Patents by Inventor Tomohiko IMAE

Tomohiko IMAE 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: 20240044215
    Abstract: A hole is formed in a drill target with improved workability. An electric work machine includes a motor, a motor housing accommodating the motor, a handle housing including a grip including a trigger switch operable to activate the motor, a reducer, a gear housing accommodating the reducer, a rotation output unit protruding frontward from the gear housing and rotatable under a rotational force transmitted from the motor through the reducer with a drill bit being attached to the rotation output unit, and a handle fastened to the gear housing and at least partially located laterally from the gear housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenori NAGASAKA, Tomohiko IMAE, Yoshihiro ITO
  • Publication number: 20230356382
    Abstract: A power tool receives a reaction force with an auxiliary handle attached to the power tool. An auxiliary handle attachable to a power tool includes a first arm, a second arm that fastens, together with the first arm, at least a part of the power tool located between the first arm and the second arm, a handle, a grip sensor that detects the handle being gripped with the first arm and the second arm fastening at least the part of the power tool in between, and a signal output unit that outputs, to the power tool, a grip signal indicating that the handle is gripped based on a detection signal from the grip sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi KAMIYA, Koji TAKAHAGI, Tomohiko IMAE, Jun UEDA, Yuta ARAKI, Hidenori NAGASAKA
  • Publication number: 20230211489
    Abstract: A power tool including a rear cover simplifies assembly. A driver drill includes a motor including a stator and a rotor rotatable relative to the stator, a motor housing accommodating the motor, being cylindrical, and including a left housing and a right housing being laterally separable, a grip connected to a lower portion of the motor housing, an output unit in front of the motor and driven by the motor, and a rear cover supporting a rear portion of the rotor and closing a rear portion of the motor housing. The rear cover is held and fastened between the left housing and the right housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro ITO, Tomohiko IMAE, Jun UEDA
  • Patent number: 11628553
    Abstract: A power tool including a rear cover simplifies assembly. A driver drill includes a motor including a stator and a rotor rotatable relative to the stator, a motor housing accommodating the motor, being cylindrical, and including a left housing and a right housing being laterally separable, a grip connected to a lower portion of the motor housing, an output unit in front of the motor and driven by the motor, and a rear cover supporting a rear portion of the rotor and closing a rear portion of the motor housing. The rear cover is held and fastened between the left housing and the right housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ito, Tomohiko Imae, Jun Ueda
  • Publication number: 20230082162
    Abstract: A drilling operation is assisted to form an intended hole in a drill target. An attachment is attachable to an earth auger. The earth auger includes a motor housing accommodating a motor, a handle housing located behind the motor housing and including a grip portion receiving a trigger switch operable to activate the motor, a gear housing located in front of the motor housing and accommodating a gear, and a rotation output unit protruding downward from the gear housing to receive a drill bit. The attachment includes an auxiliary pole to be located adjacent to the drill bit and extendable in a vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenori NAGASAKA, Tomohiko IMAE, Taisei OSAWA
  • Publication number: 20210331306
    Abstract: A power tool including a rear cover simplifies assembly. A driver drill includes a motor including a stator and a rotor rotatable relative to the stator, a motor housing accommodating the motor, being cylindrical, and including a left housing and a right housing being laterally separable, a grip connected to a lower portion of the motor housing, an output unit in front of the motor and driven by the motor, and a rear cover supporting a rear portion of the rotor and closing a rear portion of the motor housing. The rear cover is held and fastened between the left housing and the right housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro ITO, Tomohiko IMAE, Jun UEDA
  • Publication number: 20210299761
    Abstract: A power tool has less work performance deterioration. The power tool includes a motor, a fan, a body extending in a front-rear direction and accommodating the motor and the fan, a grip extending downward from the body, a connector located frontward from the grip and extending downward from the body, a battery holder connected to a lower end of the grip and to a lower end of the connector, and an inverter board accommodated in the body to switch a current provided from a battery held by the battery holder to the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenori NAGASAKA, Tomohiko IMAE
  • Patent number: 10751809
    Abstract: An electrical apparatus comprises an extension portion extending in a direction that intersects the direction in which a battery attachment surface of a battery base extends. A battery includes a plurality of battery cells with negative electrode side end faces. The battery has negative electrode side holding portions adjacent to the exterior of each of the negative electrode side end faces. The negative electrode side holding portions are located closer to the inner region of the center of gravity of the apparatus than a virtual plane to which a lateral rear side of the extension portion and a lateral rear side of the battery are tangent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenori Nagasaka, Tomohiko Imae
  • Patent number: 10589412
    Abstract: A rechargeable electric power tool includes a motor that includes a rotation shaft, a motor housing that houses the motor, a gear housing disposed ahead of the motor, a final output shaft that is held onto the gear housing and perpendicular to the rotation shaft, and a loop-shaped handle housing disposed at a rear of the motor housing, and a battery mounting portion configured to hold two battery packs is disposed at a rear portion of the handle housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenori Nagasaka, Tomohiko Imae
  • Publication number: 20180304380
    Abstract: An electrical apparatus comprises an extension portion extending in a direction that intersects the direction in which a battery attachment surface of a battery base extends. A battery includes a plurality of battery cells with negative electrode side end faces. The battery has negative electrode side holding portions adjacent to the exterior of each of the negative electrode side end faces. The negative electrode side holding portions are located closer to the inner region of the center of gravity of the apparatus than a virtual plane to which a lateral rear side of the extension portion and a lateral rear side of the battery are tangent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenori NAGASAKA, Tomohiko IMAE
  • Publication number: 20180009098
    Abstract: A rechargeable electric power tool includes a motor that includes a rotation shaft, a motor housing that houses the motor, a gear housing disposed ahead of the motor, a final output shaft that is held onto the gear housing and perpendicular to the rotation shaft, and a loop-shaped handle housing disposed at a rear of the motor housing, and a battery mounting portion configured to hold two battery packs is disposed at a rear portion of the handle housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenori NAGASAKA, Tomohiko IMAE
  • Patent number: D866280
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kento Nakamura, Hidenori Nagasaka, Tomohiko Imae