Patents Assigned to Makita
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Publication number: 20250187160Abstract: A driving tool includes a plate-like driver having rack teeth (engaged portions). The lifter engages the rack teeth. The lifter allows the driver to move. A striker is connected to a tip of the driver. The striker strikes the driven member. An area of a striking surface of the striker is larger than an area of the tip of the driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2024Publication date: June 12, 2025Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Kiyonobu YOSHIKANE, Tatsuya IKEDO
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Publication number: 20250187162Abstract: An electric power tool includes an electric motor and a rotation direction restriction mechanism. The rotation direction restriction mechanism includes an outer ring, an inner circumferential member, cam surfaces, lock members, and a protrusion (eccentric mechanism). The inner circumferential member is located on an inner circumferential side of the outer ring. The cam surfaces are recessed on an outer circumferential surface of the inner circumferential member. The inner circumferential member rotates relatively to the outer ring in a first direction and is restricted from rotating in a second direction when the lock member moves within the corresponding cam surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2024Publication date: June 12, 2025Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Makito TERAMOTO, Kiyonobu Yoshikane
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Publication number: 20250187163Abstract: A driving tool has a main motor, a sub-motor, and a fan. The main motor serves as a driving source to generate electric power to move a driver and is accommodated in a main body housing. The sub-motor is driven independently from the main motor and accommodated in the main body housing. The fan is mounted on an output shaft of a sub-motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2024Publication date: June 12, 2025Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Kiyonobu YOSHIKANE, Tatsuya Ikedo
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Publication number: 20250187164Abstract: A driving tool includes a driver driven by an electric motor, a driver guide for guiding a movement of the driver, and a magazine for housing driving members. The driving tool also includes a feed pawl for loading the driving members from the magazine to the driver guide, and a power transmission member being interlocking with a movement of the feed pawl. The driving tool also includes a solenoid for moving the feed pawl via the power transmission member. The solenoid is arranged in a main body housing outside of the magazine.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2024Publication date: June 12, 2025Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Kiyonobu YOSHIKANE, Tatsuya IKEDO
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Publication number: 20250183767Abstract: A work machine includes a housing, a support structure, and a lens. The support structure is capable of supporting, inside the housing, a first and a second light emitting element each of which emits light in a first direction. The lens is configured to propagate light from a light emitting element supported inside the housing by the support structure to an outside of the housing. The work machine is configured to display information by lighting using the lens. The support structure is capable of supporting the first and the second light emitting elements at respective positions where a first distance on an imaginary plane orthogonal to the first direction is different from a second distance on the imaginary plane. The first distance is between a reference point and the first light emitting element. The second distance is between the reference point and the second light emitting element.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2024Publication date: June 5, 2025Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventor: Makoto CHIKARAISHI
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Patent number: 12318890Abstract: Durability deterioration caused by a shock load is effectively reduced. An impact driver includes a motor, a carrier including a reduction assembly and rotatable by the motor, a shaft that receives rotation of the carrier and is rotatable relative to the carrier in an overloaded state, a hammer held by the shaft, and an anvil that is struck by the hammer in a rotation direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2023Date of Patent: June 3, 2025Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventor: Yasuhito Kawai
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Patent number: 12310546Abstract: The work machine includes a path leading into a housing from an opening. The path is provided to control an airflow generated by motion of a machine. The work machine includes a microphone. The microphone is configured to collect sound in the housing, including operating noise generated in the housing by the motion of the machine. The work machine further includes a structure that defines a receiving space for the microphone along the path through which the operating noise propagates outside the housing. The structure includes an open structure that connects the receiving space with the path and faces downstream in the path. The structure surrounds the receiving space upstream of the open structure in the path.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2022Date of Patent: May 27, 2025Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventor: Hideaki Takano
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Publication number: 20250158499Abstract: An electric work machine includes a first brushless motor including a first stator and a first rotor combined with the first stator, and a controller. The first stator includes a first stator core and multiple first coils wound around multiple teeth on the stator core. The controller magnetizes the teeth to cause the first rotor to rotate about a rotation axis. In a plane orthogonal to the rotation axis, the first stator core has the same shape as a second stator core in a second stator used in a second brushless motor in another electric work machine. The first rotor can be combined with the second stator. The first rotor has a different number of poles from a second rotor used in the second brushless motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2025Publication date: May 15, 2025Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventor: Kei KOUDA
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Patent number: 12300833Abstract: A battery pack (2; 402; 602) includes an outer case (12; 412; 612), which comprises an upper-part case (14; 414) and a lower-part case (15; 415) fixed to the upper-part case (14; 414), and a cell case (80; 480; 780; 980), which is housed in the outer case (12; 412; 612). An engaging part (30) is provided on one of the upper-part case (14; 414) and the cell case (80; 480; 780; 980). An engaged part (110), with which the engaging part (30) engages, is provided on or in the other of the upper-part case (14; 414) and the cell case (80; 480; 780; 980).Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Tatsuya Nagahama, Kazuya Tanaka
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Publication number: 20250149903Abstract: A charging adapter in one aspect includes a first coupler, a second coupler, a power delivery path, a converter, a communication circuit, a charging control circuit, a control power supply, a first switch, a first internal path, a second internal path, a second switch, and a starter circuit. The charging control circuit performs a charging control of a battery pack. The charging control includes switching the converter to a first state or a second state. The converter in the first state receives a DC voltage from a power delivery adapter through the first coupler, converts the DC voltage into a charging voltage for charging the battery pack, and outputs the charging voltage to the second coupler. The converter in the second state receives the DC voltage from the power delivery adapter through the first coupler and outputs the DC voltage to the second coupler.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2023Publication date: May 8, 2025Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Mamoru SAKAI, Masaya MIZUTANI, Makoto ITO
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Publication number: 20250143527Abstract: A cleaner includes: a main body housing; a drive unit that includes a blower fan and a motor configured to rotate the blower fan, and generates suction force to suck in dust with air through a suction port leading to an inner side of the main body housing; and a first support member that is mounted on at least a part of the drive unit and includes a main body support portion supported by the main body housing. At least a part of an outer circumferential surface of the main body support portion includes an arc shape surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2024Publication date: May 8, 2025Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventor: Keisuke YAMADA
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Publication number: 20250146498Abstract: An electric pump may include: a motor unit; and a pump unit configured to be driven by the motor unit and discharge water. The motor unit may include: a body housing including a battery holding part configured to hold at least one battery pack; and an electric motor accommodated in the body housing and configured to drive the pump unit. The at least one battery pack is configured to be used in the electric pump and in an apparatus other than the electric pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2024Publication date: May 8, 2025Applicant: Makita CorporationInventors: Takayoshi IIO, Tomoyuki Kutsuna, Takaaki Kato
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Patent number: 12290868Abstract: A power tool, such as an oscillating multi-tool, is configured to drive a tool accessory in an oscillating manner. The power tool includes a motor, and a spindle supported to be rotatable around a driving axis and configured to pivotally oscillate the tool accessory, which is removably mounted on the spindle, using power generated by the motor. An inner housing of the power tool houses the motor and the spindle, and has at least one airflow inlet and at least one airflow outlet. An outer housing of the power tool houses the inner housing and is elastically connected to the inner housing via at least one elastic member to be movable relative to the inner housing. A partition is disposed between the at least one inlet and the at least one outlet. The partition divides a space defined between the inner and outer housings into first and second airflow spaces.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2023Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventor: Yonosuke Aoki
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Patent number: 12290892Abstract: An impact tool includes a housing, an impact mechanism unit, a motor, and a dust collection fan. The housing is configured to mount a dust collection attachment. The impact mechanism unit is disposed inside the housing. The impact mechanism unit has a front end to which a tool bit is mounted and an impact element that reciprocates. The impact mechanism unit is configured to impact the tool bit by the impact element. The motor is disposed such that a rotation shaft of the motor intersects with an impact axis direction of the impact mechanism unit inside the housing. The dust collection fan is disposed on the rotation shaft. The dust collection fan is disposed below the motor.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2023Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Kiyonobu Yoshikane, Hiroki Takesashi
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Patent number: 12290867Abstract: A power tool includes a spindle, a motor, an inner housing and an outer housing elastically connected to the inner housing. The inner housing is formed by a first inner housing portion formed of metal connected to a second inner housing portion formed of synthetic polymer. The first inner housing portion includes a housing part disposed in a front part of the outer housing, and a first extending part extending rearward from the housing part and disposed in a grip part of the outer housing. The second inner housing portion includes a second extending part that has a tubular shape and at least partially surrounds the first extending part, and a rear end part connected to the second extending part and disposed in a rear part of the outer housing. The first extending part extends rearward of a center of the second extending part in the front-rear direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2023Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventor: Yonosuke Aoki
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Publication number: 20250141317Abstract: An electric work machine includes: a motor including a rotor that rotates about a rotation axis and a stator disposed around the rotor; and a sensor substrate including a rotation sensor that detects rotation of the rotor and a plate that supports the rotation sensor. The stator includes: a stator core disposed around the rotor; an insulator fixed to the stator core; and a plurality of coils fixed to the insulator and arranged at intervals in a circumferential direction. The plate includes: an arc portion extending partially around the rotation axis and having a first surface facing an end surface of the rotor in an axial direction, and at least two arm portions protruding outward in a radial direction from the arc portion and fixed to the insulator. The rotation sensor is disposed on the first surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2024Publication date: May 1, 2025Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventor: Fuminari FUJII
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Publication number: 20250135615Abstract: A driving tool includes a holder attached to a wheel, grease reservoirs on the holder, magnets for detecting a rotation position of the wheel, and grease flow passages for flowing grease. The holder is rotatably integrated with the wheel. The grease in the grease reservoirs flows to a supporting hole via a tilting surface of a wall, an opening hole, an extension groove and a penetrating groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2024Publication date: May 1, 2025Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Masaya NAGAO, Kazusa FUKUDA
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Publication number: 20250135626Abstract: A magnetic drill press includes a magnetic base, a main body portion coupled to the magnetic base, a drill unit including a spindle and supported by the main body portion to be movable in a direction parallel to a rotation axis of the spindle, a battery attachment portion configured to detachably hold a battery, and a cover configured to at least partially cover the battery attachment portion. The battery attachment portion includes a rail extending in a straight line in a first direction and configured to slidingly engage with a groove of the battery, and a terminal portion including a terminal configured to be electrically connected with a terminal of the battery. The cover is displaceable relative to the main body portion, and configured to overlap an entirety of the terminal portion, when the cover is at a first position and viewed from a first side in the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2024Publication date: May 1, 2025Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Jun UEDA, Shizuki Okajima, Hidenori Nagasaka, Yuta Araki, Tomohiko Imae, Ryohei Hotta, Kodai Sakagawa
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Publication number: 20250135624Abstract: A battery holder supported by a main body housing so as to be displaceable in an up-down direction has a main body extension, a holder lower portion at a lower part, and a terminal supported by the battery holder so as to be displaceable in the up-down direction. The battery holder has a first elastic body interposed between the main body housing and the battery holder, a second elastic body interposed between the battery holder and the terminal, and a third elastic body interposed between the holder lower portion and the main body housing. The first to third elastic bodies absorb impacts in the event of a drop, thereby reducing damage to the battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2024Publication date: May 1, 2025Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Masaya NAGAO, Norikazu BABA
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Patent number: D1074364Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2023Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Tatsuya Kobayashi, Takuma Niiyama