Patents by Inventor Makito TERAMOTO

Makito TERAMOTO has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20250010445
    Abstract: A driving tool comprises a tool main body that includes a driver for driving a U-shaped staple, and a main magazine for housing a plurality of staples that extends from the tool main body. The driving tool also comprises a sub-magazine to which a pusher and a staple guide are attachable. The pusher pushes the staples in the main magazine toward the tool main body. The staple guide is inserted between a pair of legs of the staple in the main magazine. The driving tool also comprises a guide mechanism for guiding the sub-magazine toward the tool main body from an opening position to a closing position with respect to the main magazine. The guide mechanism also guides the sub-magazine in a direction opposite to a driving direction while the sub-magazine moves from the opening position to the closing position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyonobu YOSHIKANE, Makito TERAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240300079
    Abstract: A driving tool includes a driver moving along a driving passage and a lift mechanism for moving the driver. The driving tool includes a pusher and an idling strike prevention mechanism interlocking with a position of the pusher. The pusher pushes a driving member from a side opposite to a first end surface of a tool main body such that the driving member contacts a tip end of the driver at a standby position. When the driver moves from the standby position to a top dead center, the pusher supplies the driving member to the driving passage. After that, the driver moves downward to a driving position to drive the driving member. When no driving member is left, the idling strike prevention mechanism restricts activation of the driving tool in interlocking with the pusher such that the pusher moves to an activation restriction on a side of the driving passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyonobu YOSHIKANE, Shun KURIKI, Makito TERAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240300078
    Abstract: A driving tool has a tool body with a driving channel. A magazine is attached to the tool body. A pusher biases driven members inside the magazine toward the driving channel. The driver strikes one of the driven members fed in the driving channel. A blank drive preventing mechanism restricts a driving operation of the driver when a number of driven members inside the magazine is less than or equal to a predetermined number. The resistance-applying member applies resistance to the driven members remaining inside the magazine when the blank drive preventing mechanism is actuated and maintains the orientation of the driven members. The resistance-applying member is provided at a location corresponding to the shortest available driven member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyonobu YOSHIKANE, Makito TERAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240246214
    Abstract: A driving tool includes a head-guide surface and a pair of leg-guide grooves, both are formed in a driving passage extending in a driving direction. The head-guide surface slidably guides a head of a U-shaped driving member. Each of the pair of leg-guide grooves is recessed from the head-guide surface toward a side of a first end surface of a tool main body. Legs of the driving member enter the leg-guide grooves. The driving member is driven in an inclined posture in which the legs enter the leg-guide groove, thereby avoiding a slipping off posture in which a driver is deviated from the driving member owing to a reaction force occurred when the driving member is driven by the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyonobu YOSHIKANE, Makito TERAMOTO
  • Patent number: 12044227
    Abstract: An air compressor improves the dustproof performance of an intake path to a crankcase. The air compressor includes a compression assembly that reciprocates a piston in a cylinder to produce compressed air, a crankcase accommodating the compression assembly and having an inner inlet to allow outside air to be drawn, a filter located in the crankcase and covering the inner inlet from outside, a filter cover having an outer inlet and covering the filter from outside, and a dust cover covering the filter cover from outside, covering the outer inlet, and including an outer circumferential portion. The outer circumference portion and the filter cover have a space to draw outside air between the outer circumference portion and the filter cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiro Hirayama, Noriyuki Nishido, Tomohiro Hachisuka, Yasutoshi Kurokawa, Makito Teramoto
  • Patent number: 11788526
    Abstract: An air compressor comprises a compressor that compresses introduced air and a tank that stores the compressed air generated by the compressor. The air compressor also comprises a discharge pipe from which the compressed air and a condensate in the tank are discharged to an outside of the tank. The air compressor also comprises a drain cock that is disposed in a passage of the discharge pipe and serves to open and close the discharge pipe. The air compressor also comprises a discharge pipe end portion that includes a discharge port facing upward at a tip end of the discharge pipe. The air compressor also comprises a tubular cover including a top portion that covers the discharge pipe end portion from above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriyuki Nishido, Tomohiro Hachisuka, Makito Teramoto
  • Publication number: 20230151803
    Abstract: An air compressor improves the dustproof performance of an intake path to a crankcase. The air compressor includes a compression assembly that reciprocates a piston in a cylinder to produce compressed air, a crankcase accommodating the compression assembly and having an inner inlet to allow outside air to be drawn, a filter located in the crankcase and covering the inner inlet from outside, a filter cover having an outer inlet and covering the filter from outside, and a dust cover covering the filter cover from outside, covering the outer inlet, and including an outer circumferential portion. The outer circumference portion and the filter cover have a space to draw outside air between the outer circumference portion and the filter cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiro HIRAYAMA, Noriyuki NISHIDO, Tomohiro HACHISUKA, Yasutoshi KUROKAWA, Makito TERAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230038911
    Abstract: An air compressor comprises a compressor that compresses introduced air and a tank that stores the compressed air generated by the compressor. The air compressor also comprises a discharge pipe from which the compressed air and a condensate in the tank are discharged to an outside of the tank. The air compressor also comprises a drain cock that is disposed in a passage of the discharge pipe and serves to open and close the discharge pipe. The air compressor also comprises a discharge pipe end portion that includes a discharge port facing upward at a tip end of the discharge pipe. The air compressor also comprises a tubular cover including a top portion that covers the discharge pipe end portion from above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriyuki NISHIDO, Tomohiro HACHISUKA, Makito TERAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220364555
    Abstract: An air compressor includes a motor provided with a basic insulation, a first air compressing unit and a second air compressing unit that are driven by the motor, at least two tanks, and a discharge port. The at least two tanks are connected to the first air compressing unit and the second air compressing unit, store air compressed by the first air compressing unit and the second air compressing unit, and are connected to one another in series. The discharge port is disposed to a tank positioned on a most downstream of supplied compressed air and discharges the compressed air. The motor, the first air compressing unit and the second air compressing unit, and a tank on an upstream side with respect to the tank positioned on the most downstream are electrically insulated from the tank positioned on the most downstream and the discharge port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makito TERAMOTO, Tomohiro HACHISUKA, Noriyuki NISHIDO, Kei KOUDA