Patents by Inventor Shinichirou Satou
Shinichirou Satou 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).
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Patent number: 11945083Abstract: Provided is a driver configured to be capable of filling gas suitable for a set pressure of a pressure chamber. This driver is provided with: a pressure chamber into which gas is filled; a striker moved in a first direction D1 by pressure of the pressure chamber to strike nails; and an electric motor and a pin wheel, which move the striker in a second direction opposite to the first direction to increase the pressure of the pressure chamber. A pressure regulator for regulating the pressure of the gas filled into the pressure chamber is dedicated for the driver, and the driver is provided with a mounting hole dedicated for the pressure regulator.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2017Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Goya Fujimoto, Shinichirou Satou, Takashi Ueda
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Publication number: 20210213595Abstract: To provide a driver that can be reduced in the amount of gas to be injected into a pressure chamber. The driver has: an impactor configured to hit a stopper by moving from a first position toward a second position; a pressure chamber to be filled with gas for moving the impactor from the first position toward the second position; a control mechanism configured to move the impactor from the second position toward the first position; and a gas injection portion configured to inject gas into the pressure chamber, wherein the impactor is capable of taking a standby position between the second position and the first position, and the control mechanism is configured to stop the impactor at an adjustment position closer to the second position than the standby position before gas is injected into the pressure chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2021Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventors: Toshinori YASUTOMI, Shinichirou SATOU, Kazuhiko FUNABASHI, Yuki MITOMA
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Patent number: 10967491Abstract: To provide a driver that can be reduced in the amount of gas to be injected into a pressure chamber. The driver has: an impactor configured to hit a stopper by moving from a first position toward a second position; a pressure chamber to be filled with gas for moving the impactor from the first position toward the second position; a control mechanism configured to move the impactor from the second position toward the first position; and a gas injection portion configured to inject gas into the pressure chamber, wherein the impactor is capable of taking a standby position between the second position and the first position, and the control mechanism is configured to stop the impactor at an adjustment position closer to the second position than the standby position before gas is injected into the pressure chamber.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2017Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: KOKI HOLDINGS CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshinori Yasutomi, Shinichirou Satou, Kazuhiko Funabashi, Yuki Mitoma
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Publication number: 20200406439Abstract: Provided is a driver configured to be capable of filling gas suitable for a set pressure of a pressure chamber. This driver is provided with: a pressure chamber into which gas is filled; a striker moved in a first direction D1 by pressure of the pressure chamber to strike nails; and an electric motor and a pin wheel, which move the striker in a second direction opposite to the first direction to increase the pressure of the pressure chamber. A pressure regulator for regulating the pressure of the gas filled into the pressure chamber is dedicated for the driver, and the driver is provided with a mounting hole dedicated for the pressure regulator.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2017Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicant: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Goya FUJIMOTO, Shinichirou SATOU, Takashi UEDA
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Patent number: 10632605Abstract: The disclosure provides a work tool having an electric motor, a power transmission means that receives motive power from the electric motor and transmits the motive power to a tip tool, a gear housing for accommodating at least a portion of the power transmission means, weights swingably supported on the gear housing, and coil springs that function as an urging means for urging the weights such that the weights are located at an initial neutral position, wherein the weights and the coil springs are provided respectively on the two sides of the gear housing so as to put the power transmission means therebetween, and a rotational support axle is provided that functions as a connecting means for connecting the weights provided on both sides of the gear housing so as to connect the weights such that the weights swing integrally.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2015Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: KOKI HOLDINGS CO., LTD.Inventors: Daijiro Tanabe, Goya Fujimoto, Ryusuke Kobayashi, Kuniaki Kanbe, Shinichirou Satou
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Patent number: 10505473Abstract: An electric tool including a motor configured to be driven by a PWM control of a semiconductor switching element by using a power supply, a power transmission mechanism configured to transmit a rotation of the motor to an end tool, and a controller configured to control a rotation of the motor by a duty ratio of a PWM signal, wherein the controller is configured to set the duty ratio to a reference duty ratio less than 100% when a voltage of the power supply applied to the electric tool is within a predetermined range including a rated voltage of the electric tool, and wherein the controller is configured to drive the motor by setting the duty ratio to be higher than the reference duty ratio when the voltage of the power supply applied to the electric tool is lower than the predetermined range.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2015Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: KOKI HOLDINGS CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobuhiro Takano, Kazutaka Iwata, Toshiaki Koizumi, Naoki Tadokoro, Hiroshi Haga, Shinichirou Satou
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Patent number: 10377022Abstract: A power tool which has an anvil 20 that is rotated by a hammer 22 and is housed in a housing, and rotates an output shaft 18 is provided. The anvil 20 and the output shaft 18 are integrally formed into one unit, and a carrier 33 that is rotatable relative to the anvil 20 by a predetermined angle on the same axis is provided. On one portion of an outer circumferential surface of the anvil 20, a relief surface 20a is formed. Cut-out portions 33b are formed at positions opposed to each other of a carrier 33, and by allowing an engaging pin 37 to be interposed therein, a locking mechanism that limits the relative rotation between the anvil 20 and a lock ring 38 is prepared. When the tool main body is manually rotated while the hammer 22 is being stopped, the engaging pin 37 limits the relative rotation between the anvil 20 and the lock ring 38. The locked state between the anvil 20 and the lock ring 38 is released immediately when the rotation of the motor 4 is started.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2013Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: KOKI HOLDINGS CO., LTD.Inventors: Keita Saitou, Shinichirou Satou, Tomomasa Nishikawa, Masanori Watanabe, Takuya Teranishi
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Publication number: 20190168366Abstract: To provide a driver that can be reduced in the amount of gas to be injected into a pressure chamber. The driver has: an impactor configured to hit a stopper by moving from a first position toward a second position; a pressure chamber to be filled with gas for moving the impactor from the first position toward the second position; a control mechanism configured to move the impactor from the second position toward the first position; and a gas injection portion configured to inject gas into the pressure chamber, wherein the impactor is capable of taking a standby position between the second position and the first position, and the control mechanism is configured to stop the impactor at an adjustment position closer to the second position than the standby position before gas is injected into the pressure chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2017Publication date: June 6, 2019Inventors: Toshinori YASUTOMI, Shinichirou SATOU, Kazuhiko FUNABASHI, Yuki MITOMA
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Publication number: 20170070168Abstract: An electric tool including a motor configured to be driven by a PWM control of a semiconductor switching element by using a power supply, a power transmission mechanism configured to transmit a rotation of the motor to an end tool, and a controller configured to control a rotation of the motor by a duty ratio of a PWM signal, wherein the controller is configured to set the duty ratio to a reference duty ratio less than 100% when a voltage of the power supply applied to the electric tool is within a predetermined range including a rated voltage of the electric tool, and wherein the controller is configured to drive the motor by setting the duty ratio to be higher than the reference duty ratio when the voltage of the power supply applied to the electric tool is lower than the predetermined range.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2015Publication date: March 9, 2017Inventors: Nobuhiro Takano, Kazutaka Iwata, Toshiaki Koizumi, Naoki Tadokoro, Hiroshi Haga, Shinichirou Satou
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Publication number: 20170043466Abstract: The disclosure provides a work tool having an electric motor, a power transmission means that receives motive power from the electric motor and transmits the motive power to a tip tool, a gear housing for accommodating at least a portion of the power transmission means, weights swingably supported on the gear housing, and coil springs that function as an urging means for urging the weights such that the weights are located at an initial neutral position, wherein the weights and the coil springs are provided respectively on the two sides of the gear housing so as to put the power transmission means therebetween, and a rotational support axle is provided that functions as a connecting means for connecting the weights provided on both sides of the gear housing so as to connect the weights such that the weights swing integrally.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2015Publication date: February 16, 2017Applicant: HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.Inventors: Daijiro TANABE, Goya FUJIMOTO, Ryusuke KOBAYASHI, Kuniaki KANBE, Shinichirou SATOU
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Publication number: 20160129576Abstract: An impact tool capable of improving durability of tool components and capable of reducing noise and vibration is provided. The impact tool includes a housing, a motor, a motion converting portion, an output portion, a power supply portion, a load detecting portion, and a control portion. The motor is disposed in the housing. The motion converting portion is configured to convert a rotating motion of the motor into a reciprocating motion. The output portion is configured to output the reciprocating motion of the motion converting portion as an impact force. The power supply portion is configured to supply a driving power to the motor. The load detecting portion is configured to detect a load imposed on the motor. The control portion is configured to control the power supply portion to increase the driving power supplied to the motor during a prescribed period when the load detected by the load detecting portion is larger than a prescribed value.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2014Publication date: May 12, 2016Inventors: Tomomasa Nishikawa, Nobuhiro Takano, Shinichirou Satou
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Publication number: 20160016207Abstract: A high-pressure washing device (1) includes a nozzle (31). The nozzle (31) is configured to eject a high-pressure cleaning liquid. The cleaning liquid ejected from the nozzle (31) has a pulsation pressure. A variation rate of the pulsation pressure is more than or equal to 20%.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2013Publication date: January 21, 2016Inventors: Noriyuki Horie, Junichi Kamimura, Shinichirou Satou, Tomomasa Nishikawa
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Publication number: 20150367490Abstract: A power tool, which transmits a rotational force of an intermediate shaft to a tool bit, is provided with a gear which converts the rotational force of the intermediate shaft into a striking force in a rotation direction and transmits the striking force to the tool bit, an impact sleeve, a ball, a hammer, a cylinder, a gear which does not convert the rotational force of the intermediate shaft into the striking force in the rotation direction, a sleeve, a cylinder, a motion conversion mechanism for converting the rotational force of the intermediate shaft into a striking force in a linear motion direction and transmits the striking force to the tool bit, a piston, a striker, an intermediate member, a clutch for switching the transmission paths of the rotational force of the intermediate shaft and a slide gear.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2014Publication date: December 24, 2015Applicant: HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinichirou SATOU, Yoshihiro HOSHI
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Publication number: 20150251223Abstract: In a cleaning machine provided with a main body which discharges cleaning liquid by a pump and a cleaning gun which is connected to the main body, the cleaning machine has: an electric motor which receives electric power supply from a battery pack and which drives the pump; and a control circuit which changes a rotating speed of the electric motor so as to increase/decrease the discharging pressure of the cleaning liquid. When the voltage of the battery pack is decreased down to a predetermined second voltage higher than a predetermined first voltage at which the electric power supply to the electric motor is stopped, the largest discharging pressure of the cleaning liquid is decreased to be lower than a current-state discharging pressure thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2013Publication date: September 10, 2015Inventors: Noriyuki Horie, Shinichirou Satou, Kazuhiko Funabashi, Kenji Kobori
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Publication number: 20150151415Abstract: A power tool which has an anvil 20 that is rotated by a hammer 22 and is housed in a housing, and rotates an output shaft 18 is provided. The anvil 20 and the output shaft 18 are integrally formed into one unit, and a carrier 33 that is rotatable relative to the anvil 20 by a predetermined angle on the same axis is provided. On one portion of an outer circumferential surface of the anvil 20, a relief surface 20a is formed. Cut-out portions 33b are formed at positions opposed to each other of a carrier 33, and by allowing an engaging pin 37 to be interposed therein, a locking mechanism that limits the relative rotation between the anvil 20 and a lock ring 38 is prepared. When the tool main body is manually rotated while the hammer 22 is being stopped, the engaging pin 37 limits the relative rotation between the anvil 20 and the lock ring 38. The locked state between the anvil 20 and the lock ring 38 is released immediately when the rotation of the motor 4 is started.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2013Publication date: June 4, 2015Applicant: HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.Inventors: Keita Saitou, Shinichirou Satou, Tomomasa Nishikawa, Masanori Watanabe, Takuya Teranishi
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Publication number: 20150050169Abstract: A high-pressure washing device includes a nozzle (31), a motor (562) a battery (7), and a pump (576). The nozzle (31) is configured to eject a high-pressure cleaning liquid. The battery (7) is configured to supply electric power to the motor (562). The pump (576) is configured to be driven by the motor (562) to eject the cleaning liquid from the nozzle (31). An ejection pressure of the cleaning liquid from the nozzle (31) is set to more than or equal to 3 Mpa.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2013Publication date: February 19, 2015Inventors: Noriyuki Horie, Junichi Kamimura, Shinichirou Satou, Tomomasa Nishikawa
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Patent number: 8191697Abstract: A spring clutch mechanism for transmitting a driving force of a driving part to a driven part, including a first part, a second part, and a spring disposed between the first part and the second part. The first part is connected to the driven part. The second part is connected to the driving part and is rotatable relative to the first part coaxially therewith. The first part has a first end provided with a frusto-conical portion having a first tapered surface, and the second part has a second end formed with a recess provided with a second tapered surface in contact with the first tapered surface. the first part and the second part are aligned linearly and coaxially in a state that the first end is inserted into the second end maintaining contact of the first tapered surface with the second tapered surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2009Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinichirou Satou, Hideki Yamada, Tsukasa Suzuura
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Patent number: 8146463Abstract: A screw driver capable of avoiding co-rotation of an end bit and a motor in case of sharp shooting the end bit with a groove in a head of a screw. A co-rotation preventing mechanism is engageable with an end bit mounting portion when the end bit mounting portion is at a frontward position to prevent the end bit mounting portion from being rotated in the forward direction and to allow the end bit mounting portion to rotate in the reverse direction. The preventing mechanism is disengageable from the end bit mounting portion when the end bit mounting portion is at the rearward position to allow the end bit mounting portion to rotate in both forward and reverse directions.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2009Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinichirou Satou, Hideki Yamada, Tsukasa Suzuura
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Patent number: 7766096Abstract: An electrical power tool (1) includes a housing (10,20,30), an electrical motor (21), a motion conversion mechanism (36), a counterweight holding member (73), a counterweight (74), and support members (71,72). The electrical motor (21) is accommodated in the housing (10,20,30). The motion conversion mechanism (36) is configured to convert a rotary motion of the electrical motor (21) into a reciprocation motion. The counterweight holding member (73) extends in a direction perpendicular to directions of the reciprocation motion and is capable of being elastically deformed in the directions of the reciprocation motion. The counterweight (74) is supported by the counterweight holding member (73) and is capable of reciprocating in the directions of reciprocation motion together with the counterweight holding member (73). The support members (71,72) are positioned away from the counterweight (74) by a predetermined distance for supporting the counterweight holding member (73) to the housing (10,20,30).Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2007Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinichirou Satou, Tsukasa Suzuura, Shinki Ohtsu
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Publication number: 20090294145Abstract: A screw driver capable of avoiding co-rotation of an end bit and a motor in case of sharp shooting the end bit with a groove in a head of a screw. A co-rotation preventing mechanism is engageable with an end bit mounting portion when the end bit mounting portion is at a frontward position to prevent the end bit mounting portion from being rotated in the forward direction and to allow the end bit mounting portion to rotate in the reverse direction. The preventing mechanism is disengageable from the end bit mounting portion when the end bit mounting portion is at the rearward position to allow the end bit mounting portion to rotate in both forward and reverse directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2009Publication date: December 3, 2009Inventors: Shinichirou SATOU, Hideki YAMADA, Tsukasa SUZUURA