Patents by Inventor Toshihito Sakaba
Toshihito Sakaba 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: 8393512Abstract: A fastener driving tool includes a housing, a motor, a plunger, a spring, a drum, and one of a cable and a sheet member. The motor is provided in the housing. The plunger is provided in the housing for impacting a fastener in a fastener driving direction. The spring urges the plunger in the fastener driving direction. The drum is rotatably supported in the housing and is rotationally driven by the motor. The one of a cable and a sheet member is capable of being wound over the drum and has one end fixed to the drum and another end acting on the spring for transmitting a driving force of the motor to the spring. The spring is configured to accumulate a resilient energy therein for impacting the fastener by the plunger. The resilient energy of the spring is accumulated by forcible resilient deformation thereof as a result of winding of the one of the cable and the sheet member over the drum rotationally driven by the motor.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2008Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideyuki Tanimoto, Toshihito Sakaba, Hiroyuki Oda, Yoshihiro Nakano
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Patent number: 8186553Abstract: A fastener driving tool providing a prolonged durability and stabilized fastener driving operation. The tool includes a housing 2, a motor 31 disposed in the housing 2, a plunger 63 disposed in the housing and driven by the motor 31 for driving a nail 1A, a cable member 52 connected to the plunger 63 for pulling the plunger 63 from its bottom dead center where the nail is driven into a workpiece to a top dead center, and a drum 51 driven by the motor for winding the cable member thereover. A cable member is wound over the drum by a length greater than a linear distance between the bottom dead center and the top dead center. The cable member is flexed or deflected due to own weight when the plunger is at the bottom dead center.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2008Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideyuki Tanimoto, Toshihito Sakaba, Hiroyuki Oda, Yoshihiro Nakano, Kenji Naganuma
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Patent number: 7832610Abstract: A fastener driving tool includes a housing, a motor, a plunger, a spring, a power transmission mechanism, and an impact buffering portion. The motor is provided in the housing. The plunger is provided in the housing and impacts a fastener in one direction. The spring urges the plunger in the one direction. The power transmission mechanism connects the motor and the plunger for moving the plunger in another direction opposite to the one direction against an urging force of the spring. The impact buffering portion is provided in one of the power transmission mechanism and the plunger.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2008Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideyuki Tanimoto, Toshihito Sakaba, Hiroyuki Oda, Yoshihiro Nakano
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Patent number: 7789281Abstract: An electric fastener driver having a compact size and simple construction. A driver segment provided with a rack is movably disposed in a housing. A flywheel is driven by a motor. A drive shaft is concentric with and integral with the flywheel. A coil spring is fixed to the drive shaft. A driven rotor is coaxial with the drive shaft and has one end portion serving as a spring seat portion positioned within the coil spring. A pinion is disposed at the driven rotor and is meshedly engaged with the rack. An urging section is disposed within the driven rotor. A ball is movably disposed in a through-hole formed in the driven rotor for urging an end portion of the coil spring by the urging section. A solenoid controls a protruding amount of the ball from the surface of the driven rotor.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2006Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideyuki Tanimoto, Chikai Yoshimizu, Hiroyuki Oda, Toshihito Sakaba, Shinki Ohtsu, Takashi Ueda, Yoshihiro Nakano
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Publication number: 20100140316Abstract: A fastener driving tool providing a prolonged durability and stabilized fastener driving operation. The tool includes a housing 2, a motor 31 disposed in the housing 2, a plunger 63 disposed in the housing and driven by the motor 31 for driving a nail 1A, a cable member 52 connected to the plunger 63 for pulling the plunger 63 from its bottom dead center where the nail is driven into a workpiece to a top dead center, and a drum 51 driven by the motor for winding the cable member thereover. A cable member is wound over the drum by a length greater than a linear distance between the bottom dead center and the top dead center. The cable member is flexed or deflected due to own weight when the plunger is at the bottom dead center.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2008Publication date: June 10, 2010Applicant: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideyuki Tanimoto, Toshihito Sakaba, Hiroyuki Oda, Yoshihiro Nakano, Kenji Naganuma
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Publication number: 20100102104Abstract: A fastener driving tool includes a housing, a motor, a plunger, a spring, a drum, and one of a cable and a sheet member. The motor is provided in the housing. The plunger is provided in the housing for impacting a fastener in a fastener driving direction. The spring urges the plunger in the fastener driving direction. The drum is rotatably supported in the housing and is rotationally driven by the motor. The one of a cable and a sheet member is capable of being wound over the drum and has one end fixed to the drum and another end acting on the spring for transmitting a driving force of the motor to the spring. The spring is configured to accumulate a resilient energy therein for impacting the fastener by the plunger. The resilient energy of the spring is accumulated by forcible resilient deformation thereof as a result of winding of the one of the cable and the sheet member over the drum rotationally driven by the motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2008Publication date: April 29, 2010Inventors: Hideyuki Tanimoto, Toshihito Sakaba, Hiroyuki Oda, Yoshihiro Nakano
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Patent number: 7578420Abstract: A drive machine which includes a housing, a motor disposed in the housing, a magazine which is attached to the housing and supplies a nail to a drive position, a plunger for driving the nail, a spring which impels and accelerates the plunger to the drive position by elastic force and a chain or belt which is driven by the motor to thus accumulate elastic energy in the spring. The chain has a projection which provides a first state where elastic energy is accumulated in the spring and a second state where the accumulated elastic energy is released.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2007Date of Patent: August 25, 2009Assignee: Hitachi koki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideyuki Tanimoto, Toshihito Sakaba, Hiroyuki Oda, Takashi Ueda, Yoshihiro Nakano
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Publication number: 20090039136Abstract: An electric fastener driver having a compact size and simple construction. A driver segment provided with a rack is movably disposed in a housing. A flywheel is driven by a motor. A drive shaft is concentric with and integral with the flywheel. A coil spring is fixed to the drive shaft. A driven rotor is coaxial with the drive shaft and has one end portion serving as a spring seat portion positioned within the coil spring. A pinion is disposed at the driven rotor and is meshedly engaged with the rack. An urging section is disposed within the driven rotor. A ball is movably disposed in a through-hole formed in the driven rotor for urging an end portion of the coil spring by the urging section. A solenoid controls a protruding amount of the ball from the surface of the driven rotor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2006Publication date: February 12, 2009Inventors: Hideyuki Tanimoto, Chikai Yoshimizu, Hiroyuki Oda, Toshihito Sakaba, Shinki Ohtsu, Takashi Ueda, Yoshihiro Nakano
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Publication number: 20080237294Abstract: A fastener driving tool includes a housing, a motor, a plunger, a spring, a power transmission mechanism, and an impact buffering portion. The motor is provided in the housing. The plunger is provided in the housing and impacts a fastener in one direction. The spring urges the plunger in the one direction. The power transmission mechanism connects the motor and the plunger for moving the plunger in another direction opposite to the one direction against an urging force of the spring. The impact buffering portion is provided in one of the power transmission mechanism and the plunger.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Inventors: Hideyuki TANIMOTO, Toshihito Sakaba, Hiroyuki Oda, Yoshihiro Nakano
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Publication number: 20080006672Abstract: A drive machine includes a housing; a motor disposed in the housing; a magazine which is attached to the housing and supplies a nail to a drive position; a plunger for driving the nail; a spring which impels and accelerates the plunger to the drive position by elastic force; and a chain which is driven by the motor, to thus accumulate elastic energy in the spring. The chain has a projection which provides a first state where elastic energy is accumulated in the spring and a second state where the accumulated elastic energy is released.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2007Publication date: January 10, 2008Inventors: Hideyuki TANIMOTO, Toshihito Sakaba, Hiroyuki Oda, Takashi Ueda, Yoshihiro Nakano
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Patent number: 4091981Abstract: A power driven percussion tool is provided with a rotatable magazine block formed with a plurality of bores about the axis of rotation of the magazine block and is loaded with fasteners such as rivets or nails respectively retained in the bores. When the magazine block is stepwise rotated about its axis the bores are successively brought into alignment with the direction in which the fastener can be driven by a reciprocating hammer. The percussion tool is further provided with safety means for disabling the tool when the tool is not in use or being re-loaded with fasteners.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 1977Date of Patent: May 30, 1978Assignee: Hitachi Koki Company, LimitedInventors: Seki Moriguchi, Tatsuo Innami, Akira Uno, Hiroki Orikasa, Toshihito Sakaba