Patents by Inventor Shinsuke NAKA
Shinsuke NAKA 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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Publication number: 20230340965Abstract: A blower may include an airflow pipe disposed between an inlet and an outlet, an axial flow fan including a hub and a plurality of blades, a drive shaft, an electric motor, a motor housing, a diffuser cone, a first vent defined on the diffuser cone, and a second vent defined between the hub and the motor housing. An airflow path in which air flows from the inlet to the outlet is defined in the airflow pipe. A circulation path in which the air flows from the first vent to the second vent is defined in the airflow pipe. When a circumferential end of the second vent on the inlet side is a first end and a circumferential end of the second vent on the outlet side is a second end, an outer diameter of the first end is larger than an outer diameter of the second end.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Applicant: Makita CorporationInventors: Shinsuke NAKA, Ryoji ZAMA
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Publication number: 20230337600Abstract: A blower may include an inlet, an outlet, an airflow pipe disposed between the inlet and the outlet, a fan disposed in the airflow pipe, an electric motor disposed in the airflow pipe and configured to drive the fan, a motor housing that is disposed in the airflow pipe and houses the electric motor, and a control unit configured to control the electric motor. The control unit includes a control board configured to control the electric motor and a casing that houses the control board. The airflow pipe may include an exposure hole connecting inside of the airflow pipe to outside of the airflow pipe such that the inside and the outside are in communication in a radial direction. The casing may be attached to the airflow pipe such that at least part of the casing covers an entirety of the exposure hole from outside in the radial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Shinsuke NAKA, Ryoji ZAMA
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Patent number: 11459763Abstract: A blower reduces debris blown toward an operator when air is jetted from a distal end of a blower pipe. A blower includes a blower body and a blower pipe. The blower body includes an impeller drivable to rotate by a prime mover, and a casing accommodating the impeller. The casing includes an air inlet and an air outlet. The blower pipe includes a basal end coupled to the air outlet, a distal end from which air ejected through the air outlet is jetted, and a peripheral wall having one or more openings.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Shinsuke Naka, Ryoji Zama
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Patent number: 11441569Abstract: A blower may include a plurality of batteries; a centrifugal fan configured to change a flow direction of air from a first direction extending along the rotation axis to a radially outward direction of the rotation axis; a volute casing including a discharge port and configured to guide the air from the centrifugal fan along a circumferential direction of the rotation axis to the discharge port; and a main grip disposed radially outward of the rotation axis and outside of the volute casing and configured to be gripped by an operator. A central axis of the main grip may extend along a reference plane perpendicular to the rotation axis. A distance from the reference plane to a center of gravity of the blower may be less than or equal to 1.5 times a width of the main grip.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventor: Shinsuke Naka
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Patent number: 11326610Abstract: A blower may include a motor; a centrifugal fan configured to rotate with rotation of the motor; a casing configured to guide air from a suction port to a discharge port; a trigger configured to be pressed; and a control board configured to control rotation of the motor. The control board may include a normal mode and a low speed mode. In the normal mode, the control board may be configured to adjust a rotation speed of the motor in accordance with a degree by which the trigger is pressed. In the low speed mode, the control board may be configured to adjust the rotation speed of the motor to a target rotation speed, wherein the target rotation speed is lower than a maximum rotation speed of the motor that is achieved when the degree by which the trigger is pressed is a maximum degree in the normal mode.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Shinsuke Naka, Ryoji Zama
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Publication number: 20210148372Abstract: A blower may include a motor; a centrifugal fan configured to rotate with rotation of the motor; a casing configured to guide air from a suction port to a discharge port; a trigger configured to be pressed; and a control board configured to control rotation of the motor. The control board may include a normal mode and a low speed mode. In the normal mode, the control board may be configured to adjust a rotation speed of the motor in accordance with a degree by which the trigger is pressed. In the low speed mode, the control board may be configured to adjust the rotation speed of the motor to a target rotation speed, wherein the target rotation speed is lower than a maximum rotation speed of the motor that is achieved when the degree by which the trigger is pressed is a maximum degree in the normal mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2020Publication date: May 20, 2021Applicant: Makita CorporationInventors: Shinsuke NAKA, Ryoji ZAMA
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Publication number: 20210088050Abstract: A blower may include a plurality of batteries; a centrifugal fan configured to change a flow direction of air from a first direction extending along the rotation axis to a radially outward direction of the rotation axis; a volute casing including a discharge port and configured to guide the air from the centrifugal fan along a circumferential direction of the rotation axis to the discharge port; and a main grip disposed radially outward of the rotation axis and outside of the volute casing and configured to be gripped by an operator. A central axis of the main grip may extend along a reference plane perpendicular to the rotation axis. A distance from the reference plane to a center of gravity of the blower may be less than or equal to 1.5 times a width of the main grip.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Applicant: Makita CorporationInventor: Shinsuke NAKA
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Publication number: 20190301164Abstract: A blower reduces debris blown toward an operator when air is jetted from a distal end of a blower pipe. A blower includes a blower body and a blower pipe. The blower body includes an impeller drivable to rotate by a prime mover, and a casing accommodating the impeller. The casing includes an air inlet and an air outlet. The blower pipe includes a basal end coupled to the air outlet, a distal end from which air ejected through the air outlet is jetted, and a peripheral wall having one or more openings.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Shinsuke NAKA, Ryoji ZAMA
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Patent number: 10220396Abstract: A nozzle pipe is to be coupled to a distal open end of an air blow-off tube of a blower apparatus for regulating the profile of an airflow blown out from the blow-off tube. The nozzle pipe comprises an outer tubular member and an inner tubular member coaxially disposed within the outer tubular member. The inner tubular member has a circumferential wall formed with apertures allowing air passage therethrough. The outer tubular member and the inner tubular member provides a first space therebetween to form a first air passage, while the inner tubular member provides a second space therein to form a second air passage. A plurality of rectifier fins are disposed inward from the outer tubular member, standing radially and extending longitudinally, and spaced apart circumferentially from each other. The fins extend inclined at an angle with reference to the longitudinal central axis of the tubular members.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2015Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Shinsuke Naka, Tomonobu Nashimoto, Yoshinori Shibata
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Publication number: 20190021243Abstract: A power blower includes a power blower main body and a blower tube member. The main body takes in air through an air intake portion by rotation of a blower fan rotated by a motor and discharges the air from an air discharge portion. The blower tube member has an opening on a base end side through which air discharged from the air discharge portion of the main body flows in, and an opening on a tip end side from which the air which has flowed in, is blown out. When a plane perpendicular to an axis of the blower tube member is in contact with the opening at the tip end side of the blower tube member, blown-air passages are formed on opposite sides of contact portions of the opening at the tip end side of the blower tube member and the plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2018Publication date: January 24, 2019Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Shinsuke NAKA, Ryoji ZAMA
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Publication number: 20150366424Abstract: A nozzle pipe is to be coupled to a distal open end of an air blow-off tube of a blower apparatus for regulating the profile of an airflow blown out from the blow-off tube. The nozzle pipe comprises an outer tubular member and an inner tubular member coaxially disposed within the outer tubular member. The inner tubular member has a circumferential wall formed with apertures allowing air passage therethrough. The outer tubular member and the inner tubular member provides a first space therebetween to form a first air passage, while the inner tubular member provides a second space therein to form a second air passage. A plurality of rectifier fins are disposed inward from the outer tubular member, standing radially and extending longitudinally, and spaced apart circumferentially from each other. The fins extend inclined at an angle with reference to the longitudinal central axis of the tubular members.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2015Publication date: December 24, 2015Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Shinsuke NAKA, Tomonobu NASHIMOTO, Yoshinori SHIBATA
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Publication number: 20120234122Abstract: A power transmission mechanism includes a worm gear mechanism including a worm wheel and a worm gear; a shaft extending in a vertical direction and having the worm gear in a lower part; a first gear located in an upper direction of the shaft; and a second gear configured to be able to engage with the first gear and connect to a shaft of a prime mover.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2012Publication date: September 20, 2012Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventor: Shinsuke NAKA
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Patent number: D959639Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Kento Nakamura, Shinsuke Naka