With Motor Patents (Class 30/228)
  • Patent number: 12076801
    Abstract: A cutting tool attachment for a power tool is freely rotatable about an end of the power tool. A fence provides a complementary flat surface area for the cutting tool attachment to rest against a surface of the material to be cut. The fence prevents free rotation of the cutting tool attachment while in use. A handle allows a user to guide the attachment along the surface of the material, while also providing leverage to keep the attachment against the material surface close to the attachment, but at a safe position to reduce the chance of injury. A user can rotate the power tool relative to the cutting attachment to achieve a comfortable position or to help turn the attachment and power tool. The power tool is therefore positionable along a 360 arc of movement relative to the attachment while the attachment is positioned along the surface of a material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: GENERAL TOOLS & INSTRUMENTS COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Edward Gilchrest, Matthew Prancuk, Andrew Krystinik, Matthew Phillips
  • Patent number: 11999044
    Abstract: A one-way oil-way driven expansion and retraction movement tool includes a hydraulic driving structure, two long arm rods and two connecting rods, wherein, the hydraulic driving structure has a cylinder barrel, a plunger and a shaft rod, the two arm rods are opposite each other and are opposite the two sides of the shaft rod in the lateral direction. One end of each arm rod is respectively pivoted on the cylinder barrel, and the other end of each arm rod is respectively used for arranging a working piece, so that each working piece can move toward or away from each other to execute corresponding work. The connecting rods are respectively pivoted with each of the arm rods and with the connecting part, so that, through the connecting rods, the shaft rod can pull the arm rods to move away from each other or toward each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Inventor: Kun-Wang Wang
  • Patent number: 11911639
    Abstract: A mobile portable tool, such as a spreading device, cutting device or combined device with cutting and spreading function includes a housing. An electric motor is located in the housing. The tool includes a rechargeable battery or a connection to an external electrical energy source. The tool is a mechanically or hydraulically driven and has a displaceable piston rod spreading and/or cutting and/or lifting and/or pressing work. An electronic open-loop and closed-loop control unit controls the electric motor and includes a printed circuit board and control cables with a connector for transporting control signals. For under water operation while still having a simple design, the electric motor is a brushless direct-current motor. The electronic components of the printed circuit board are enclosed by a potting compound to prevent water entering, and the connector of the control cable is protected against the ingress of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: LUKAS HYDRAULIK GMBH
    Inventors: Carsten Sauerbier, Thomas Littwin
  • Patent number: 11826839
    Abstract: A cutting head for a hydraulic power tool includes a first jaw that includes a first ear configured with a slot for receiving a corresponding ear. The second jaw includes a second ear with a third ear bore that aligns in between a first ear bore and to a second ear bore of the first ear when the second ear is coupled in the slot of the first ear. The cutting head further includes a spring-biased flange coupled to a blade mounted to the first jaw and a retained coupled at a fixed position to a blade mounted to the second jaw. The retainer is configured to receive the flange during a cutting action such that the flange prevents the blades from shifting out of alignment during the cutting action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventor: Nathaniel P. Olbrich
  • Patent number: 11771926
    Abstract: A rescue tool (10) comprises a drive system which is provided inside a housing and which is configured and suitable for actuating a linear displacement of an implement drive member. The drive system is connected for axial rotation to a rotation shaft of an energizable drive source (22), wherein the rotation shaft of the energizable drive source (22) is coupled for force transmission to an axially rotatable spindle (30). The spindle (30) is coupled rotatably to the housing (15) by means of an axial bearing assembly (25, 26) and the drive body (40) is coupled for force transmission to the spindle (30) and to the implement drive member. The drive body is configured and suitable for converting an axial rotation of the spindle (30) to a linear translation of its own.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: ZAMQUA HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Jan-Pieter Maarschalk, Sebastiaan Mollema, Fred Baas
  • Patent number: 11749977
    Abstract: A device is used to sever an electrical power cable for the transmission of high voltage. The device includes a frame having first movable cutting blade carried thereon and second stationary cutting blades carried thereon. The blades can sever the electrical power cable upon movement of the first cutting blade relative to the frame. A sensor is provided and is configured to register a position of the first cutting blade relative to the frame. An evaluation and/or transmission controller is configured to receive information from the sensor and interrupt severing of the electrical power cable by the blades in response to the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignees: GUSTAV KLAUKE GMBH, GREENLEE TOOLS, INC.
    Inventors: Egbert Georg Gottfried Frenken, William John McNulty, Torsten Darkow, Andreas Lehr
  • Patent number: 11684984
    Abstract: A tool configured to cut a workpiece includes a tool head which has a receiving contour in which the workpiece is received, and a movable cutting edge with a cutting contour. In the course of a cutting process, the cutting edge passes through the receiving contour. The cutting edge is subjected to the effect of an advancement part and can be moved to such an extent in the cutting direction(s) that it can pass all the way through the workpiece. In an embodiment, a position of the cutting edge reached after the cutting edge has passed all the way through the workpiece, the cutting edge, with removal from the advancement part, can be moved out from the cutting direction(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: GUSTAV KLAUKE GMBH
    Inventors: Egbert Frenken, Andreas Lehr
  • Patent number: 11565433
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of electric scissors, and in particular relates to a bidirectional driving mechanism for electric scissors blades and electric scissors. The bidirectional driving mechanism for electric scissors blade includes a fixed seat, a driving gear, a rotating shaft member, an upper blade group and a lower blade. The driving gear and the rotating shaft member are arranged on fixed seat, the lower blade and the upper blade group rotate around the rotating shaft member, an outer rack is arranged at a rear part of the lower blade, a front part of the upper blade group is an upper blade, a rear part of the upper blade group is a meshing block, and an inner rack is arranged at a rear part of the meshing block; and the inner rack and the outer rack are respectively meshed with both sides of the driving gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Inventor: Xianpeng Ma
  • Patent number: 11533856
    Abstract: Electric pole loppers are provided. An electric pole lopper includes a handle, a connecting pole and a pruning component which are connected in sequence, wherein the pruning component comprises a casing, a control mechanism and, connected in sequence, a motive power mechanism, a drive mechanism and a cutter set, wherein the motive power mechanism and the drive mechanism are disposed in the casing, the cutter set is disposed at that end of the casing which is remote from the motive power mechanism, a switch connected to the motive power mechanism is provided on the handle, and the control mechanism is connected to the drive mechanism; the drive mechanism is a worm gear/worm drive mechanism or a ball screw drive mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Techtronic Cordless GP
    Inventors: Adis Sabic, Wong Kar Tat, Li Da Zheng, Zhang Sheng Rong, Brian Ron Vines
  • Patent number: 11378599
    Abstract: A system (1) for spiking, i.e. exploring voltage, in electric cables (5) comprises a first clamping jaw (3) and a second clamping jaw (4) to lock a portion of an electric cable (5) in a clamping position (7), an elongated metal blade (8) which can be displaced between a retracted position and an extended position in the clamping position (7), a hydraulic actuator (9) to displace the blade (8), with respect to the first and second clamping jaws (3, 4), from the retracted position into the extended position, a pump (10) adapted to increase the pressure of a hydraulic liquid acting on the hydraulic actuator (9), a hand-held remote control (12) for remotely actuating and controlling the pump (10), wireless actuation communication means (13) adapted to provide pump actuation signals from the remote control (12) to the pump (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Cembre S.p.A.
    Inventors: Gualtiero Barezzani, Leonardo Livi
  • Patent number: 11358297
    Abstract: A safety cutting tool includes an electrically conductive cutting member, an electric motor for actuating the cutting member, a gripping handle electrically insulated from the cutting tool, a cutting trigger control that can be actuated by the hand of the user gripping the gripping handle, the cutting trigger control being electrically insulated from the cutting tool, an emergency stop device sensitive to a user coming into contact with the cutting member. The emergency stop device is controlled by a comparator comparing an impedance of a first electric circuit comprising the cutting tool and a second electric circuit used as a reference, the first and second circuits having manual contact electrodes provided on at least one of the gripping handle of the tool and the cutting trigger control. A method for controlling such a tool is also disclosed. The tool and method are is-applicable to electric secateurs and shears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Pellenc
    Inventors: Roger Pellenc, Bernard Lopez
  • Patent number: 11311751
    Abstract: A hydraulic device 10 includes a hydraulic pump 20, a tool 70, an oil passage 30, 32, 50, 52 for sending the pressure oil generated by the hydraulic pump 20 to the tool 70 and returning return oil from the tool 70 to the hydraulic pump 20, a handle 90 configured to be held by one hand of a worker, a switching part 88 disposed at the oil passage 30, 32, 50, 52 and configured to switch a path for at least one of the pressure oil and the return oil, and an operation part 80 for operating the switching part 88. The operation part 80 is disposed at a position that allows the operation part 80 to be operated with the hand of the worker holding the handle 90, or with a finger of the hand holding the handle 90.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Ogura & Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Keita Dobashi
  • Patent number: 11272670
    Abstract: A driving mechanism for use in a power tool and a power tool comprising the driving mechanism in connection with a motor and an operation member. The driving mechanism includes a sliding member arranged to drive the operation member, the sliding member is arranged to move between a first sliding position and a second sliding position along a longitudinal axis during an operation of the power tool so as to drive the operation member to move between a first operation position and a second operation position respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Techtronic Cordless GP
    Inventors: Chin Hung Ricky Lam, Yu Long Wang, Jeff Nesom
  • Patent number: 11266137
    Abstract: The tension-adjusting fishing pole may comprise a rod blank, a rod handle, an activation handle, and a reel. The rod handle and the rod blank may couple together to form a fishing pole. The reel may be coupled to a reel seat on the rod handle such that the fishing pole and the reel may be operable to catch fish. The rod blank may comprise a hollow interior. A fluid may be forced into the hollow interior of the rod blank by operating the activation handle and may increase pressure within the rod blank to stiffen the rod blank. The pressure exerted by the fluid within the rod blank may be reduced to allow the rod blank to flex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Inventor: Benny H. Miller
  • Patent number: 11135662
    Abstract: A motor-operated shears which includes two blades that can move towards each other to perform a shearing movement is provided. In order to advantageously improve functional safety, towards the end of the movement, the blades are acted upon in a direction running transversely to the movement so as to keep the blades at a distance from one another in said direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: GUSTAV KLAUKE GMBH
    Inventor: Andreas Lehr
  • Patent number: 11078996
    Abstract: A driver can axially rotate and axially extend and retract a driving target. A driver includes a body, a shaft including a threaded portion, a motor that rotates the shaft, and a hollow cylinder through which the shaft extends, movable in Z-direction, and restricted from rotating relative to the body, a camera module rotatably supported on the hollow cylinder and movable in Z-direction with the hollow cylinder, a coil spring that urges the hollow cylinder in the positive Z-direction, a nut screwed with the threaded portion of the shaft and movable in Z-direction while restricting movement of the hollow cylinder in Z-direction, and a clutch engageable with the nut to restrict movement of the nut in Z-direction and rotatable with the camera module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC COPAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yosuke Momose
  • Patent number: 11081303
    Abstract: An electric line cutter device for high voltage busbars has a two-part housing, a piston, an igniter and a busbar. The upper housing includes a cylinder, cuboid or prism chamber. The lower housing also includes a cylinder, cuboid or prism chamber. The piston is contained inside one of either the upper housing chamber or the lower housing chamber. Upon igniting the igniter, the piston breaks a portion of the busbar moving the piston and the portion of the busbar into the opposite chamber thereby stopping the electric current flow. The piston is at least partially formed as an insulator to prevent electric discharge. The piston design together with chamber design includes integrated “squeeze areas” and “blow channels” for the appearing arc. A channel system outside or from inside the piston allow the pyro gases to push the arc plasma into a filter system to cool down the gases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Key Safety Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthias Volkmann, Martin Pieruch, Heiko Struss, Alois Mauthofer
  • Patent number: 11000713
    Abstract: A method is for operating an electromechanical or electrohydraulic work appliance or rescue appliance that can be carried and used by an operator, having a movable tool insert, a spreading tool or a lifting tool, a housing, an electric motor, a pump or a mechanical transmission driven by the electric motor, for actuating the tool insert. The appliance has an exchangeable, rechargeable appliance electrical energy source, having a housing in or on the rescue appliance. During operation of the appliance, operating data of the appliance and/or of the energy source are acquired and transferred into a data carrier or data storage device in the electrical energy source. The electrical energy source is removed from the appliance and connected to a charging device. The operating data stored in the data carrier or storage device of the electrical energy source are read by the charging device and transferred to a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: LUKAS Hydraulik GmbH
    Inventors: Carsten Sauerbier, Tammy Horne, Ian Cuba, William J. Brown, Nick Ramirez, Uwe Kirchner
  • Patent number: 10912259
    Abstract: A cutting device includes a first cutting element and a second cutting element configured to move relative to each other, and a first gripping element and a second gripping element configured to move relative to each other. The cutting device further includes at least one driving element configured to assist a movement of the second cutting element relative to the first cutting element in an assistance mode in which the at least one driving element is activated, and a sensor configured to recognize an object located between the first gripping element and the second gripping element in order to switch off the assistance mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Endre Zador, Janos Nagy, Krisztian Sepsi, Mark Glanville, Robert Soltesz, Zoltan Zsoldos
  • Patent number: 10799962
    Abstract: A working head for a hydrodynamic cutting tool includes a working head, an electro-hydraulic pump adapted to increase the pressure of a hydraulic liquid, and a pressure tube connected between the pump and the working head to communicate the pressure of the hydraulic liquid from the pump to the working head. The working head may be removably connectable to the pressure tube and includes two jaws movable, in response to the increase of the hydraulic liquid pressure, between an open position and a closed position to perform the cutting. A cutting detector may be used to detect the completion of the cutting. A cutting confirmation transmitter may be connected to the cutting detector and configured for a wireless transmission of a cutting completion confirmation signal to a cutting confirmation receiver of the cutting tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Cembre S.p.A.
    Inventors: Gualtiero Barezzani, Gianpaolo Luciani
  • Patent number: 10595889
    Abstract: Arthroscopic cutters are used for resecting tissues, such as meniscal tissues, in meniscectomies or other arthroscopic procedures. The arthroscopic cutters have a shaft assembly with openable-closeable jaws at a working end of the shaft. A handpiece having a motor drive may be detachably coupled to a hub on a hub end of the handpiece. When the shaft is coupled to the handpiece, the motor drive will couple to the jaw structure to open and close the jaw structure to cut meniscal and other tissues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: RELIGN Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron Germain, Jeffrey Norton, Salvatore G. Mangano, Michael D. Walker, Steffan Benamou
  • Patent number: 10571212
    Abstract: A process that uses a lodged projectile removal charge (LPRC) apparatus to remove a projectile jammed in a cannon's gun tube. The LPRC is positioned coaxially and offset from the projectile, and the gun tube is filled with water. The charge is detonated producing a shock wave that disintegrates the LPRC apparatus and pressurizes the water. The pressurized water produces a radial hydraulic force against an interior wall of the gun tube, an axial hydraulic force against the projectile pushing the projectile toward the chamber, and produces an opposing expansion of explosive gases that blasts out most of the water in the gun tube. The process is less likely to damage the gun tube. The LPRC may be made using a 3D printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: David Rivera Marchand, Angel Diaz, Daniel McCarthy, Michael G. Craft, Walter Hubbard, Nicholas Shaker
  • Patent number: 10293509
    Abstract: A cutting or compression tool comprises a housing and a driving group for moving a driving piston with respect to the housing, a fixed jaw with a first connecting seat and a second connecting seat for a stationary connection to the housing, a mobile jaw with a first fulcrum seat hinged to the fixed jaw at the second connecting seat and a second fulcrum seat hinged to a first connecting plate connected to the driving piston. The distance between the first connecting seat and the second connecting seat of the fixed jaw is equal to the distance between the first fulcrum seat and the second fulcrum seat of the mobile jaw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Cembre S.p.A.
    Inventors: Gualtiero Barezzani, Michele Orizio
  • Patent number: 10099392
    Abstract: Electric scissors comprise a motor, a movable blade, a transmission mechanism, an operation device, an operation signal output device, a control device, a drive circuit, and a forced stop device. The forced stop device is configured to stop the motor when an abnormal state is present in which the value of the operation signal output from the operation signal output device is a value determined in the control device to rotate the motor in a specific rotation direction out of the first and the second rotation directions or to stop the motor, and in which the motor is rotating in a direction opposite to the specific rotation direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidekazu Suda, Motohiro Omura
  • Patent number: 10091947
    Abstract: A hand-held power tool, and in particular pruning shears, having an electric motor, a cutting member, and a transmission linking the electric motor to the cutting member, the motor and the transmission being housed in a main housing. An intermediate housing, made from a heat conductive material, is housed inside the main housing, the intermediate housing being in thermal contact with the electric motor. At least one heat sink is linked to the intermediate housing, and projects out of the main housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: PELLENC (SOCIETE ANONYME)
    Inventor: Roger Pellenc
  • Patent number: 9982763
    Abstract: An electrically powered drive system for a medical device includes a motor, a gear box driven by the motor, a driving member for moving a part of the device, a crank mechanism, and a push-pull mechanism. The crank mechanism includes first and second crank arms each having a connection end and a distal end. The first crank arm's distal end is pivotally connected to the driving member. The second crank arm's connection end is pivotally connected to the first crank arm's connection end. The second crank arm's distal end is pivotally connected to a stationary member. The push-pull mechanism is connected to and driven by an output member of the gear box to drive the crank mechanism to move the driving member between a retracted position and an extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: JOHNSON ELECTRIC S.A.
    Inventors: Thomas Roschke, Carl Henric Andreas Svennsson
  • Patent number: 9913540
    Abstract: A chair component assembly includes a support component adapted to support a portion of a seated user and including a shell member having an outer peripheral edge, the support component further including at least one coupler having an interior and an opening facing the outer peripheral edge of the shell member, and at least one tab member located substantially proximate the opening of the at least one coupler, and an upholstery cover assembly wrapped about at least a portion of the support component and including an edge that is retained within the interior of the at least one cupler by the at least one tab member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Norman, Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Todd Quigley, Mark J. Dinneweth
  • Patent number: 9908233
    Abstract: A fastener installation tool including a cylinder assembly, a handle/sleeve assembly, and a tool head. The handle/sleeve assembly includes a handle having a bore and a sleeve positioned within the bore. An inner wall of the sleeve includes a first portion with a first inner diameter and a second portion with a second inner diameter. The sleeve includes an outer wall having a first portion with a first outer diameter and a second portion with a second outer diameter, the first outer diameter of the first portion of the outer wall of the sleeve being greater than the second outer diameter of the second portion of the outer wall of the sleeve. A space is formed between the second portion of the outer wall of the sleeve and the second portion of the inner wall of the handle, which enables the sleeve to flex during operation of the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: ARCONIC INC.
    Inventor: Robert Wilcox
  • Patent number: 9862019
    Abstract: A pneumatically powered fastener installation tool (2) comprising floating pull (24) and return (26) pistons which are free to move axially within the main channel (22), thereby providing compliance when transmitting pressure from a double-acting pneumatic piston (16) and intensifier rod (18) to a head piston (6) thereby to install a fastener such as a lockbolt and preventing the generation of a vacuum condition on oil loss during the pull stroke of the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Infastech Intellectual Properties PTE. LTD.
    Inventor: Simon Andrew
  • Patent number: 9849519
    Abstract: In an ultrasound-assisted method, in each of at least two sonotrode arms (8, 9) of a sonotrode (7) that is fixed in a protruding manner, said sonotrode arms being connected to each other by means of a respective joint (10) in each case, a respective ultrasonic wave that is transverse to the protrusion direction and that oscillates in a resonance mode is produced, wherein ultrasonic waves superposed in the at least one joint (10) and oscillating in the sonotrode arms (8, 9) of the joint (10) oscillate at a phase offset from each other, and the oscillation planes of the superposed ultrasonic waves are parallel to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.u.
    Inventor: Sophia Hannig
  • Patent number: 9832936
    Abstract: Electric scissors (1A, 1B) is provided with: a first blade (2A, 2B); a second blade (3A, 3B); a toggle link mechanism (7A, 7B) including a first link (71A, 71B), a second link (72A, 72B), and a drive shaft (70A, 70B); and a drive section (5, 6). One end of the first link (71A, 71B) is rotatably connected to a transmission portion (21A, 21B) of the first blade (2A, 2B). One end of the second link (72A, 72B) is rotatably connected to a transmission portion (31A, 31B) of the second blade (3A, 3B). The other end of the first link (71A, 71B) is rotatably connected to the other end of the second link (72A, 72B) through the drive shaft (70A, 70B). The drive section (5, 6) is configured to open/close the first blade (2A, 2B) and the second blade (3A, 3B) by displacing the drive shaft (70A, 70B) in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the drive shaft (70A, 70B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroki Ishiguro
  • Patent number: 9796099
    Abstract: A cutting apparatus for trimming an article, the apparatus has a manually grasped power element with a reciprocating arm having a removably engagable rotatable couple including a selectable rotational index position lock. Also included is a cutting head assembly that is removable and rotationally indexable relative to the power element, the cutting head having a pair of cutting blades for trimming the article. Wherein operationally, the reciprocating arm drives the cutting blades that have scissor movement with the cutting head selectably rotatable to the power element, user wrist fatigue is reduced, also with the cutting head being removable from the power element, the cutting head assembly is easier to clean.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Inventor: Terry Sandefur
  • Patent number: 9757869
    Abstract: An electric trimming device (100) achieves mechanical advantages by use of a rotational assembly (600) creating an offset rotation used to move a movable blade (350) in a back and forth series of movements. Thus, traditional rotational movement from an electric motor is efficiently translated into a reciprocating scissor type movement. A moveable blade (350) defines a longitudinal void (360) the void used to retain a sliding pin (616) with a scissor blade bearing (618) rotating around the sliding pin. The sliding pin is attached to outer portions a radial rotational plate (610) with an inner portion of the plate attached to an axle of a motor. To achieve a smooth planar movement of the moveable blade the radial rotational plate spins in and out of a guide assembly (700).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Wada, Lawrence Y Igarashi
  • Patent number: 9649702
    Abstract: A 360° rotatable drill shear attachment has a housing with forward extending shear blades and a rearward extending drive bit connectable to a chuck of a portable hand drill. A cowling is fixed to a mounting flange and rearward of the shear housing protectively covering the drive bit and drill chuck. A circular clamp is rotatable and securable to the mounting flange. Left and right rails slide-ably adjust lengthwise and pivotally extend from the clamp along the left and right sides of the drill body to a point beyond the rear of the drill body to a drill rear end. A connector adjustably is fastened to the rear ends of the rails to adjustably draw the ends together for securing the shear attachment to the drill body. The clamp may be loosened to rotate the mounting flange of shear attachment, and shear blades, within the clamp for shear blade orientation anywhere along a 360° axial arc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Malco Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Batho, John T. Ryan
  • Patent number: 9604383
    Abstract: A scissors attachment can also be attached to the reciprocating tool for cutting one or more sheets of material. The scissors attachment includes an extension bar and first and second blades pivotally attached. A tool chuck coupling connects one of the blades to the reciprocating tool chuck of the reciprocating tool. A bar slot can be integrally defined on the tool or defined on the neck mount assembly for receiving and securing in place the extension bar. A method of stabilizing a cutting instrument is also provided. Additionally, a method of cutting material is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Inventor: James Timothy Wilcher
  • Patent number: 9603311
    Abstract: A reciprocating power tool includes a reciprocating cutting mechanism arranged to be driven by a motor via a driving assembly. The driving assembly includes a resilient arrangement arranged to be charged when the cutting mechanism is driven by the motor. When the drive from the motor is terminated, the resilient arrangement is arranged to reverse the cutting mechanism from the direction of the drive from the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: TECHTRONIC OUTDOOR PRODUCTS TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yulong Wang, Lv Chen
  • Patent number: 9434013
    Abstract: Illustrative embodiments of sheet cutting shears are disclosed. A sheet cutting shears may include a tool body and a cutting head. The tool body may include a drive housing and a handle coupled to the drive housing. The handle may be inclined toward the cutting head so that at least a portion of the drive housing located between the handle and the cutting head is within a footprint of the handle when viewed from above. A handle axis and a housing axis may form an acute angle located at least in part between a front side of the handle and a top side of the drive housing. The sheet cutting sheers may further include a trigger configured to move between an off position and an on position, the trigger being spaced apart from the drive housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Ingersoll-Rand Company
    Inventors: Joshua Odell Johnson, Christopher Anthony Kokinelis
  • Patent number: 9120235
    Abstract: In electric scissors, a rotating motion of a motor (21) is converted into a linear motion, and a link mechanism (A) is operated to open and close blades (11, 12) by the linear motion. The electric scissors includes a current control unit (110) that controls an electric current value to the motor (21), and a detection unit (120) that detects that an angle between the blades (11, 12) becomes a predetermined angle. The current control unit (110) changes an upper limit of the electric current value to be supplied to the motor (21) when the detection unit (120) detects that the angle between the blades (11, 12) becomes the predetermined angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Maniwa
  • Patent number: 9119345
    Abstract: A power cutting tool includes a housing, a motor accommodated in the housing, a cutting assembly optionally operated in a trimming mode or in an edging mode and being driven by the motor to rotate around a first axis, a handle assembly, an elongated shaft connecting the cutting assembly and the handle assembly, a guard mounted to the cutting assembly, and a wheel assembly including a wheel. The wheel assembly is optionally mounted at least a first mounting position and a second mounting position. The central axis of the wheel is substantially perpendicular to the first axis when the wheel assembly is mounted at the first mounting position and is substantially parallel to the first axis when the wheel assembly is mounted at the second mounting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: POSITEC POWER TOOLS (SUZHOU) CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Yuanzhong Ran, Yu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20150121706
    Abstract: The invention relates to a handheld power tool (1), including: a mobile element (100) and a stationary element (102); a rotatable actuator; a ball nut (200); a ball screw (202) having a first end (202a) connected to the mobile element (100); and a universal joint (10, 12, 14) arranged so as to be driven by the rotatable actuator and so as to rotate the ball nut (200) on said ball screw (202) in order to move the ball screw (202), and thus the mobile element (100), relative to the stationary element (102). The universal joint can be advantageously retained inside two concentric spherical bearings (50a, 60a, 70a, 80a), thus making it possible to take up the axial forces in two directions. It is thus possible to eliminate any radial force on the ball screw (202) and have angularly variably rotational output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventor: Alain Zurcher
  • Publication number: 20150113810
    Abstract: The invention relates to a handheld power tool having a linear actuator (10) and a movable member (25), e.g. a blade, wherein the movable member (25) is directly connected to the actuator via a connecting rod (70), which pushes the movable member during a work stroke and pulls the movable member to a starting position during a return stroke. One end of the connected rod (70) is connected, via a concentric dual ball-and-socket joint, to the actuator as well as to a guide ring (80) that slides inside the cylindrical body (38) of the tool. Due to the arrangement of the invention, lateral and bending forces are taken up and transmitted to the body of the tool by the guide ring (80) without affecting the actuator. The ring (80) defines a sealed space that houses the actuator (10). An axial cavity of the connecting rod (70) partially houses the actuator (10) in the retracted position, thus reducing the length of the tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventor: Alain Zurcher
  • Publication number: 20150113811
    Abstract: A power hand tool comprising: a trigger (23); a motor (22); a blade (25) driven by said motor (22), an electronic circuit (10) for controlling the angular position or the speed of the motor (22) on the basis of the instantaneous position of the trigger. The electronic circuit (10) is arranged to detect a predefined movement sequence of the trigger (23) and to execute a function in response to the detection of such a sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Thierry Bieler, Laurent Cardoletti, Christian Fleury, Christian Koechli, Simon Tinguely
  • Patent number: 8943699
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cutting device providing a main frame body, at least one stationary cutting element disposed on the main frame body, a drive system disposed on the main frame body, in particular in the form of a fluid cylinder, and a cutting blade drivingly connected to the drive system and guided in its movement on the main frame body, which co-operates with the stationary cutting element. The main frame body and/or the drive system is made from an essentially light metal or a light metal alloy with a density of less than 5000 kg/m3, in particular less than 3000 kg/m3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Weber-Hydraulik GmbH
    Inventors: Kurt Strohmeier, Peter Herwig
  • Publication number: 20140283392
    Abstract: A motorized shears with adjustable blade separation unit includes a housing and a motor coupled to a moving blade gear which drives a moving blade. A battery case body contains a battery pack and a means by which to charge the battery pack through an electrical outlet. The unit can be placed in automatic mode or semi-automatic mode by actuating a mode switch. When the unit is in semi-automatic mode the user can tap a touch sensor to activate blade movement. When the unit is in automatic mode environmental factors will determine the speed at which the moving blade moves. In some embodiments the touch sensor may be a touch screen which relays information from the unit and allows the user to change a variety of settings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventor: Joshua Mezher
  • Publication number: 20140250696
    Abstract: According to inventive techniques, a trimmer includes a fixed blade and a moveable blade. The fixed blade may include a focal aperture comprising a focal point, a radial extension region extending in a radial direction away from the focal point of the focal aperture and including a primary plane, and an arcuate region extending in a dimension away from the primary plane of the radial extension region. The moveable blade may include a focal aperture comprising a focal point, a radial extension region extending in a radial direction away from the focal point of the focal aperture and including a primary plane, and an arcuate region extending in a dimension away from the primary plane of the radial extension region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventor: ROSE CONFORTI
  • Patent number: 8813370
    Abstract: A trigger-operated portable electric tool for performing a main function, characterized in that it has a double trigger with, on the one hand, a main trigger for operating it, which operates at least one moving active part of the tool and, on the other hand, an auxiliary trigger or secondary trigger connected to the main trigger by means of an articulation and configured to make an angle with the said main trigger, the pivoting of the auxiliary trigger about the articulation enabling actuation of a means of operating a system for performing at least one additional function of the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Pellenc (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventor: Roger Pellenc
  • Patent number: 8769829
    Abstract: The invention relates to a portable electric tool having an active head motor-driven by an actuator and provided on the top end of a head-mounting shaft, the bottom portion of which has a handle, characterized in that a second shaft, or auxiliary shaft, is attached or arranged to be attachable onto the head-mounting shaft underneath and remote from said active head while forming, at least in the proximal portion thereof, an acute angle with said head-mounting shaft. The size of said auxiliary shaft being such that the free end thereof, provided with a handle, is located at or substantially at the handle being provided with the bottom part of the head-mounting shaft, one of said handles constituting the control handle of said actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Pellenc (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventor: Roger Pelleng
  • Publication number: 20140165411
    Abstract: Electrical shears have a housing with an electric drive motor arranged in the housing. A motor shaft is connected to the drive motor. Blades are provided and at least one of the blades is connected to the motor shaft. The motor shaft acts on the at least one blade for opening or closing the blades. A manual actuating member with a guide member is guided in a translatory motion, wherein the guide member has a length extending in a direction of a straight actuating travel path of the manual actuating member. A control unit is provided that controls the drive motor as a function of an electric control signal, wherein the electric control signal represents a mechanical position of the manual actuating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Andreas Binder
  • Publication number: 20140165410
    Abstract: Illustrative embodiments of sheet cutting shears are disclosed. A sheet cutting shears may include a tool body and a cutting head. The tool body may include a drive housing and a handle coupled to the drive housing. The handle may be inclined toward the cutting head so that at least a portion of the drive housing located between the handle and the cutting head is within a footprint of the handle when viewed from above. A handle axis and a housing axis may form an acute angle located at least in part between a front side of the handle and a top side of the drive housing. The sheet cutting sheers may further include a trigger configured to move between an off position and an on position, the trigger being spaced apart from the drive housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Ingersoll-Rand Company
    Inventors: Joshua Odell Johnson, Christopher Anthony Kokinelis
  • Patent number: RE45341
    Abstract: A heavy-duty demolition shear with a replaceable shearing tip has a lower jaw and an upper jaw piviotally connected to the lower jaw. The upper jaw has primary and secondary shear blades. A replaceable shearing tip is mounted to the upper jaw. The replaceable shearing tip has two L-shaped sections which engage the upper jaw between them. The replaceable shearing tip engages the upper jaw on at least three seats. The replaceable shearing tip is connected to the upper jaw by socket-head cap-screws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Genesis Attachments, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel P. Jacobson, Bruce Bacon, Ross D. Christenson