Patents by Inventor Yukihiro Shima

Yukihiro Shima 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: 10486295
    Abstract: A power tool includes a motor, a connecting unit, and a controller. The connecting unit is configured to be connected to a secondary battery. A voltage detection unit is configured to detect a voltage of the secondary battery connected to the connecting unit. The controller is configured to acquire change of the detected voltage. The controller restricts the operation of the motor when the change of the voltage is a first value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Aradachi, Tomoaki Sudo, Yukihiro Shima
  • Publication number: 20160297059
    Abstract: A power tool includes a motor, a connecting unit, and a controller. The connecting unit is configured to be connected to a secondary battery. A voltage detection unit is configured to detect a voltage of the secondary battery connected to the connecting unit. The controller is configured to acquire change of the detected voltage. The controller restricts the operation of the motor when the change of the voltage is a first value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Takao Aradachi, Yukihiro Shima
  • Publication number: 20150188332
    Abstract: A rechargeable system includes: a charger (4); a battery pack (1); an adapter (3) configured to be electrically connected between the charger (4) and the battery pack (1), a cable (58) configured to be electrically connected between the battery pack (1) and the adapter. A battery-side microcomputer (526) controls the shutdown circuit (523) such that the shutdown circuit (523) disconnects the at least one of the positive terminal (5a) of the battery pack and the negative terminal (5b) of the battery pack (1) from the rechargeable battery (51) when detection of the battery-side microcomputer (526) indicates occurrence of at least one of two following events: one event is such that the rechargeable battery (51) is fully charged. Another event is such that the rechargeable battery (51) has some errors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Yasushi Nakano, Yuki Horie, Yukihiro Shima, Takao Aradachi, Kazuhiko Funabashi, Takuya Yoshinari, Haruhisa Fujisawa
  • Publication number: 20150061549
    Abstract: A battery pack includes: a plus terminal and a minus terminal; a secondary battery; and a booster. The secondary battery has a rated voltage and is configured to output a battery voltage across the plus terminal and the minus terminal. A charging device and a discharging device are selectively connectable to the plus terminal and the minus terminal. The charging device charges the secondary battery. The discharging device performs a job with the battery voltage supplied from the secondary battery. The booster is configured to boost the battery voltage to a voltage greater than the rated voltage. The voltage boosted is used as a control voltage for either connecting the secondary battery to or disconnecting the secondary battery from the charging device or the discharging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventor: Yukihiro Shima
  • Patent number: 8964429
    Abstract: An inverter device includes: an inverter circuit configured to perform ON/OFF operations with a preset duty cycle to convert a DC power into an AC power and output the AC power to an AC motor; and a controller configured to change a duty cycle of the ON/OFF operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Horie, Shinji Watanabe, Yasushi Nakano, Yukihiro Shima
  • Patent number: 8926024
    Abstract: The motorized cutter with wheels (10) comprises a motorized cutter (20) and a carriage (30). The motorized cutter (20) is equipped with an engine (24), a blade (22) rotatably driven by the engine (24), and a light-emitting unit (50) that generates laser light (52) in the same plane as the plane of rotation of the blade (22). A roadbed (90) is then cut along a line (X) drawn on the roadbed (90) by operating the motorized cutter with wheels (10) so that the line (X) is irradiated with the laser light (52). It is possible to remove the motorized cutter (20) from the carriage (30) together with the light-emitting unit (50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Shima, Kenji Niwa, Shinki Ohtsu, Junichi Kamimura, Mitsuhiro Sunaoshi
  • Patent number: 8857692
    Abstract: When the plunger is a game moved to a prescribed position Ph of an initial state on the upper dead point side by the drive force of the motor after the plunger is moved to the lower dead point side, the controller of a spring driven-type fastener driving tool reduces the rotational speed of the motor to a prescribed value or less based on the detection signal of the operation detection switch and then stops the slowed down motor. In order to achieve this, the plunger is stopped at a stop position of an initial state that is as close as possible to an upper dead point side drive start position and is subjected to a strong compression force by the drive spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Shima, Hideyuki Tanimoto, Hiroyuki Oda, Yoshihiro Nakano, Takashi Ueda
  • Patent number: 8844787
    Abstract: A spring-type fastener driving tool includes a plunger having a blade that drives in fasteners, a spring that urges the plunger downwards and is capable of being compressed upwards, a spring compression mechanism unit that includes a drum that causes the plunger to move in a compression direction of the spring based on rotational force of a motor, a reduction mechanism unit, and a one-way clutch than prohibits reverse rotation of the motor. Reverse rotation of the drum due to the urging force of the spring is prevented by providing the one-way clutch between an input side rotating shaft of the reduction mechanism unit and a rotation output shaft of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Shima, Hideyuki Tanimoto, Hiroyuki Oda, Yoshihiro Nakano, Takashi Ueda
  • Publication number: 20140042839
    Abstract: An inverter device includes: an inverter circuit configured to perform ON/OFF operations with a preset duty cycle to convert a DC power into an AC power and output the AC power to an AC motor; and a controller configured to change a duty cycle of the ON/OFF operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Horie, Shinji Watanabe, Yasushi Nakano, Yukihiro Shima
  • Patent number: 8622271
    Abstract: A fastener driving tool has a housing, a nose portion, a magazine, a motor, a plunger, a drive mechanism, a trigger switch, a detection switch, an energizing switch, a failure detection circuit. The magazine is configured to store and supply a fastener to the nose portion. The motor is provided in the housing. The a plunger is provided in the housing to move between a top dead center and a bottom dead center. The plunger has a blade for impacting the fastener. The drive mechanism is configured to drive the plunger with power from the motor. The trigger switch is configured to drive the drive mechanism, and operated by a user. The detection switch is configured to be switched according to an arrangement of the drive mechanism. The energizing switch is configured to control power feed of the motor. The energizing switch is switched by the trigger switch and the detection switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Shima, Hiroyuki Oda, Yoshihiro Nakano, Masahiro Inaniwa
  • Publication number: 20130334277
    Abstract: When a work stops without driving after a voltage across a capacitor circuit reaches a target boost voltage, a micro-computer switches an FET through a driver circuit. As a result, the voltage charged in the capacitor circuit is charged in a secondary battery through the FET, an inductance, and a parasitic diode of an FET.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Shima, Kazuhiko Funabashi
  • Publication number: 20130284480
    Abstract: In a power tool including: a housing having a body portion which houses a motor and a handle portion extending downward from the body portion; an output portion driven at the front of the motor; and a trigger switch which controls power supply from a battery to the motor, the motor, the battery, and the trigger switch are arranged so as to overlap each other in an intersecting direction with respect to a front-and-rear direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki HORIE, Nobuhiro TAKANO, Kazuhiko FUNABASHI, Tomomasa NISHIKAWA, Yukihiro SHIMA, Takao ARADACHI
  • Patent number: 8550320
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a driving device including: a driver bit for striking a fastener loaded in a launching section; a driver for driving the fastener from the launching section by reciprocating the driver bit; a triggering device pullable to control the driver; and a locking device that locks the pulling operation of the triggering device when being set to a lock position and that releases the locking state when being set to a release position, wherein the locking device includes a release device to operate the locking device toward the release position when the triggering device is pulled and a returning device to return the locking device toward the lock position when the pulling is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Nakano, Hiroyuki Oda, Yukihiro Shima, Hideyuki Tanimoto
  • Patent number: 8464921
    Abstract: A controller controls a first FET to go on and off based on an input signal of a trigger switch and a push switch and controls a second FET to go on and off based on an input signal of a trigger switch, a push switch, and a operation detection switch. The controller then controls the time that the first FET is on for to be longer than the time the second FET is on for.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Shima, Hideyuki Tanimoto, Takashi Ueda
  • Publication number: 20130098646
    Abstract: A power tool includes: a battery cell group including a plurality of secondary battery cells; a motor to which an electric power is supplied from the battery cell group through a switching element and a trigger switch; a current detector detecting a current value flowing in a current path; and a controller configured to receive a detection signal from the current detector and controls on/off operation of the switching element. If the current detector detects that the current value flowing in the battery cell group continuously exceeds a given value for a first time period, the controller conducts one of alarm display and alarm control for allowing an operator to recognize that a high load operation continues. If the current value continuously exceeds the given value for a second time period longer than the first time period, the controller turns off the switching element to interrupt the current path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Funabashi, Nobuhiro Takano, Yukihiro Shima
  • Publication number: 20130051104
    Abstract: A battery adapter includes an inverter device capable of converting voltage waveform from DC to AC. A first reachable battery and a second rechargeable battery different in shape can be selectively connected to the inverter device. The first rechargeable battery may, for example, a battery pack for use in an electric power tool, and the second rechargeable battery may, for example, a high-capacity lead-acid battery. With the battery adapter, two types of rechargeable batteries can be used as a power source for driving the AC-driven electric power tool. The battery adapter contains therein a microcomputer with which charge/discharge control is implemented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Nakano, Yukihiro Shima, Kazuhiko Funabashi, Nobuhiro Takano, Yoshikazu Kawano, Masayuki Ogura, Shinji Watanabe, Haruhisa Fujisawa
  • Patent number: 8313012
    Abstract: A controller 50 has a single-driving mode/continuous-driving mode changeover switch 233 for performing fastener driving operation in a single driving mode or a continuous driving mode. In a case where the single-driving mode/continuous-driving mode changeover switch 233 instructs a single driving mode, the controller 50 causes a driver blade 3a to perform fastener driving operation when both a trigger switch 5 and a push lever switch 22 are switched, by switching operation, from the one switch status to the other switch status (e.g., the ON status). Consequently, fastener driving operation is made possible regardless of sequence of actuation of the trigger switch 5 and the push lever switch 22.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Shima, Masahiro Inaniwa, Hiroyuki Oda, Takashi Ueda, Yoshihiro Nakano
  • Publication number: 20120274245
    Abstract: A power tool is connectable to a battery pack including a secondary battery. The power tool includes a motor and a prohibiting unit. The motor is driven with an electrical power supplied from the secondary battery. The prohibiting unit prohibits the supply of the electrical power to the motor based on a drop amount of a voltage of the secondary battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKI CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Takano, Kazuhiko Funabashi, Yukihiro Shima, Eiji Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20120191250
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a power tool including: a motor; a driving circuit that supplies an electric power from a power supply to the motor; a control part that sets a target rotation number for the motor in accordance with a mode selected from a plurality of modes, each mode having a corresponding target rotation number; and a voltage detecting circuit that detects a voltage of the power supply, wherein the target rotation number is varied based on the detected voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.,
    Inventors: Kazutaka Iwata, Nobuhiro Takano, Hideyuki Tanimoto, Yukihiro Shima
  • Patent number: 8167182
    Abstract: An electric driving machine includes a remaining fastener sensor 257 which detects the amount of fasteners (e.g., nails) remaining, in an aligned and held manner, in a magazine 2 and which generates a residual-quantity signal (a signal showing depletion of fasteners) when the amount of remaining fasteners has decreased to a predetermined level or less; a remaining fastener detection circuit 406 which outputs a control signal (a signal of level 0) for controlling control means (299, 283, and other means) in accordance with an input of the residual-quantity signal (a switch-on signal) generated by the remaining fastener sensor 257; and a delay circuit 401 for delaying the remaining signal (the ON signal) generated by the remaining fastener sensor 257 by a predetermined period of time (e.g., 20 milliseconds) and inputs the thus-delayed remaining signal to the remaining fastener detection circuit 256 (406).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Shima, Masahiro Inaniwa, Hiroyuki Oda, Takashi Ueda, Yoshihiro Nakano