Patents Assigned to KOKI HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
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Patent number: 11648654Abstract: The invention relates to a power tool and battery pack assembly including a battery pack for connection with the power tool to provide power for the operation of the power tool when connected thereto. The battery pack includes a plurality of power cells and connection means are provided to allow the selective supply of power at least a first or second voltage level to the power tool from the battery pack.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: KOKI HOLDINGS CO., LTD.Inventor: Rients Bakker
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Patent number: 11637433Abstract: Provided are a battery pack and an electrical apparatus by which information can be transmitted at an appropriate timing from the battery pack to a device body. A battery pack (10) includes: a serial communication reception circuit (31) and a temperature information transmission circuit (32); an LS terminal that is selectively connected to the serial communication reception circuit (31) or the temperature information transmission circuit (32); a first switching circuit (21) that is provided between the LS terminal and the serial communication reception circuit (31) and the temperature information transmission circuit (32); and a V terminal that is connected to the first switching circuit (21). The first switching circuit (21) switches between connecting the serial communication reception circuit (31) or the temperature information transmission circuit (32) to the LS terminal according to a signal inputted from the V terminal.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2018Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Yamaguchi, Yasushi Nakano, Hiroyuki Hanawa, Kazuhiko Funabashi
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Patent number: 11623330Abstract: A driving tool without necessary to secure an arrangement space dedicated to an actuator is provided. A driving tool includes: a striking unit movable to strike a fastener; a housing for supporting the striking unit; a trigger provided in the housing; a push lever provided in the housing, and a trigger valve, and the driving tool further includes: a slide member provided in the trigger; and a solenoid provided in the trigger and configured to move the slide member.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2019Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: KOKI HOLDINGS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiro Ootsuka, Yoshimitsu Iijima
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Patent number: 11626631Abstract: Provided is a power supply device in which the reliability of a voltage output is improved, and also provided is a system comprising the power supply device and an electric tool. The power supply device (1) is provided with: a secondary battery cell (2a); an output unit connected to an electric tool and supplying the power of the secondary battery cell (2a) to the electric tool; and switching elements (Q1), (Q2) capable of interrupting a current path from the secondary battery cell (2a) to the electric tool. The switching element (Q1) switches whether or not to interrupt the current path not by being controlled by a control circuit (12) but in accordance with whether the electric tool connected to the output unit has a shorting bar (59) or not.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2019Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshikazu Kawano, Satoshi Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 11626807Abstract: A DC power supply device includes a first conversion unit connected to an AC power supply, a second conversion unit connected to an electric tool, and a cable connecting the first conversion unit and the second conversion unit to each other. The first conversion unit includes a power factor correction circuit, converts an AC voltage having a first voltage value, input from the AC power supply, into a DC voltage having a second voltage value higher than the first voltage value, and outputs the DC voltage having the second voltage value to the cable. The second conversion unit converts the output voltage of the first conversion unit, input via the cable, into a DC voltage having a third voltage value lower than the second voltage value, and outputs the DC voltage having the third voltage value to the electric tool.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takuya Yoshinari, Yuji Kishima, Eiji Nakayama, Kazuhiko Funabashi, Haruhisa Fujisawa
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Patent number: 11602829Abstract: A driver capable of suppressing an increase in a load of a bumper is provided. The driver 10 includes a striking portion 12 provided movably and configured to move to strike a fastener; a bumper 33 configured to be in contact with the striking portion 12 to restrict a range of movement of the striking portion 12; and a housing 11 configured to support the bumper 33, the driver 10 further including a load suppressing portion configured to suppress an increase in a load of the bumper 33 based on the load of the bumper 33 detected by a load detection portion or number of operations of the striking portion within a predetermined time.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2018Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: KOKI HOLDINGS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hironori Mashiko, Takashi Ueda
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Publication number: 20230076288Abstract: A router includes an illumination part having an LED, and the illumination part is accommodated in an illumination accommodation portion of a holding ring and held by the holding ring. Here, a restriction portion of the holding ring is arranged adjacent to a lower side of a positioning rib of a stator and restricts downward movement of the stator. Thus, the illumination part can be held using the holding ring that restricts the downward movement of the stator. Accordingly, the illumination part can be mounted in the router using a member that holds the illumination part and a member that restricts the downward movement of the stator as a common member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 25, 2020Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiaki OSADA, Takeru KUMAKURA, Ayaka KOIZUMI
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Patent number: 11590638Abstract: A driver including: an ejection part to which a fastener is supplied; a driver blade which moves from a first position toward a second position and drives the fastener into a driven member; and a rack provided to the driver blade. The driver further includes: a rotary component engaging with the rack and moving the driver blade from the second position to the first position; and a lock plate engaging with the rack. The driver blade moves from the second position to the first position while the rotary component rotates once, the rotary component is released from engaging with the rack after the driver blade moves from the second position to the first position, and moves from the first position to the second position, and the lock plate is engageable with the rack when the driver blade stops before reaching the second position from the first position.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2020Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: KOKI HOLDINGS CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinichiro Sato, Takashi Ueda, Yutaka Ito, Jyun Enta, Toshinori Yasutomi, Yoshiichi Komazaki, Kenji Kobori
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Publication number: 20230055261Abstract: The work machine includes: a gear housing; a spindle protruding in a first direction from the gear housing; a bearing held by the gear housing and including an inner race and an outer race, the bearing rotatably supporting the spindle; a tip tool attachment portion to which a tip tool is attachable, the tip tool attachment portion being provided at the spindle; a sealing member positioned further in the first direction than the bearing; and a restricting member for restricting the sealing member from moving in the first direction. At least a part of the sealing member is overlapped with the inner race in an axial direction of the spindle. The restricting member is held either by the spindle or by the gear housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 25, 2020Publication date: February 23, 2023Applicant: KOKI HOLDINGS CO., LTD.Inventor: Kentaro HATAKEYAMA
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Patent number: 11577376Abstract: Provided is an electric device capable of suppressing vibration of a battery pack. Included are: a first housing 21 accommodating a load portion that consumes electric power; a second housing 22 having one end portion connected to the first housing 21 and another end portion to which a battery pack 9 is connectable; and an elastic member 40 interposed between the first housing and the second housing. The first housing includes a first restricting portion 42 positioned away from the elastic member, and the second housing includes a second restricting portion 44 positioned away from the elastic member and engageable with the first restricting portion. In a case where the second housing is urged to be separated from the first housing, the elastic member is deformed and the first restricting portion and the second restricting portion are engaged with each other to prevent separation.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2018Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: KOKI HOLDINGS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kengo Tamura, Takuhiro Murakami, Junichi Toukairin, Yoshihiro Komuro, Masaru Hirano
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Publication number: 20230044008Abstract: A work tool includes: a motor; a housing including a gripping part; an electronic switch; a controller controlling the motor based on a signal from the switch; an operating part provided at the gripping part; and an intervening part movably intervened between the operating part and the switch. The switch is provided at the housing at a first position in an axial direction of the gripping part, and is switchable between an ON position for driving the motor and an OFF position for stopping the motor. A direction connecting the ON position and the OFF position to each other is a crossing direction crossing the axial direction. The operating part is movable in the crossing direction to drive and stop the motor. The intervening part transmits movement to the switch by a moving amount smaller than movement in the crossing direction of the operating part passing through the first position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2020Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: KOKI HOLDINGS CO., LTD.Inventors: Ken MIYAZAWA, Ryo SUZUKI
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Patent number: 11571781Abstract: Provided is an electric tool in which the risk of short-circuiting between conductive members of multiple installed switching elements has been reduced by providing partitioning plates between the switching elements. An electric tool, which has a motor, an inverter circuit with multiple switching elements for performing switching operations and controlling the driving of the motor, a control unit for controlling switching element on-off operations, and a circuit board on which the switching elements are loaded, is configured so that the circuit board is housed inside a container-shaped case (40) and the circuit board is secured with a partitioning member (50) that is interposed between the multiple switching elements and has partitioning plates (51, 52a, 52b) obtained from an insulating material.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2020Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuuki Takeda, Hironori Sakai
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Patent number: 11571793Abstract: A driving tool includes a housing having a support shaft for operably supporting an operating member, a contacting member which is capable of contacting and separating from a workpiece into which a fastener is to be driven, and which operates by contacting the workpiece, a pressure chamber to which and from which a compressible gas is supplied and discharged, a striking part operating in a direction to strike the fastener, a gas supply mechanism, and a transmission control member for controlling the operation of the gas supply mechanism, said operation being based on the operation of at least one of the operating member and the contacting member or the operation of both of them, wherein the fastener is struck when an operating force is applied to the operating member and to the transmission control member, and the contacting member is operated.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2019Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhiro Ootsuka, Takuya Konnai
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Patent number: 11571792Abstract: A driver capable of achieving favorable workmanship at the time of driving of a fastener into a workpiece to be driven is provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2018Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: KOKI HOLDINGS CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshinori Yasutomi, Hironori Mashiko, Yuki Mitoma
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Patent number: 11565333Abstract: A power tool includes a motor including a rotation shaft; an output shaft to which a cutting blade is attachable; a belt for transmitting a rotational force of the rotation shaft to the output shaft; an intermediate shaft positioned between the rotation shaft and the output shaft on a transmission path of the rotational force; a plurality of pulleys including a first pulley provided on the rotation shaft and rotatable integrally with the rotation shaft and a second pulley through which the intermediate shaft is inserted and having a diameter greater than that of the first pulley, the first pulley and the second pulley supporting the belt and being rotatable in accordance with rotation of the rotation shaft; and a transmission restricting part provided on a transmission path for transmitting rotation of the second pulley to the cutting blade and configured to interrupt or limit transmission of a rotational force.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: KOKI HOLDINGS CO., LTD.Inventor: Satoshi Iwata
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Patent number: 11559761Abstract: A dust collector (1) is provided with a tank section (10) and a head section (20). The tank section (10) has a dust collection chamber (13) for containing dust. The head section (20) has a motor (23) and a dust collection fan (25). The dust collection chamber (13) has a cylindrical filter device (12) which, when air sucked in from the suction opening (11) flows through the filter device (12), separates dust from the air. A passage member (50) forms an air passage by which the outside air and a filter interior space (14) inside the filter device (12) are connected without having the filter device (12) therebetween. A cover body (60) closes the passage member (50) in an openable manner. The passage member (50) has first opening sections (53) facing the filter interior space (14) and located at different positions in the circumferential direction of the filter device (12).Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Daisuke Kakegawa, Yoshimasa Hayama
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Patent number: 11554476Abstract: The power tool has a housing portion that accommodates a motor (6) and a cooling fan (8), and a handle portion (5B). Air suction ports (41, 42a-42d and 43) are arranged in the housing portion, and outside air is sucked into the housing portion by the rotation of the cooling fan. In the power tool, a passage (52) is formed in the handle portion, the passage guiding cooling air from the air suction port (41) rearward away from the cooling fan; the cooling air is caused to flow from an opening (53) into the handle portion to cool a heat-generation mechanism included in a switch mechanism (60); and the cooling air is again returned to the housing portion. In the housing portion, the cooling air is discharged to the outside from air discharge ports (13a and 13b) together with the cooling air from the other air suction ports.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2018Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomohiro Ejiri, Masahiro Fujiwara
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Publication number: 20230010270Abstract: The present invention detects a predictive abnormal phenomenon in a battery pack and prevents the use of the battery pack before power is shut off at a fuse. The battery pack comprises: a battery cell; a connection unit which is electrically connected to the battery cell and is connected to an external electrical apparatus main body; and a control unit which controls the battery cell, wherein, when detecting an abnormal state such as chattering, the control unit causes a charge prevention signal (LS) and a discharge prevention signal (LD) to be continuously output and makes the charge and discharge of the battery pack impossible (steps 226-228). The continuous output of these prevention signals is configured not to be negated by an operation of a user, and the battery pack can be made unusable by software control.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2021Publication date: January 12, 2023Applicant: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi YAMAGUCHI, Mitsutaka SAKAMOTO, Hiroyuki HANAWA
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Patent number: 11541523Abstract: A drilling tool includes: a drive source; a bit attachment portion to which an end bit is attachable; a power transmission portion configured to apply a motive force to the end bit attached to the bit attachment portion; an operation portion switchable between an ON-state and an OFF-state by a manual operation and configured to receive a setting operation for setting a stop condition; and a controller configured to set the stop condition based on the setting operation, and to start driving of the drive source in response to a first switching operation for switching the operation portion from the OFF-state to the ON-state. In a state where the stop condition is set, even when the operation portion is in the ON-state, the controller stops driving of the drive source in response to the stop condition being met while the drive source is being driven.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2019Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: KOKI HOLDINGS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideyuki Hashimoto, Yuki Takahashi, Hironori Mashiko, Yuta Noguchi
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Patent number: RE49414Abstract: A power tool has a fan guide for straightening the flow of cooling air generated by a fan, wherein the branching passages through are provided for causing a portion of the cooling air drawn into the fan from a ventilation hole to diverge from a flow toward an exhaust port formed on a bearing guide side, and the portion of the cooling air flows toward an inlet and thereby circulates inside a housing. The branching passages through provided to the fan guide are formed so as to be inclined in the same direction as a circumferential direction so that air path resistance during actual operation (in an intermediate-speed region) does not increase.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akira Matsushita, Tomomasa Nishikawa, Noriyuki Horie, Masahiro Fujiwara