowing position for allowing a movement of the lock member when the mode switching member is switched to a switching position corresponding to a hammer mode, and moves to an inhibiting position for inhibiting the movement of the lock member when the mode switching member is switched to a switching position corresponding to a drill mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Iida, Masanori Furusawa
  • Patent number: 10688613
    Abstract: To provide an improved technique for improving operability in an operation using a power tool with a dust collector attached thereto, a hammer drill to which a dust collector is attached has a body and a handle. The dust collector has a dust collecting part and a male plug. The dust collector is attached to the hammer drill by connecting the male plug to the handle of the hammer drill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshitaka Machida
  • Patent number: 10660624
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a surgical handpiece and more specifically, to a surgical handpiece having a direction-shifting function, which has a switch capable of easily shifting the direction when the direction of the handpiece needs to be shifted during surgery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: SCIENCEMEDIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Jung Chon, Heon Hang Lim
  • Patent number: 10641006
    Abstract: A leveraging tool for helping urge open a shipping container or van trailer door latch has a shaft that has a pair of rings that receive a latch arm of the door latch and uses the lever action of the shaft to gain mechanical advantage in opening and closing the latch. The shaft is bent at either one location or optionally two locations to allow for proper clearance of a user's hands with respect to the door. The inner ring has a distal end facing outer edge that is diagonally tapered to allow the device to properly clear the latch in order to allow the rings to receive the latch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Inventor: Ricky H Haile
  • Patent number: 10614977
    Abstract: A hand-held tool machine comprising a housing is disclosed wherein a motor for driving a tool as well as a switch for switching on and off the motor are received, including a switching arrangement having a switch that can be moved between a non-activated position and an activated position for activating the switch, and including a locking arrangement that can be moved between a blocking position and a release position, wherein the switch lever can only be moved into the activated position, when the locking arrangement is in the release position, and wherein the locking arrangement allows for a locking of the switch lever in the activated position, wherein the locking arrangement includes a slider that is received on the switch lever slidable between a locking position and a release position, wherein on the slider there is provided a blocking element cooperating with a counter element arranged at the housing for blocking a movement of the switch lever into the activated position when being in the blocking posi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: C. & E. Fein GmbH
    Inventor: Ilija Karlovic
  • Patent number: 10569394
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems for a rotary impact device having an annular exterior surface for use with an impact wrench for providing torque to a fastener. The rotary impact device includes an input member having an input recess for receiving the anvil of the impact wrench, an output member having an output recess for receiving the fastener, and an inertia member. The inertia member is stationary and positioned on the exterior surface of the rotary impact device for increasing the torque applied to the fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Ingersoll-Rand Company
    Inventors: Warren Andrew Seith, Ryan Scott Amend
  • Patent number: 10569408
    Abstract: A handle includes: a switch lever having an operational portion in an inverted U-shape, and configured to press an on/off switch when the operational portion is gripped and pressed; a handle body provided with the on/off switch mounted thereto and having an inner peripheral slit from which the operational portion of the switch lever housed in the handle body projects; a spring having a supported portion and a pair of arms extending from the supported portion, housed in the handle body, and biasing and pushing the switch lever back; and a plurality of limiters provided at locations in either the handle body or the switch lever at a distance from the spring, and configured to limit movement of the switch lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: YAMABIKO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kunio Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10441483
    Abstract: A modular drive device for driving a first driven module of a first emergency patient motion device or a second driven module of a second emergency patient motion device, the first driven module being different from the second driven module. The modular drive device comprises a motor, and an output device operatively coupled to and drivable by the motor. The output device transmits mechanical force from the motor to the first driven module when said output device is coupled to the first emergency patient motion device and from the motor to the second driven module when said output device is coupled to the second emergency patient motion device. The modular drive device further comprises a controller operable in a first motor mode and a second motor mode. The first motor mode corresponding to the first driven module, and the second motor mode corresponding to the second driven module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: STRYKER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Clifford Edwin Lambarth, Chad Conway Souke, Alfred James Dacey, IV, Jason James Wroblewski, Brandon David Naber, Ross Timothy Lucas, Daniel Vincent Brosnan, Aaron Douglas Furman, Christopher J. Cummings, Janani Gopalkrishnan, Thomas Alan Puvogel, Genevieve Cherie Sertic
  • Patent number: 10431857
    Abstract: An electrical combination including a power tool and a battery pack. The power tool includes power tool terminals. The battery pack is configured to be interfaced with the power tool. The battery pack includes a battery pack housing, at least three terminals, and a plurality of battery cells. The battery pack terminals include a positive terminal, a negative terminal, and a sense terminal. The at least three terminals are configured to be interfaced with the power tool terminals. The plurality of battery cells are arranged within and supported by the battery pack housing. Each of the battery cells has a lithium-based chemistry and a respective state of charge, and power is transferable between the battery cells and the power tool. A circuit is configured to monitor the battery cells, detect a charge imbalance among the battery cells, and prevent the battery pack from operating when the charge imbalance is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Todd W. Johnson, Dennis J. Grzybowski, Mark A. Kubale, Jay J. Rosenbecker, Gary D. Meyer, Jeffrey M. Zeiler, Kevin L. Glasgow, Karl F. Scheucher
  • Patent number: 10350727
    Abstract: A sanding machine housing device includes at least one housing element and at least one energy accumulator receiving interface. The housing element at least partially defines a drive axle plane and an output axle plane. The energy accumulator receiving interface is arranged on the housing element and configured to receive at least one energy accumulator device in a releasable manner. The energy accumulator receiving interface includes at least one receiving guide element that has a main guide axis which is at least essentially transversal to the drive axle plane and the output axle plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: AikHuan Tan, Siew Yuen Lee
  • Patent number: 10328565
    Abstract: A portable power tool is disclosed. The tool has a tool holder, a motor, a switchable gear stage, and a slider. The gear stage has a gear element movable in a switching direction with a toothing, which in a first gear position is engaged with a corresponding toothing and in a second gear position is disengaged. The slider is displaceable between first and second switch positions where the first switch position is allocated to the first gear position and the second switch position is allocated to the second gear position. A coupling device has a carriage movable in the switching direction and a catch. The carriage is connected to the gear element and the catch is latched in the first and second gear positions. A spring element has springy first and second sections. The slider has a finger that is arranged along the switching axis between the sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Franz Moessnang, Markus Hartmann, Manfred Ludwig
  • Patent number: 10308266
    Abstract: A tool hand cart incorporates a body with a pair of wheels rotatably mounted on opposite sides of the body proximate a lower rear edge of the body. A collapsible handle is retractably extendable upward from the body. A pair of arms having vertically oriented channels extends from a front of the body and are arranged in spaced relation to define opposing first and second slots configured to receive side frame members of a drill. The handle is retractable to a first position enhancing insertion of the drill and extendible to a second position and the body is configured to tilt from an upright standing position to a canted position in which the body is supported by the pair of wheels and rolled by pulling the handle to thereby transport a drill positioned in the first and second slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Rebecca Cook
  • Patent number: 10299846
    Abstract: Provided is an automatic wire-directing intramedullary reduction device used for long bone fracture including a holder, a reduction bushing mounted at the holder; a reduction head rotatably mounted at the reduction bushing; a pipe for guide wire mounted at the holder, a reduction rod received in the reduction bushing with the front end of the reduction rod connecting to the other side at the rear end of the reduction head, the reduction rod will drive the reduction head to rotate around a shaft when moving back and forth, a fixing handle fixed at the rear part of the holder; a wire-directing handle rotatably connected to the fixing handle, a pushing plate for guide wire disposed between the front part and the rear part of the holder, a guide wire passing through the pipe for guide wire, a return spring for pushing plate sleeved around the guide wire, the wire-directing handle will drive the pushing plate for guide wire and the guide wire to move forward when rotating around the rotate shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Inventor: Yingze Zhang
  • Patent number: 10293473
    Abstract: A portable working machine including: a driving source; a main body including the driving source; a handle joined with the main body; a fixing portion provided to one of the main body or the handle; and a vibration-proofing mechanism including an elastic body, the handle joined with the main body with the vibration-proofing mechanism and the fixing portion interposed therebetween; wherein the elastic body of the vibration-proofing mechanism is fixed to a first side of the fixing portion, and a stopper portion configured to come into contact with the other of the main body or the handle to regulate a movement amount of the handle is provided at a second side of the fixing portion, which is opposite to the first side of the fixing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: KOKI HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takahiro Hirai
  • Patent number: 10278703
    Abstract: The present invention relates to circular anastomosis stapler and kits comprising reinforcing buttress materials and fixation tools that are slidably installed on the anvil shaft of such staplers which provides a temporary mechanical fixation of a reinforcing buttress to the anvil surface of a circular stapler during the insertion of the anvil into the tubular tissue. When the anvil, loaded with the buttress, is in the desired location, the fixation tool is pulled back along the anvil shaft and removed. The shaft is then connected to the stapling head and the stapling is performed. The present invention also relates to methods for using the kits and devices therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Nir I. Nativ, Yufu Li, John Matonick, Glenn Cook, Michael Logue
  • Patent number: 10265842
    Abstract: Handheld power tools may be manufactured for one type of use or may be multi-purpose in that different tools may be attached to them, each driven by the same motor. The point of connection between the handle and the tool is potentially weak. This connection is strengthened by providing a handheld power tool (10) comprising a handle (30), the handle including a motor (45), a drive shaft (100), and an attachment mechanism arranged for attaching various interchangeable tools (20) onto the handle for being driven by said motor, the drive shaft including, at one longitudinal end, a first rotational connection means (120) for engagement with a second rotational connection means (130) provided on each of the various tools, wherein the power tool is configured for the sliding, of the various tools onto the handle, in a direction substantially non-parallel to the rotational axis of the first connection means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Inventor: Robert Fowler
  • Patent number: 10270316
    Abstract: An electric power tool includes a housing, a commutator motor housed in the housing, and a brush holder disposed in the housing. A fan is disposed to the commutator motor. The brush holder includes a metal sleeve and a resin base. The metal sleeve houses a brush, and the resin base holds the metal sleeve at one surface side of the resin base. The resin base includes an opening portion exposing the metal sleeve to the opposite side surface of the one surface side. The brush holder is disposed in a direction that the resin base is disposed at the fan side such that rotation of the fan causes air suctioned from an air intake opening disposed in the housing at the metal sleeve side to be discharged from an exhaust outlet disposed in the housing at the fan side after passing through the brush holder and a commutator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akira Niwa
  • Patent number: 10247107
    Abstract: An accessory gearbox capable of driving the accessory devices of a gas turbine engine, such as an aircraft engine. Said accessory gearbox includes a housing and a plurality of gear wheels having axes that are parallel to one another inside the housing. The housing includes a means for attaching the accessory devices to the wall of the housing and driving them, via the gear wheels, through openings in the wall of the housing. The gear wheels are supported in the housing by rolling-element bearings. Each rolling element includes a first ring that is stationary relative to the housing, and a movable ring, secured to the gear wheel, wherein at least one of said gear wheels is supported by a single rolling element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Boris Morelli, Stéphane Prunera-Usach, Julien Viel
  • Patent number: 10150164
    Abstract: A handheld machining device (1), particularly for drilling, having a mechanism includes: a first mounting (20), on which a tool holder (2), and a motor (3, 4) arranged to rotate the tool holder (2), are mounted; a second mounting (30); and an element (40) for translatably guiding, between the first mounting (20) and the second mounting (30), a linear actuator (5) enabling the first mounting (20) to be spaced apart from the second mounting (30), and the first mounting (20) to be brought toward the second mounting (30). The motor (3, 4) is electric, and the rotor (4) of the first motor (3, 4) is directly mounted onto the tool holder (2) and is rigidly connected thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: ADVANCED ELECTRICAL TOOLS
    Inventor: Sylvain Guerin
  • Patent number: 10150211
    Abstract: A steering-switching and hands-changing assembly for a pneumatic tool has a switching set, a speed-adjusting set, and a trigger set. The switching set has a selector valve and a switching stem. The selector valve is hollow and has a valve hole and an engaging seat. The switching stem is detachably connected to the selector valve and has an engaging claw and a toggle arm. The engaging claw selectively engages with the engaging seat. The speed-adjusting set is connected to the switching set and has a speed button. The speed button is movably and rotatably connected to the switching stem and has a mounting tube and a rotating tray. The trigger set is connected to the switching set and the speed-adjusting set, and has a trigger rod, a trigger, and an elastic element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Inventor: Ming-Ta Cheng
  • Patent number: 10118282
    Abstract: An Impulse wrench includes: a housing, a motor with a stator and a rotor, an impulse unit including an output shaft, a power control unit connected to the motor, and a trigger supported on the housing and connected to the power control unit and arranged to selectively deliver signals to activate the power control unit, wherein the impulse unit including the output shaft is axially displaceable in relation to the housing. The trigger includes a sensor arranged to be activated and deliver signals in response to axial displacements of the impulse unit including the output shaft relative to the housing, and the power control unit is arranged to control the motor operation in response to signals received from said sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Atlas Copco Industrial Technique AB
    Inventor: Hans Niklas Öberg
  • Patent number: 10111665
    Abstract: An electromechanical surgical system includes an electromechanical surgical device, an adapter assembly, and a surgical loading unit. The adapter assembly includes a rotatable drive sleeve configured to receive a rotatable drive connector of the surgical device, a single rotatable drive shaft rotatably connected to the drive sleeve, and a gear disposed around a distal end of the drive shaft. The loading unit includes a cartridge jaw including a mounting portion defining a receiving channel, a power screw disposed within the receiving channel, a gear member mounted on a proximal portion of the power screw and operably engagable with the gear of the adapter assembly, and a locking mechanism disposed within the mounting portion for locking the loading unit to the adapter assembly that is movable between an unlocked position when the cartridge jaw is free of a cartridge and a locked position when a cartridge is loaded therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Ernest Aranyi, Kenneth H. Whitfield, David Farascioni
  • Patent number: 10093014
    Abstract: An auxiliary handle is disclosed. The auxiliary handle has a frame-shaped grip which has a grip bar for gripping by a user, a crossbar, and two flanks connecting the grip bar to the crossbar. A loop-shaped clamping element is fastened to the crossbar for placing on a neck of a handheld machine tool. A clamping mechanism serves for clamping the element about the neck of the handheld machine tool. The frame-shaped grip has a frame-shaped base body molded from a first plastic, which has a solid body joint in each of the regions of the flanks. A casing made from a second plastic encloses the fame-shaped base body in the region of the grip bar and the solid body joints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Steffen Geiger
  • Patent number: 10070624
    Abstract: An attachment is configured to be used with a hand-held rotary power tool. The attachment includes a housing, a sanding disk, and a cap. The housing has a first portion hingedly connected to a second portion so as to be rotatable into a closed configuration. The housing receives the sanding disk when the housing is positioned in the closed configuration. The cap is coupled to the first and second portions of the attachment housing when the housing is positioned in the closed configuration. The cap includes an end that is closed by an access portion and a guiding portion. The access portion includes an opening configured to provide access through the cap to the abrasive surface of the sanding disk when the cap is coupled to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignees: Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Marla L. Davis, Brandon Eble, Jeremy Rubens, Balazs Nagy
  • Patent number: 10040184
    Abstract: A power tool includes a housing; a handle having two ends, each being moveably mounted to the housing associated mountings; and a biasing mechanism connected between the housing and the handle; wherein at least one of the mountings comprises: a first part mounted on the housing and a second part mounted on the one end of the handle, one part comprising a passageway, the other comprising a rod, having a longitudinal axis, which is located in and capable of being axially slid within the passageway, enabling the end of the handle to move towards or away from the housing; at least part of the wall of the passageway in a lengthwise direction of the passageway comprises a curved convex support surface capable of engaging the side of the rod to enable the rod to pivot within the passageway about an axis which is perpendicular to the axis of the rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Ana-Maria Roberts, Andreas Friedrich
  • Patent number: 10014128
    Abstract: A power tool includes a housing, a motor enclosed within the housing, and a work element configured to be driven by the motor. A trigger is movably secured to the housing for controlling power to the motor. A locking assembly is provided that includes a lock-OFF mechanism configured to lock the trigger in the OFF position and a lock-ON mechanism configured to lock the trigger in the ON position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignees: Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Selvakumar Kannan, James Stevens, Vincent Hong, Zaal-Azhar Alias
  • Patent number: 9975564
    Abstract: A tool hand cart incorporates a body with a pair of wheels rotatably mounted on opposite sides of the body proximate a lower rear edge of the body. A collapsible handle is retractably extendable upward from the body. A pair of arms having vertically oriented channels extends from a front of the body and are arranged in spaced relation to define opposing first and second slots configured to receive side frame members of a drill. The handle is retractable to a first position enhancing insertion of the drill and extendible to a second position and the body is configured to tilt from an upright standing position to a canted position in which the body is supported by the pair of wheels and rolled by pulling the handle to thereby transport a drill positioned in the first and second slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Rebecca Cook
  • Patent number: 9955966
    Abstract: A surgical device adapter for coupling an end effector to a handle assembly is provided. The surgical device adapter includes a housing and a drive mechanism disposed within the housing and couplable to the handle assembly and the end effector. The surgical device adapter also includes a drive coupling assembly coupled to the surgical device adapter and selectively couplable to the handle assembly. The drive coupling assembly includes retraction assembly movable from a first configuration to a second configuration, wherein in the first configuration the retraction assembly is disengaged from the drive mechanism and in the second configuration the retraction assembly is engaged with the drive mechanism and prevents coupling of the handle assembly to the surgical device adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventor: Earl M. Zergiebel
  • Patent number: 9937613
    Abstract: A circular cylindrical striker member 2 for a drilling machine adapted to transfer kinetic energy to an impulse receiving member 4. The striker member has a diameter dmax, and includes a side surface 12 and an impulse surface (6). The striker member is adapted to transfer the kinetic energy to the impulse receiving member by a ring shaped active surface of the impulse surface, wherein the ring shaped active surface is concentric with regard to the cross section of the striker member, has a diameter da, where da<dmax, and has a width wa that during the contact moment with the impulse receiving part is less than 0.2 dmax.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Atlas Copco Rock Drills AB
    Inventors: Fredrik Saf, Thomas Östling
  • Patent number: 9931743
    Abstract: A power tool having a removable head, a motor, a trigger, and a trigger stop movable between first and second positions. In the second position the trigger is unlocked to permit activation of the motor. A linkage is coupled to the trigger stop and is positioned at a first radial distance from the first central axis. A plurality of actuators extend from the head and are positioned at a second radial distance substantially equal to the first radial distance. When the head is coupled to the handle in a first rotational orientation, one of the plurality of actuators engages the linkage to move the trigger stop to the second position, and when the head is coupled to the handle in a second rotational orientation different from the first rotational orientation, another one of the plurality of actuators engages the linkage to move the trigger stop to the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: TECHTRONIC POWER TOOLS TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Siu Yan Lau, Jason P. Whitmire, Jason Brandenburg, Thomas Parel, Taku Ohi
  • Patent number: 9878427
    Abstract: A hand-held power tool includes a drive device in a housing. The drive device is intended to drive a tool accommodated in a tool-accommodating region. An adjusting motion of the hand-held power tool by the user is detected via a sensor device. A controlled variable for setting the drive device is generated in an open-loop or closed-loop control device in the hand-held power tool according to the detected adjusting motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Fuchs, Amos Albert, Steffen Petereit, Christoph Koch, Istvan Szell
  • Patent number: 9872440
    Abstract: A power hand tool comprises a trigger (23), a motor (22), a blade (25) driven by the motor (22), and electronic circuit (10) for controlling the angular position or the speed of the motor (22) on the basis of the instantaneous position of the trigger (23). The electronic circuit (10) is arranged to detect a predefined movement sequence of the trigger (23) and to execute a function in response to the detection of such a sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Felco Motion SA
    Inventors: Thierry Bieler, Laurent Cardoletti, Christian Fleury, Christian Koechli, Simon Tinguely
  • Patent number: 9797486
    Abstract: A surgical device adapter for coupling an end effector to a handle assembly is disclosed. The surgical device adapter includes: a housing; a drive mechanism disposed within the housing and couplable to the handle assembly and the end effector; and a drive coupling assembly coupled to the surgical device adapter and selectively couplable to the handle assembly, the drive coupling assembly including a retraction assembly selectively couplable to the drive mechanism such that rotation of the drive coupling assembly about a longitudinal axis defined by the surgical device adapter and relative to the housing actuates the drive mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Earl Zergiebel, Ramiro Cabrera, Paul Richard, David Chowaniec, Ryan Williams, Anand Subramanian
  • Patent number: 9783936
    Abstract: A device for screwing and unscrewing bolts and screws uses a motor-driven screwdriving tool, which is preferably used in the track region of railroad facilities. The device makes it possible to screw and unscrew screws, nuts and bolts reliably and effectively, preferably in the context of railroad use. The appliance is intended to have a low weight and a high output over long periods of use, can be operated with one hand, is specifically pre-oriented to the various applications and has a modular construction. To this end, the device has a central rib which serves as a receptacle for all of the attachments and fittings to be installed in a modular manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Loesomat-Schraubtechnik Neef GmbH
    Inventors: Marc Gareis, Thomas Jaekel