Patents by Inventor Toshinari Yamaoka

Toshinari Yamaoka 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: 20160330913
    Abstract: A blower includes a fan for generating an air flow, a motor for driving the fan to rotate about a central axis, a battery pack for supplying power to the motor, an air duct portion including an air duct, the air duct extending long the central axis, a coupling portion for coupling with the battery pack, and a connection portion for connecting the air duct portion with the coupling portion. The fan is received in the air duct. The air duct includes an air duct inlet and an air duct outlet which are respectively located at the two ends of the air duct. The air duct inlet is located between the air duct outlet and the coupling portion. The connection portion is provided with an air intake space located between the air duct inlet and the coupling portion. The air intake space is opened in a radial direction of the central axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Xiandian Shao, Toshinari Yamaoka, Fangjie Nie, Jianpeng Guo
  • Publication number: 20160324065
    Abstract: A lawn mower includes a cutting element for cutting grass, a motor for driving the cutting element to rotate, a housing for containing the motor and a handle device for a user to control the lawn mower. The handle device includes a handle including a gripping portion for the user to grip and a connection portion substantially extending along a direction of a first line, and a first operating element for the user to operate. The first operating element is capable of rotating about a first axis relative to the handle. The first axis is substantially parallel to the first line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Derek Smith, Toshinari Yamaoka, Qian Liu
  • Publication number: 20160278288
    Abstract: A gardening tool such as a grass trimmer is provided with a tool head, a motor for driving the tool head, a front housing for accommodating the motor, a trigger switch for activating the motor, a trigger operable to control the trigger switch, a battery pack for providing electric energy to the motor, a circuit board for electrically connecting the motor to the battery pack, and a rear housing for accommodating the circuit board. The rear housing forms a housing chamber for accommodating the trigger switch, the circuit board, and wires between the circuit board and the trigger switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventor: Toshinari Yamaoka
  • Publication number: 20160242365
    Abstract: A gardening tool includes a motor, a working assembly for performing a function of the gardening tool, and a transmission system for causing the motor to drive the working assembly. The transmission system includes a first clutch member, a movable member that is moveable from a first position to a second position, a bias member for biasing the movable member to the first position, and a second clutch member configured to rotate with the first clutch member when the movable member is biased to the first position and to rotate relative to the first clutch member when the movable member is located at the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Li Li, Toshinari Yamaoka, Fangjie Nie
  • Publication number: 20160183457
    Abstract: A lawn mower deck includes a deck body having a through hole. The deck body includes a chute. The chute forms a groove which is around the through hole and opened downwards. Reinforcing members are mounted to both sides of the deck body in the width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Toshinari Yamaoka, Qian Liu, Haishen Xu
  • Publication number: 20160088792
    Abstract: A grass trimmer has a main body and a trimming device. The main body has an operating device and a power source. The trimming device has a grass cutting assembly having a cutting member and a power head for rotating the cutting member. The power head has a housing, a rotor assembly and a stator assembly. The housing is formed integrally and defines an accommodation chamber. The rotor assembly is received in the accommodation chamber of the housing and has a rotor sleeve which rotates around an axis. The stator assembly is at least partly received in the rotor sleeve. The rotor assembly further has two or more magnetic pieces disposed at an inner wall of the rotor sleeve. The stator assembly has a stator support and a coil assembly. The stator support includes a mounting portion and a supporting portion. The coil assembly is disposed in the rotor sleeve by the supporting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Toshinari Yamaoka, Fangjie Nie, Zheng Geng
  • Publication number: 20160029863
    Abstract: A blowing machine has a main machine where the main machine includes a housing, a motor and a fan with the housing having a main machine air channel in which the motor and the fan are at least partially accommodated. An airflow guiding assembly is attachable to the housing and has an air duct for guiding the airflow and an airflow guiding member for guiding a part of the airflow in the air duct to flow in a direction deflecting from the first axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Jianpeng Guo, Fangjie Nie, Xiandian Shao, Toshinari Yamaoka
  • Patent number: 9179605
    Abstract: An electric pruner includes a housing, a motor accommodated within the housing, a transmission mechanism, a movable blade, and a fixed blade extending from the front end of the housing. The fixed blade is fixedly mounted on the housing, and the movable blade is rotatably connected to the fixed blade via a shaft and driven by the motor via the transmission mechanism. A locking device manually operable by the user is arranged on the shaft for locking the movable blade, the locking device being switchable between a first position where the movable blade is locked to stay connected with the transmission mechanism and a second position where the movable blade is releasable from the transmission mechanism. Thus, the replacement of the movable blade is very simple and convenient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Chervon (HK) Limited
    Inventors: Toshinari Yamaoka, Qi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20150306783
    Abstract: A chain saw has a fluid pump. The fluid pump has a pump rod, a pump core assembly defining a pumping channel, and a pump body. The pump core assembly has an inner pump core and an outer pump core . The pumping channel is formed at least by a first hole defined in the inner pump core and a second hole defined in the outer pump core and the first hole is in communication with the inlet and the outlet. The pump rod is arranged to do a straight reciprocating motion in the pumping channel along a first axis so as to force fluid to flow from the inlet to the outlet by passing through the first hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Toshinari Yamaoka, Fangjie Nie, Huixing Fu
  • Patent number: 9060463
    Abstract: A lawnmower with operation protection and a safety switch mechanism. The safety switch mechanism include: an inner pipe and a pipe sleeve slidably connected with and enclosing the inner pipe, a safety switch with a contact tab mounted inside the pipe sleeve, a trigger configured to trigger the safety switch by contacting the contact tab when the inner pipe slides, and an elastomer configured to drive the trigger to keep from contacting with the contact tab. All of the safety switch, the trigger and the elastomer are arranged on the same side of the inner pipe. The safety switch mechanism functions to disable the motor upon accidental proximity of the operator to the cutter body to thereby lower the possibility of an accident.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Chervon (HK) Limited
    Inventors: Toshinari Yamaoka, Fangjie Nie, Haishen Xu, Xiandian Shao
  • Patent number: 9038356
    Abstract: A handle mechanism with multiple stop locations and a lawn mower including the handle mechanism includes a handle and a location shifting element with multiple stop locations, the handle being provided with a locking mechanism that is automatically clamped with one of the multiple of stop locations of the location shifting element for fixing or adjusting the handle. A lawn mower, including the handle mechanism, includes a lawn mower body, the handle rotatably connected with the lawn mower body by the handle rotating shaft. The locking mechanism and the location shifting element are equipped with stop locations can be automatically locked, therefore, the operator can adjust the stop locations of the lawn mower conveniently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Chervon (HK) Limited
    Inventors: Xiandian Shao, Toshinari Yamaoka
  • Publication number: 20150121707
    Abstract: A trimmer head in which a cutting line can be loaded to a spool includes a housing connectable to a driving shaft. A line outlet is disposed in the housing and the spool is connected to the housing. In a line winding mode, the spool includes a position where an end of a line leading channel is aligned with the line outlet and a cutting line may enter the line leading channel and will be in clearance fit with the line leading channel. When the spool is rotated with respect to the housing, a portion of the cutting line in the line leading channel is pressed tightly therein, and the portion of the cutting line extending from the line leading channel can be pulled toward the spool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Hanzheng Li, Toshinari Yamaoka
  • Publication number: 20150101301
    Abstract: A tool, such as a mower, has a main body having an accessory, such as a mowing blade, and a motor for driving the accessory. A handle is rotatably connected to the main body. At least one operation assembly is associated with the handle for being operated by a user to control the motor when the handle is located in a predetermined position. A control system prevents the motor from being controlled by the operation assembly and halts the motor when the handle is located out of the predetermined position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Toshinari Yamaoka, Fangjie Nie, Haishen Xu
  • Publication number: 20140360026
    Abstract: A cutting head for use with a cutting tool, such as a grass trimmer. The cutting head has a housing, a line spool and a supporting cap. One end of the housing is coupled to an end of a motor output shaft and another end has an opening. A line spool is disposed in the housing and rotates along with the housing. At least one end of a line wound around the line spool extends out of the housing. The supporting cap is rotatably disposed at the end of the line spool adjacent to the opening and is exposed to an exterior of the housing through the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Toshinari Yamaoka, Hanzheng Li
  • Patent number: 8813862
    Abstract: An electric weeder, including a housing, a driving device, a working head, and a removable handle. The driving device is disposed in a housing, and including an axis line. The working head is connected to the axis line and driven by the driving device; the removable handle moves relative to the working head and the housing, and wherein on end of the removing handle is movably connected to the housing, the other end includes a removing plate, and the removing plate includes a through portion being passed through by the working head. The electric weeder of the present invention can exactly weed the lawn with little damage, the overall structure of the machine is more simple to effectively reduce the overall length of the machine; the removable handle can remove the weeds automatically to lower the work intensity and increase the weeding efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Chervon (HK) Limited
    Inventors: Toshinari Yamaoka, Zhen Wang
  • Publication number: 20140230181
    Abstract: A handheld blower includes a housing, the housing including an air inlet and a duct assembly, the duct assembly including a duct, a motor and a fan mounted in the duct, a battery, a handle, and a blowpipe which defines a central axis. Along the direction of the central axis, the area of the flowing cross-section of an air passage at the rear end of the fan adjacent to the air inlet is larger than that of the flowing cross-section of an air outlet of the blowpipe, and the rate between the area of the flow cross-section of the air outlet of the blowpipe and the area of the flow cross-section of the flow-through area at the position of the fan is greater than or equal to 0.8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Chervon (HK) Limited
    Inventors: Toshinari Yamaoka, Jianpeng Guo, Fangjie Nie, Xiandian Shao
  • Publication number: 20140234130
    Abstract: A handheld blower includes a housing having an air inlet and a duct assembly mounted in front of the air inlet, the duct assembly including a duct connected with the housing, a motor and a fan mounted in the duct, a battery, and a blowpipe connected to the housing by the duct assembly, the blowpipe defining a central axis in the length direction, and a handle arranged above the housing and the battery. The handle includes a gripping portion arranged on opposite sides of a plane in which the gravity center of the blower is located, and the plane is parallel to a central axis of the blowpipe and substantially perpendicular to a working ground. The gravity center of the handheld blower is adjacent to the gripping portion which enhances the handling comfort and reduces operator fatigue during long times of operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Chervon (HK) Limited
    Inventors: Toshinari Yamaoka, Xiandian Shao, Fangjie Nie, Jianpeng Guo
  • Patent number: 8793886
    Abstract: A power tool according to the present invention comprising a working head including a working element, the working head is mounted on a first shaft with a first axis and can be rotated about the first axis, a gripping part, an adjusting mechanism connected between the working head and the gripping part, wherein the adjusting mechanism comprises at least a first transmission element and a second transmission element which are engaged with each other, the first transmission element is connected fixedly to the working head and mounted on the first shaft, the second transmission element is mounted on a hollow rod with an axis, the hollow rod can be rotated relative to the gripping part, a lock for collectively locking the angular position of the working head mounted on the hollow rod. The arrangement simplifies the structure of the power tool, while facilitating the adjusting operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Chervon Limited
    Inventors: Toshinari Yamaoka, Haishen Xu
  • Publication number: 20140150271
    Abstract: A chain saw includes a housing, a cutting chain, a chain wheel, a guide plate cooperating with the chain wheel to support and guide the cutting chain, a cover plate cooperating with the housing, and a chain wheel tensioning mechanism. The chain wheel tensioning mechanism is wholly combined and disposed movably in the housing so that during the assembly procedure, positions and states of parts such as the cutting chain, the guide plate, the tensioning nut, and the chain wheel can be observed and so that the positioning is accurate and the operation is simple and quick. A distance between the guide plate and the chain wheel is adjusted to tension the cutting chain by use of a tensioning handwheel that is connected to a transmission member where the transmission member causes the tensioning nut fixed on the guide plate to move.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Chervon (HK) Limited
    Inventors: Toshinari Yamaoka, Huixing Fu
  • Publication number: 20140102063
    Abstract: A lawnmower with operation protection and a safety switch mechanism. The safety switch mechanism include: an inner pipe and a pipe sleeve slidably connected with and enclosing the inner pipe, a safety switch with a contact tab mounted inside the pipe sleeve, a trigger configured to trigger the safety switch by contacting the contact tab when the inner pipe slides, and an elastomer configured to drive the trigger to keep from contacting with the contact tab. All of the safety switch, the trigger and the elastomer are arranged on the same side of the inner pipe. The safety switch mechanism functions to disable the motor upon accidental proximity of the operator to the cutter body to thereby lower the possibility of an accident.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Chervon (HK) Limited
    Inventors: Toshinari Yamaoka, Fangjie Nie, Haishen Xu, Xiandian Shao