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Granted Patent B2
US 10,213,912 · App. 14/320,980 · Granted Feb 26, 2019

Impact tool

Inventors: Ryunosuke Kumagai (Anjo, JP); Tokuo Hirabayashi (Anjo, JP)
Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
B25D17/26B25B21/026B25D11/04
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Patent No.
US 10,213,912
App. No.
14/320,980
Granted
Feb 26, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An impact driver includes a motor, a spindle rotated by the motor, a hammer that is movable forward and rearward with respect to the spindle and that has an inner peripheral portion facing the spindle, and an anvil struck in a rotational direction by the hammer. A grease supply path is provided to supply grease to the inner peripheral portion of the hammer.

Claims (35)

1. An impact tool comprising:

a motor;

a spindle rotated by the motor;

a hammer that is movable forward and rearward with respect to the spindle;

an anvil struck in a rotational direction by the hammer;

a hammer case housing the spindle and the hammer, the hammer case having a forward end wall with a rearward facing surface, the anvil extending through an opening in the forward end wall;

a bearing disposed in the opening and rotatably supporting the anvil; and

a washer disposed between the anvil and the rearward facing surface, wherein:

a radially outer side of the rearward facing surface has a stepped portion extending rearward, and

a radially outer surface of the washer is fitted with a radially inward facing side of the stepped portion such that the radially inward facing side of the stepped portion contacts the radially outer surface of the washer,

wherein the bearing projects rearward from the rearward facing surface of the forward end wall and the washer overlaps the bearing along an axial direction of the anvil, and

wherein a radially inner surface of the washer is spaced radially outward from a radially outer surface of the bearing.

2. The impact tool according to claim 1 , wherein the bearing is a needle bearing.

3. The impact tool according to claim 1 , wherein the anvil includes a pair of arms configured to be engaged with the hammer in the rotational direction.

4. The impact tool according to claim 3 , wherein the washer receives the pair of arms of the anvil.

5. The impact tool according to claim 1 , wherein a radially inner surface of the washer is spaced radially outward from a radially outer surface of the bearing.

6. The impact tool according to claim 1 , wherein the washer is a resin washer.

7. The impact tool according to claim 1 , wherein the washer and the bearing are located on a cross-section that is perpendicular to the anvil.

8. The impact tool according to claim 1 , wherein an inner diameter of the washer is greater than an outer diameter of the bearing.

9. The impact tool according to claim 1 , wherein the radially inner surface of the washer and the radially outer surface of the bearing define an annular gap there between.

10. An impact tool comprising:

a motor;

a spindle rotated by the motor;

a hammer that is movable forward and rearward with respect to the spindle;

an anvil struck in a rotational direction by the hammer;

a hammer case housing the spindle and the hammer, the hammer case having a forward end wall with a rearward facing surface, the anvil extending through an opening in the forward end wall;

a bearing disposed in the opening and rotatably supporting the anvil;

a holding portion projecting rearward from the rearward end face and being radially outward of the bearing; and

a washer fitted on a radially outer side of the holding portion, the washer being disposed between the anvil and the rearward facing surface.

11. The impact tool according to claim 10 , wherein the bearing is a needle bearing.

12. The impact tool according to claim 10 , wherein the anvil includes a pair of arms configured to be engaged with the hammer in the rotational direction.

13. The impact tool according to claim 12 , wherein the washer receives the pair of arms of the anvil.

14. The impact tool according to claim 10 , wherein the washer is a resin washer.

15. The impact tool according to claim 10 , wherein the washer and the bearing are located on a cross-section that is perpendicular to the anvil.

16. The impact tool according to claim 10 , wherein the washer is fitted on the radially outer side of the holding portion so that a radially inner surface of the washer contacts the radially outer side of the holding portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 1, 2014
From: KUMAGAI, RYUNOSUKE; HIRABAYASHI, TOKUO
To: MAKITA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 033221/0239 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-165402 · Aug 8, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150041169A1 · Feb 12, 2015
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