IP Library Granted Patent US 10,183,384
Granted Patent B2
US 10,183,384 · App. 14/761,660 · Granted Jan 22, 2019

Power tool

Inventors: Nobuhiro Takano (Ibaraki, JP); Kazutaka Iwata (Ibaraki, JP)
Assignee: KOKI HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
B25B21/02B25F5/00
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Patent No.
US 10,183,384
App. No.
14/761,660
Granted
Jan 22, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to use a motor with as high an output as possible to complete tightening operations at a high speed while limiting continuous drive output. In a power tool having a plurality of impact operation modes, the motor thereof is controlled at a 100% duty cycle so as to rotate at a high speed in the period between pulling of a trigger and starting of an impact operation ( 71 a - 71 b ), and the duty cycle is changed to a low duty cycle matching the appropriate operation mode after an impact by an impact mechanism is started and a predetermined stroke is performed so that the motor is driven at the low duty cycle until the trigger is returned (arrow 71 c - 71 d ). The switching of the duty cycle is performed when the current flowing to the motor exceeds a threshold (I 1 ).

Claims (37)

1. A power tool comprising:

a motor configured to be driven by PWM controlling a semiconductor switching element;

a trigger configured to adjust startup and rotation of the motor;

an impact mechanism configured to strike or rotate an anvil by a hammer that is rotated by the motor;

a control device configured to control rotation of the motor,

wherein the power tool has a plurality of operation modes having different fastening torques,

wherein the power tool is configured to perform control at the same duty ratio, irrespective of the operation modes, in a control zone of a high duty ratio, and

wherein the power tool is configured to perform control at a duty ratio set depending on each of the operation modes, in a control zone of a low duty ratio; and

a current detection device configured to detect a current value flowing through the motor or a semiconductor switching element,

wherein when a current value, which is detected by the current detection device when the power tool is driven at the high duty ratio, exceeds a first threshold I 1 , the control device switches the duty ratio from the high duty ratio to the low duty ratio, and

wherein when a plurality of striking is continuously performed by the impact mechanism, the motor is driven at a state where a duty ratio is changed from a high value to a low value.

2. The power tool according to claim 1 , wherein the high duty ratio is 100% and the low duty ratio is 70% or lower.

3. The power tool according to claim 1 , wherein a second threshold I 2 (I 2 >I 1 ), instead of the first threshold I 1 , is used in a short specific time period after the trigger is pulled, and when the current value exceeds the second threshold I 2 , the control device switches the duty ratio from the high duty ratio to the low duty ratio.

4. A power tool comprising:

a motor configured to be driven by PWM controlling a semiconductor switching element;

a trigger configured to adjust startup and rotation of the motor;

an impact mechanism configured to strike or rotate an anvil by a hammer that is rotated by the motor;

a control device configured to control rotation of the motor; and

a current detection device configured to detect a current value flowing through the motor or semiconductor switching element,

wherein when an increase rate of a current value detected by the current detection device is continuously kept at a high state, the motor is driven at a state where a duty ratio is changed from a high value to a low value,

wherein the power tool has a plurality of operation modes having different fastening torques,

wherein the power tool is configured to perform control at the same duty ratio, irrespective of the operation modes, in a control zone of a high duty ratio, and

wherein the power tool is configured to perform control at a duty ratio set depending on each of the operation modes, in a control zone of a low duty ratio.

5. A power tool comprising:

a motor configured to be driven by PWM controlling a semiconductor switching element;

a trigger configured to adjust startup and rotation of the motor;

an impact mechanism configured to strike or rotate an anvil by a hammer that is rotated by the motor;

a control device configured to control rotation of the motor; and

a current detection device configured to detect a current value flowing through the motor or a semiconductor switching element,

wherein when a fastening member is seated by a plurality of striking by the impact mechanism, the motor is driven at a state where a duty ratio is changed from a high value to a low value,

wherein it is determined that the fastening member is seated when a current value, which is detected by the current detection device when the power tool is driven at a high duty ratio, exceeds a first threshold I 1 ,

wherein the power tool has a plurality of operation modes having different fastening torques,

wherein the power tool is configured to perform control at the same duty ratio, irrespective of the operation modes, in a control zone of the high duty ratio, and

wherein the power tool is configured to perform control at a duty ratio set depending on each of the operation modes, in a control zone of a low duty ratio.

6. The power tool according to claim 1 , wherein the control device is configured to drive the motor with PWM controlling the semiconductor switching element at a high duty ratio until striking of the anvil by the hammer is started.

7. The power tool according to claim 4 , wherein the control device is configured to drive the motor with PWM controlling the semiconductor switching element at a high duty ratio until striking of the anvil by the hammer is started.

8. The power tool according to claim 5 , wherein the control device is configured to drive the motor with PWM controlling the semiconductor switching element at a high duty ratio until striking of the anvil by the hammer is started.

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 Jul 17, 2015
From: TAKANO, NOBUHIRO; IWATA, KAZUTAKA
To: HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 036123/0231 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-075473 · Mar 30, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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