Patents by Inventor Takeru Kumakura
Takeru Kumakura 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: 11969810Abstract: Provided is a work machine that has excellent motor support performance. A work machine that has: a motor that has a rotary shaft; a bearing that rotatably supports the rotary shaft; and a motor housing part that houses the motor. The motor housing part can be divided into at least two segments in the axial direction of the rotary shaft. At least one of the two segments: forms an integral structure that cannot be divided; and supports the bearing.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeru Kumakura, Shigeharu Ushiwata
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Publication number: 20240001581Abstract: A work machine includes a motor; an output shaft rotated by the motor, to which a tip tool is attachable; a housing, configured to include an inner case including an accommodation part that accommodates the motor and an outer case located outside the accommodation part; and a base, attachable to and detachable from a mounting surface formed on a side surface of the outer case and having a contact surface able to contact a workpiece, wherein the inner case is provided with a fixing part fixing the outer case, and the fixing part is arranged inside the mounting surface in a radial direction of the motor as viewed in an axial direction of the motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeru KUMAKURA, Yoshiaki OSADA, Ayaka KOIZUMI
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Publication number: 20230076288Abstract: A router includes an illumination part having an LED, and the illumination part is accommodated in an illumination accommodation portion of a holding ring and held by the holding ring. Here, a restriction portion of the holding ring is arranged adjacent to a lower side of a positioning rib of a stator and restricts downward movement of the stator. Thus, the illumination part can be held using the holding ring that restricts the downward movement of the stator. Accordingly, the illumination part can be mounted in the router using a member that holds the illumination part and a member that restricts the downward movement of the stator as a common member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 25, 2020Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiaki OSADA, Takeru KUMAKURA, Ayaka KOIZUMI
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Publication number: 20220388196Abstract: Provided is a router that suppresses a deterioration in stability. In the router 10, a battery holder 60 is provided on the upper side of a motor housing 33, and a battery 70 is detachably attached to the battery holder 60. Therefore, electric power can be supplied from the battery 70 to a motor 40 to drive the motor. Accordingly, convenience can be improved. Here, when viewed from a direction orthogonal to the vertical direction, an angle between a virtual line IL passing through an outer circumferential lower end of a base 20 and the center of gravity G of the router 10 and the lower surface of the base 20 is set to 80 degrees or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2020Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiaki OSADA, Takeru KUMAKURA
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Publication number: 20220241877Abstract: Provided is a power tool capable of suitably fixing an auxiliary member to a base pedestal. The power tool has a base 30 having a sliding surface capable of sliding on a workpiece, and an auxiliary member 60 that is attachable to the base 30 and has a guiding surface 61. The power tool also has a wing bolt 33 and a leaf spring 35 as a pressing mechanism capable of pressing an extension part 62 of the auxiliary member 60. An operator can change a pressing force of the wing bolt 33 to the auxiliary member 60 by changing the position of the wing bolt 33 in a pressing direction. The leaf spring 35 applies a predetermined pressing force to the auxiliary member 60 even in the absence of the pressing force of the wing bolt 33 to the auxiliary member 60.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2020Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiaki Osada, Shinji Kuragano, Takeru Kumakura
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Patent number: 11211894Abstract: Provided is an electric tool capable of continuing work by making the electrical advance angle of a brushless motor changeable even when a load is heavy. The electric tool is provided with: a brushless motor; a controller for controlling the drive of the brushless motor; and an inverter circuit supplied with a pulsation voltage obtained by rectifying an AC power supply input in a full-wave manner and electrifying the brushless motor 1 according to a control signal of the controller. The controller can change the electrical advance angle of the brushless motor. The controller detects the motor current flowing through the brushless motor and increases the electrical advance angle when the motor current reaches a predetermined threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2018Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeru Kumakura, Hideyuki Tanimoto, Takuya Yoshinari, Shinji Kuragano
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Patent number: 11141804Abstract: A power tool includes a motor; a fan configured to be rotated by the motor to generate a cooling air; a housing accommodating therein the motor and the fan and defusing an air passage for the cooling air; an output shaft rotatable by the motor; and a transmission mechanism configured to transmit rotation of the motor to the output shaft. An end bit being attachable to and detachable from the output shaft. The transmission mechanism includes an intermediate shaft provided in the housing, a first belt transmitting a rotational force of the motor to the intermediate shaft, a second belt transmitting a rotational force of the intermediate shaft to the output shaft, and a rotation member transmitting a rotational force of the second belt to the output shaft. The first belt and the second belt are positioned inside a space through which the cooling air passes.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2017Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: KOKI HOLDINGS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuuichi Toyoshima, Takeru Kumakura, Yoshitaka Sekine
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Publication number: 20210237177Abstract: Provided is a work machine that has excellent motor support performance. A work machine that has: a motor that has a rotary shaft; a bearing that rotatably supports the rotary shaft; and a motor housing part that houses the motor. The motor housing part can be divided into at least two segments in the axial direction of the rotary shaft. At least one of the two segments: forms an integral structure that cannot be divided; and supports the bearing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2019Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeru KUMAKURA, Shigeharu USHIWATA
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Publication number: 20210119566Abstract: Provided is an electric tool capable of continuing work by making the electrical advance angle of a brushless motor changeable even when a load is heavy. The electric tool is provided with: a brushless motor; a controller for controlling the drive of the brushless motor; and an inverter circuit supplied with a pulsation voltage obtained by rectifying an AC power supply input in a full-wave manner and electrifying the brushless motor 1 according to a control signal of the controller. The controller can change the electrical advance angle of the brushless motor. The controller detects the motor current flowing through the brushless motor and increases the electrical advance angle when the motor current reaches a predetermined threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2018Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeru KUMAKURA, Hideyuki TANIMOTO, Takuya YOSHINARI, Shinji KURAGANO
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Patent number: 10702932Abstract: To provide a power tool configured to stably rotate an end tool. The provided power tool includes a brushless motor including a rotor configured to rotate; a rectifier circuit configured to rectify an AC voltage; a smoothing capacitor configured to smooth the AC voltage rectified by the rectifier circuit to a pulsating voltage; an inverter circuit configured to perform switching operations to output the pulsating voltage to the brushless motor; a deceleration mechanism including: a driving portion at a rotor side, a driven portion configured to transmit a rotating force to an end tool side, and an elastic member configured to transmit a rotational force of the driving portion to the driven portion, the deceleration mechanism configured to decelerate a speed of a rotation of the rotor and configured to transmit the rotation to an end tool.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2016Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeru Kumakura, Shinji Kuragano
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Publication number: 20200180050Abstract: A power tool includes a motor; a fan configured to be rotated by the motor to generate a cooling air; a housing accommodating therein the motor and the fan and defusing an air passage for the cooling air; an output shaft rotatable by the motor; and a transmission mechanism configured to transmit rotation of the motor to the output shaft. An end bit being attachable to and detachable from the output shaft. The transmission mechanism includes an intermediate shaft provided in the housing, a first belt transmitting a rotational force of the motor to the intermediate shaft, a second belt transmitting a rotational force of the intermediate shaft to the output shaft, and a rotation member transmitting a rotational force of the second belt to the output shaft. The first belt and the second belt are positioned inside a space through which the cooling air passes.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2017Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Yuuichi TOYOSHIMA, Takeru KUMAKURA, Yoshitaka SEKINE
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Patent number: 10658957Abstract: A power tool includes a brushless motor, a supplying circuit, and a controller. The brushless motor is configured to drive and rotate when a voltage applied to the brushless motor is larger than or equal to an induced voltage. The supplying circuit is configured to apply a driving voltage to the brushless motor. The controller is configured to control the supplying circuit. The supplying circuit includes a rectifying circuit, a capacitor, and a switching circuit. The rectifying circuit is configured to rectify an alternating voltage and output a rectified voltage. The capacitor is configured to smooth the voltage inputted via the rectifying circuit. The switching circuit is configured to perform a switching operation based on a PWM signal to adjust a period during which the driving voltage is applied. The controller is configured to set a duty ratio within a prescribed range, and output the PWM signal of the set duty ratio to the switching circuit to control the switching operation.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2017Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinji Kuragano, Takeru Kumakura
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Publication number: 20190131899Abstract: A power tool includes a brushless motor, a supplying circuit, and a controller. The brushless motor is configured to drive and rotate when a voltage applied to the brushless motor is larger than or equal to an induced voltage. The supplying circuit is configured to apply a driving voltage to the brushless motor. The controller is configured to control the supplying circuit. The supplying circuit includes a rectifying circuit, a capacitor, and a switching circuit. The rectifying circuit is configured to rectify an alternating voltage and output a rectified voltage. The capacitor is configured to smooth the voltage inputted via the rectifying circuit. The switching circuit is configured to perform a switching operation based on a PWM signal to adjust a period during which the driving voltage is applied. The controller is configured to set a duty ratio within a prescribed range, and output the PWM signal of the set duty ratio to the switching circuit to control the switching operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2017Publication date: May 2, 2019Applicant: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinji Kuragano, Takeru Kumakura
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Patent number: 10086529Abstract: A power planer includes a casing, a motor having rotation shaft, a power supply portion for supplying electric power to the motor, a control portion, a cutter block, and a fan. The casing has intake and discharge openings and provides an air passage from the intake opening to the discharge opening. The control portion is connected to the electric motor and to the power supply portion. The cutter block has an axis parallel to the rotation shaft, and is supported to the casing and rotatable about the axis. A blade is provided in the cutter block. The fan is provided in the casing and configured to generate air stream within the casing and flowing along the air passage in a flowing direction. The air passage includes a control portion cooling passage for cooling the latter. The fan is positioned downstream of the control portion in the flowing direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2014Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeru Kumakura, Akira Onose
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Publication number: 20180050398Abstract: To provide a power tool configured to stably rotate an end tool. The provided power tool includes a brushless motor including a rotor configured to rotate; a rectifier circuit configured to rectify an AC voltage; a smoothing capacitor configured to smooth the AC voltage rectified by the rectifier circuit to a pulsating voltage; an inverter circuit configured to perform switching operations to output the pulsating voltage to the brushless motor; a deceleration mechanism including: a driving portion at a rotor side, a driven portion configured to transmit a rotating force to an end tool side, and an elastic member configured to transmit a rotational force of the driving portion to the driven portion, the deceleration mechanism configured to decelerate a speed of a rotation of the rotor and configured to transmit the rotation to an end tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2016Publication date: February 22, 2018Inventors: Takeru Kumakura, Shinji Kuragano
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Publication number: 20150183125Abstract: A power planer includes a casing, a motor having rotation shaft, a power supply portion for supplying electric power to the motor, a control portion, a cutter block, and a fan. The casing has intake and discharge openings and provides an air passage from the intake opening to the discharge opening. The control portion is connected to the electric motor and to the power supply portion. The cutter block has an axis parallel to the rotation shaft, and is supported to the casing and rotatable about the axis. A blade is provided in the cutter block. The fan is provided in the casing and configured to generate air stream within the casing and flowing along the air passage in a flowing direction. The air passage includes a control portion cooling passage for cooling the latter. The fan is positioned downstream of the control portion in the flowing direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2014Publication date: July 2, 2015Inventors: Takeru Kumakura, Akira Onose