Patents by Inventor Tomoyuki Ota

Tomoyuki Ota 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).

  • Patent number: 8984711
    Abstract: An electric power tool comprises a main body supporting a tool and an electric motor housed in the main body for driving the tool. A plurality of first battery interfaces is configured to removably receive or attach a plurality of first battery packs and to electrically connect the plurality of attached first battery packs in series with the electric motor. A plurality of indicators is configured to communicate information concerning the respective conditions of the plurality of attached first battery packs. The plurality of indicators is arranged such that all of the indicators are simultaneously viewable by a user of the electric power tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Makita Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Ota, Kiyoshi Nishibe, Hitoshi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20130130552
    Abstract: A battery adapter can include a plurality of machine-side-connecting sections capable of being connected to a plurality of battery-connecting ports provided on an electric machine, and a battery-side-connecting section(s) to which a battery or batteries can be connected. The number of the machine-side-connecting sections is preferably configured to be larger than the number of the battery-side-connecting section(s). Further, the electric machine is preferably connected to the machine-side-connecting sections of the battery adapter through its battery-connecting ports. The electric machine can be driven by the battery or batteries connected to the battery-side-connecting section(s) of the battery adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventors: Tomoyuki OTA, Hitoshi SUZUKI, Yukio KOBAYASHI, Shingo UMEMURA
  • Publication number: 20130025893
    Abstract: An adapter for an electric power tool couples battery packs with the electric power tool. The adapter is provided with a voltage regulator circuit interposed between the battery packs and the electric power tool. The voltage regulator circuit regulates a supply voltage from the battery packs to the electric power tool to a level corresponding to a rated voltage of the electric power tool. The voltage regulator is capable of raising the supply voltage higher than nominal voltages of the battery packs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Ota, Shinichi Hira, Tadashi Makihara
  • Publication number: 20120055308
    Abstract: A front part of a guide section is made to be a detachable separate sub fence having a guide face, a face of the guide section to which the sub fence is fitted, is made to be a second guide face in parallel with the guide face rising from the top face of a table. The second guide face is in a plane in the rear of the guide face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki OTA, Mitsuyoshi NIINOMI, Syuji AOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20110269006
    Abstract: An electric apparatus system includes a tool battery usable as a power source for a power tool, an electric apparatus excluding a power tool, and a battery case capable of receiving the tool battery. The battery case is disposed on one side of the electric apparatus, so that the electric apparatus is stabilized in position by the battery case. The electric apparatus and the battery case are mechanically and electrically connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki OTA, Tomonobu NASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20110260414
    Abstract: An effective technique is provided for rationally clamping and holding various kinds of tool bits which can be selectively replaced with each other and attached to the driving shaft, in a power tool The power tool includes a driving shaft 125 for driving a tool bit 109A or 109B which is arbitrarily selected from various kinds of tool bits, a first clamping element 133 provided on the driving shaft 125 and a second clamping element 135A, 135B provided separately from the driving shaft 125 and can be fixed to the driving shaft 125. The selected tool bit 109A, 109B is clamped and held between the first clamping element 133 and the second clamping element 135A, 135B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki OTA, Masanori FURUSAWA, Ken YAMAUCHI
  • Publication number: 20110197389
    Abstract: An electric power tool comprises a main body supporting a tool and an electric motor housed in the main body for driving the tool. A plurality of first battery interfaces is configured to removably receive or attach a plurality of first battery packs and to electrically connect the plurality of attached first battery packs in series with the electric motor. A plurality of indicators is configured to communicate information concerning the respective conditions of the plurality of attached first battery packs. The plurality of indicators is arranged such that all of the indicators are simultaneously viewable by a user of the electric power tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Ota, Kiyoshi Nishibe, Hitoshi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20070212520
    Abstract: The present invention relates to A pressure-sensitive adhesive tape or sheet comprising a substrate comprising a nonwoven fabric and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer disposed on at least one side of the substrate, the pressure-sensitive adhesive tape or sheet having a plurality of penetrating pores which penetrate the substrate and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer so that corners of the penetrating pores are aligned in at least one direction, the penetrating pores having a flat polygonal shape, and in which, the penetration pore has, among the corners aligned in one direction, at least two corners facing each other in one direction each having an angle of less than 90°; a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape or sheet comprising a substrate comprising a nonwoven fabric and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer disposed on at least one side of the substrate, the pressure-sensitive adhesive tape or sheet having a plurality of pores aligned in at least one direction, the pores having a shape in which at least t
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Furumori, Hiroshi Hatanaka, Tsuyoshi Kasahara, Tatsumi Ishikawa, Shunetsu Kikuchi, Tomoyuki Ota