IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,224,961
Granted Patent B2
US 11,224,961 · App. 16/702,310 · Granted Jan 18, 2022

Electric power tool

Inventors: Fumiaki Sawano (Mie, JP); Masaaki Okada (Mie, JP); Hidekazu Yuasa (Shiga, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
B25F5/001B23B45/008B25B21/00B25F5/00
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Patent No.
US 11,224,961
App. No.
16/702,310
Granted
Jan 18, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electric power tool includes a motor, an output shaft, a drive force transmission configured to reduce drive speed of the motor and transmit drive force of the motor to the output shaft; a trigger that can be pulled by a user; a rotation speed changing circuitry configured to change a rotation speed of the output shaft that corresponds to a maximum pulled amount of the trigger to a limited rotation speed that is lower than a maximum rotation speed of the output shaft in a non-limited rotation speed mode; and a rotation speed control circuitry configured to control a rotation speed of the motor in correspondence with a pulled amount of the trigger to obtain the rotation speed of the output shaft that is changed by the rotation speed changing circuitry.

Claims (13)

1. A drill driver comprising:

a trigger;

a gear switch; and

a speed switch, wherein:

the gear switch is configured to switch an operation of the drill driver between a first mode and a second mode,

the drill driver operates in the first mode with a high speed and a low torque, and operates in the second mode with a low speed and a high torque,

the speed switch is configured to set an upper limit of a rotational speed of the drill driver from a plurality of predetermined rotational speeds,

in the first mode, the plurality of predetermined rotational speeds, which are switched by the speed switch, are set within a range not exceeding a first maximum rotational speed, the first maximum rotational speed being reached when the speed switch is disabled in the first mode, and

in the second mode, the plurality of predetermined rotational speeds, which are switched by the speed switch, are set within a range not exceeding a second maximum rotational speed, the second maximum rotational speed being reached when the speed switch is disabled in the second mode.

2. The drill driver of claim 1 , wherein the rotational speed of the drill driver is increased in correspondence with a pulled amount of the trigger.

3. A power tool system comprising:

the drill driver of claim 1 ; and

a battery pack that is attached to the drill driver.

Assignments (1)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Aug 6, 2026
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: NEXRA FIELD WORKS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 076114/0584 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-154073 · Aug 4, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15214995 · Jul 20, 2016
Related Publication 20200101586A1 · Apr 2, 2020
Cited By (1)
US 12,728,605