Patents by Inventor Ryo UMEMOTO

Ryo UMEMOTO 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).

  • Patent number: 11897339
    Abstract: A cart may include: a driving wheel; a motor configured to rotate the driving wheel; a motor drive circuit configured to drive the motor; a motor brake circuit configured to electrically brake the motor; a rotation speed sensor configured to detect a rotation speed of the motor; and a control device configured to control the motor via the motor drive circuit and the motor brake circuit based on a target rotation speed of the motor and the rotation speed detected by the rotation speed sensor. The motor brake circuit may include an electronically variable resistance element configured to operate in a linear mode and a switching mode in response to a control input signal. The motor brake circuit may be configured to operate the electronically variable resistance element in the linear mode when braking the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunihisa Shima, Hitoshi Suzuki, Ryo Umemoto
  • Patent number: 11865924
    Abstract: A cart may include a driving wheel, a motor configured to rotate the driving wheel, a motor drive circuit configured to drive the motor, a motor brake circuit configured to electrically brake the motor, a control device configured to control the motor via the motor drive circuit and the motor brake circuit so that a travelling speed of the cart becomes equal to or lower than an upper limit travelling speed, and a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the motor brake circuit. The control device may be configured to change the upper limit travelling speed to a second upper limit travelling speed lower than the first upper limit travelling speed when the upper limit travelling speed is a first upper limit travelling speed and the temperature detected by the temperature sensor exceeds a first predetermined temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Umemoto, Hirokatsu Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20230026990
    Abstract: A cart may include: a driving wheel; a motor configured to rotate the driving wheel; a motor drive circuit configured to control electric power supply to the motor; a motor control device configured to control the motor via the motor drive circuit; a switching element arranged on an electric power supply path to the motor drive circuit; a switch circuit arranged separately from the motor control device and configured to switch the switching element between a conduction state and a non-conduction state; and an operation member arranged on the cart and configured to be operated by a user. The cart may operate in a manual mode in which the motor is driven when the operation member is on and the motor is stopped when the operation member is off, and in an automatic mode in which the motor is driven regardless of whether the operation member is on or off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryo UMEMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230027921
    Abstract: A cart may include a driving wheel, a motor configured to rotate the driving wheel, a motor drive circuit configured to drive the motor, a motor brake circuit configured to electrically brake the motor, a control device configured to control the motor via the motor drive circuit and the motor brake circuit so that a travelling speed of the cart becomes equal to or lower than an upper limit travelling speed, and a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the motor brake circuit. The control device may be configured to change the upper limit travelling speed to a second upper limit travelling speed lower than the first upper limit travelling speed when the upper limit travelling speed is a first upper limit travelling speed and the temperature detected by the temperature sensor exceeds a first predetermined temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo UMEMOTO, Hirokatsu YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230023514
    Abstract: A cart may include: a driving wheel; a motor configured to rotate the driving wheel; a motor drive circuit configured to drive the motor; a motor brake circuit configured to electrically brake the motor; a rotation speed sensor configured to detect a rotation speed of the motor; and a control device configured to control the motor via the motor drive circuit and the motor brake circuit based on a target rotation speed of the motor and the rotation speed detected by the rotation speed sensor. The motor brake circuit may include an electronically variable resistance element configured to operate in a linear mode and a switching mode in response to a control input signal. The motor brake circuit may be configured to operate. the electronically variable resistance element in the linear mode when braking the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunihisa SHIMA, Hitoshi SUZUKI, Ryo UMEMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230013915
    Abstract: The cart may include: a driving wheel; a motor configured to rotate the driving wheel; a motor drive circuit configured to drive the motor; a control device configured to control the motor via the motor drive circuit so that a travelling speed of the cart becomes equal to or lower than an upper limit travelling speed; and an operation member arranged on the cart and configured to receive an operation by a user. The cart may be configured to operate in a manual mode where the motor is driven when the operation member is on and the motor is stopped when the operation member is off, and in an automatic mode were the motor is driven regardless of whether the operation member is on or off. The upper limit travelling speed in the automatic mode may be set lower than the upper limit travelling speed in the manual mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo UMEMOTO, Hirokatsu YAMAMOTO, Shingo KAMINOKADO
  • Patent number: 11533956
    Abstract: A garment includes a garment body, a wear detection device configured to detect whether the garment body is worn by a worker, and a control device configured to output an alert signal for controlling an alert device based on detection data of the wear detection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Yuki Mizukoshi, Ryo Umemoto
  • Publication number: 20210076757
    Abstract: A garment includes a garment body, a wear detection device configured to detect whether the garment body is worn by a worker, and a control device configured to output an alert signal for controlling an alert device based on detection data of the wear detection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi TANAKA, Yuki MIZUKOSHI, Ryo UMEMOTO
  • Patent number: 10913141
    Abstract: An impact tool includes a motor, a driving mechanism, and a vibration sensor. The driving mechanism is configured to perform a hammering operation of linearly driving a tool accessory along an impact-axis by power of the motor. The impact-axis extends in a front-rear direction of the impact tool. The vibration sensor is configured to detect vibrations. The vibration sensor is disposed such that the vibration sensor is capable of detecting vibrations of a first frequency among vibrations caused in the impact tool, and such that transmission of vibrations of a second frequency to the vibration sensor is suppressed. The vibrations of the first frequency result from the hammering operation. The second frequency is different from the first frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Iida, Masanori Furusawa, Hirokatsu Yamamoto, Ryo Umemoto, Yoshinori Sasaki, Akira Naito
  • Patent number: 10780563
    Abstract: An electric power tool according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a main body, a motor, a tool holder configured to hold a tool bit, a hammer, a motion converter, a rotation transmitter, a first load detector, a second load detector, and a motor controller. The first load detector detects, based on information indicating a drive state of the motor, a load imposed from a work piece to the tool bit. The second load detector detects, based on information indicating a behavior of the main body, a load imposed from the work piece to the tool bit. The motor controller sets an upper limit of rotational speed of the motor to a predetermined no-load rotational speed in response to no-load on the tool bit being detected by both the first load detector and the second load detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Ichikawa, Hirokatsu Yamamoto, Ryo Umemoto, Kunihisa Shima
  • Patent number: 10486280
    Abstract: An electric working machine in one aspect of the present disclosure includes a motor; an acceleration sensor; a load-determiner; a filter part having a cutoff frequency; and a filter-property setting part. The filter part removes an unwanted signal component from a detection signal from the acceleration sensor based on the cutoff frequency and inputs, to the load-determiner, the detection signal with the unwanted signal component removed. The filter-property setting part changes the cutoff frequency of the filter part such that a cutoff frequency in a high-speed rotation mode is higher than a cutoff frequency in a low-speed rotation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirokatsu Yamamoto, Ryo Umemoto
  • Patent number: 10422146
    Abstract: A rebar tying device is configured to tie a plurality of rebars by a wire. The rebar tying device includes a feeder configured to feed the wire wound around a reel by a rotation of a feeding motor; a guide configured to guide the wire fed by the feeder to around the plurality of rebars; a cutter configured to cut the wire fed by the feeder at a predetermined position; a twister configured to twist the wire around the plurality of rebars; a battery configured to supply power to the feeding motor; and a control unit. The control unit configured to control a feeding length of the wire by controlling an energizing time of the feeding motor based on a predetermined feeding length of the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunihisa Shima, Hirokatsu Yamamoto, Ryo Umemoto
  • Publication number: 20180339385
    Abstract: An electric working machine in one aspect of the present disclosure includes a motor; an acceleration sensor; a load-determiner; a filter part having a cutoff frequency; and a filter-property setting part. The filter part removes an unwanted signal component from a detection signal from the acceleration sensor based on the cutoff frequency and inputs, to the load-determiner, the detection signal with the unwanted signal component removed. The filter-property setting part changes the cutoff frequency of the filter part such that a cutoff frequency in a high-speed rotation mode is higher than a cutoff frequency in a low-speed rotation mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirokatsu YAMAMOTO, Ryo UMEMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180297186
    Abstract: An impact tool includes a motor, a driving mechanism, and a vibration sensor. The driving mechanism is configured to perform a hammering operation of linearly driving a tool accessory along an impact-axis by power of the motor. The impact-axis extends in a front-rear direction of the impact tool. The vibration sensor is configured to detect vibrations. The vibration sensor is disposed such that the vibration sensor is capable of detecting vibrations of a first frequency among vibrations caused in the impact tool, and such that transmission of vibrations of a second frequency to the vibration sensor is suppressed. The vibrations of the first frequency result from the hammering operation. The second frequency is different from the first frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi IIDA, Masanori FURUSAWA, Hirokatsu YAMAMOTO, Ryo UMEMOTO, Yoshinori SASAKI, Akira NAITO
  • Publication number: 20180202178
    Abstract: A rebar tying device is configured to tie a plurality of rebars by a wire. The rebar tying device includes a feeder configured to feed the wire wound around a reel by a rotation of a feeding motor; a guide configured to guide the wire fed by the feeder to around the plurality of rebars; a cutter configured to cut the wire fed by the feeder at a predetermined position; a twister configured to twist the wire around the plurality of rebars; a battery configured to supply power to the feeding motor; and a control unit. The control unit configured to control a feeding length of the wire by controlling an energizing time of the feeding motor based on a predetermined feeding length of the wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunihisa SHIMA, Hirokatsu YAMAMOTO, Ryo UMEMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180099391
    Abstract: An electric power tool of one aspect of the present disclosure includes a housing, a motor, an output shaft, a first power transmission, a second power transmission, a common sensor, a twisted-motion detector, and a vibration-based load detector. The common sensor detects a motion of the housing and outputs a detection signal indicating the detected motion. The twisted-motion detector detects a twisted-motion of the housing in a circumferential direction of the output shaft based on the detection signal. The vibration-based load detector detects a vibration of the housing in an axial direction of the output shaft based on the detection signal and detects a load on the output shaft based on the detected vibration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo UMEMOTO, Hirokatsu YAMAMOTO, Kunihisa SHIMA
  • Publication number: 20180099394
    Abstract: An electric power tool according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a main body, a motor, a tool holder configured to hold a tool bit, a hammer, a motion converter, a rotation transmitter, a first load detector, a second load detector, and a motor controller. The first load detector detects, based on information indicating a drive state of the motor, a load imposed from a work piece to the tool bit. The second load detector detects, based on information indicating a behavior of the main body, a load imposed from the work piece to the tool bit. The motor controller sets an upper limit of rotational speed of the motor to a predetermined no-load rotational speed in response to no-load on the tool bit being detected by both the first load detector and the second load detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitaka ICHIKAWA, Hirokatsu YAMAMOTO, Ryo UMEMOTO, Kunihisa SHIMA
  • Publication number: 20180099399
    Abstract: An electric power tool in one aspect of the present disclosure includes a housing; a motor; an output shaft; a rotation transmission; a motor controller; and a twisted-motion detector. The twisted-motion detector is disposed in the housing independently from the motor controller. The twisted-motion detector detects a twisted-motion of the housing in the circumferential direction of the output shaft and outputs a result of the detection to the motor controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hikaru SUNABE, Hirokatsu YAMAMOTO, Ryo UMEMOTO