Patents by Inventor Tomomasa Nishikawa

Tomomasa Nishikawa 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: 20170144278
    Abstract: In order to increase the screw tightening speed and improve the work efficiency, three first pawls 30e of a hammer 30 and three second pawls 18d of an anvil 18 are provided, so that a striking interval can be set to “interval of 120 degrees”, which is shorter than that of the related art. By setting total inertia obtained by sum of inertia of a rotor 12b and inertia of a spindle 26 to a low value which is “300 kg·mm2” or less when converted in terms of a rotation axis of the spindle 26, the rotor 12b and the spindle 26 can be sufficiently accelerated and the work efficiency can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicants: HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD., HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomomasa NISHIKAWA, Tetsuhiro HARADA, Nobuhiro TAKANO, Satoru MATSUNO
  • Patent number: 9616558
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an impact tool including: a motor; a hammer connected to an output portion of the motor; and an anvil to be struck by the hammer in a rotation direction and having a rotary shaft, the hammer striking the anvil in the rotation direction by driving the motor in pulses, wherein the anvil is provided in front of the hammer, wherein the hammer is driven in pulses by the motor, and wherein a rotation angle of the hammer is substantially proportional to a rotation angle of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomomasa Nishikawa, Nobuhiro Takano, Hideyuki Tanimoto, Kazutaka Iwata, Hironori Mashiko, Hayato Yamaguchi, Atsushi Nakagawa, Katsuhiro Oomori, Mizuho Nakamura, Hiroki Uchida, Saroma Nakano, Chikai Yoshimizu
  • Patent number: 9539649
    Abstract: A power tool (1) and a method of producing such power tool capable of improving dust proof performance with respect to a circuit board (33) and a stator coil (31B), and capable of securing cooling performance to the circuit board. The power tool includes a brushless motor (3) having a hollow stator (31), a rotor (32) positioned in an internal space of the stator, and a motor driver circuit connected to the stator. The stator includes a coil (31B) electrically connected to the motor driver circuit. The coil is coated with a coating agent (31D), and the motor driver circuit is covered with an insulation cover member (33D).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomomasa Nishikawa, Tetsuhiro Harada, Hiroki Uchida, Yoshihiro Nakano, Hiroki Tsunoda, Katsuaki Sukegawa, Kazuhiko Morita
  • Patent number: 9522461
    Abstract: An impact tool (1) includes a motor (3); a hammer (42) having a rotational axis extending in a first direction, the hammer (42) being rotatable in a rotational direction including a forward direction and a reverse direction opposite to the forward direction by the motor (3) and being movable in the first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction; an anvil (52) disposed at the first direction side of the hammer (42) and strikable by the hammer (42) in the forward direction, the hammer (42) that has been struck the anvil (52) being moved in the second direction to come free from the anvil (52); and a fixing member (45A, 46A) that selectively allows the hammer (42) to move in the second direction or prevents the hammer (42) from moving in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Oomori, Mizuho Nakamura, Yutaka Ito, Nobuhiro Takano, Tomomasa Nishikawa, Hironori Mashiko, Shigeru Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20160351039
    Abstract: A technique capable of immediately reporting to an operator an occurrence of abnormality in an electric tool is provided. A communication terminal 100 includes a communication-terminal-side control unit that determines whether abnormality has occurred in any of electric tools 10, 200, 300, and 400 based on information acquired from the electric tools 10, 200, 300, and 400 via wireless communication. When the communication-terminal-side control unit determines the occurrence of abnormality in any one of the electric tools 10, 200, 300, and 400, the occurrence of abnormality in the electric tool 10, 200, 300, or 400 is reported by at least one of a report unit included in the electric tools 10, 200, 300, and 400 other than the electric tool 10, 200, 300, or 400 in which the occurrence of abnormality is determined and a report unit included in the communication terminal 100.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Tomomasa NISHIKAWA, Takuya KONNAI, Tatsuya ITO
  • Patent number: 9473055
    Abstract: An electric working machine including: an input part; a control unit configured to control a motor in accordance with an operation amount of the input part; and a switching part; wherein, when a predetermined operation is performed to the switching part, the control unit shifts to a fixed control mode in which the motor is controlled in accordance with an operation amount of the input part at the time when the predetermined operation is performed to the switching part, irrespective of an operation amount of the input part after the predetermined operation is performed to the switching part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ito, Mizuho Nakamura, Yoshio Iimura, Tomomasa Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20160207187
    Abstract: A drilling device capable of easily pulling an end bit out of a workpiece is provided. The drilling device is provided with a housing, a brushless motor, a motion translating mechanism, and an output portion. The motion translating mechanism includes a rotation transmitting portion. The rotation transmitting portion includes a bevel gear and clutch. The bevel gear has an abutment portion. The clutches has an abutted portion. Rotational play is formed between the abutment portion and the abutted portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Tomomasa Nishikawa, Chikai Yoshimizu, Nobuhiro Takano
  • Publication number: 20160129568
    Abstract: An impact tool includes a hammer that is moved in an axis direction while being rotated by an action of a cam mechanism provided for a spindle and an anvil to which a rotational force and a striking force are applied by the hammer. A rear end surface of a striking part of the hammer is obliquely formed and has two mountain-shaped inclined surfaces. A striking part of the anvil is formed with two mountain-shaped inclined surfaces. By the inclined surfaces, even when the motor is stopped at a state where the hammer gets on the anvil, the hammer is moved forwards in the axis direction by an action of a spring and is then stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Tomomasa Nishikawa, Tetsuhiro Harada
  • Publication number: 20160129576
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Tomomasa Nishikawa, Nobuhiro Takano, Shinichirou Satou
  • Patent number: 9314908
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an impact tool including: a motor drivable in an intermittent driving mode; a hammer connected to the motor; an anvil to be struck by the hammer to thereby rotate/strike a tip tool; and a control unit that controls a rotation of the motor by switching a driving pulse supplied to the motor in accordance with a load applied onto the tip tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Tanimoto, Nobuhiro Takano, Tomomasa Nishikawa, Kazutaka Iwata, Hironori Mashiko, Hayato Yamaguchi, Atsushi Nakagawa, Katsuhiro Oomori, Mizuho Nakamura, Hiroki Uchida, Saroma Nakano, Yutaka Ito
  • Publication number: 20160016207
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Noriyuki Horie, Junichi Kamimura, Shinichirou Satou, Tomomasa Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20150303842
    Abstract: An impact tool includes: a motor; a controller configured to control driving power supplied to the motor using a semiconductor switching element; and a striking mechanism configured to continuously or intermittently drive a tip tool using a rotational force of the motor. The controller drives the motor by changing a PWM driving signal for driving the semiconductor switching element to mix a high-duty strike based on control of a high duty ratio and a low-duty strike based on control of a low duty ratio in one operation until a trigger is released after the trigger is pulled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Nobuhiro TAKANO, Tomomasa NISHIKAWA, Kazutaka IWATA, Yoshihiro HOSHI
  • Patent number: 9101993
    Abstract: A portable cutter has a base member, a main body, a cutting blade, a protection member, a dust collection member, and a guide member. The base member moves on a workpiece, the base member having a shaft provided in proximity to one end thereof. The main body is coupled to the base member. A posture of the main body with respect to the base member is changeable. The cutting blade is attached to the main body and driven to cut the workpiece. The cutting blade has an outer periphery. The protection member covers a part of the outer periphery of the cutting blade. The dust collection member has an inlet provided in proximity to the outer periphery of the cutting blade for drawing and collecting dust. The guide member is pivotably supported to the shaft of the base member for guiding the dust to the opening of the dust collection member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi Yokota, Tetsuo Ebata, Shinji Kuragano, Tomomasa Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20150214520
    Abstract: The sealing property obtained when a battery pack is attached to an electric power tool is improved. An electric power tool to/from which a battery pack retaining a battery cell is attachable/detachable has: a tool main body being provided with an attachment part to/from which the battery pack is attached/detached; a guide groove which is provided in the attachment part and which determines a direction of the attachment/detachment of the battery pack; a device-side terminal which is provided in the attachment part and which is connected to a battery-side terminal provided in the battery pack; and a seal member which is provided in the attachment part and which seals a connecting part between the battery-side terminal and the device-side terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Tomomasa Nishikawa, Tetsuhiro Harada, Chikai Yoshimizu, Hiroyuki Hanawa
  • Publication number: 20150211535
    Abstract: A battery mounting portion projects convexly into an air passage. Outer surfaces of a bottom surface section and side surface sections of the battery mounting portion form part of an inner surface of the air passage. The battery mounting portion holds a battery pack at an attitude that a center of gravity of the battery pack is as close to a handle portion as possible. Specifically, the battery mounting portion holds the battery pack in such a manner that the greatest surface of the battery pack having a substantially cubic shape faces the handle portion. The battery mounting portion holds the battery pack in such a manner that a longitudinal direction of the battery pack faces the air passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Seiichi Kodato, Mizuho Nakamura, Tomomasa Nishikawa, Kouji Sagawa
  • Patent number: 9068504
    Abstract: An engine-operated device includes a dust separating device. An air inlet provided on a first end side of the dust separating device. A first discharge opening is provided in the lateral surface on a second end side of the longitudinal direction, and a second discharge opening is provided to be separated from the first discharge opening. A first connecting passage is connected between the first discharge opening and the rotor cover of a magneto-rotor, and a second connecting passage is connected between an upstream side of an air cleaner case and the second discharge opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomomasa Nishikawa, Fumikazu Hirasawa
  • Publication number: 20150151415
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keita Saitou, Shinichirou Satou, Tomomasa Nishikawa, Masanori Watanabe, Takuya Teranishi
  • Patent number: 9048699
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a power tool including: a brushless motor; switching elements that drive the brushless motor; a circuit board on which the switching elements are mounted; a transmission portion that transmits a driving force of the brushless motor; and a housing that houses the brushless motor, the switching elements, the circuit board and the transmission portion therein, wherein the switching elements include semiconductor elements each having terminals on a bottom surface thereof, and wherein the switching elements are surface mounted on the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Oomori, Junichi Toukairin, Nobuhiro Takano, Kazutaka Iwata, Tomomasa Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20150083451
    Abstract: A power tool having an impact mechanism part using a hammer 24 and an anvil 31 is provided with a switching mechanism 35 of a mode in which the hammer 24 impacts the anvil 31 while the hammer is placed over the anvil 31 and another impact mode in which the hammer 24 impacts the anvil 31 without being placed over the anvil 31. The switching mechanism 35 includes a stopper 41 and a pusher 45 disposed in the rear of the hammer 24, and the stopper 41 is moved to carry out switching by rotating the pusher 45. The change member 48 that rotates the pusher 45 has a change lever 48b, which is positioned in the outer side of the hammer case 32, and the change member 48 and an annular part 46 are engaged in a housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomomasa Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20150050169
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Noriyuki Horie, Junichi Kamimura, Shinichirou Satou, Tomomasa Nishikawa