IP Library Granted Patent US 9,496,809
Granted Patent B2
US 9,496,809 · App. 14/378,793 · Granted Nov 15, 2016

Electric working machine

Inventors: Yasushi Nakano (Ibaraki, JP); Yuki Horie (Ibaraki, JP); Hirohisa Tomita (Ibaraki, JP); Kazuhiko Funabashi (Ibaraki, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.
H02P3/12A01D34/90H02P3/14H02P7/29
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Patent No.
US 9,496,809
App. No.
14/378,793
Granted
Nov 15, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electric working machine including: a motor; a driving unit configured to be driven by the motor; a trigger switch configured to allow rotation of the motor; a power supply unit configured to supply electric power to the motor; and a control unit configured to control rotation of the motor, characterized in that: the electric working machine further comprises a switching element configured to perform short-circuiting between terminals of the motor to apply electronic braking, wherein the control unit is configured to perform adjustment of the braking by controlling the switching element when stopping the motor.

Claims (25)

1. An electric working machine comprising:

a motor;

a driving unit configured to be driven by the motor;

a trigger switch configured to allow rotation of the motor;

a power supply unit configured to supply electric power to the motor; and

a control unit configured to control rotation of the motor, characterized in that:

the electric working machine further comprises a switching element configured to perform short-circuiting between terminals of the motor to apply electronic braking,

wherein the control unit is configured to perform adjustment of the braking by controlling the switching element when stopping the motor; and

an abnormality detection unit configured to stop rotation of the motor, wherein, during rotation of the motor, the control unit is configured to:

start applying a sudden braking by immediately short-circuiting the switching element when an abnormal state is detected by the abnormality detection unit; and

start applying a braking when a predetermined period has elapsed after the trigger switch is released without the abnormal state being detected by the abnormality detection unit, the predetermined period being longer than a period from when the abnormal state has been detected by the abnormality detection unit to when the sudden braking has been stated to be applied.

2. The electric working according to claim 1 , wherein the adjustment of the braking includes a control of a braking force of the braking.

3. The electric working machine according to claim 1 , wherein the adjustment of the braking includes a control of a start timing at which the terminals are short-circuited by the switching element and a PWM control after the short-circuiting is started.

4. The electric working machine according to claim 3 , further comprising an output voltage detection circuit which is connected in parallel to the terminals of the motor and is configured to detect a voltage between the terminals of the motor,

wherein the microcomputer is configured to change a duty rate of the PWM control depending on an output of the output voltage detection circuit.

5. The electric working machine according to claim 1 , wherein the motor is a coreless motor including a carbon brush, and

wherein the switching element is a semiconductor switching element connected in parallel to terminals connected to the carbon brush.

6. The electric working machine according to claim 5 , wherein the semiconductor switching element is a field-effect transistor.

7. The electric working machine according to claim 6 , wherein the control unit includes a microcomputer, and

wherein the PWM control of the semiconductor switching element is performed by a software control using the microcomputer.

8. The electric working machine according to claim 7 , further comprising an abnormality detection unit configured to stop rotation of the motor,

wherein, during rotation of the motor, the control unit is configured to:

apply a sudden braking when an abnormal state is detected by the abnormality detection unit, and

apply a braking while controlling the duty rate of the PWM control so that a braking force is weaker than that of the sudden braking when the trigger switch is released without the abnormal state being detected by the abnormality detection unit.

9. The electric working machine according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined period of time is set within a range of 0.5 to 3 seconds.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 26, 2018
From: HITACHI KOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: KOKI HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 047270/0107 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2014
From: NAKANO, YASUSHI; HORIE, YUKI; TOMITA, HIROHISA; FUNABASHI, KAZUHIKO
To: HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 033537/0148 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-031073 · Feb 15, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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