Patents by Inventor Masanori Furusawa

Masanori Furusawa 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: 20170100809
    Abstract: A power tool includes a drilling tool and a dust collector configured to be removably attached to the drilling tool. The dust collector includes a dust collector body, a passage part provided in the dust collector body and having elasticity, and a storing part configured to be removably attached to the dust collector body and to store dust. The passage part includes a drilling tool mounting port part configured to be connected to the drilling tool while pressing a specified region of the drilling tool, and a storing part mounting port part configured to be connected to the storing part while pressing a specified region of the storing part. Air containing the dust is led through the dust collector body to the storing part, and the air from which the dust has been separated in the storing part is led through the passage part into the drilling tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori FURUSAWA, Hideki TSUJI
  • Publication number: 20170099018
    Abstract: An electric power tool includes a relay, an electric circuit, and an operation member. The relay has a coil, contacts, and an on-switch. The relay is configured such that the coil is energized when contacts are closed by an on-switch being pressed, and contacts are held in a closed state by an electromagnetic force of coil when coil is energized. In the electric circuit, electric power from power source is supplied to motor and coil of relay, and contacts are connected in series between power source and motor. The operation member is configured to move in reciprocating manner between tool stop position at which the motor stops and tool drive position which the motor runs, where the operation member is configured to locate away from on-switch of the relay at the tool drive position and configured to press the on-switch at a position other than tool drive position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira TOMONAGA, Masanori FURUSAWA, Junya ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20170080545
    Abstract: A power tool for driving an accessary removably held between first and second clamp parts includes a first shaft having the first clamp part, a second shaft for moving the second clamp part, a holding member movable relative to the second shaft, a moving member for moving the holding member, and a biasing member for biasing the moving member. The second shaft is disposed inside the first shaft. The holding member enables the second clamp part and the first clamp part to hold the tool accessary therebetween in a first position, and disables the second clamp part and the first clamp part from holding the tool accessary in a second position. The moving member moves the holding member from the first position to the second position, and the biasing member biases the moving member when the holding member is located in the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Masanori FURUSAWA, Ken YAMAUCHI
  • Patent number: 9573262
    Abstract: A hammer drill serving as an impact tool is provided with a crank housing that accommodates a crankshaft, and a cylinder accommodated in the crank housing. Receiving portions that receive the cylinder which is pressed rearward are provided at multiple locations of the crank housing in the front-rear direction. At least one of the receiving portions is disposed to receive the rear-end portion of the cylinder. A portion of the cylinder, which is received by another one of the receiving portions is a circlip (circumferential member) made of a metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hajime Takeuchi, Masanori Furusawa, Yoshiro Tada
  • Patent number: 9545699
    Abstract: A power tool includes a spindle and a clamp shaft, and drives a tool accessory clamped by an outer flange and a clamp head. A ball or a grooved clamping element is configured to hold the clamp shaft against the spindle in a fixed manner. A holding element holds and moves the ball or grooved clamping element. A coil spring biases the holding element. The ball or grooved clamping element is movable between a first position where it holds the clamp shaft and a second position where it does not hold the clamp shaft. The holding element is capable of moving the ball or the grooved clamping element from the first position to the second position. The coil spring biases the holding element and prevents movement of the holding element when the ball or the grooved clamping element is located in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Furusawa, Ken Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 9505118
    Abstract: A technique for improving the vibration-proof effect and usability of a handle is provided in an impact tool. An impact tool is provided which linearly drives a tool bit in an axial direction thereof to cause the tool bit to perform a predetermined hammering operation. The impact tool includes a motor, a striking mechanism part, that is driven by the motor and causes the tool bit to linearly move, a tool body that houses the motor and the striking mechanism part, an outer shell housing that covers at least part of the tool body and is connected to the tool body via a vibration-proofing first elastic element so as to be movable in a direction transverse to the axial direction of the tool bit with respect to the tool body, and a handle which is designed to be held by a user and connected to an opposite side of the outer shell housing from the tool bit via a vibration-proofing second elastic element so as to be movable in the axial direction of the tool bit with respect to the outer shell housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Furusawa, Yoshihiro Kasuya, Hajime Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 9505095
    Abstract: A power tool comprising: a body (103); a dust catching attachment (120) attachable to the body (103); an engagement mechanism portion (151) which engages the body (103) with the dust catching attachment (120); and a spacing member that biases the body (103) and the dust catching attachment (120) in a state that the body (103) and the dust catching attachment (120) are engaged to each other by the engagement mechanism portion (151).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Machida, Masanori Furusawa
  • Publication number: 20160339577
    Abstract: A rational technique which can realize vibration suppression and reduction of unstable driving elements of a striker. A representative power tool, a first compensation mechanism moves a swinging mechanism from a swinging mechanism reference position to a swinging mechanism moving position and moves a cylinder to a second side, thereby increasing the volume of an air chamber. Further, the second compensation mechanism moves an intermediate element from an intermediate reference position to an intermediate element moving position and moves a striking element to the second side, thereby compensating the volume of the air chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hajime TAKEUCHI, Masanori FURUSAWA
  • Patent number: 9463563
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide an improved impact tool in which a biasing member is not affected by dust. An impact tool according to the invention has a driving mechanism 120 for driving a tool bit 119, housing parts 105, 106 that form a housing space 105a in which at least part of the driving mechanism 120 is disposed, and a switching member 160 for switching a drive mode of the impact tool. The switching member 160 has an operating member 161 that is operated by a user for mode switching, and a biasing member 175 that is disposed between the operating member 161 and the housing part 106 and biases the operating member 161 so as to hold the operating member 161 in a selected position. The biasing member 175 is disposed in the housing space 105a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hajime Takeuchi, Masanori Furusawa, Yoshiro Tada
  • Publication number: 20160151905
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide rational structure for vibration proofing in hammering operation. A driving motor 110 and a striking mechanism 140 are provided in a first body element 101a, and a handle 109 and a battery mounting part 160 are provided in a second body element 101b. The first and second body elements 101a, 101b are moved with respect to each other via a biasing member 181 when vibration is caused by driving of the striking mechanism 140. Further, a first region 100a close to the striking mechanism 140 forms a long-distance moving region 200 in which the first and second body elements 101a, 101b move a longer distance in a longitudinal direction than in the second region 100b less close to the striking mechanism 140.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshiro TADA, Masanori FURUSAWA, Kei WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20160136801
    Abstract: A power tool includes a motor, a driving mechanism, a body housing, a handle, and a rear position defining member. The driving mechanism is driven by the motor and configured to drive a tool bit in a longitudinal direction. The body housing houses the motor and the driving mechanism. The handle is connected to the body housing so as to be allowed to move with respect to the body housing between a front position and a rear position in the longitudinal direction, while being biased by a biasing member in the longitudinal direction. The handle includes a handle base and a handle cover. The rear position defining member extends from the body housing to a position between the handle base and the handle cover in the longitudinal direction and is configured to define a rear position of the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Masanori FURUSAWA, Kei WATANABE
  • Patent number: 9296079
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a technique for adapting to the length of a tool bit mounted to a power tool when tool bits of different lengths are selectively used by replacement to perform an operation, in a dust collecting device for collecting dust generated by operation of the power tool. A dust collecting device 210 is attached to a power tool 101 and collects dust generated by operation. The dust collecting device 210 includes a dust collecting part that covers a tool bit 119 over a predetermined range in the axial direction and collects dust generated by operation. The dust collecting part is formed in one of a first form and a second form which is arbitrarily selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masao Miwa, Masanori Furusawa
  • Publication number: 20160067856
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide an impact tool having a rational mechanism in an idling state. According to the representative invention, in an idling state defined as a state in which a tool accessory 119 is not pressed against a workpiece and an impact bolt 145 transmits a striking force to the tool accessory 119, the tool accessory retainer 510 moves with respect to a tool accessory holder 117 by movement of the tool accessory 119 in the longitudinal direction, so that the striking force is cushioned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Shinya BITO, Masanori FURUSAWA
  • Patent number: 9254562
    Abstract: An improved power tool is provided which can alert a user of any halfway selection of a driving mode of a tool bit. A representative power tool is provided which is capable of switching among driving modes different in driving state of a tool bit. The power tool has a mode switching member that switches among the driving modes, a detecting part that detects a drive prohibited state in which any of the driving modes of the tool bit is not selected, and indicating parts that indicate a result detected by the detecting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Makita Corporation
    Inventors: Masanori Furusawa, Yoshihiro Kasuya
  • Publication number: 20160001433
    Abstract: A technique for making a handle vibration-proof while avoiding size increase is provided in an impact tool. The impact tool has a striking mechanism part for driving a tool bit in its axial direction, a motor for driving the striking mechanism part, a tool body housing the motor and striking mechanism part, an outer shell housing covering part of the tool body, a handle that is integrally formed with the outer shell housing and extends transversely to the axial direction, a first handle end portion formed on one extending end of the handle, a second handle end portion formed on the other extending end of the handle, a first elastic element that connects the first handle end portion and tool body for relative movement in the axial direction, and a second elastic element that connects the second handle end portion and tool body for relative movement in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Masanori FURUSAWA, Yoshihiro KASUYA, Hajime TAKEUCHI
  • Patent number: 9199353
    Abstract: An effective technique is provided for rationally clamping and holding various kinds of tool bits which can be selectively replaced with each other and attached to the driving shaft, in a power tool The power tool includes a driving shaft 125 for driving a tool bit 109A or 109B which is arbitrarily selected from various kinds of tool bits, a first clamping element 133 provided on the driving shaft 125 and a second clamping element 135A, 135B provided separately from the driving shaft 125 and can be fixed to the driving shaft 125. The selected tool bit 109A, 109B is clamped and held between the first clamping element 133 and the second clamping element 135A, 135B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Ota, Masanori Furusawa, Ken Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20150328764
    Abstract: A power tool includes a motor which drives a tool bit, a tool body, a handle, and battery mount part, to which battery is detachably mounted. The power tool includes a plurality of battery mount parts, and the battery mount part, includes a battery engaging part with which the battery, can engage. The battery is mounted to the battery mount part by sliding against the battery engaging part in a crossing direction which crosses the longitudinal direction of the tool bit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Kiyonobu YOSHIKANE, Hajime TAKEUCHI, Yoshiro TADA, Masanori FURUSAWA, Masao MIWA, Shinji ONODA, Yoshitaka MACHIDA
  • Publication number: 20150328759
    Abstract: An electrical hammer (100) comprises a main housing (101), a hand grip (500) connected to the main housing (101) via a compression coil spring (321). In the electrical hammer (100), a hammer bit (119) is driven by a first motion converting mechanism (120) and thereby a hammering operation is performed. During the hammering operation, the hand grip (500) is moved against the main housing (101) in a state that biasing force of the compression coil spring (321) is applied on the hand grip (500). Further, the electrical hammer (100) comprises a second motion converting mechanism (220) which drives a counterweight (231).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroki IKUTA, Yoshitaka MACHIDA, Masanori FURUSAWA
  • Publication number: 20150266176
    Abstract: The representative impact tool has a motor, a driving mechanism, a body housing and a handle, and part of the motor and part of the handle are disposed on an axis of a tool accessory. The impact tool has an outer housing that is disposed to cover the outside of the body housing and connected to the body housing via an elastic element so as to be allowed to move with respect to the body housing in an axial direction of the tool accessory, and the handle is integrally connected to the outer housing. The body housing has an exposed region in which at least part of a region of the body housing corresponding to at least one of the motor and the driving mechanism, is not covered by the outer housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Hajime TAKEUCHI, Kei WATANABE, Masanori FURUSAWA
  • Patent number: 9022702
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a technique that contributes to rationalization of dust collection, in a dust collecting attachment for use on a power tool. Dust collecting attachments 250, 350 are used on a power tool 201 having a tool body 203, a tool bit 209 which can be coupled to a front end region of the tool body 203, and an auxiliary handle 208 attached to the tool body 203. The dust collecting attachments 250, 350 include dust collecting members 251, 351, respectively, which can be attached to the auxiliary handle 208 in such a manner as to surround the front end region of the tool body 203 around a longitudinal axis of the front end region in order to collect dust generated during operation by the power tool 201, and a connecting hose 273 for connecting the dust collecting members 251, 351 to a dust collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Makita Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kasuya, Hajime Takeuchi, Masanori Furusawa