Patents Assigned to KOKI HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
  • Publication number: 20230381937
    Abstract: In a driver machine 10, a blank firing prevention mechanism 100 has a feeder position sensor 105 that detects the prohibition position of a feeder 64 of a magazine 60. When a control unit 20 detects the prohibition position of the feeder 64 on the basis of a detection signal from the feeder position sensor 105, the control unit 20 prohibits driving of a motor 52. Thus it is possible to prevent blank firing of a striking part 44. The feeder position sensor 105 is provided to an ejection part 34. Thus it is unnecessary for a wire, which connects the control unit 20 and the feeder position sensor 105, to be extended to the outside of a housing 14, in comparison with a structure in which the feeder position sensor 105 is provided in a magazine case 62 of the magazine 60.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuhiro TAGO, Toshinori YASUTOMI
  • Patent number: 11824169
    Abstract: A battery pack houses first and second cell units that are composed of a plurality of cells, and has a positive electrode power source terminal and a negative electrode power source terminal. This battery pack is provided with a series connector capable of connecting, in series, the first and second cell units and a parallel connector capable of connecting, in parallel, the first and second cell units, and is capable of switching between a parallel connection voltage and a series connection voltage. In the case of attachment to the high voltage electrical device body, the series connector becomes conductive and the parallel connector pair is cut off by the action of the series/parallel switching terminal. In the case of attachment to a low voltage electrical device body, the state is returned to an initial state, the series connector is cut off, and the parallel connector pair becomes conductive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomomasa Nishikawa, Takuya Teranishi, Naoto Wakatabe, Akira Matsushita, Masaru Hirano, Osamu Kawanobe, Nobuhiro Takano, Shinji Watanabe, Hiroyuki Hanawa, Takuhiro Murakami, Shota Kanno, Junpei Sato, Hikaru Tamura, Hayato Yamaguchi, Toshio Mizoguchi, Yasushi Nakano, Kazuhiko Funabashi, Masayuki Ogura, Yusuke Funabiki, Junichi Toukairin, Shota Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 11817749
    Abstract: The purpose of the invention is to achieve a miniaturized power tool. Provided is a hammer drill (1A) that includes: a brushless motor (10) that is a drive source for a tip tool (20); a control unit for controlling the driving of the brushless motor (10); a motor housing (33) to which the brushless motor (10) is attached; and a handle housing (34) provided with a grip (2). The control unit includes: a switching board (12) and a Hall element board (13); and a converter board (11) on which an electrolytic capacitor (11a) is installed. The brushless motor (10) is disposed to be sandwiched between the electrolytic capacitor (11a), and the switching board (12) and the Hall element board (13), along the axial direction (M) of a drive shaft (16) that drives the tip tool (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuta Noguchi, Hideyuki Hashimoto, Yuki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20230330760
    Abstract: A dust collection box includes: a box entrance section through which an air flow is let into a dust chamber; and a box-side exhaust outlet through which the air flow in the dust chamber is let out of the dust chamber. The box-side exhaust outlet is disposed behind the box entrance section. The dust collection box also has a case guide section which guides the air flow introduced into the dust chamber toward the downstream side. Accordingly, the air flow introduced into the dust chamber is caused to flow downward at a front end of the dust chamber, to flow backward at a lower end of the dust chamber, and to flow upward at a rear end of the dust chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Naoto ICHIHASHI
  • Patent number: 11780071
    Abstract: There is provided a power tool in which impact applied to a power transmission portion can be mitigated to thereby suppress components constituting the power transmission portion from being deformed and damaged. The power tool includes a brushless motor 3 having a rotation shaft portion 31 rotatable about a rotation axis A1, a housing 2 accommodating therein the brushless motor 3, a power transmission portion 6 configured to receive a rotation force of the rotation shaft portion 31 and to transmit a driving force based on the rotation force, and a driven portion 7 configured to be driven by receiving the transmitted driving force. The rotation shaft portion 31 is supported by the housing 2 so as to be movable relative to the housing 2 in an axial direction of the rotation axis A1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: KOKI HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasutaka Shimizu, Yoshikazu Yokoyama, Naoki Tadokoro, Ryosuke Nakano
  • Publication number: 20230311292
    Abstract: The present invention improves the convenience of a work machine. A two-dimensional code 15a and a serial number 15b are marked on a name plate 15. The two-dimensional code 15a is a two-dimensional code indicating unique information such as the serial number of a work machine 1. A communication adapter 30 is connected to a battery pack mounting portion 2c of the work machine 1. The communication adapter 30 has a function of supplying power to the work machine 1 and a function of communicating with the work machine 1 and a PLC 60. A camera 67 reads the two-dimensional code 15a of the work machine 1, and transmits the serial number of the work machine 1 to the PLC 60. The PLC 60 transmits the serial number to the communication adapter 30. The work machine 1 stores the received serial number in its own internal memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisashi IROKAWA, Tomomasa NISHIKAWA, Shota TAKEUCHI, Kengo TAMURA
  • Publication number: 20230318055
    Abstract: An electrical apparatus includes a battery pack, an electrical apparatus main body and a control unit. The battery pack has a plurality of cell units of which connection states are able to be switched and a plurality of battery side connection terminals. The electrical apparatus main body has a battery pack mounting portion to which the battery pack is mounted, a plurality of device side connection terminals to which the plurality of battery side connection terminals are connectable, and a load device to which power is supplied from the battery pack. The control unit is configured to stop or limit power supply from the battery pack to the load device when a voltage imbalance is generated between the plurality of cell units or a contact failure is generated between the plurality of battery side connection terminals and the plurality of device side terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi NAKANO, Satoshi YAMAGUCHI, Hiroyuki HANAWA, Kazuhiko FUNABASHI, Tomomasa NISHIKAWA, Shota Kanno, Toshio Mizoguchi
  • Patent number: 11770088
    Abstract: An electric power tool includes: a brushless motor having a plurality of stator windings and configured to rotate in accordance with voltages applied to the plurality of stator windings, an induced voltage being generated in accordance with a rotation of the brushless motor; a rectifier circuit configured to rectify an AC voltage; a smoothing capacitor configured to smooth the AC voltage rectified by the rectifier circuit to a pulsation voltage having a maximum value larger than the induced voltage and a minimum value smaller than the induced voltage; and an inverter circuit configured to perform switching operations to output the pulsation voltage to the plurality of stator windings by rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutaka Iwata, Toshiaki Koizumi
  • Patent number: 11766773
    Abstract: There is provided a power tool including a housing, a brushless motor, a power supply circuit, and a fan. The housing is formed with an inlet hole and an exhaust hole. The brushless motor is supported by the housing. The power supply circuit includes at least one circuit element for supplying electric power of a power source to the brushless motor. The fan is driven by rotation of the brushless motor to generate a cooling air flow that flows from the inlet hole to the exhaust hole in the housing. The housing includes a first housing including a grip portion and supporting the brushless motor. The inlet hole is formed in the first housing. The at least one circuit element is disposed inside the first housing and is cooled by the cooling air flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: KOKI HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Tadokoro, Ken Inui
  • Patent number: 11757293
    Abstract: In order that the output voltage of a battery pack can be switched and the battery pack can be shared among different voltage electric appliances, this battery pack has a switching mechanism that switches outputting a low voltage by parallel connection of two cell units or outputting a high voltage by series connection of the two cell units, said two cell units each being composed of a plurality of cells connected in series, wherein the switching mechanism is configured from a change-over switch having an operation lever (452). The change-over switch is embedded in a battery pack (400), and an operator is able to manually switch outputting 18 V by setting the operation lever (452) at a first position or outputting 36 V by setting the operation lever (452) at a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomomasa Nishikawa, Masayuki Ogura, Masaru Hirano, Takuhiro Murakami, Nobuhiro Takano, Osamu Kawanobe, Akira Matsushita, Hayato Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20230278119
    Abstract: A work machine according to the present invention optimally collects work chips, such as dust, produced during work. In a circular saw 10, a sawdust discharge port 27H and a cover opening 27J are formed in an inner cover 27, and a dust collecting chamber inlet 62L1 and a dust collecting chamber outlet 62L2 are formed in a dust collecting case 60. Furthermore, at least a portion of the dust collecting chamber inlet 62L1 and at least a portion of the dust collecting chamber outlet 62L2 are arranged at the same position in the vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki TAGAMI, Naoto ICHIHASHI
  • Patent number: 11745272
    Abstract: The electrical device comprises a common device main body having selectively and detachably attached thereto either a variable-voltage power supply device or a high-voltage power supply device. The device main body has: a protruding section that abuts a power supply-side main erroneous attachment prevention section provided in the variable-voltage power supply device and the high-voltage power supply device; a device-side main erroneous attachment prevention section that abuts the power supply-side main erroneous attachment prevention section provided in a low-voltage power supply device and prevents the low-voltage power supply device from abutting an attachment positioning section; and a device-side attachment permitting section that can be combined in a power supply-side auxiliary erroneous attachment prevention section provided in the high-voltage power supply device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Funabiki, Tomomasa Nishikawa, Takuya Teranishi, Masayuki Ogura
  • Patent number: 11745301
    Abstract: Provided is a rotary tool. In the rotary tool, the rotating tip tool is mounted on a spindle by the fixture, and the spindle and the tip tool are rotated by a motor. The rotary tool has a switch which can switch the motor between a rotation state and a stop state, and a control device which controls the rotation of the motor corresponding to the operation of the switch. When the switch is turned off after a required time T elapses after the motor is started, the control device stops the rotary tool (104d, 106d) by performing a common braking operation on the spindle, and when the switch is turned off before the required time T elapses after the motor is started, the control device stops the tip tool (101d) by inertia without applying a braking force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironori Sakai, Takuya Yoshinari, Hironori Mashiko
  • Patent number: 11750085
    Abstract: An electric device is provided which can reduce risk of malfunction. This electric device is provided with a motor (31), an inverter circuit (30) which has switching elements (S1-S6) and which drives the motor (31), and a charge pump circuit (22) which generates the drive voltage of the switching elements (S1-S6). A discharge circuit (a discharge resistor R and a capacitor C1) is provided between a power line to which a drive voltage (VM) of the motor (31) is supplied and an output terminal (a VGT terminal) of the charge pump circuit (22). Energy of the surge voltage (Vs) generated in a parasitic inductance (Ls) when the switching elements (S4-S6) are turned off is absorbed by the discharge circuit (the discharge resistor R and the capacitor C1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shinya Toyoda
  • Publication number: 20230271310
    Abstract: An electrical equipment system includes electrical equipment, a battery pack with a wireless communication function which is mounted to the electrical equipment, and a portable terminal wirelessly communicable with the battery pack. The electrical equipment includes a drive part, a control part which controls the drive part, an operation part which instructs start and stop of the drive part, and a storage part which stores operation parameters for driving the drive part. Various operation parameters, such as an operation amount of the operation part for starting the drive part of the electrical equipment, are configured to be changeable by a management application installed in the portable terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi TAKEHISA, Kiyoto MATSUOKA, Tomomasa NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230275277
    Abstract: A battery pack having a first cell unit and a second cell unit in which multiple battery cells are connected in series is provided. When the battery pack is not connected to an electric apparatus main body, the first cell unit and the second cell unit are in a non-connection state in which the first cell unit and the second cell unit are not electrically connected to each other. The battery pack includes: a microcomputer, connected to one of the first cell unit and the second cell unit; a residual quantity display portion, connected to the microcomputer and displaying a battery residual quantity of the battery pack; and a switch, being operated by a worker. When the switch is operated while in the non-connection state, the microcomputer is configured to perform a light-on control to display the battery residual quantity by the residual quantity display portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi NAKANO, Satoshi YAMAGUCHI, Hiroyuki HANAWA, Kazuhiko FUNABASHI, Tomomasa NISHIKAWA, Shota Kanno, Toshio Mizoguchi, Takuya Teranishi
  • Publication number: 20230275295
    Abstract: The present invention achieves an electric device system having: a low/intermediate-voltage battery pack 201 capable of outputting a low voltage (18 V) or an intermediate voltage (36 V); an intermediate/high-voltage battery pack 301 capable of outputting the intermediate voltage or a high voltage (72 V); a low-voltage device main body 1 configured to be connected to the low/intermediate-voltage battery pack and supplied with the low voltage; an intermediate-voltage device main body 31 configured to be connected to the low/intermediate-voltage battery pack and the intermediate/high-voltage battery pack and supplied with the intermediate voltage; and a high-voltage device main body 61 configured to be connected to the intermediate/high-voltage battery pack and supplied with the high voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hayato Yamaguchi, Tomomasa NISHIKAWA, Satoru MATSUNO
  • Patent number: 11731255
    Abstract: This driving tool includes: a pressure accumulator (26) in which a compressible gas is accumulated; a striking part which operates in a first direction to strike a fastener with a pressure of the compressible gas; and a driving part which causes the striking part to operate in a second direction opposite to the first direction and to increase the pressure of the pressure accumulator (26). The driving tool further includes: a cylinder chamber (98) in which the compressible gas to be supplied to the pressure accumulator (26) can be contained; a holder (44) forming the pressure accumulator (26) and the cylinder chamber (98); a piston (97) which is disposed in the holder (44) and is operable to reduce the volume of the cylinder chamber (98); and a switching valve (92) capable of connecting and disconnecting the cylinder chamber (98) and the pressure accumulator (26).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Ueda, Koji Shioya
  • Patent number: 11731256
    Abstract: Provided is an electric tool with which work efficiency can be improved. A controller of an electric tool can execute: a first control, whereby during a non-operating state after a motor has started up and before a tip tool is set to be in an operating state, the motor is driven at a slow idling rotation speed, and when the tip tool is set to be in the operating state, the motor is driven at a normal rotation speed which is higher than the slow idling rotation speed; and a second control, whereby in a case where a trigger switch has been turned off in a state where the motor is being driven at the normal rotation speed and the trigger switch is thereafter turned on again under a prescribed condition, the motor is driven at the normal rotation speed regardless of the state of the tip tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Yamada, Hideyuki Hashimoto, Yuta Noguchi
  • Patent number: 11724375
    Abstract: A driving tool having a striking unit and a driver unit includes a solenoid configured to switch between a first state and a second state by being actuated by the supply and stop of the electric power, wherein the driver unit has a first drive state in which the striking unit can be actuated and a second drive state in which the actuation of the striking unit is blocked, wherein the first state enables the driver unit to switch from the second drive state to the first drive state and the second state blocks the driver unit from switching from the second drive state to the first drive state, and wherein an actuation direction of the solenoid and the moving direction of the nail are arranged so as to intersect each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: KOKI HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Ootsuka