IP Library Granted Patent US 9,561,548
Granted Patent B2
US 9,561,548 · App. 15/075,518 · Granted Feb 7, 2017

Electric tool

Inventors: Yuji Kishima (Ibaraki, JP); Takeshi Takeda (Ibaraki, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.
B23B45/02B25B21/00B25B23/18B25F5/001B25F5/008B25F5/02B23B2260/024
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Patent No.
US 9,561,548
App. No.
15/075,518
Granted
Feb 7, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electric tool including: a motor; a housing including, a motor housing accommodating the motor, and a handle housing having one end connected to the motor housing and another other end configured to be provided with a detachable battery pack; an output part partially accommodated in the motor housing and configured to be driven by the motor; and a control board accommodated in the motor housing and configured to control the motor.

Claims (67)

1. An electric tool comprising:

a motor including an output shaft and a stator disposed around the output shaft, the output shaft extending in a front-rear direction;

a housing including,

a motor housing accommodating the motor, and

a handle housing extending downwardly from the motor housing;

a first board accommodated in the motor housing;

a trigger disposed at a base portion of the handle housing, the trigger being configured to turn on/off power supply to the motor; and

a rotational direction switch configured to switch a rotational direction of the motor,

wherein the first board is disposed below the motor in an up-down direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction and extends in front of the rotational direction switch in the front-rear direction, and

wherein the rotational direction switch is disposed in front of the stator in the front-rear direction and is disposed at a region defined between the first board and the trigger in the up-down direction.

2. The electric tool according to claim 1 comprising a planetary gear mechanism disposed in front of the motor in the front-rear direction,

wherein the first board extends in front of the planetary gear mechanism in the front-rear direction.

3. The electric tool according to claim 1 comprising:

an output part configured to be driven by the motor and to hold a tool; and

a light configured to irradiate a surrounding of the tool,

wherein the light is electrically connected to the first board and is disposed in front of the motor.

4. The electric tool according to claim 1 further comprising switching elements configured to control energization of the motor,

wherein the first board is configured to control the switching elements to control the energization of the motor.

5. The electric tool according to claim 1 further comprising:

a cooling fan fixed to the output shaft;

a power transmitter disposed in front of the motor; and

a second board accommodated in the motor housing in such a manner that a plane of the second board crosses the output shaft,

wherein the cooling fan, the motor, the second board and the power transmitter are arranged in this order from a rear of the motor housing to a front of the motor housing in the front-rear direction.

6. The electric tool according to claim 1 further comprising a second board accommodated in the motor housing in such a manner that a plane of the second board crosses the output shaft.

7. The electric tool according to claim 5 , wherein the second board has a hole through which the output shaft passes.

8. An electric tool comprising:

a motor including an output shaft and a stator disposed around the output shaft, the output shaft extending in a front-rear direction;

a housing including,

a motor housing accommodating the motor, and

a handle housing extending downwardly from the motor housing;

a first board accommodated in the motor housing;

a planetary gear mechanism disposed in front of the motor in the front-rear direction;

a trigger disposed at a base portion of the handle housing, the trigger being configured to turn on/off power supply to the motor; and

a rotational direction switch configured to switch a rotational direction of the motor,

wherein the first board is accommodated in the motor housing in such a manner that the first board is disposed below the output shaft in an up-down direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction and extends in front of the planetary gear mechanism in the front-rear direction, and

wherein the rotational direction switch is disposed in front of the stator in the front-rear direction and is disposed at a region defined between the first board and the trigger in the up-down direction.

9. The electric tool according to claim 8 , wherein the first board extends in front of the rotational direction switch in the front-rear direction.

10. The electric tool according to claim 8 further comprising:

an output part configured to be driven by the motor and to hold a tool; and

a light configured to irradiate a surrounding of the tool,

wherein the light is electrically connected to the first board and is disposed in front of the motor.

11. The electric tool according to claim 8 further comprising:

a cooling fan fixed to the output shaft; and

a second board accommodated in the motor housing in such a manner that a plane of the second board crosses the output shaft,

wherein the cooling fan, the motor, the second board and the planetary gear mechanism are arranged in this order from a rear of the motor housing to a front of the motor housing in the front-rear direction.

12. The electric tool according to claim 11 , wherein the second board has a hole through which the output shaft passes.

13. The electric tool according to claim 8 further comprising a second board accommodated in the motor housing in such a manner that a plane of the second board crosses the output shaft.

14. An electric tool comprising:

a motor including an output shaft and a stator disposed around the output shaft, the output shaft extending in a front-rear direction;

a cooling fan fixed to the output shaft;

a housing including,

a motor housing accommodating the motor and the cooling fan, and

a handle housing extending downwardly from the motor housing;

a trigger disposed at a base portion of the handle housing, the trigger being configured to turn on/off power supply to the motor; and

a rotational direction switch configured to switch a rotational direction of the motor,

a controller including a first board and a second board; and

wherein the first board is accommodated in the motor housing in such a manner that the first board extends in front of the rotational direction switch in the front-rear direction,

wherein the second board is accommodated in the motor housing in such a manner that a plane of the second board crosses the output shaft, and

wherein the rotational direction switch is disposed in front of the stator in the front-rear direction and is disposed at a region defined between the first board and the trigger in the up-down direction.

15. The electric tool according to claim 14 , wherein the cooling fan, the motor, the second board and the power transmitter are arranged in this order from a rear of the motor housing to a front of the motor housing in the front-rear direction.

16. The electric tool according to claim 14 comprising a planetary gear mechanism disposed in front of the motor in the front-rear direction,

wherein the first board extends in front of the planetary gear mechanism in the front-rear direction.

17. The electric tool according to claim 14 further comprising:

an output part configured to be driven by the motor and to hold a tool; and

a light configured to irradiate a surrounding of the tool,

wherein the light is electrically connected to the first board and is disposed in front of the motor.

18. The electric tool according to claim 14 , wherein the second board has a hole through which the output shaft passes.

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 Mar 21, 2016
From: KISHIMA, YUJI; TAKEDA, TAKESHI
To: HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 038048/0386 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-134066 · Jun 16, 2011 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 13525025 · Jun 15, 2012
Related Publication 20160199972A1 · Jul 14, 2016