Including Means To Vibrationally Isolate A Drive Means From Its Holder Patents (Class 173/162.1)
  • Publication number: 20120152581
    Abstract: A demolition hammer may include a housing having a distal end and a proximal end, a power cell disposed in the housing along a longitudinal axis and a side buffer positioned to support the power cell in the housing, wherein the housing forms a first retaining structure that prevents axial movement of the side buffer toward the proximal end. The housing may also form a second retaining structure that prevents inward radial movement of the side buffer and a third retaining structure that prevents outward radial movement of the side buffer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Lauritz P. Pillers, II, Tommie L. Craven, James G. Nickels
  • Patent number: 8196674
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a technique that contributes to further improvement of an impact tool. A representative impact tool includes a motor, a tool body that houses the motor, a dynamic vibration reducer and a driving mechanism part that is driven by the motor and forcibly drives the dynamic vibration reducer by applying an external force other than vibration of the tool body to the dynamic vibration reducer, during hammering operation. At least one of the dynamic vibration reducer and the driving mechanism part is mounted to the tool body in a form of an assembly into which at least one of a plurality of component parts forming the dynamic vibration reducer and a plurality of component parts forming the driving mechanism part are assembled in advance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Makita Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Ikuta, Shin Nakamura, Yoshio Sugiyama, Masao Miwa, Takuya Sumi, Takuo Arakawa
  • Patent number: 8196675
    Abstract: An impact hammer with pre-pressing damping and buffering effect includes a handle, outer barrel, air inlet, internal slide, actuating cylinder, air flow switching module and air inlet coupling portion. A front damper is assembled between the front end of the internal slide and the front end wall of the holding space and is characterized by a two-section pre-pressing rear damper assembled between the rear end of the internal slide and the rear end wall of the holding space. The two-section pre-pressing rear damper includes superposed upper and lower elastic buffers. At least the lower elastic buffer is pressed by a pre-pressing member to the preset degree. When the impact hammer yields recoil force under the impaction of the piston, the pre-pressing rear damper is employed to realize stronger buffering effect, so that the impact force is not much affected, thereby improving the impact efficiency and yielding excellent buffering effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Sing Hua Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ching-Shun Chang
  • Patent number: 8181715
    Abstract: A power tool according to the invention includes a dynamic vibration reducer having a body, a weight and elastic elements. The body is formed by a plurality of cylindrical members which are coaxially disposed to face each other. The elastic elements exert biasing forces on the cylindrical members such that the cylindrical members are held apart from each other. The cylindrical members are fixed to the tool body side under the biasing forces of the elastic elements. Venting members for forced vibration are provided on the cylindrical members and protrude radially outward from the cylindrical members, respectively. The venting members are mounted by inserting into venting member mounting parts on the tool body side in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical members. At least one of the venting members can move with respect to the cylindrical member in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Makita Corporation
    Inventors: Shinya Bito, Takuro Konishi
  • Publication number: 20120118598
    Abstract: An impact tool includes a motor, a rotating shaft rotationally driven by the motor, a swinging member that swings in the axial direction of a tool bit by rotation of the rotating shaft a tool driving mechanism that is connected to an end region of the swinging member in a direction transverse to the axis of the rotating shaft, and is caused to rectilinearly move in the axial direction of the tool bit by swinging movement of the swinging member thereby rectilinearly driving the tool bit, and a vibration reducing member for reducing vibration caused in the axial direction of the tool bit during operation of the tool bit. The vibration reducing member is disposed on an opposite side of a rectilinear working axis of the tool bit from the rotating shaft and connected to a connecting part between the swinging member and the tool driving mechanism in such a manner as to be driven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takayoshi Iio
  • Patent number: 8177023
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sound dampening housing for a rock drill which moves along a feed beam in a longitudinal direction thereof, the sound dampening housing being attachable to the feed beam of the rock drill on its both sides so that together with the feed beam the sound dampening housing constitutes a substantially closed space. The sound dampening housing is double-shelled, and an airspace is provided between its inner shell and its outer shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Sandvik Mining and Construction Oy
    Inventors: Seppo Peltola, Ari Haavisto
  • Patent number: 8167054
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide an effective technique for a motor support structure of a power tool to reduce vibration. A representative reciprocating power tool may include a tool body, a tool bit, a grip, a motor, a tool bit side bearing, a grip side bearing, a tool bit side bearing housing, a grip and an elastic element. The tool bit side bearing housing houses the tool bit side bearing, while the grip side bearing housing houses the grip side bearing. The elastic element is disposed between the grip side bearing housing and the grip wherein the grip side bearing housing is elastically supported by the grip via the elastic element. According to the invention, because the grip is adapted to support the grip side bearing housing via the elastic element and the rigidity of the grip side bearing housing can be increased and vibration of the grip side bearing housing can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Makita Corporation
    Inventors: Keiji Nakashima, Takayuki Tahara, Hajime Takeuchi, Ryo Sunazuka
  • Patent number: 8162075
    Abstract: A powered hammer includes a body in which is disposed a motor and a hammer mechanism driven by the motor when the motor is activated. A tool holder is coupled to a front portion of the body and which is capable of holding a cutting tool. The hammer mechanism, when driven by the motor, is capable of imparting impacts to a cutting tool, when held by the tool holder. A handle is moveably coupled to a rear portion of the body for movement toward and away from the body along a tool axis of the tool holder. The handle includes a grip portion and first and second end connection sections coupled to opposite end portions of the grip portion. The first and second end connection sections are slideably mounted on first and second arms that project rearward from the body. A movement control mechanism is mounted inside the handle and coupled to the first and second arms and the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Ana-Marie Roberts, Norbert Hahn, Ralf Seebauer
  • Patent number: 8127862
    Abstract: A power tool capable of performing vibration damping action in working operation, without an increase in size. The working tool includes a motor, a housing in which an internal mechanism driven by the motor is stored, a tool bit disposed on one end of the housing, a hand grip continuously connected to the other end of the housing, and a dynamic damper. The dynamic damper is disposed by utilizing a space between the housing and the internal mechanism so that the damping direction of the dynamic damper faces the longitudinal direction of the tool bit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Makita Corporation
    Inventor: Yonosuke Aoki
  • Patent number: 8117942
    Abstract: A vehicle handle with improved vibration proof function. A balance weight has an inner balance weight portion with a center-of-mass positioned in a handle pipe, and an outer balance weight portion. A floating damper interposed between an outer periphery of the inner balance weight portion and an inner surface of the handle pipe supports the balance weight in one location that includes the center-of-mass of the balance weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaaki Kuwata, Yoshihiro Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20120037391
    Abstract: The invention relates to a The portable tool, in particular a tool for grinding or cutting, having a housing with a gear head, having a drive shaft which can be rotationally driven by a motor and can be coupled via a coupling drive to a tool spindle for the drive thereof, wherein the tool spindle can be driven rotatingly oscillating about the longitudinal axis thereof and is configured for receiving a tool wherein a vibration absorber is provided at the tool spindle, the vibration absorber having an absorption mass which encloses the tool spindle. Preferably the absorption mass is configured substantially in a ring segment shape and encloses the tool spindle by at least 180°, or even by 360°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Joachim Clabunde, Mark Heilig
  • Patent number: 8113297
    Abstract: A power tool includes a body, a tool bit, a driving mechanism and a handgrip extending from an end of the handgrip proximal to the body to a grip distal end in a direction that crosses the axial direction of the tool bit. The power tool includes a holding optimization region that is arranged on the handgrip and shaped to match the shape of the user's fingers while the user is holding the handgrip. The holding optimization region at least includes a rearward end surface of a grip distal end region configured such that a normal extending from the rearward end surface crosses the axial direction of the tool bit forward of the handgrip, whereby it is possible to optimize the force of the user's fingers and palm applied to the handgrip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Makita Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Sakakibara, Kiyozumi Kokawa
  • Publication number: 20120031638
    Abstract: A representative power tool according to the invention performs a predetermined operation on a workpiece at least by axial linear movement of a tool bit 119 coupled to a front end region of a housing 103. The power tool includes driving mechanisms 113, 115 that are housed within the housing 103 and linearly drives the tool bit 119, and a dynamic vibration reducer 151 that has a weight 153 which is allowed to linearly move under a biasing force of an elastic element, and reduces vibration caused during operation, by movement of the weight 153 in the axial direction of the tool bit. A dynamic vibration reducer housing space 149 for housing the weight 153 and the elastic element of the dynamic vibration reducer 151 is integrally formed with the housing 103.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hikaru KAMEGAI, Masanori FURUSAWA
  • Patent number: 8104547
    Abstract: A resilient stop assembly for an impact tool includes first and second resiliently deformable parts, and a substantially rigid part situated between the deformable parts. Each of the first and second resiliently deformable parts and the substantially rigid part comprises: first and second opposite impact surfaces, at least one peripheral surface joining the impact surfaces, and an aperture extending entirely through the part between exit openings in the impact surfaces. The first impact surface of the second resiliently deformable part is separated from the second impact surface of the first resiliently deformable part by contact of those first and second impact surfaces with the substantially rigid part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Kunz, Stefan D. Gensmann, Markus Rompel, Andreas Syma
  • Patent number: 8091651
    Abstract: A hand-held power tool includes a main element with a normal axis which extends perpendicularly to a tool axis and through a center of gravity. A handle is supported in the plane of motion defined by the tool axis and the normal axis such that it is movable relative to the main element. A spring unit connects the handle with the main element, and has a spring element to define a trajectory of at least one portion of the handle in the plane of motion under the influence of a load force triggered when the handle is moved out of a neutral position and approaches the stationary main element. A rotary element defines a joint-free rotation axis, about which the handle rotates in the plane of motion when a motion takes place relative to the main element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Axel Kuhnle, Karl Frauhammer, Willy Braun
  • Patent number: 8074734
    Abstract: A powered hammer is described comprising a housing, a tool holder mounted on the housing, a percussion mechanism arranged within the housing which mechanism includes a ram reciprocating in a longitudinal direction and being adapted to apply impacts on a tool bit supported in the tool holder, a dampening mass which is slidably mounted in the longitudinal direction within the housing, wherein the dampening mass is biased towards a neutral position by a biasing element and wherein the dampening mass may be deflected from the neutral position against the biasing force of the biasing element. The dampening mass is formed of a ferromagnetic or paramagnetic material or comprises a permanent magnet and a solenoid is arranged within housing adjacent to the dampening mass such that the solenoid applies a force in the longitudinal direction on the dampening mass when being in the neutral position if a current is flowing through the solenoid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Rene Gumpert, Heinz-Werner Faatz
  • Patent number: 8069930
    Abstract: A hand power tool, in particular a drill hammer, percussion drill or percussion screwdriver, includes a pistol grip (2), which is connected in vibration-damped fashion to the tool housing (1). The pistol grip (2) is supported on the tool housing (1) pivotably about a shaft (5), and the shaft (5) extends transversely to the primary direction of vibration (3) of the hand power tool. At least one spring element (10), which acts in the direction of vibration, is located between the tool housing (1) and the pistol grip (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Uwe Engelfried
  • Patent number: 8061439
    Abstract: A rock breaking device employs a falling weight and a striker pin or other tool held within a tool holding structure supported by a recoil assembly includes a number of isolator structures that protect the rock breaking device by absorbing excess forces that may be applied to the recoil assembly. Each isolator structure includes a front plate that extends below a lower side of a recoil tube flange. In new rock breaking devices, the front plates may be incorporated as part of the isolator structures. Alternatively, an existing rock breaking device can be retrofitted by welding a heavy plate onto the front of an existing front plate of the isolator structures. The heavy plate extends beyond the lower side of the recoil tube flange to provide greater strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Inventor: Craig Nelson
  • Patent number: 8047302
    Abstract: Disclosed is a drilling and/or striking hammer that includes a lubricating device having a lubricant reservoir and a volume of lubricant contained therein. The lubricating device conveys lubricant to at least one a transmission system within the hammer's housing, a percussion system, and/or a tool holder at a variable dosing or flow rate. The dosing or flow rate varies as a function of tool stress which can include use intensity and/or temperature. A flexible tube extends between the reservoir and the lubricated component(s). At lease part of the flexible tube vibrates with the lubricated components during use and modifies a viscosity of the lubricant therein, based on tool use intensity. A pressure generating device can pressurize the lubricant, helping convey the lubricant to a targeted area for lubricating movable parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Wacker Neuson Produktion GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rudolf Berger, Otto Stenzel
  • Patent number: 8037947
    Abstract: A shock-absorbing element is disposed frontward of an interjacent element within a housing of an impact tool, and a washer is disposed rearward of and adjacent to the shock-absorbing element. The interjacent element is configured to come in contact with the washer when the interjacent element is caused to advance by an impactor's strike under no-load conditions. A sleeve disposed rearward of and adjacent to the washer is configured to position the shock-absorbing element and the washer, and to allow the interjacent element to move rearward and frontward inside the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Makita Corporation
    Inventor: Masao Miwa
  • Patent number: 8016047
    Abstract: An electrical power tool includes a motor, a casing, a casing, a piston, an intermediate shaft, a motion conversion mechanism, and a plurality of types of anti-vibration mechanism. The motor has a drive shaft. The casing accommodates at least the motor. The piston is driven by a rotary motion of the drive shaft. The intermediate shaft extends parallel to the drive shaft and is driven to rotate by the rotary motion of the drive shaft, the intermediate shaft defining an axial direction. The motion conversion mechanism is disposed on the intermediate shaft and is capable of moving in association with the intermediate shaft for converting the rotary motion of the drive shaft to a reciprocating motion. The motion conversion mechanism includes a first motion conversion mechanism that is connected to the piston and moves the piston in a reciprocating motion in directions substantially parallel to the axial direction of the intermediate shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Ookubo, Tsukasa Suzuura
  • Patent number: 8006778
    Abstract: In a handheld power tool, including a first housing part and a second housing part as well as a damping element between the first housing part and the second housing part, the damping element is connectable to the first housing part and the second housing part, and the handheld power tool further has at least one securing element, which is connectable to the first housing part and the second housing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Juergen Wiker, Joachim Schadow, Joerg Maute
  • Patent number: 7987921
    Abstract: A hammer comprising: a body; a tool holder mounted on the body for holding a cutting tool; a handle pivotally mounted on the body about an axis; a vibration dampener which connects between the handle and the body and which reduces the amount of angular vibrations transmitted from the body to the handle; a motor mounted within the body; a hammer mechanism mounted in the body, capable of being driven by the motor when the motor is activated, the hammer mechanism, when driven, imparting impacts onto a cutting tool 6 when held by the tool holder; wherein the handle is pivotally mounted about a pivot axis which passes through the centre of gravity of the hammer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventor: Norbert Hahn
  • Patent number: 7980323
    Abstract: A post driver having a dampening device adapted to isolate the hands and arms of the user from shock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Inventor: Robert Wilson
  • Patent number: 7971655
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hand machine tool (2), particularly a percussion drill and/or percussion hammer, comprising a housing (4) having two parallel appendages (20, 22), a hollow, U-shaped, rounded handle (10) with a yoke (24) and two parallel legs (26, 28), said handle being movably supported on springs in relation to the housing (4) for the purpose of damping vibration. The appendages (20, 22) of the housing (4) extend into both hollow legs (26, 28) of the rounded handle (10). The invention also comprises two coupling elements (34, 36) situated in the hollow yoke (24) of the rounded handle (10) which serve to synchronize the movements of both legs (26, 28). The external end faces of the coupling elements (34, 36) are flexibly connected to the appendages (20, 22). The coupling elements (34, 36) are connected on the other end faces thereof to the rounded handle (10), and cross each other, and are flexibly connected to each other at the crossing point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Hubert Steinke, Gerhard Meixner
  • Patent number: 7971656
    Abstract: A hand-held power tool, has a housing, at least one partially hollow U-shaped C-shaped handle with a yoke part and two parallel leg parts and supported in a resilient manner such that the handle is movable relative to the housing in order to dampen vibrations, at least one coupling element accommodated at least partially inside the C-shaped handle to synchronize motion between the two leg parts and having a recess, and a switch arranged in a vicinity of the coupling element and having a switch housing extending in an interior of the handle and accommodated in the recess of the coupling element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Engelfried, Gerhard Meixner
  • Patent number: 7967078
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a rational forced vibration of a dynamic vibration reducer in an impact tool that linearly drives a tool bit in an axial direction of the tool bit via a swinging member. An impact tool includes a motor 111, a swinging member 129 that swings in the axial direction of a tool bit 119 by rotation of the motor 111, a driving element 141 that is caused to reciprocate by swinging movement of the swinging member 129 and a first air chamber 143a in which pressure is fluctuated by reciprocating movement of the driving element 141, and the tool bit 119 is driven by pressure fluctuations of the first air chamber 143a. The impact tool further includes a second air chamber 163 in which pressure is fluctuated by swinging movement of the swinging member 129, and a dynamic vibration reducer 151 having a weight 155 and an elastic element 157 which exerts a biasing force on the weight 155.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Makita Corporation
    Inventor: Yonosuke Aoki
  • Patent number: 7948198
    Abstract: Increasing in size of a reaction force cancel system is suppressed. The reaction force cancel system is provided in a stage device including: a surface plate having a plurality of plate surfaces with different heights from each other, and installed on a floor via a vibration-isolating spring; and stages disposed on the plate surfaces respectively, and moving on the plate surfaces, and cancels reaction forces generated on the surface plate upon movements of the stages. In addition, the reaction force cancel system includes a first and a second reaction force canceling actuator that apply counter-thrusts to the surface plate, and a control section that controls the magnitudes of the counter-thrusts. In the reaction force cancel system, the heights of action points of counter-thrusts in the surface plate are different from each other, and the control section controls the counter-thrusts so as to counterbalance the reaction forces as resultant forces and resultant moments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takuya Hosobata
  • Patent number: 7942212
    Abstract: A hand-guided power tool has a drive motor and a tool in driving connection with the drive motor. At least one handle is provided for guiding the power tool in operation. At least one antivibration element functionally connects the at least one handle and the drive motor. The at least one antivibration element has a coil spring and a guide, wherein the coil spring has an end connected to the guide. The coil spring has a first radial spacing relative to the guide in a first radial direction and has a second radial spacing relative to the guide in a second radial direction, wherein the second spacing is smaller than the first spacing or is zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Helmut Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20110083870
    Abstract: An impacting tool, such as a jackhammer or electric hammer is proposed to be modified by a high modulus polymeric material, or metal of lower relative modulus than surrounding metal such as that of a piston. An interchangeable tool head is proposed to have inserted in a cavity in the impacted end such a high modulus polymeric material. Thus the term relatively lower modulus inclusion (“RLMI”) has been selected for the descriptive term. By using such relatively lower modulus material for an inclusion, which inclusion can be an insert, and modification of the piston or ram or impacting end of the tool, and additionally, if desired, the stop end of the piston or ram, the invention enables reduction of noise and vibration without substantially diminishing impact effectiveness and working time. Additionally, the working end of a cutting or impacting tool can be modified to a sharper angle because of diminished force through such relatively lower modulus inclusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Inventors: H. Downman McCarty II, Peter Popper, James L. Glancey, Brooke Schumm Ill
  • Patent number: 7921934
    Abstract: A power tool capable of performing vibration damping action in working operation, without an increase in size. The working tool includes a motor, a housing in which an internal mechanism driven by the motor is stored, a tool bit disposed on one end of the housing, a hand grip continuously connected to the other end of the housing, and a dynamic damper. The dynamic damper is disposed by utilizing a space between the housing and the internal mechanism so that the damping direction of the dynamic damper faces the longitudinal direction of the tool bit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Makita Corporation
    Inventor: Yonosuke Aoki
  • Publication number: 20110067894
    Abstract: A power tool includes a housing, a motor having a motor output shaft and located within the housing, the motor being configured to rotate the motor output shaft about a first axis, a drive component having (i) a body attached to the motor output shaft, and (ii) an output drive pin attached to the body, the output drive pin defining a second axis which is offset from the first axis, the body being caused to rotate about the first axis in response to rotation of the motor output shaft about the first axis, and the output drive pin being caused to be eccentrically driven in response to rotation of the body about the first axis, and further the body having a hub and a counterbalance arrangement attached to the hub, the counterbalance arrangement being positioned and configured to offset forces generated by the output drive pin when eccentrically driven, a linkage configured to oscillate in response to the output drive pin being eccentrically driven, and a tool mount configured to oscillate in response to oscillat
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicants: CREDO TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, ROBERT BOSCH GmbH
    Inventor: Walter M. Bernardi
  • Patent number: 7896103
    Abstract: A tool housing which in one aspect includes a body defining a head portion with a handle portion depending therefrom to define a forward and/or a rear junction. A metal reinforcing member is configured to span along an inside surface of the body from the head portion to the handle portion such that the reinforcing member bridges either the forward or rear junction. In another aspect, the tool assembly comprises a tool housing body, a motor positioned within the tool body housing, a drive mechanism connected with the motor to define a unitary motor/drive mechanism assembly, and at least one elastic isolating member extending about a portion of the motor/drive mechanism assembly such that the motor/drive mechanism assembly is elastically isolated relative to the housing body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Ingersoll Rand Company
    Inventors: Joshua Odell Johnson, Ryan Scott Amend, Joseph Constantine Bouboulis, Patrick Sean Livingston, Douglas Edward Souls
  • Patent number: 7886839
    Abstract: The hand-held power tool has a vibration-damped main handle. The hand-held power tool has a device for fastening the main handle to a main element configured so that when the main element moves out of a stationary position toward the main handle the main element swivels around at least one swivel axis so that it is guided along a trajectory that extends with a slant of at least 10° relative to a flat surface, which extends through a longitudinal tool axis and which has a surface normal oriented in a normal direction perpendicular to the longitudinal tool axis. As a result vibrations with a movement component perpendicular to the longitudinal tool axis are damped as well as vibrations that induce motion of the main element in the direction of the longitudinal tool axis toward the main handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Karl Frauhammer, Gerhard Meixner, Heiko Roehm, Willy Braun, Axel Kuhnle, Andreas Strasser, Ralph Dammertz, Joachim Schadow, Christian Koepf, Juergen Lennartz
  • Patent number: 7886838
    Abstract: A hammer comprising: a body; a tool holder mounted on the body for holding a cutting tool; a handle, comprising a grip portion, pivotally mounted on the body about an axis of pivot; a first vibration dampener which connects between the handle and the body and which reduces the amount of angular vibrations transmitted from the body to the handle; a motor mounted within the body; a hammer mechanism mounted in the body, capable of being driven by the motor when the motor is activated, the hammer mechanism, when driven, imparting impacts onto a cutting tool when held by the tool holder; wherein at least the grip portion of the handle is also slideably mounted on the body so that the position of the grip portion can be linearly moved relative to the body; and there is further provided a second vibration dampener located between the grip portion and the body which reduces the amount of linear vibrations transmitted from the body to the grip portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventor: Norbert Hahn
  • Patent number: 7878265
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a technique for a reduction of an impact force cased by rebound of a tool bit after its striking movement in an impact power tool. The representative impact power tool includes a tool body, a hammer actuating member, a striker, a weight and an elastic element. A reaction force is transmitted from the hammer actuating member to the weight and the elastic element is elastically deformed when the weight moves ward by the reaction to absorb the reaction force. The invention is characterized in that the mass of the weight is set to about 40% or more of the mass of the striker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Makita Corporation
    Inventor: Yonosuke Aoki
  • Publication number: 20110005789
    Abstract: Fluid-powered percussion tool 1, comprising a housing 2 with a supply channel for pressurised fluid 3, a percussion mechanism 4, a swinging joint 5 arranged to carry the percussion mechanism 4 relative to the housing 2 at a point situated between the forward end A and the rear end B of the percussion mechanism 4, at least one elastically resilient element 6 arranged between the housing 2 and the percussion mechanism 4 at a distance from the swinging joint 5 and arranged to load the percussion mechanism 4 against a neutral position in the housing 2 and to absorb the vibrational movements of the percussion mechanism 4, and a flexible connection for pressurised fluid 7 for distribution of pressurised fluid from the supply channel for pressurised fluid 3 to the percussion mechanism 4. The elastically resilient element 6 comprises a conical spring 8. The flexible connection for pressurised fluid 7 comprises a hose 11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Ingemar Sven Johansson, Lars Saxbäck, Thomas Lilja, Ola Davidsson
  • Patent number: 7866412
    Abstract: A vibration attenuated power drill. The drill includes a housing incorporating a motor for driving an output shaft. A drill bit is driven by the output shaft by means of cooperating ratchet plates contained in a gearbox. The motor has a stator and a rotor, and is provided with leaf springs which attenuate vibrations transmitted from the motor to the housing along the axis of rotation of the rotor relative to the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Avis
  • Patent number: 7845427
    Abstract: A hand power tool has a housing comprising at least two housing parts, and at least one sealing and/or damping element introduced into the housing by injection molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Mahsein Wan, Manfred Lutz, Siew Yuen Lee
  • Patent number: 7836971
    Abstract: An elastic unit includes a transatory unit including a first elastic support member, a second elastic support member and not-shown four round bar-shaped elastic bodies made of rubber. A rotation urging unit is composed of a Neidhart spring including an outer frame, a shaft, a rotary member, and four rubber rods. The rotary member is in a state where it is rotated at 10° counterclockwise from an initial state. Therefore, the rubber rod deforms upon reception of rolling friction from the outer frame and the rotary member, and the rotation urging unit gives the handle portion the urging power by which the handle portion is rotated so that one end of the handle portion is spaced away from a gear housing 31 in the direction of the handle portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsuyuki Kikuchi, Tsukasa Suzuura
  • Patent number: 7832497
    Abstract: A post driver having rotational handles and a dampening device adapted to isolate the hands and arms of the user from shock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Inventor: Robert Wilson
  • Patent number: 7832498
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a technique for further improving the vibration reducing performance in an impact tool. A representative impact tool includes a tool body, a cylinder housed within the tool body, a dynamic vibration reducer having a weight that linearly moves under a biasing force of an elastic element, wherein the dynamic vibration reducer reduces vibration of the tool body during hammering operation by the movement of the weight in the axial direction of the tool bit, and a mechanical vibration mechanism that actively drives the weight by applying external force other than vibration of the tool body to the weight via the elastic element. The weight and the elastic element are disposed on the axis of the tool bit and between an inner wall surface of the tool body and an outer wall surface of the cylinder in such a manner as to cover at least part of the outer wall surface of the cylinder in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Makita Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshio Sugiyama, Hiroki Ikuta
  • Patent number: 7828073
    Abstract: A rotary-percussion hand-held power tool includes a vibrating percussion mechanism (2) for applying blows along a percussion axis (A), a guiding handle (4) vibrationally decoupled from the percussion mechanism (2) and provided with a motor switch (5) displaceable in switching region (X) for blocking the motor switch (5), an operational mode selection switch (3) arranged in the percussion mechanism (2), and a switching bar (9) displaceable by the operational mode selection switch (3) and having a stop (10) that projects into the switching region (X) of the locking switch (7) in the drilling operational mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernhard Liebert, Pierre Pallmer
  • Patent number: 7819203
    Abstract: An impact force is transmitted to a tip end tool due to the changes of the air pressure within an air chamber generated by the reciprocal operation of the piston within a striker. The attachment portion of a tip end tool holding member for holding the tip end tool to a cylinder casing is sandwiched between buffers disposed in the two directions of the axial direction of the tool thereby to elastically support the tip end tool holding member to be movable in the two directions of the axial direction of the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichiro Sato, Tsukasa Suzuura, Takahiro Hirai
  • Patent number: 7789168
    Abstract: The disclosure describes a handle assembly for a power tool that includes attachment means for attaching the assembly to a housing of a power tool. The handle means is adapted to be held by a user of the power tool and the handle means is mounted to the attachment means and is capable of limited movement relative to the housing of the power tool. The vibration damping means acts between said housing and said handle means. The vibration damping means can also comprise elastomeric material. The attachment means can be mounted in use to the housing via a bolt on one of the attachment means and the housing passing through a respective aperture in the other of said attachment means and the housing. At least some of the elastomeric material is arranged in use between at least one said bolt and a corresponding said aperture. The handle means can be pivotable and/or slidable relative to said attachment means. The vibration damping means can comprise at least one spring (e.g., compression/spring or torsion spring).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Balck & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Reimund Becht, Norbert Hahn, Michael Stirm, Ralf Seebauer
  • Patent number: 7775296
    Abstract: An improved portable, ground stabilized, drop hammer assembly for impacting a ground surface and adapted to be removably coupled to a driven host transport apparatus is composed of a drop weight, a frame including a sidewall, bottom plate and a host transport apparatus engagement assembly, and a power assembly for vertically reciprocatingly moving the drop weight to impact the ground surface. A shock absorbing element is carried either the frame assembly close to the ground surface or by the drop weight at its end close to the ground. Such shock absorbing material absorbs any movement by the drop weight into the frame assembly close to the ground surface to prevent damage to the frame assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: The Stanley Works
    Inventor: Patrick H. Webber
  • Patent number: 7762348
    Abstract: A power tool has a handle capable of limited movement mounted to its housing. An axle is rotatably connected to the housing and is movable between a first and second positions and is spring biased towards the first position. Arms are connected to and rotate with the axle. Connectors are slidably mounted within guides and are connected at one end to the arms and at the other end to the handle. Vibrations in the body of the power tool cause movement of one end of the handle, which causes movement of a connector and in turn movement of an arm. Movement of the arm causes rotation of the axle which therefore causes movement of the other arm. This in turn causes the related connector to slide within its guide and move the other end of handle. Thus, movement of one end of the handle is coupled to the other end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Stirm, Reimund Becht, Norbert Hahn
  • Patent number: 7753137
    Abstract: A hand-held power tool damping unit has a damping element which is configured for producing friction between an output unit and a drive unit for driving the output unit, wherein damping element includes at least one annular segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Bruno Aeberhard
  • Publication number: 20100155094
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to reduce noise caused by run-out of a tool bit in an impact tool. The representative impact tool according to the invention includes a tool holder 137 that houses a tool bit 119 in such a manner that the tool bit can linearly move in its axial direction, and a barrel 108 that is integrally connected to the tool holder 137 The impact tool further includes an elastic element 155 that is disposed between an inner circumferential surface of the tool holder 137 and an outer circumferential surface of the tool bit 119 in an end region of the tool bit 119 on the barrel side and connected in close contact with the tool holder 137 and the tool bit 119 over a predetermined length of the tool bit 119 in the axial direction. The elastic element 155 applies a biasing force to prevent a run-out of the tool bit 119 in a direction transverse to the axial direction. Further, an intermediate element 145 comes in point contact with the tool bit 119 on its axial center line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Ikuta, Masao Miwa, Takuya Sumi
  • Patent number: 7740085
    Abstract: A vibratory apparatus comprises an eccentric mass disposed within a housing. A shaft and bushing are received by the eccentric mass and couple the eccentric mass to a crankshaft. An internal conduit extends longitudinally within the shaft. Input and output conduits each communicate with the internal conduit to allow a lubricant to flow through the shaft. A bore extends radially through the bushing. Lubricant flowing through the shaft may further flow through the bore and form a lubricating layer between the bushing and the eccentric mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Inventor: Raymond J. Roussy